Add-on Acquisition • Internet Software and Services

Entrust Acquires Business Signatures

On July 24, 2006, Entrust acquired internet software and services company Business Signatures from TPG for 50M USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Entrust’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Entrust’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Entrust’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Entrust’s 2nd transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date July 24, 2006
Target Business Signatures
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Entrust
Sellers(s) TPG
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 50M USD

Target Company

Business Signatures

Redwood City, California, United States
Business Signatures Corp. offers fraud prevention solution to solve information technology management and online fraud and risk prevention services. Business Signatures' e-fraud signature library provides financial services companies with templates that recognize patterns of navigation, access and behavior within online customer sessions; and its intent processor platform enables the detection of fraudulent intent versus normal intent of online customers.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Entrust

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Software
Employees350
Revenue 120M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Entrust secures digital identities and information for consumers, enterprises and governments in more than 2,000 organizations spanning 60 countries. Leveraging a layered security approach to address growing risks, Entrust solutions help secure the most common digital identity and information protection pain points in an organization. These include SSL, authentication, fraud detection, shared data protection and e-mail security.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Internet Software and Services 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 2
State: California 2 of 2
Country: United States 2 of 2
Year: 2006 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-20 EnCommerce

Santa Clara, California, United States

enCommerce is a vendor of single sign-on and access control security software for Internet and Intranet applications. enCommerce?s products control application access and user privileges for an organization?s employees, customers and suppliers.

Buy $470M

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

TPG

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 296.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TPG Capital is a global, mega-sized private investment firm that manages a family of funds focused on private equity, real estate, venture capital, public equity and debt investing. TPG invests in opportunities across a broad range of industries and geographies. TPG generally seeks to invest in established businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operational experience and connections. Industries of interest include consumer, retail, healthcare, industrials, digital media, natural resources, energy, real estate, technology, and software. TPG was formerly known as Texas Pacific Group and was originally established in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price. The Firm is based in Forth Worth, Texas with additional offices in Europe, Asia, and Australia.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 36 of 278
Sector: Internet Software and Services 2 of 19
Type: Add-on Acquisition 11 of 96
State: California 7 of 64
Country: United States 27 of 200
Year: 2006 7 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 69 of 74
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-14 Petco Health and Wellness Company

San Diego, California, United States

Petco Health and Wellness Company is a health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents, and their own Petco partners. The company is focused on delivering comprehensive wellness solutions through its products and services, and creating communities that deepen the pet-pet parent bond. It operates more than 1,500 Petco locations across the U.S., Mexico, and Puerto Rico, including a growing network of more than 100 in-store veterinary hospitals, and offer a complete online resource for pet health and wellness. Petco Health and Wellness Company was founded in 1965 and is based in San Diego, California.

Buy $1.8B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-08-28 Mylan Laboratories

Secunderabad, India

Mylan Laboratories Limited (Mylan Labs), a subsidiary of U.S.-based Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL), is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Based in Hyderabad, India, Mylan Labs offers more than 150 APIs and intermediates to customers in more than 80 countries across a wide range of therapeutic categories.

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