M&A Deal Summary

AOL Acquires BookLink Technologies

On December 1, 1994, AOL acquired internet software and services company BookLink Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AOL’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is AOL’s 2nd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1994-12-01
Target BookLink Technologies
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) AOL
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

BookLink Technologies

United States
BookLink Technologies, Inc. is a web browser provider.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AOL

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 2.3B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.

AOL is a media technology company that produces, distributes, and monetizes by connecting publishers with advertisers on its global, programmatic content and advertising platforms. AOL was formed in 1985 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 64
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 38
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 2 of 58
Year: 1994 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-11-30 NaviSoft

Goleta, California, United States

NaviSoft, Inc. is a provider of web servers for hosting and publishing websites in US.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-02-01 Johnson-Grace

United States

Johnson-Grace is a provider of data compression company.

Buy $1.6B