M&A Deal Summary

Integral Capital Partners, TPG, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking and Silver Lake Acquire Seagate Technology

On March 29, 2000, venture capital firm Integral Capital Partners, private equity firm TPG, private equity firm Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking and private equity firm Silver Lake acquired technology hardware company Seagate Technology for 2.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Integral Capital Partners’ 1st, TPG’s 2nd, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking’s 1st and Silver Lake’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Integral Capital Partners’ 4th, TPG’s 36th, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking’s 20th and Silver Lake’s 19th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Integral Capital Partners’ 1st, TPG’s 1st, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking’s 1st and Silver Lake’s 1st transaction in Ireland.
Investment Fate
  • Seagate Technology went public in 2002.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-03-29
Target Seagate Technology
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Integral Capital Partners
TPG
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking
Silver Lake
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 2.0B USD

Target

Seagate Technology

Dublin, Ireland
Seagate facility in Fremont, California.
Seagate facility in Fremont, California.
Seagate Technology is a provider of technology and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The Company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world's largest manufacturer of disc drives magnetic discs and read-write heads, an innovator in tape drives, and a leading developer of Business Intelligence software. Seagate Technology was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Buyer(S) 4

Buyer

Integral Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1991
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 35
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 2
Type (Going Private) 1 of 3
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 2 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-22 Gartner

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight to clients worldwide. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-03 REZsolutions

Dallas, Texas, United States

REZsolutions Inc., the worldwide leader in technology and marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, announced the release of the 1999 Marketing Planning Guide, an updated and expanded products and services guide.

Sell -
Buyer

TPG

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 137.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TPG Capital is a global, mega-sized private investment firm that manages a family of funds focused on private equity, real estate, venture capital, public equity and debt investing. TPG invests in opportunities across a broad range of industries and geographies. TPG generally seeks to invest in established businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operational experience and connections. Industries of interest include consumer, retail, healthcare, industrials, digital media, natural resources, energy, real estate, technology, and software. TPG was formerly known as Texas Pacific Group and was originally established in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price. The Firm is based in Forth Worth, Texas with additional offices in Europe, Asia, and Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 403
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 7
Type (Going Private) 1 of 35
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 4 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 36 of 101
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-22 Interlink Group

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Interlink Group, Inc. is an IT professional services firm that specializes in application development, IT infrastructure, enterprise integration, enterprise content management and customer relationship management for Microsoft environments.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-18 Convergent Communications

United States

Convergent Communications through its subsidiary, Convergent Communications Services, Inc., operated as a Broadband Networking and Web Services provider with full-service network and data systems integration capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses.

Buy -
Buyer

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 155.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is the investment arm of Goldman Sachs. The primary corporate investment group within the Merchant Banking Division is Goldman Sachs' direct investment arm. GS's direct investment arm consists of GS Capital Partners, GS Mezzanine Partners, and GS Growth Partners. GS Capital Partners is the direct corporate equity investment group which seeks LBO, recapitalization, and growth investments to help fund acquisitions, expansions, recapitalizations, restructurings, buyouts, and take privates. GS Capital Partners looks to invest between $50 and $800 million in opportunities in North/South America, Europe, Asia. GS Mezzanine Partners is the junior capital arm of Goldman Sachs. GS Mezzanine looks to invest between $200 million and and $800 million in transactions valued up to $10 billion. Investment proceeds are used to fund leveraged buyouts, expansion financings, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and restructurings. GS Growth looks to invest in growth equity transactions. The unit seeks to commit $20 to $200 million per investment. Other units within GS's merchant banking division include Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Urban Investments. Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 181
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 4
Type (Going Private) 1 of 15
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-10-01 Wincor Nixdorf AG

Paderborn, Germany

Wincor Nixdorf is a provider of IT solutions and services to retail banks and the retail industry. The main focus of the group's comprehensive portfolio lies on business process optimization, especially in the branch operations of both sectors. The company also places great importance on building close relationships with sales partners that have an excellent knowledge of the local requirements and conditions on the customer side.

Buy $800M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-09-01 eAccess

Tokyo, Japan

eAccess Ltd. is the largest mobile broadband service provider in Japan with 2.9 million subscribers. eAccess also provides fixed broadband services to 2.0 million subscribers by primarily selling ADSL connections to ISPs and offering ISP services under the AOL brand.

Buy -
Buyer

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 134
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 6
Type (Going Private) 1 of 16
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2000) 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 19 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-22 Gartner

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight to clients worldwide. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-06-26 Xoriant

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Xoriant is a digital product engineering, software development, and technology services firm that delivers innovative solutions, accelerating time to market and ensuring client's competitiveness in industries like BFSI, high tech, healthcare, pharma, industrial manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, and automotive. Across all its technology focus areas – digital product engineering, DevOps, cloud, infrastructure and security, big data and analytics, data engineering, management, and governance, and IoT – every solution the company develops benefits from the product engineering pedigree. Xoriant was formed in 1990 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Buy -