Qoo10 to acquire 81.74% of Tmon

SI TMT E-commerce marketplace

Not yet reviewed: summarised from filings and press reports; figures may differ between reports. Please check the original sources.

Deal value
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Stake
81.74%
Implied 100%
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Revenue
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2021 · Multiple reports agree

Op. income
-$52m

2021 · Multiple reports agree

Multiples
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Target
Tmon · E-commerce marketplace
Buyer
Qoo10 · SI
Seller
Anchor Equity Partners & KKR (Monster Holdings)
Structure
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Announced
Sep 8, 2022
Closed
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Stage
Signed

Target

Tmon is a Korean e-commerce platform that began as a social-commerce site in 2010 and was reported to have years of operating losses and capital impairment.

Deal rationale

Bizwatch reported Qoo10 acquired 81.74% of Tmon in a share swap for shares in its logistics subsidiary Qxpress, right after CEO Ku Young-bae's eBay non-compete expired. Per Newstomato, Anchor PE and KKR (Monster Holdings) had invested about KRW 50bn each in 2019 and 2021, and with Tmon loss-making the swap was the realistic exit, with a planned Qxpress Nasdaq IPO in view. The Economist (Korea) reported synergies with Qoo10's global logistics network.

PE 회수(펀드 만기)기타
Revenue—
Operating income-$52m
EBITDA—
Net income—

2021 · Multiple reports agree (not yet checked against DART)

Press coverage

  • 비즈워치 (2022-09-08): “티몬 지분 81.74%와 큐텐의 자회사인 큐익스프레스의 지분을 교환하는 방식으로”
  • 뉴스토마토(IB토마토) (2024-07-26): “큐텐은 2022년 9월에는 티몬, 2023년엔 인터파크커머스와 위메프를 인수했다.”
  • 이코노미스트 (2023-05-29): “매출액은 지난해 1205억원으로 전년 대비 6.7% 감소했다.”

This is a data entry summarising filings and press reports. Please check the original sources for the figures.