M&A Deal Summary

The Abraaj Group Acquires OMS

On May 1, 2011, asset manager The Abraaj Group acquired media company OMS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Abraaj Group’s 13th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is The Abraaj Group’s 6th transaction in Egypt.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-05-01
Target OMS
Sector Media
Buyer(s) The Abraaj Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

OMS

Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
OMS is a regional IT consulting and services company based in Egypt and with offices in the UAE. It focuses on the design and implementation of complex multi-vendor IT infrastructure, business intelligence and business technology optimization solutions for large enterprises. With a team of more than 150 IT experts, OMS serves prestigious clients in more than 20 countries. With The Abraaj Group’s support, OMS is accelerating its expansion plans and aims to become the leading IT services company in the region over the next few years.

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Buyer

The Abraaj Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 7.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Abraaj Capital Limited is a private equity firm that seeks investments in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Abraaj looks for stable, mature businesses and uses a 'buy and build' strategy for growth. Areas of interest include aerospace, healthcare, transportation, financial services, leisure, education, energy, and manufacturing. In addition to its buyout and growth capital investments, Abraaj also invests in real estate and infrastructure. Abraaj Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Dubai.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 106 of 182
Sector: Media M&A 13 of 16
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 97 of 144
Country: Egypt M&A 6 of 9
Year: 2011 M&A 5 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-01 Unimed

Sousse, Tunisia

Unimed is a leading player in sterile form products. It has more than 60 drug registrations covering mainly liquid injectables, powder injectables and eye drops. The company largely addresses the needs of domestic hospitals and private markets and carries out contract manufacturing for large international pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Mylan and Théa.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-06-01 ODG Indonesia

Jagakarsa Jakarta, Indonesia

ODG is one of the leading mechanical and electrical contracting and services providers to the mining industry in Indonesia. The company has four offices, which are strategically located throughout the Indonesian archipelago to service its clients. It was established in 1990 as part of a worldwide engineering company, but it operates substantially on a standalone basis.

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