M&A Deal Summary

SPH Acquires Brand New Media

On January 3, 2017, SPH acquired media company Brand New Media from HighPoint Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SPH’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is SPH’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-03
Target Brand New Media
Sector Media
Buyer(s) SPH
Sellers(s) HighPoint Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Brand New Media

North Sydney, Australia
Brand New Media (BNM) creates, owns and operates digital channels for the world’s leading brands and broadcasters. Brand New Media was founded in 2004 and is based in North Sydney, New South Wales.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SPH

Singapore, Singapore

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Publishing
Employees3,540
Revenue 866M SGD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

SPH operates media organisation, engaging minds and enriching lives across multiple languages and platforms. SPH was founded in 1984 and is based in Singapore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-15 SGCM Pte.

Singapore, Singapore

SGCM Pte. Ltd. is a provider of an online portal services for car sales.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-25 Orange Valley Nursing Homes

Singapore, Singapore

Orange Valley Nursing Homes is a provider of quality nursing care in Singapore. Orange Valley Nursing Homes was founded in 1993 and is based in Singapore.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HighPoint Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 30M AUD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HighPoint Capital Pty Ltd is a private equity investor that looks to provide growth capital and replacement capital to smaller, mid-market private companies in Australia. The Firm generally prefers profitable enterprises (> $1.5 million of EBITDA) and will consider private companies valued up to $60 million. HighPoint is sector agnostic, however the Firm prefers companies with sustainable growth opportunities, high barriers to entry, and potential for outside capital/expertise to accelerate growth. HighPoint Capital was formed in 2008 and is headquartered in Sydney.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Australia M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-21 e-pay Asia

Sydney, Australia

e-pay Asia Ltd is a regional electronic payment networks, processing >100 million transactions pa and consisting of 15,000 Points of Sale that can accept cash payments for pre-paid mobile, reload, bill payment and process debit and credit card transactions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-01 OptiPay

Sydney, Australia

OptiPay provides flexible cash flow solutions to businesses, by providing Invoice Finance, Trade Finance and Inventory Finance. OptiPay was founded in 2014 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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