M&A Deal Summary

Seat Pagine Gialle Acquires Thomson Directories

On August 20, 2000, Seat Pagine Gialle acquired information services company Thomson Directories from Apax for 468M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Seat Pagine Gialle’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Seat Pagine Gialle’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Seat Pagine Gialle’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-08-20
Target Thomson Directories
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Seat Pagine Gialle
Sellers(s) Apax
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 468M GBP

Target

Thomson Directories

Farnborough, United Kingdom
Thomson Directories Limited publishes business listings in print and online formats.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Seat Pagine Gialle

Milano, Italy
Category Company
Sector Media
Revenue 1.0B EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Seat Pagine Gialle is a European directory advertising, web marketing services, and business information group, based in Italy, with significant activities in Germany and the UK.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 1 of 3
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-01 Consodata SA

Cedex, France

Consodata SA operates as a market information provider in Europe. It offers three ranges of services, including one to one marketing, marketing intelligence, and data management. Consodata is based in Levallois-Perret, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Apax

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 77.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from $1 to $5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 171
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 59
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 24
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 27 of 50
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-27 Yazam

New York, New York, United States

Yazam, Inc. provides investment-banking services, including access to value-added investors, and assistance in strategizing, training, and positioning.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-01 Nanomix

Emeryville, California, United States

Nanomix is a nanotechnology company launching a portfolio of devices based on Sensation detection technology. These scaleable nanoelectronic devices use ultra-sensitive carbon nanotube sensing elements combined with proprietary chemistries. These devices can be deployed across a broad range of industrial and medical applications where the attributes of nano detection technology low power consumption, small form factor, and high sensitivity offer significant performance advantages and enable unprecedented access to critical information. Nanomix is based in Emeryville, California.

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