M&A Deal Summary

Silver Lake Acquires Allyes Online Media Holding

On July 30, 2010, private equity firm Silver Lake acquired internet software and services company Allyes Online Media Holding from Focus Media for 124M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 30th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 3rd transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-07-30
Target Allyes Online Media Holding
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Silver Lake
Sellers(s) Focus Media
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 124M USD
Advisor(s) Latham & Watkins (Legal)

Target

Allyes Online Media Holding

Shanghai, China
Allyes Online Media Holding Ltd. is the largest online media service provider in China that offers a complete suite of digital marketing solutions and a pioneer in Chinese Internet advertising technology.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 40 of 135
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 3 of 21
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 8
Country (China) 3 of 6
Year (2010) 9 of 12
Size (of disclosed) 30 of 30
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-08 MultiPlan

New York, New York, United States

MultiPlan is a provider of technology-enabled healthcare cost management solutions. MultiPlan provides a single gateway to a host of analytics- and network-based solutions for managing the financial risks associated with medical claims, as well as solutions that improve payment integrity by resolving waste, abuse, and fraud before payments are made. MultiPlan was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City.

Buy $3.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-06 NXP Semiconductors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors is a provider of semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. NXP Semiconductors was founded in 2006 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Focus Media

Shanghai, China

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Marketing
Employees5,309
Revenue 11.9B CNY (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Focus Media is a multi-platform digital media company, operating LCD display network in China. The Company operates in four business segments: LCD, Poster Frame, In-Store and Movie Theaters. Focus Media was founded in 2003 and is based in Shanghai, China.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (China) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-04 CGEN Digital Media Network

Shanghai, China

CGEN Digital Media Network Co. Ltd. a Shanghai based leading In-store TV media network operator for quality retail chains in China.

Buy $182M