M&A Deal Summary

Vue Acquires The Space Entertainment

On November 12, 2014, Vue acquired leisure company The Space Entertainment from 21 Invest

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vue’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Vue’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-12
Target The Space Entertainment
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Vue
Sellers(s) 21 Invest
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

The Space Entertainment

Rome Area, Italy
The Space Cinema is the largest cinema operator in Italy, with 36 state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas across the country.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vue

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Consumer Services
DESCRIPTION

VUE is an international cinema operator with more than 2,400 screens located at over 285 sites across 10 European countries. Vue was founded in 1998 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-01 Multikino S.A.

Warsaw, Poland

Multikino S.A. is a Polish multiplex operator. Multikino operates a circuit of 28 cinemas with 231 screens across 22 Polish cities and 2 cinemas with 15 screens in the Baltics.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-21 JT Bioscopen

Amersfoort, Netherlands

JT Bioscopen is the second largest cinema chain in the Netherlands. JT has 21 cinemas and 111 screens across 20 towns and cities. Notably, the company opened 7 new sites in the last 4 years which are amongst the most modern cinemas in the world.

Buy €85M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

21 Invest

Treviso, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

21 Invest is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented, middle-market Italian, French, and Polish companies operating in a variety of industries. The Firm invests in French businesses through 21 Centrale Partners, Italian companies through 21 Partners SGR, and Polish companies through 21 Concordia. The Firm targets transactions requiring at least €10 million of capital typically in the form of development capital for growth companies, buyout capital for managers, or replacement capital for companies facing succession issues or needing shareholder liquidity. 21 Invest was founded in 1992 and is based in Treviso, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 45
Sector: Leisure M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 8
Country: Italy M&A 10 of 18
Year: 2014 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-21 Sud Robinetterie Industrie

Marseille, France

Sud Robinetterie Industrie is a designer and manufacturer of industrial machining of the trunnion and floating ball isolation valves to its own proprietary custom design. Sud Robinetterie Industrie was founded in 1978 and is based in Marseille, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-05 PittaRosso

Milan, Italy

PittaRosso is a retailer in the Italian footwear market with a network of over 100 stores and a growing presence of approximately 20 stores across France, Croatia and Slovenia. PittaRosso was founded in 1972 and is based in Legnaro, Italy.

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