图片来源：The Guardian
M&C Saatchi 已同意 NextFifteen 以 3.1 亿英镑的价格收购，几天前该集团拒绝了其最大股东所尝试的恶意收购(约2.54亿英镑)。
M&C Saatchi has agreed a £"310mn takeover by Next Fifteen, after the group rejected a low hostile offer from the investment vehicle of its largest shareholder.
M&C 的独立董事一致支持 Next Fifteen 所提出的 3.1 亿英镑现金和股票报价，Next Fifteen是一家市值约 12 亿英镑的上市通讯集团。Next Fifteen全年净收入增长 32% 至 1.659 亿英镑。经常性收入的增长推动的净收入增长为 23%。
M&C's independent directos gave their unanimous support for a higher £310mn cash and shares offer from Next Fifteen, a listed communications group with a market value of around £1.2bn. Next Fifteen posted full year net revenue growth of 32% to £165.9 million. Organic net revenue growth was 23%.
Next Fifteen 的首席执行官蒂姆·戴森 (Tim Dyson) 表示，该收购将汇集“两个高度互补的业务”，并“将使他们集团规模和全球影响力的产生巨大变化”。
Tim Dyson, Chief executive of Next Fifteen, said it would bring together "two highly complementary business" and "will provide them with a step change in thier scale and global reach".
"从 Next Fifteen 推荐的现金和股票收购意味着 M&C Saatchi 的价值代表了近期交易水平的显着溢价，并为 M&C Saatchi 的股东提供了一个明确价值的机会，并从扩大后的集团未来的潜在上行空间中受益。"
"The recommended cash and share acquisition from Next Fifteen implies a value for M&C Saatchi that represents a significant premium to recent trading levels and provides M&C Saatchi Shareholders with an opportunity to crystallise value and to benefit from the potential future upside of the enlarged group. "
互补优势和策略：
Next Fifteen's 和 M&C Saatchi 的地理分布具有高度互补性。扩大后的集团有望成为在全球国家（包括美国、英国、亚洲和澳大利亚）拥有强大品牌的领先企业。这使 Next Fifteen's 和 M&C Saatchi 的现有业务多元化并扩大到具有有利的长期增长趋势和强劲行业基本面的有吸引力的终端市场。
忠诚的蓝筹客户，重叠最少，汇集了多元化、高质量的国际客户群。
M&C Saatchi 在英国尤其是美国的公共部门的专业知识将为 NextFifteen 的服务提供和营销地位增添新的维度。
Next 15 的内部数据分析能力可以立即在整个 Enlarged Group 中得到利用，以创造重要的新客户机会。
Complementary strengths and strategies:
Next Fifteen's and M&C Saatchi's geographic presences are highly complementary. The Enlarged Group is expected to be a leading player with strong brands in countries across the globe, including the US, UK, Asia and Australia. This diversifies and expands Next Fifteen's and M&C Saatchi's existing exposure to attractive end-markets with favourable long-term growth trends and strong industry fundamentals.
Loyal, blue-chip clients with minimal overlap bringing together a diversified, high-quality group of international customers.
M&C Saatchi's expertise in the public sector, in both the UK and particularly the US, would add a new dimension to Next Fifteen's service offering and marketing position.
Next Fifteen's in-house data analytics capability could be immediately leveraged across the Enlarged Group to create significant new client opportunities.