M&A Deal Summary

United Group Acquires Vivacom

On November 11, 2019, United Group acquired communications company Vivacom for 1.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is United Group’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is United Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is United Group’s 1st transaction in Bulgaria.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-11
Target Vivacom
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) United Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.2B USD
Advisor(s) Lazard (Financial)
CMS Legal (Legal)

Target

Vivacom

Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Telecommunication Company EAD is a telecoms operator provides services including fiber broadband, mobile communications and digital TV to private and commercial customers. Vivacom is based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

United Group

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

United Group is a media and communication services provider. United Group providing customers with a full range of telecommunications services. United Group was founded in 2007 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Communications) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (Bulgaria) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-31 Tele2 AB - Croatian business

Stockholm, Sweden

Tele2 AB's Croatian business is a provider of communication services in Stockholm, Sweden.

Buy €220M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-01 Forthnet S.A.

Athens, Greece

Forthnet S.A. is a provider of home entertainment and communications services in Greece, with nearly 1,000 employees, providing services to nearly 700,000 subscribers and over 40,000 companies. The company that brought internet and satellite pay TV in Greece is, through Nova 3Play, the largest 3play provider in the country. Forthnet, using state-of-the-art technologies and fully exploiting its knowhow, is constantly devoted to developing pioneering proposals for providing integrated and inexpensive communication and entertainment services to the Greek family. Forthnet was formed in 1994 and is based in Athens, Greece.

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