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Warburg Pincus Exits Channel 5 Broadcasting

On January 5, 2000, invested in media company Channel 5 Broadcasting from Warburg Pincus

Investment Context
  • This is transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Channel 5 Broadcasting was sold to a strategic buyer in 2010.
  • Channel 5 Broadcasting was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2014 for 757M USD.

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Investment Summary

Date January 5, 2000
Target Channel 5 Broadcasting
Sector Media
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Sold to Existing Investors

Target Company

Channel 5 Broadcasting

London, United Kingdom
Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd., holds the license to operate the fifth, and final, national terrestrial broadcast television channel to be granted in the United Kingdom. Warburg Pincus was invited to become a founding shareholder of this start-up enterprise by a Channel 5 Managing Director, Greg Dyke, with whom Warburg Pincus had worked previously when Mr. Dyke led London Weekend Television.
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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 7 of 265
Sector: Media 1 of 4
Type: Sold to Existing Investors 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom 2 of 17
Year: 2000 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-01 ZymoGenetics

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-10 InterMune

Brisbane, California, United States

InterMune is a biotechnology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of innovative therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. In pulmonology, the company is focused on therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive, irreversible, unpredictable and ultimately fatal lung disease. InterMune's research programs are focused on the discovery of targeted, small-molecule therapeutics and biomarkers to treat and monitor serious pulmonary and fibrotic diseases.

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