M&A Deal Summary

Call Solutions.com Acquires OnPoint

On May 9, 2001, Call Solutions.com acquired business services company OnPoint from Platinum Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Call Solutions.com’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Call Solutions.com’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Call Solutions.com’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-05-09
Target OnPoint
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Call Solutions.com
Sellers(s) Platinum Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) First Analysis Corp. (Financial)

Target

OnPoint

Fort Worth, Texas, United States
OnPoint Inc., a call center and provider of customer relationship management products and services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Call Solutions.com

Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

Category Company
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Call Solutions, a telephone and Internet customer relationship management firm, expects the acquisition to expand the company's services to clients in the travel, financial services, government, consumer products and health care industries.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Platinum Equity

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 50.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Platinum Equity's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.
Platinum Equity's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

Platinum Equity is a private equity firm focused on acquiring divestitures of larger public companies primarily in North America and Europe. Historically, Platinum targeted technology/software related businesses, however, the firm has since branched out beyond tech and will consider acquisitions in a broad range of industries including chemicals, communications, logistics, healthcare, automotive, industrial products, and business services. Platinum Equity was formed in 1995 by Tom Gores and is based in Beverly Hills, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 86
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 42
State: Texas M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 1 of 71
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Nextiraone Mexico S.A. de C.V.

Mexico

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-09-04 Vanguard Networks Solutions

Foxboro, Massachusetts, United States

Vanguard Networks Solutions provides broadband network access routers for businesses.

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