M&A Deal Summary

Yuanta Acquires Ta Chong Bank

On August 14, 2015, Yuanta acquired financial services company Ta Chong Bank from The Carlyle Group for 1.7B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yuanta’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Yuanta’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Yuanta’s 1st transaction in Taiwan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-08-14
Target Ta Chong Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Yuanta
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.7B USD

Target

Ta Chong Bank

Taipei, Taiwan
Ta Chong Bank Ltd. is a mid-sized commercial bank in Taiwan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Yuanta

Taipei City, Taiwan
Category Company
Founded 1961
Sector Financial Services
Employees15,113
Revenue 92.1B TWD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Yuanta operates as a financial services company. Yuanta was founded in 1961 and is based in Taipei City, Taiwan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (Taiwan) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-19 First Securities Investment Trust

Taipei, Taiwan

First Securities Investment Trust Co. Ltd. is a provider of financial services in Taiwan.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 279 of 480
Sector (Financial Services) 13 of 33
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 121 of 197
Country (Taiwan) 3 of 4
Year (2015) 12 of 24
Size (of disclosed) 24 of 135
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-11 Veritas

Santa Clara, California, United States

Veritas is an information management systems provider offers storage and server management software solutions. Veritas was founded in 1982 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Buy $8.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-17 Hermes

Lima, Peru

Hermes is a provider of cash management services with a nationwide network of 18 branches, 228 armored vehicles. Hermes offers logistics, cash processing, and custody services to a blue-chip client base comprised of more than 1,000 active clients in the financial, retail, utilities and mining segments. Hermes is a mission-critical partner to the largest financial institutions and retail organizations in Peru. Hermes was founded in 1985 and is based in Lima, Peru.

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