Bureau van Dijk and Zephus Publish Free Quarterly M&A Synopsis; Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Global M&A, Private Equity, IPO Activity.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2002 Bureau van Dijk van Dijk can refer to:
A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. , prepared in association with the ZEPHYR Zephyr or Zephyrus: see Eos. database. Each M&A Synopsis includes an overview of M&A activity for the quarter, country and sector focus, deal of the quarter, rumour highlights, advisor analysis, and a venture capital/ private equity review. The next M&A Synopsis will be published in January January: see month. 2003. The synopsis is researched and written by Ed Mountifield, head of research at Zephus, a division of BvD. Research is done using the ZEPHYR database (http://zephyr.bvdep.com), launched earlier this year. The first M&A Synopsis covered Q3 2002 and included a UK country focus. "The UK holds a pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae place in the world of mergers and acquisitions. As the world's fourth largest economy, the UK holds the silver medal position in corporate financial activity, trailing only to the USA. As expected, deal values have taken a tumble especially where UK companies are acting as bidder - down from EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 268 billion in 2001 to EUR 166 billion in the same quarters this year," wrote Mountifield. Mountifield also ranked the top VC/ private equity deals in Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). :
Top 5 VC/private equity deals in Europe involving Europe/US in Q3
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Bidder name Target name Deal type Deal last Deal value
date thousands
(MM/DD/YYYY) EUR (1)
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1 MDCP Jefferson Institutional 09/05/2002 3,700,000.00
Acquisitions Smurfit Group buy-out 100% Completed
plc
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2 Consortium Legrand SA Institutional 07/28/2002 3,630,000.00
buy-out 98.1% Announced
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3 Kohlberg BCE Inc.'s Institutional 09/16/2002 2,997,882.00
Kravis Roberts telephone- buy-out 90% Announced
& Company directories
business
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4 Texas Pacific Burger King Institutional 07/25/2002 2,271,300.00
Group Inc. Corporation buy-out 100% Pending
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5 Demag Holding Siemens AG's Institutional 09/24/2002 1,690,000.00
sarl 7 businesses buy-out 81% Completed
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(1) Average exchange rate for Q3 2002: 1 USD = .984077 EUR
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You can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the complete M&A Synopsis for the most recent quarter by clicking "Free M&A Synopsis" at http://zephyr.bvdep.com. Notes to Editors Data and analysis in the M&A Synopsis are free to use in your publication, and Zephus' bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. research service and league tables are available at your request. Please credit Zephyr, a product of Bureau van Dijk (http://zephyr.bvdep.com), when using this content in your publication. To receive the PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. via email each quarter, contact suzanne.clare@bvdny.com directly. About BvD and Zephus Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. (BvD) (http://www.bvdep.com) is one of Europe's leading publishers of electronic business information. The company has 15 offices worldwide. BvD and Zephus, previously Zephus.com, formed a joint venture in January 2002 to create ZEPHYR. BvD acquired Zephus.com in April 2002. Zephus is located in Manchester, England. |
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