M&A Deal Summary

Recruit Holdings Acquires Peoplebank Holdings Pty

On January 14, 2015, Recruit Holdings acquired staffing company Peoplebank Holdings Pty for 69M AUD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 7th transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 3rd transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-14
Target Peoplebank Holdings Pty
Sector Staffing
Buyer(s) Recruit Holdings
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 69M AUD

Target

Peoplebank Holdings Pty

North Sydney, Australia
Peoplebank Holdings Pty Ltd. is an Australian IT recruitment that conducts HR services business mainly in Australia

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Buyer

Recruit Holdings

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Business Services
Employees49,480
Revenue 3.56T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Recruit Holdings is a global human resources and information services company. Recruit's HR services include temporary staffing, permanent placement, recruitment advertising, consulting, assessment and training. Recruit Holdings was formed in 1960 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 16
Sector: Staffing M&A 7 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 15
Country: Australia M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-14 Chandler Macleod Group

Sydney, Australia

Chandler Macleod Group Ltd. is a provider of human resource outsourcing (HRO), recruitment, consulting, and managed services.

Buy $309M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-05 Quandoo

Berlin, Germany

Quandoo GmbH is an online restaurant reservation service provider operating mainly in Germany and other countries in the EU. Since its foundation in 2012, Quandoo has operated online restaurant reservation platforms that are rapidly growing mainly in Europe. This platform is currently adopted by more than 6,000 restaurants in 13 countries (as of February 28, 2015) from top-class restaurants to local diners. Through the most advanced reservation management system in the industry, operational productivity and service quality of member restaurants has been enhanced.

Buy €199M