M&A Deal Summary

Cable & Wireless Worldwide Acquires Exodus

On January 1, 2002, Cable & Wireless Worldwide acquired communications company Exodus from First Analysis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cable & Wireless Worldwide’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Cable & Wireless Worldwide’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cable & Wireless Worldwide’s 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2002-01-01
Target Exodus
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Sellers(s) First Analysis
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Exodus

Town & Country, Missouri, United States
Exodus is a provider of Internet system and network management solutions for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations. Exodus built state-of-the-art Internet data centers that managed all critical performance requirements, such as backup power, fire suppression, on-site security, fully scalable bandwidth, network availability, and network, system, and application monitoring.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cable & Wireless Worldwide

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Communications
Employees3,977
Revenue 1.9B GBP (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC was a multinational telecommunications services company. The Company serviced large corporations, governments, carriers and resellers and its services included managed voice, data and IP based services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Communications) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2002) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-07-01 Internet Network Services

London, United Kingdom

Internet Network Services is a provider of broadband services to companies, schools and government institutions.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-03 Columbus Communications

BridgeTown, Barbados

Columbus Communications, Inc. is a retail broadband telecommunication providers.

Buy $1.9B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

First Analysis

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

First Analysis is a financial advisory and investment firm. First Analysis' private equity arm targets investments in growth companies at all stages of development. The Group looks for opportunities based primarily in the US and can commit up to $10 million of equity per transaction. Sectors of particular interest include outsourced services, (business/government services, education, environmental services, healthcare services, marketing services); information technology, (business integration, call centers, healthcare IT, network security, open source, sensor systems, transaction processing); and chemistry enabled businesses (advanced materials, chemicals, healthcare products, polymers, purification). First Analysis was formed in 1981 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 71
Sector (Communications) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 51
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 17 of 70
Year (2002) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-09-20 Data Critical

Bothell, Washington, United States

Data Critical Corp. provided wireless telemedicine solutions using paging networks. The company's family of products included a portable trans-telephonic ECG receiving and reporting system and a computerized graphic wireless receiver for patient-monitoring systems.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-11-26 Toplander

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Toplander Corp. developed consumer data expertise and a consumer database for e-mail marketing campaigns and other forms of customer relationship management.

Sell $12M
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