M&A Deal Summary

YFM Equity Partners Acquires PMT

On October 30, 2019, private equity firm YFM Equity Partners acquired retailer PMT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is YFM Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is YFM Equity Partners’ 72nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-10-30
Target PMT
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) YFM Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

PMT

Speke, United Kingdom
PMT is a musical instrument and equipment retailer with stores across England and Wales. The company's warehouse, logistics, sales marketing, and e-commerce teams are in Liverpool, with the accounts head office and original store located in Southend On Sea. PMT’s online store offers a range of musical instruments including guitars, drums, keyboards, and PA systems along with a blog that provides information on newly released products, how-to guides and ‘Best Of’ instrument lists. PMT was founded in 1991 and is based in Speke, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

YFM Equity Partners

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 300M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

YFM Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth oriented investments in UK-based companies. The Firm looks to invest up to £10 million to support a variety of established, growing, and profitable businesses. YFM Equity Partners was formed in 1982 and is based in Leeds, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 73 of 91
Sector: Retail M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 27 of 33
Country: United Kingdom M&A 72 of 90
Year: 2019 M&A 8 of 9
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-26 Panintelligence

Leeds, United Kingdom

Panintelligence is a software developer which builds secure, self-service analytics and machine learning solutions to white-label and embeds within your own applications. Panintelligence is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

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