M&A Deal Summary

Zenith Acquires Leasedrive Velo

On February 10, 2014, Zenith acquired business services company Leasedrive Velo from HgCapital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Zenith’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Zenith’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-02-10
Target Leasedrive Velo
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Zenith
Sellers(s) HgCapital
Deal Type Merger

Target

Leasedrive Velo

Berkshire, United Kingdom
Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management offers blue chip clients the highest quality bespoke total vehicle management service available. Working in partnership with fleet managers, or delivering a complete outsourced service, Leasedrive Velo provides a range of services including fleet management; contract hire; contract purchase; finance lease; hire purchase; personal contract purchase; plus sale and leaseback. Leasedrive Velo was founded in 1983 and is based in Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Zenith

Leeds, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Zenith is a provider of leasing, fleet management, and vehicle outsourcing in the United Kingdom. Zenith offers two primary products: Contract Hire and Leasing (‘CHL’), which leases fleets of vehicles to the corporate market, and Salary Sacrifice, through which employers offer vehicles as an optional benefit to their employees. Zenith was founded in 1989 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 70.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 97
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 9
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 23 of 47
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-10 Relay Software

Antrim, Ireland

Relay Software Ltd. is a provider of software to insurance brokers, underwriters and insurers in the Republic of Ireland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-26 Bench

Manchester, United Kingdom

Bench Ltd. is a company involved in distribution of women's, men's and kid's clothing and accessories.

Sell -