M&A Deal Summary

Caledonia Investments Acquires Celerant Consulting

On May 24, 2006, Caledonia Investments acquired business services company Celerant Consulting from Novell for 77M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Caledonia Investments’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Caledonia Investments’ 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Caledonia Investments’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Celerant Consulting was sold to a strategic buyer in 2013 for 145M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-05-24
Target Celerant Consulting
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Caledonia Investments
Sellers(s) Novell
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 77M USD

Target

Celerant Consulting

Richmond, United Kingdom
Celerant is a business operations consultancy. Celerant has offices throughout the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and a global client base that spans over 57 countries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Caledonia Investments

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1928
Sector Financial Services
Employees82
Revenue 234M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Caledonia is a self-managed investment trust. Caledonia Investments was incorporated in 1928 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 5
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 5
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-02 Celerant Consulting

Richmond, United Kingdom

Celerant is a business operations consultancy. Celerant has offices throughout the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and a global client base that spans over 57 countries.

Sell $145M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Novell

Provo, Utah, United States
Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Software
Employees3,400
DESCRIPTION

Novell, Inc. is a provider of Intelligent Workload Management software, helps organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. Novell was formed in 1979 and is based in Provo, Utah.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-19 e-Security

Vienna, Virginia, United States

e-Security, Inc. offers a security management platform that integrates and consolidates an enterprise's multiple security solutions to provide a comprehensive view of the entire security environment.

Buy $72M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 Cambridge Technology Partners

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge provides strategic and management consulting as well as systems integration services to transform its clients into e-Businesses.

Sell -
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