The transactions highlighted below are representative of Greenhill engagements. In addition, the Firm has completed many engagements that were not publicly-disclosed.
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02-Mar-04
$2.1 billion
Target:
Taylor & Francis Group Plc
Acquiror:
Informa Group Plc
Advised Informa Group on its merger with Taylor & Francis. Following the merger, Informa shareholders own 51% of the combined company
16-May-02
$545 million
Target:
Go Fly Ltd
Acquiror:
easyJet plc
(majority owned by 3i plc)
Advised Go Fly, Europe’s No. 3 no-frills airline, on its sale to easyJet. The acquisition created Europe’s largest low cost airline.
19-Apr-01
$10.0 billion
Target:
GKN plc
Acquiror:
Brambles Industries Ltd
(Industrial Services)
Advised Brambles on its merger with the industrial services division of GKN under a dual listed companies structure
25-Mar-01
$9.7 billion
Target:
Cable & Wireless Optus Limited
Acquiror:
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
, 52.5% subsidiary of Cable and Wireless plc Advised C&W on the sale of its 52.5% owned Australian subsidiary, Cable & Wireless Optus, to SingTel
31-Mar-00
$498 million
Target:
Dorling Kindersley plc
Acquiror:
Pearson plc
Advised Dorling Kindersley, a leading and innovative book publisher, on the sale of the company to Pearson in an all cash transaction.
06-Aug-99
$12.8 billion
Target:
One2One
Acquiror:
Deutsche Telekom AG
(joint venture between Cable and Wireless plc and Media One)
Strategic advice to C&W in connection with the sale of One2One, a UK mobile phone operator, 50% owned by C&W and 50% owned by Media One
30-Jul-99
$2.5 billion
Target:
Mirror Group PLC
Acquiror:
Trinity plc
Advised Trinity on its merger with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher