Add-on Acquisition • Information Technology

NTT Communications Acquires e-shelter facility services

On June 23, 2015, NTT Communications acquired information technology company e-shelter facility services from ABRY Partners

Acquisition Context
  • This is NTT Communications’ 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is NTT Communications’ 1st transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 23, 2015
Target e-shelter facility services
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) NTT Communications
Sellers(s) ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

e-shelter facility services

Frankfurt, Germany
e-shelter plans, develops and operates high-availability data centers whose infrastructures provide the highest level of physical security and operational reliability. At its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, e-shelter has created Europe's single largest campus for resilient operating environments which is protected through multi-level security systems and a dedicated on-site service and control center. In addition to two locations in Frankfurt e-shelter offers high-availability datacenter space at five other locations: in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich as well as in London and Zurich.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

NTT Communications

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1952
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION
NTT Communications office in downtown Tokyo, Japan.
NTT Communications office in downtown Tokyo, Japan.

NTT Communications is a provider of information and communication technology services, with expertise in private networks, cloud, hosting, and IP networking services. Its extensive global IT infrastructure includes highly reliable low-latency private networks, expansive MPLS IP-VPN coverage, Ethernet VPN, Tier1 global IP backbone networks with one of the highest available transpacific capabilities, and secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Communications was formed in 1952 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector: Information Technology 4 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition 7 of 11
Country: Germany 1 of 1
Year: 2015 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-10 Virtela Technology Services Incorporated

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

Virtela Technology Services Incorporated is a provider of an enterprise networking and virtualized information technology services in the United States and internationally.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-28 PT. Cyber CSF

Jakarta, Indonesia

PT. Cyber CSF is a data center service provider.

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Seller Profile 1

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 Context for Seller #
Overall 51 of 104
Sector: Information Technology 8 of 24
Type: Add-on Acquisition 25 of 54
Country: Germany 1 of 1
Year: 2015 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-01 United Real Estate

Dallas, Texas, United States

United Real Estate operating the United Country Real Estate and United Real Estate brands, is the leading fully integrated network of conventional and auction real estate professionals globally. The two brands combined address the unique markets they serve, rural and urban, with exclusive marketing, technology, and training solutions. Together the United brands support nearly 600 offices and 5,000 real estate professionals across four continents with a unique, comprehensive marketing program that includes one of the largest portfolios of real estate websites, the largest internal real estate marketing services company, an extensive buyer database of more than 550,000 opt-in buyers, and regional, national and international advertising programs for properties. United Real Estate was founded in 2011 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-25 Hilb Group

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Hilb Group is a middle-market insurance agency. Hilb Group seeks to grow through targeted acquisitions in the middle market insurance brokerage space. Hilb Group was founded in 2009 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

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