{"id":623,"date":"2010-09-15T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/more-coffee.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=623"},"modified":"2010-09-15T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:59:00","slug":"montagu-buys-host-europe-aka-123-reg-webfusion-donhost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more-coffee.co.uk\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Montagu buys Host Europe aka 123-reg, webfusion &#038; donhost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Montagu Private Equity has acquired the internet hosting company Host Europe Corporation for \u00a3222 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AIM-listed private equity group Oakley Capital first acquired Host Europe in 2008 for \u00a3128 million. Host Europe then included Vialtus Solutions, which was sold to the business telecoms company Daisy Group in July 2009 for \u00a342 million. The sale of Vialtus consisted of \u00a313 million in cash and 36.25 million ordinary shares in Daisy Group, which Oakley will retain post completion of the current deal.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Dubens, director of Oakley Capital Investments, comments: \u2018Host Europe has performed consistently well since Oakley acquired the business in 2008. On completion this will represent a significant disposal for the fund and achieves a good return for investors over a difficult economic period.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Host Europe operates two web hosting business in the UK and Germany. In the UK the company operates through the brands 123reg and Webfusion. London-based Webfusion is a shared internet hosting provider and 123reg is a domain name registration company. In Germany, Host Europe is a managed hosting provider for websites. The deal is subject to regulatory approval in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Original Article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandadeals.co.uk\/m-and-a-news\/1282458\/montagu-buys-host-europe.thtml\">http:\/\/www.mandadeals.co.uk\/m-and-a-news\/1282458\/montagu-buys-host-europe.thtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/123-reg.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/webfusion.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/webfusion.com\/?cn_pref=US<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/webfusion.es<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>http:\/\/donhost.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.montagu.com\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/123-reg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-625 alignleft\" title=\"123-reg\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/123-reg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-628 alignleft\" title=\"logo[1]\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/logo1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/webfusion1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-627 alignleft\" title=\"webfusion[1]\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/webfusion1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montagu Private Equity has acquired the internet hosting company Host Europe Corporation for \u00a3222 million. AIM-listed private equity group Oakley Capital first acquired Host Europe in 2008 for \u00a3128 million. Host Europe then included Vialtus Solutions, which was sold to the business telecoms company Daisy Group in July 2009 for \u00a342 million. 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