M&A Deal Summary

Datatel Acquires SunGard Higher Education businesses

On January 23, 2012, Datatel acquired education company SunGard Higher Education businesses from SunGard Data Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Datatel’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Datatel’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-01-23
Target SunGard Higher Education businesses
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Datatel
Sellers(s) SunGard Data Systems
Deal Type Merger

Target

SunGard Higher Education businesses

United States
SunGard Higher Education businesses provides education services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Datatel

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Datatel has focused exclusively on helping colleges and universities manage their business processes. Datatel today provides fully integrated enterprise information management software solutions to more than 600 colleges, universities and other higher education institutions serving almost 4 million students


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

SunGard Data Systems

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Software
Employees17,000
Revenue 4.5B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Sungard campus in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Sungard campus in Downers Grove, Illinois.

SunGard Data Systems, Inc. is a provider of software and processing solutions for the financial services industry, higher education, and the public sector in over 70 countries. SunGard also offers disaster recovery, managed IT, and information availability consulting services along with business continuity management software.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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