M&A Transaction Multiples - Softline UK

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EPSILON M&A DEAL REPORT

Transaction Multiples for the Valuation of Private Companies

Third Quad Capital (Formjet plc) / Softline UK

No EMAT : 21409

Announced Date : 12/08/2010

Type : Acquisition of Majority Stake

Deal Value : Yes

Acquirer : Third Quad Capital (Formjet plc)

Target : Softline UK

Country : England

Sector of activity :

IT services > IT Supply Chain Services
Retail and Wholesale ('R&W') > Specialised R&W > IT & Telecom Products (retail)

Business Description :

Softline UK Ltd was founded in 1990 as a computer software distributor ( Macintosh software and peripherals in Europe). > It offers adventure and arcade, collection, family and puzzle, role playing,...

Transaction multiples available

	EV/ Sales	EV/ Gross Profit	EV/ EBITDA	EV/ EBIT	Eq/ PBT	P/E	Price to Book	Specific multiple(s)
Historic	-	-	-	-		-		-
Current	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rating :

	Multiple available
n.s.	Multiple calculated, but not significant

Source: Epsilon Research / EMAT

Comparable Transactions

Number of EMAT Reports / sub-sector « IT Supply Chain Services » = 19
Number of EMAT Reports / sub-sector « IT & Telecom Products (retail) » = 18

Example of comparable transactions on EMAT (same sub-sector):

08/11/2010

High Tech Multicanal Group (dba HTM Group)

Media Saturn France SCS

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22157

10/06/2010

Daisy Group

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22640

Source: Epsilon Research / EMAT