M&A Deal Summary

UnitedGlobalCom Acquires Zone Vision Enterprises

On January 10, 2005, UnitedGlobalCom acquired media company Zone Vision Enterprises from Advent International for 80M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UnitedGlobalCom’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is UnitedGlobalCom’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UnitedGlobalCom’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-01-10
Target Zone Vision Enterprises
Sector Media
Buyer(s) UnitedGlobalCom
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 80M USD
Advisor(s) Goetzpartners HOLDING GmbH & Co. (Financial)

Target

Zone Vision Enterprises

London, United Kingdom
Zone Vision is a international broadcaster and distributor of thematic television programmes for international cable and satellite channels.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UnitedGlobalCom

Denver, Colorado, United States
Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

United is the largest international broadband communications provider of video, voice and Internet services with operations in numerous countries.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Media) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-22 Telemach Broadband Communications

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Telemach, the leading Slovenian cable TV and broadband operator with over 100,000 cable TV and 13,000 cable internet subscribers. The company was subsequently merged with EON, an internet company and original shareholder in Telemach.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 76.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 56 of 222
Sector (Media) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 24 of 82
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 28
Year (2005) 2 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 44 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.

Liberec, Czech Republic

Český Mobil a.s. (later Oskar Mobil a.s.; now: Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.) provides phone operator operating the third countrywide network in the Czech Republic.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-31 Proservvi Banco de Serviços

Butantã, Brazil

Leading provider of back-office processing services for financial institutions.

Buy -
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