M&A Deal Summary

Weischer Beteiligungs Acquires Publicitas AG

On September 23, 2015, Weischer Beteiligungs acquired media company Publicitas AG from AURELIUS Equity Opportunities

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Weischer Beteiligungs’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Weischer Beteiligungs’ 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-09-23
Target Publicitas AG
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Weischer Beteiligungs
Sellers(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Publicitas AG

Zurich, Switzerland
Publicitas is a media sales company represented globally in more than 20 countries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Weischer Beteiligungs

Hamburg, Germany

Category Company
Sector Marketing
DESCRIPTION

Weischer Beteiligungs GmbH is a cinema marketer providing screen advertisement


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

The AURELIUS Group is an independent investment firm focused on buyouts and spin-offs of Western European middle-market to large companies. The Firm looks to invest €5 to €80 million per transaction in companies valued up to €250 million. AURELIUS is a generalist investor but has a preference for opportunities in the chemicals, information technology, consumer products, business services, and industrials sectors. The AURELIUS Group was formed in 2006 and is based in Grünwald, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 30
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 16
Country: Switzerland M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 3
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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