M&A Deal Summary

Lifeline Systems Acquires HealthWatch

On May 1, 2007, Lifeline Systems acquired healthcare services company HealthWatch from BIA Digital Partners for 130M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lifeline Systems’ 1st transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Lifeline Systems’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lifeline Systems’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lifeline Systems’ 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-05-01
Target HealthWatch
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Lifeline Systems
Sellers(s) BIA Digital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 130M USD

Target

HealthWatch

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
website
HealthWatch provides personal responses systems ("PRS") and monitoring services to medically at-risk elderly and disabled individuals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lifeline Systems

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1974
Sector Healthcare Services
DESCRIPTION

Lifeline Systems, Inc. provides medical alert, personal emergency response monitoring and response services to customers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Healthcare Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Georgia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BIA Digital Partners

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

website

Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 283M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BIA Digital Partners is a private investment firm focused on making junior capital investments in businesses serving the media/entertainment, telecommunications, information services, and business services sectors. The Firm has a special interest in companies generating a significant level of recurring revenue. BIA typically invests in businesses valued from $20 to $100 million and revenues $15 to $100 million. Investment proceeds are generally used to pursue organic growth opportunities, make acquisitions, fund management or leveraged buyouts, recapitlizations, and debt refinancings. BIA is licensed as a SBIC and is based in Chantilly, Virginia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 23
Sector (Healthcare Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 10
State (Georgia) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 23
Year (2007) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-12 Job News

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Job News provides localized help-wanted advertising services through free print publications, websites, broadcasting, and career fairs. Job News was founded in 1994 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-05 EyeWonder

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EyeWonder is a leading provider of interactive digital advertising products and services, specializing in online video and rich media – both in-page and in-stream

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