M&A Deal Summary

Dealertrack Acquires Webalg

On January 8, 2002, Dealertrack acquired software company Webalg from JPMorgan Chase and ALG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dealertrack’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Dealertrack’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dealertrack’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-01-08
Target Webalg
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Dealertrack
Sellers(s) JPMorgan Chase
ALG
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Webalg

California, United States
Webalg Inc. is an automotive finance software company. Webalg's flagship product that operates as a powerful lease comparison tool.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dealertrack

Lake Success, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Software
Employees2,500
Revenue 948M USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Dealertrack is a provider of digital solutions to the automotive retail industry. The company's cloud-based platform offers a suite of integrated tools and services that help dealerships streamline their operations, improve efficiency, and enhance the customer experience. Dealertrack's solutions cover the entire automotive sales and financing process, from inventory management and vehicle registration to credit application processing and digital retailing. Dealertrack was formed in 2001 and is based in Lake Success, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 24
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 16
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 19
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-05 dealerAccess Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

dealerAccess Canada is a technology solution provider to the automotive finance sector in Canada. Its portal enables dealers to connect through the internet to multiple lending institutions that provide loans and leases to buyers at the point-of-sale. dealerAccess currently offers financing from 24 national and regional lenders.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

JPMorgan Chase

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1799
Sector Financial Services
Employees311,921
Revenue 177.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Chase Tower in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Entrance to Chase Tower in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

JPMorgan Chase is a financial institution provides investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. JPMorgan Chase was founded in 1799 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 12
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 7
State: California M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 1 of 10
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Webalg

California, United States

Webalg Inc. is an automotive finance software company. Webalg's flagship product that operates as a powerful lease comparison tool.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-14 Bank One

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bank One is a bank holding company, with assets of $290 billion. Bank One has more than 51 million credit cards issued, and serves nearly 7 million retail households and more than 20,000 middle market customers. It also manages $175 billion of clients' investment assets. Bank One is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Buy $58.0B
SELLER

ALG

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1964
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

ALG has been helping automotive manufacturers, financial institutions, and fleet companies increase profitability, reduce risk, and gain overall market intelligence with specializing in automotive residual values, analytical data products, and hands-on, pragmatic business consultation. ALG excels in providing: 1) Residual value and depreciation forecasting, 2) Consulting services for manufacturers, financial institutions, and fleet companies, 3) Lease and loan portfolio risk analysis and securitization valuations, 4) Data analysis products, 5) Custom modeling tools for residual values and remarketing. ALG was formed in 1964 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Webalg

California, United States

Webalg Inc. is an automotive finance software company. Webalg's flagship product that operates as a powerful lease comparison tool.

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