M&A Deal Summary

Teracom AB Acquires Boxer TV Access AB

On November 19, 2008, Teracom AB acquired media company Boxer TV Access AB from 3i Private Equity for 900M SEK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Teracom AB’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Teracom AB’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Teracom AB’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-11-19
Target Boxer TV Access AB
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Teracom AB
Sellers(s) 3i Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 900M SEK

Target

Boxer TV Access AB

Stockholm, Sweden
Boxer is Sweden’s fastest-growing digital TV operator and offers access to the ten most popular TV channels in the country.Founded in 1998, Boxer has shown impressive growth in recent years and now boasts more than 530,000 customers, a number that is rapidly increasing.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Teracom AB

Stockholm, Sweden
Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Teracom AB provides broadcasting network services for radio and TV in Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Media) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (Sweden) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 Plus Tv

Helsinki, Finland

Digi TV Plus Oy is a digital television distribution company specializing in, which is marketed under the name PlusTV. PlusTV is a Finnish terrestrial household in the most popular pay TV.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-20 Net1/ice.net

Trondheim, Norway

Net1/ice.net deploy and operate premium grade mobile telecommunications networks for mobile telephony, mobile broadband, fixed wireless telephony, and machine-to-machine services.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

3i Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1945
PE ASSETS 16.7B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

3i Private Equity is the private equity arm of 3i Group, a publicly held, global investment firm focused on private equity and infrastructure investing. 3i Private Equity generally targets buyout and growth capital financings and looks for opportunities across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Firm's targeted transaction range is €100 to €500 million. Industries of interest include business services, healthcare, consumer, media, oil/gas & power, technology, and financial services. 3i Group was originally formed in 1945 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 96 of 194
Sector (Media) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 31 of 61
Country (Sweden) 7 of 15
Year (2008) 12 of 13
Size (of disclosed) 54 of 78
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-13 Memora

Barcelona, Spain

Memora provides funeral services and cemeteries management. The group manages 96 funeral parlours, 16 crematories and 25 cemeteries. Memora was founded in 2001 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Buy €330M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-17 Electrawinds

Oostende, Belgium

Electrawinds produces, sells and distributes green power generated from inexhaustible clean energy sources such as wind, sun and organic matter. Apart from constructing and operating windmill farms, solar farms and biomass plants, Electrawinds also investigates and develops new renewable energy possibilities and applications. Electrawinds was founded in 1998 and is based in Oostende, Belguim.

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