Cross Border m&a deals in the United Kingdom

Recent M&A transactions

Cross border m&a is the core business of Corporate Finance in Europe. We are active in the UK market continuously and are involved in cross border m&a deals. Opportunities exist in the development of the European market. When selling a business it makes more sense to look for buyers within a wider area like Europe instead of only in the UK. On this page you will find some recent m&a deals which could be of importance to your strategic plans. For the latest M&A deals ask us for more info.

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2010 Cross Border M&A transaction in the UK

The m&a deal will be beneficial for Curtiss-Wright’s leadership position in the aerospace and defense electronic systems market. The acquisition was completed on 22 June 2010

Acquirer

 

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Country Acquirer

United States-flag

United States

Target

 

Specialist Electronics Services, Ltd.

Country target

Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

22.3m $

Industry

 

Aerospace and Defense – manufacturing and electronics

2010 British M&A deal in Finland

AVEVA will be able to strengthen its existing product lifecycle management offering with material control and production planning capabilities by the acquisition of Logimatic. The deal was completed on 03 June 2010.

Acquirer

 

AVEVA Group plc

Country Acquirer

Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Target

 

Logimatic Holdings A/S - MARS business

Country target

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Denmark

Purchase price

 

18.8m $

Industry

 

IT Software - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

2010 M&A transaction in the United Kingdom

The position in the European rail freight market in the future will be strengthened by Eurotunnel’s M&A deal. FirstGroup’s strategy to focus on its core business in the UK and the US is in line with the sale of GBRf. The acquisition was completed on 01 June 2010.

Acquirer

 

Groupe Eurotunnel SA

Country Acquirer

France-flag

France

Target

 

First GBRf, Ltd.

Country target

Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

45.8m $

Industry

 

Freight Transportation - Road and Rail Freight

2008 

Acquirer

 

Ascentium

Country Acquirer

 United States-flag

USA

Target

 

Artemis Corp.

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

Undisclosed

Industry

 

Communication Solutions

2008

Acquirer

 

The Rea Group

Country Acquirer

 Australia-flag

Australia

Target

 

Sherlock Publications Ltd

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

£5.6m

Industry

 

Real estate

2008

Acquirer

 

Axel Johnson Group.

Country Acquirer

 Sweden-flag

Sweden

Target

 

Certex Lifting Ltd.

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

Undisclosed

Industry

 

lifting and lashing equipment

2008 

Acquirer

 

Senoble

Country Acquirer

 France-flag

France

Target

 

Elisabeth the Chef

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

Undisclosed

Industry

 

Food

2008

Acquirer

 

Getupdated Internet Marketing

Country Acquirer

 Sweden-flag

Sweden

Target

 

Just Search Ltd

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

Undisclosed

Industry

 

Marketing services

2004

Acquirer

 

Kaboose Inc.

Country Acquirer

 Canada-flag

Canada

Target

 

Bounty group

Country target

 Uk-flag

United Kingdom

Purchase price

 

£70m

Industry

 

Online media