Ascential Software - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Ascential Software M&A Summary

Ascential Software has acquired 1 company of its own. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Ascential Software’s largest acquisition to date was in 2002, when it acquired Vality Technology for $92M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2001, when it sold Informix Software to International Business Machines for $1.0B. Ascential Software has acquired in 1 US state. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (100%).

Ascential Software Ownership

Who owns Ascential Software?

Ascential Software is owned by International Business Machines. It was acquired on May 2, 2005.

Ascential Software Business Overview

Where is Ascential Software headquartered?

Ascential Software is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.

How many employees does Ascential Software have?

Ascential Software has 970 employees.

What sector is Ascential Software in?

Ascential Software is a software company.

When was Ascential Software founded?

Ascential Software was founded in 1986.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity2
    • M&A Buy Activity1
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Ascential Software Corp.

50 Washington Street,
Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
United States,
(508) 366-3888

Ascential Software Corp. is a provider of extraction, transformation, and loading software for building data warehouses and transferring information between disparate data sources.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # - - - - - 1 1
vol $92M $92M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - 1 - 1
vol $1.0B $1.0B
  2

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Vality Technology, Inc. 2002-03-12 92M USD Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts · www.vality.com
Informix Software, Inc. 2001-07-02 1.0B USD Divestiture
Menlo Park, United States
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 1 (100%) 92M (100%) - -
Software - - 1 (100%) 1.0B (100%)
Total 1 $92M 1 $1.0B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 1 92M 1 1.0B
  Massachusetts 1 92M - -
Total 1 $92M 1 $1.0B

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $92M
TOTAL $92M
Largest Vality Technology, Inc.
$92M (2002-03-12)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.0B
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest Informix Software, Inc.
$1.0B (2001-07-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Software

Employees

970

Established

1986

Former Name

Informix Corporation

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