M&A Deal Summary

DWS Acquires Symplicit Pty

On June 1, 2015, DWS acquired information technology company Symplicit Pty for 9M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DWS’s 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is DWS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DWS’s 6th transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-06-01
Target Symplicit Pty
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) DWS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 9M USD

Target

Symplicit Pty

Melbourne, Australia
website
Symplicit Pty Ltd. is one of Australia’s major User Experience (UX) digital design and innovation consultancy businesses. Symplicit bridges the gap between businesses and their customers by providing UX research services, innovation and digital design consultancy services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DWS

Melbourne, Australia

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Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Information Technology
Employees686
Revenue 168M AUD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

DWS Ltd. is an IT Services company, providing services to blue chip organisations since 1991. With a business philosophy based upon integrity, reliability and professional service delivery, DWS provides end to end IT solutions. The quality of DWS consultants enables organisations to develop, manage and maintain IT Solutions – providing them with a competitive advantage and long term success. DWS was founded in 1991 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector (Information Technology) 5 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 6
Country (Australia) 6 of 7
Year (2015) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-14 Apt Business Solutions Pty

Fyshwick, Australia

Apt Business Solutions Pty Ltd. is a provider of outsourced application managed services to major Federal Government Agencies and has contracted work through till 2016. The Apt team are highly proficient in the data warehousing and Business Intelligence disciplines.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-05 Phoenix IT & T Consulting Pty

Brisbane, Australia

Phoenix IT & T Consulting Pty Ltd. is a provider of business and IT consulting, procurement and technical services for a number of Australian federal government agencies and blue-chip companies, with the majority of its customer base contracted under master services agreements.

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