M&A Deal Summary

Nuance Solutions Acquires Accentus

On December 4, 2012, Nuance Solutions acquired business services company Accentus from High Road Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Nuance Solutions’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-12-04
Target Accentus
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Nuance Solutions
Sellers(s) High Road Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Accentus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Accentus, Inc. is the provider of outsourced medical transcription services in Canada, serving hospitals, clinics and physicians’ offices throughout the country.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nuance Solutions

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Software
Employees7,100
Revenue 1.5B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Nuance Solutions is a provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Nuance technologies, applications and services enable users calling directory assistance, getting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. Nuance Solutions was formed in 1992 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 26
Sector (Business Services) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 25
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-10 J.A. Thomas & Associates

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

J.A. Thomas & Associates, Inc. is a premier provider of clinical documentation improvement ("CDI") programs for the healthcare industry. JATA helped establish the CDI industry and for more than two decades has provided technology and professional services that improve clinical documentation for healthcare providers. Its managed, end-to-end CDI solution has helped more than 500 hospitals improve patient care documentation by starting the CDI process with the physician at the point of care, resulting in more accurate and complete clinical documentation.

Buy $265M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-10 VirtuOz

Emeryville, California, United States

VirtuOz, Inc. provides cloud services for personalized conversation.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

High Road Capital Partners

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 470M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

High Road Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on acquiring smaller middle-market companies in partnership with management. High Road looks to invest in companies with revenues of $10 to $100 million with an EBITDA of $3 to $ 10 million. Broad areas of interest include manufacturing, service, and value-added distribution businesses. Target transaction situations include buyouts and recapitalization. High Road will consider both control and non-control investments. High Road Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 13
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 8
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-15 Bluespire

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Bluespire, Inc. is a provider of strategic marketing services for healthcare and financial services clients with a focus on multi-channel marketing solutions with a strong emphasis on end-user content and digital media. Bluespire is based in Edina, Minnesota.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-06 All Integrated Solutions

Franksville, Wisconsin, United States

All Integrated Solutions is a distributor of industrial fasteners and components, MRO supplies and assembly tools. AIS offers these products along with vendor managed inventory (VMI) services to original equipment manufacturers. All Integrated Solutions was founded in 1962 and is based in Franksville, Wisconsin.

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