M&A Deal Summary

Topland Group Acquires Hallmark Hotel Group

On July 16, 2014, Topland Group acquired leisure company Hallmark Hotel Group from Palatine Private Equity and Bridgepoint for 75M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Topland Group’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Topland Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Topland Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-16
Target Hallmark Hotel Group
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Topland Group
Sellers(s) Palatine Private Equity
Bridgepoint
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 75M GBP

Target

Hallmark Hotel Group

Morley, United Kingdom
Hallmark Hotel Group Ltd. is a group of eight four-star hotels with 730 rooms.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Topland Group

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Real Estate
DESCRIPTION

Topland Group is one of the largest privately owned international investment groups.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Leisure) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Palatine Private Equity

Manchester, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 570M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Palatine Private Equity is a UK based private equity firm focused on investing in businesses valued up to £50 million. The Firm generally looks to fund profitable, cash-generative companies with strong management teams and established market positions, however, Palatine will also consider turnaround situations. Target sectors include retail/leisure, business outsourcing, financial services, healthcare, and niche manufacturing. Prospective transaction types include management buyouts/buy-ins, consolidations, growth capital financings, and restructurings. Palatine was originally formed as Zeus Private Equity in 2005. The Firm has offices in Bristol, Manchester, and London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 25
Sector (Leisure) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 25
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Fleet, United Kingdom

EPI Group provides consultants whose specialist capabilities, experience, and expertise add significant value to their clients’ oil and gas exploration programs. Working in a variety of harsh, hostile, remote and challenging environments, EPI’s consultants ensure multi-million-pound projects are delivered safely, on time and to budget. EPI Group was founded in 1986 and is based in Fleet, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom

Character World works with character, gaming, and music entertainment companies, providing licensed bedding and associated homeware products for a wide range of children’s age groups from preschool up to students. Character World was established in 1988 and is based in Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom.

Buy £36M
SELLER

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 28.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 42 of 109
Sector (Leisure) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 38
Country (United Kingdom) 23 of 50
Year (2014) 6 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 31 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Chesham, United Kingdom

Phlexglobal is a provider of technology enabled document management solutions and other support services to the global clinical research market. Phlexglobal was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Chesham, United Kingdom.

Buy £42M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Altrincham, United Kingdom

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Sell £66M
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