Add-on Acquisition • Business Services

Access Acquires Retrievex

On October 10, 2012, Access acquired business services company Retrievex from Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

Acquisition Context
  • This is Access’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Access’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Access’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 10, 2012
Target Retrievex
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Access
Sellers(s) Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Retrievex

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
Retrievex is an industry leader and innovator in organizing, classifying, archiving, preserving and purging records. Retrievex provides records and information management solutions in several key markets throughout the United States.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Access

Peabody, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Access is a records and information management (RIM) services provider in the United States. Access' complete suite of services includes records storage and document management in both hardcopy and digital formats, data protection (electronic computer media), secure destruction, digital document conversion and breach reporting services. Access was founded in 2004 and is based in Peabody, Massachusetts.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 63
Sector: Business Services 1 of 21
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 56
State: Pennsylvania 1 of 2
Country: United States 2 of 52
Year: 2012 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-29 Multiplex Information Services

Sacramento, California, United States

Multiplex Information Services, Inc. is a records and information management services provider.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-28 Sheeler Moving & Storage

Ventura, California, United States

Sheeler Moving & Storage, Inc. is a provider of moving and storage services.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1979
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a mega-sized, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and technology/tech-enabled services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including venture investments, growth equity investments, buy-and-build transactions, public-to-private acquisitions, and corporate carve-outs. The Firm prefers control situations and generally seeks opportunities in the US. Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe was formed in 1979 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 39 of 76
Sector: Business Services 7 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition 25 of 44
State: Pennsylvania 5 of 5
Country: United States 38 of 73
Year: 2012 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-03 SHPS

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

SHPS, Inc. is dedicated to helping organizations improve member health and control healthcare costs through its Carewise Health and Landacorp subsidiaries. Landacorp creates care management software and solutions that enables highly efficient collaboration among health plans, providers and members.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-17 U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Dallas, Texas, United States

U.S. Anesthesia Partners is a provider of anesthesia services, with over 3,500 team members providing patient care in more than 400 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers throughout the country. The company’s physician partnership model promotes alignment and best practice sharing while allowing individual practice groups to maintain a measure of clinical and operational autonomy at the local level. USAP supports its physician partners with centralized management infrastructure and resources to facilitate the delivery of consistent, high-quality patient care. U.S. Anesthesia Partners is based in Dallas, Texas.

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