M&A Deal Summary

DSV Acquires UTi Worldwide

On October 9, 2015, DSV acquired transportation company UTi Worldwide for 1.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DSV’s 11th transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is DSV’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DSV’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is DSV’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-10-09
Target UTi Worldwide
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) DSV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.4B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (Legal)

Target

UTi Worldwide

Long Beach, California, United States
UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based supply chain services and solutions company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage, distribution, inbound logistics, truckload brokerage, and other supply chain management services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DSV

Hedehusene, Denmark
Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Transportation
Employees73,881
Revenue 150.8B DKK (2023)
DESCRIPTION

DSV provides transport and logistics solutions worldwide. It operates in three divisions: Air and Sea, Road, and Solutions. DSV was founded in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 12
Sector (Transportation) 11 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 11
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-29 SBS Worldwide Holdings

Dartford, United Kingdom

SBS Worldwide Holdings Ltd. is a provider of air and sea transport and logistics solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-01 Panalpina

Basel, Switzerland

Panalpina is a provider of supply chain solutions. Panalpina offers ocean freight products comprising full container load, less-than-container load, and non-containerized load products, as well as various services, such as dangerous goods handling and temperature-controlled transportation. Panalpina was founded in 1895 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.

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