Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment & Technology
Industry overview
Macquarie Capital's Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment and Technology (TMET) team combines financial services and specialised industry knowledge with a focus on companies operating globally in the TMET sector. The team is one of the largest specialist groups of its kind in Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and continues to expand its presence in Europe and North America.
We are committed to your needs, and by specialising in this sector we have developed a comprehensive understanding of your business, and the issues and challenges you face.
The TMET team offers the full spectrum of corporate advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, project financing and other financial advisory services. With direct access to Macquarie Capital's Restructuring and Special Situations professionals, we are also able to offer a full range of restructuring advisory services for debtors, creditors and prospective investment partners.
Key transactions
Recent transactions from around the globe:
| Year | Country | Description | Transaction Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | USA | Adviser to Alloy on sale of Alby, Inc. to ZelnickMedia | $US127m |
| 2010 | USA | Adviser to Focus Media on the sale of Allyes to Silver Lake | $US200m |
| 2010 | USA | Joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger for a senior secured credit facility for Airvana | $US360m |
| 2010 | Taiwan |
Adviser to Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) on refinancing existing senior facilities and offshore mezzanine facility. Also mandated lead arranger for the $US135 million subordinated facility |
$US900m |
| 2010 | Australia | Financial adviser and underwriter to Photon Group on its recapitalisation proposal | $A102m |
| 2010 | Canada/UK | Adviser to Ontario Teachers Pension Plan on its acquisition of Camelot Group | £389m |
| 2010 |
Singapore/ Australia/ Ireland |
Adviser to Singapore Technologies Telemedia on the privatisation of Eircom Holdings, owner of 57.1 per cent stake in Irish telecom incumbent Eircom | €4.0bn |
| 2009 | Australia | Defence adviser to PIPE Networks on its potential acquisition by TPG Telecom Limited | $A434m |
| 2009 |
South Africa/ Korea |
Financial adviser to the Senior Lender Group on the restructuring of MagnaChip Semiconductor | $US840m |
| 2009 |
Canada/ Australia |
Sole lead manager, underwriter and bookrunner for the selldown by CanWest Global Communications Corp of its 50.1 per cent holding in TEN Network Holdings Limited | $A680m |
| 2009 | Taiwan | Sole global coordinator, sole bookrunner and sole lead manager to Epistar Corporation on the issue of Global Depository Receipts | $US351m |
| 2009 | Australia | Sole lead manager and underwriter to the carsales.com Limited IPO | $A163.5m |
| 2009 | Australia | Sole lead manager to TEN Network on its capital raising by way of a placement | $A138m |
| 2009 | HK/South Africa | Adviser to Verizon on the sale of Verizon SA, its South African corporate ISP business to MTN Group | $A332m |
| 2009 | USA | Buyside advisory mandate with Crown Limited for the acquisition of Cannery Casino Resorts | $US320m |
| 2009 | Australia | Sole lead manager to SEEK on its capital raising by way of a placement, share purchase plan and top-up offer | $A124m |
| 2009 | Australia | Adviser to Prime Media Group on its capital raising by way of entitlement offer and placement of shares to Seven Network | $A110m |
| 2009 | Australia | Adviser to Fujitsu on its acquisition of Kaz | $A200m |
| 2009 | Australia | Adviser to Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group in its strategic review and following privatisation by Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | $A7.5bn |
| 2009 | Australia | Defence adviser to MYOB on its acquisition by Manhattan Software | $A501m |
| 2008 | Australia | Adviser to Telstra on the Australian Commonwealth Government request for proposal on a national broadband network | Undisclosed |
| 2008 | Australia | Adviser to Tatts Group in the refinance of existing debt facilities | $A1.1bn |
| 2008 | China/HK | Adviser to China Motion Telecom International Limited on the sale of its wholesale IDD business to CITIC 1616 Holdings Limited | $HK260m |
| 2008 | Korea | Adviser to Macquarie Korean Opportunities Fund's two part acquisition of C&M | KRW1.7bn |
| 2008 | The Netherlands | Adviser to European Directories SA on the acquisition of Truvo Nederlands B.V. (known as Gouden Gids, GG), the Dutch operations of the Truvo Group | €290m |
| 2008 | Singapore | Adviser to BT Group Plc on the acquisition of SGX listed Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd | $S228.4m |
| 2008 | China | Principal equity investment in Ambow Education | $US3.0m |
| 2008 | Korea | Adviser to Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund on the acquisition of an interest in Taiwan Broadband Communications, Taiwan's third largest cable TV operator from Macquarie Media Group | $US831.5m |
| 2008 | Singapore | Adviser to Unisteel on sale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co | $S787m |
| 2008 | China | Principal investment alongside Seek Ltd in Zhaopin | $US60m |
| 2008 | Canada | Adviser to Borealis Infrastructure Management on its acquisition of Teranet Income Fund | $C2.0m |
Contact us
For further information please contact:
Alex Harvey
Global Head of the Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment & Technology team
- Call: +61 2 8237 3652
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