We are delighted and proud to announce, that Ocean Outdoor is being acquired by Ocelot Partners, a publicly listed acquisition. This move is designed to provide a dynamic and stable platform that will create an environment for growth both in Ocean and in the wider Out of Home market place. The management Team remains en bloc and retains a significant stake in the new venture.

With this anchor investment in Ocean, Ocelot seeks to build a scale out-of-home media consolidation vehicle. In addition to supporting Ocean’s organic growth initiatives, Ocelot will pursue strategic and complementary acquisitions intended to enhance Ocean’s scale, customer offering and deepen its market leadership.

We also believe this will deliver long-term sustained investment, accelerated tech enabled capabilities and most importantly provide a bigger, better and more effective service to our media partners & customers.

Aryeh B. Bourkoff, Ocelot’s Co-Founder, commented, “We were highly disciplined in our approach to evaluating opportunities for Ocelot’s initial investment. Ocean Outdoor is a great company that can seize the opportunity to scale across the UK and Europe, with a very strong management team that is leading the innovative, digital and data-driven wave transforming out-of-home media. Highly cash flow generative assets, growth and future consolidation potential make Ocean an ideal platform acquisition.”

“Outdoor is a medium in transition. Ocean has been a leader in this transition, focused on premium digital, building capabilities and using new technologies to deliver for their partners. We look forward to working with the management team to accelerate this journey” added Andrew Barron, Ocelot’s Co-Founder.

Ocean’s Chairman, Tom Goddard commented. “I am very excited about the opportunities this creates for our team and for our partners. The combined talent and experience this also brings together will, I believe, underpin a period of sustained growth.”

Tim Bleakley, CEO of Ocean, said “The appeal of this opportunity for the Ocean brand to be at the vanguard of championing growing audiences, increased advertising effectiveness and creative digital innovation for the OOH sector is compelling.”