M&A Deal Summary

Iron Mountain Information Management Acquires Archives One

On May 1, 2007, Iron Mountain Information Management acquired technology hardware company Archives One from Housatonic Partners and ABRY Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Iron Mountain Information Management’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Iron Mountain Information Management’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Iron Mountain Information Management’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-05-01
Target Archives One
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Iron Mountain Information Management
Sellers(s) Housatonic Partners
ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Archives One

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ArchivesOne, Inc. provider of records and information management services in the United States. The Company’s primary service offering is the storage of boxed hardcopy records. The Company also provides storage of electronic media and other customer material as well as certain complementary services. ArchivesOne provides these services to generally small and midsize clients in document intensive industries through its records storage centers in 17 metropolitan markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Iron Mountain Information Management

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Iron Mountain Information Management LLC provides of storage and information management services., it operates as a subsidiary of Iron Mountain, Inc.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Housatonic Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Housatonic Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in growing, profitable companies with a preference for businesses generating recurring revenues. Target sectors include services, media, and communications. Housatonic looks to commit $10 to $30 million per transaction to support buyouts and recapitalizations. Prospective companies generally have high gross margins and moderate capital intensity. Housatonic was formed in 1994 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 44
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 20
State (Massachusetts) 3 of 9
Country (United States) 15 of 42
Year (2007) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-30 ServiceSource

Denver, Colorado, United States

ServiceSource is a global outsourced go-to-market services provider that accelerates B2B digital sales and customer success transformation. The company's expert sales professionals, data-powered insights, and proven methodologies scale and reimagine customer journey experiences (CJX) into profitable business outcomes. It drives billions of dollars in client value annually, conducting commerce in 45 languages and 175 countries. ServiceSource International was founded in 1999 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-22 Diamond Rental

Sandy, Utah, United States

Diamond Rental of Salt Lake City, Utah. Diamond is the largest party and equipment rental business in Utah.

Sell -
SELLER

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 103
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 53
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 6
Country (United States) 9 of 88
Year (2007) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-23 KnowledgePoint360 Group

Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States

KnowledgePoint360 Group is a global leader in medical communications, serving healthcare professionals and the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries. We’re proud of our heritage of excellence dating back to 1972 – and we’re even prouder of the passion and value we bring to our work today.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-29 V12 Group

Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

V12 Group is a premium data provider through proprietary technology, businesses of all sizes gain access to over 5 billion premium consumer, business and automotive records. V12 Group is based in Red Bank, New Jersey.

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