M&A Deal Summary

Nuance Solutions Acquires J.A. Thomas & Associates

On October 10, 2012, Nuance Solutions acquired information technology company J.A. Thomas & Associates for 265M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 3rd transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-10-10
Target J.A. Thomas & Associates
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Nuance Solutions
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 265M USD
Advisor(s) VRA Partners (Financial)

Target

J.A. Thomas & Associates

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
J.A. Thomas & Associates, Inc. is a premier provider of clinical documentation improvement ("CDI") programs for the healthcare industry. JATA helped establish the CDI industry and for more than two decades has provided technology and professional services that improve clinical documentation for healthcare providers. Its managed, end-to-end CDI solution has helped more than 500 hospitals improve patient care documentation by starting the CDI process with the physician at the point of care, resulting in more accurate and complete clinical documentation.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nuance Solutions

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Software
Employees7,100
Revenue 1.5B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Nuance Solutions is a provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Nuance technologies, applications and services enable users calling directory assistance, getting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. Nuance Solutions was formed in 1992 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 26
Sector (Information Technology) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 25
State (Georgia) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 15 of 22
Year (2012) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-18 Ditech Networks

San Jose, California, United States

Ditech Networks, Inc. is a provider of echo cancellation and voice processing solutions, which enable service providers to improve the quality of wireless, wireline, and voice-over-packet networks.

Buy $23M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-04 Accentus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accentus, Inc. is the provider of outsourced medical transcription services in Canada, serving hospitals, clinics and physicians’ offices throughout the country.

Buy -