M&A Deal Summary

Towers Watson Acquires Extend Health

On May 14, 2012, Towers Watson acquired healthcare services company Extend Health for 435M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Towers Watson’s 1st transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Towers Watson’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Towers Watson’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Towers Watson’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-05-14
Target Extend Health
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Towers Watson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 435M USD

Target

Extend Health

South Jordan, Utah, United States
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Extend Health runs the private Medicare exchange, working with private clients including Caterpillar Inc. CAT, -0.83% and Ford Motor Co. F, -4.74% as well as municipalities and local governments, including the state of Nevada, to allow retirees to shop among health-care plans.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Towers Watson

Arlington, Virginia, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1865
Sector Business Services
Employees16,500
Revenue 3.6B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Towers Watson is a global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management. With 16,000 associates around the world, Company offer consulting, technology and solutions in the areas of benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector (Healthcare Services) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 9
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2012) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-01 EMB Consultancy

Epsom, United Kingdom

EMB Consultancy LLP, is specialized in property & casualty consulting. EMB also had software dealing with pricing, reserving, spatial smoothing analysis, capital and risk modelling.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-20 Oxford Investment Partners

Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford Investment Partners Ltd. manages in excess of $1 billion for third-party investors, including pension funds, charities and university endowments. OXIP recently launched a Diversified Growth Fund (DGF) for Defined Contribution (DC) pension funds which offers DC members exposure to a wide range of advanced investment strategies including hedge funds, commodities, re-insurance and property, as well as equities and bonds.

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