Webcentral - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Webcentral M&A Summary

Webcentral has acquired 6 companies. It has also divested 4 assets.

Webcentral’s largest acquisition to date was in 2008, when it acquired Digital Brand Management Services - VeriSign for $50M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold CSC Digital Brand Services to DXC Technology Company for $153M. Webcentral has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (84%) and internet software and services (17%).

Webcentral Business Overview

Where is Webcentral headquartered?

Webcentral is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

What is Webcentral’s revenue?

Webcentral disclosed revenue of 61M AUD for 2020 and 84M AUD for 2019.

How many employees does Webcentral have?

Webcentral has 689 employees.

What sector is Webcentral in?

Webcentral is an information technology company.

When was Webcentral founded?

Webcentral was founded in 1996.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity10
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 1

Webcentral

Webcentral Group Ltd.

505 Little Collins Street Level 9,
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia,
+61 2 9215 6300
www.webcentralgroup.com.au

Webcentral is a domain name registration company and IT services. Melbourne IT offers domain registration, website design, email and web hosting. Webcentral was founded in 1996 and is based in Sydney, Australia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 6 - - - - - 6
vol $159M $159M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 2 2 - - - - 4
vol $153M $35M $188M
  10

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
WebCentral Pty Ltd. 2020-07-13 - Divestiture
Sydney, Australia · www.webcentral.com.au
Arq Group Ltd. - Arq Enterprise 2020-02-11 35M USD Divestiture
Sydney, Australia
Infoready Pty Ltd. 2016-03-16 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
Melbourne, Australia · www.infoready.com.au
Melbourne IT - Domain Reseller Channel 2016-03-15 - Divestiture
, United States
Outware Systems Pty Ltd. 2015-06-10 - Stake Purchase
Richmond, Australia · www.outware.com.au
Uber Global Pty Ltd 2015-02-24 11M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Braddon, Australia · www.uber.com.au
Netregistry Pty Ltd 2014-02-27 36M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.netregistry.com.au
CSC Digital Brand Services 2013-03-12 153M USD Divestiture
Santa Clara, California
Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) - VeriSign, Inc. 2008-04-30 50M USD Divestiture
, United States
WebCentral Pty Ltd. 2006-02-22 46M AUD Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.webcentral.com.au
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 5 (83%) 148M (93%) 3 (75%) 35M (19%)
Internet Software and Services 1 (17%) 11M (7%) 1 (25%) 153M (81%)
Total 6 $159M 4 $188M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Australia 5 109M 2 35M
United States 1 50M 2 153M
  California - - 1 153M
Domestic 5 (83%) 109M (68%) 2 (50%) 35M (19%)
Cross-border 1 (17%) 50M (32%) 2 (50%) 153M (81%)
Total 6 $159M 4 $188M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Mooreland Partners LLC
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 5 $159M
TOTAL $159M
Largest Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) - VeriSign, Inc.
$50M (2008-04-30)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $153M
< $100M 1 $35M
TOTAL $188M
Largest CSC Digital Brand Services
$153M (2013-03-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

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