M&A Deal Summary

Capita Acquires Cedar HR Software

On September 23, 2011, Capita acquired software company Cedar HR Software for 15M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Capita’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Capita’s 20th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Capita’s 15th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-09-23
Target Cedar HR Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Capita
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 15M GBP

Target

Cedar HR Software

Huntingdon, Cambs, United Kingdom
Cedar HR combines all the very latest technology and functionality you would expect from a global ERP system, tailored to satisfy a wide range of Police-specific requirements.

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Buyer

Capita

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Business Services
Employees34,500
Revenue 2.4B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Capita is a provider of business process services, driven by data, technology, and people. The Company delivers innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers. Capita operates across two divisions – Capita Public Service and Capita Experience – in the UK, Europe, India, and South Africa. Capita was formed in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 61
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 17 of 56
Country: United Kingdom M&A 15 of 53
Year: 2011 M&A 10 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-06 Insurance Medical Group

Durham, United Kingdom

Insurance Medical Group Ltd. provides medico legal reporting, diagnostics, and proactive physiotherapy and treatment services. The company produces medico-legal reports on behalf of personal injury claimants who have been injured as a result of an accident; and offers proactive rehabilitation and treatment services to return a claimant to their pre-accident physical and psychological condition. It also provides medical investigation and testing, and accident investigation services. The company offers its services within the personal injury claims area. It serves patients, insurers insurance companies, and claims management companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-23 Applied Language Solutions

Anaheim, California, United States

ALS was awarded a framework agreement with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ and its partners, including Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, Her Majesty's Prison Service and police forces across England and Wales, will be able to sign contracts under the agreement for the delivery of interpreting and translation services. The framework is expected to deliver cost savings in excess of £60m over 5 years, greatly reducing the criminal justice sector's spend in this area.

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