M&A Deal Summary

Take Solutions Acquires WCI Consulting

On January 6, 2011, Take Solutions acquired information technology company WCI Consulting from ECI Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Take Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Take Solutions’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-06
Target WCI Consulting
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Take Solutions
Sellers(s) ECI Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Equiteq (Financial)

Target

WCI Consulting

Denmead, United Kingdom
WCI Consulting Ltd. is a provider of IT solutions for life science industry. WCI is to deliver world class levels of performance and compliance for leading businesses in Life Sciences.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Take Solutions

Chennai, India

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Information Technology
Employees2
Revenue 36M INR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Take Solutions is a technology solutions and service provider, with significant focus across two principal business areas – Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management. Take Solutions was founded in 2000 and is based in Chennai, India.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-25 ClearOrbit

Austin, Texas, United States

ClearOrbit, Inc. is a provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions to manufacturing and distribution companies.

Buy $21M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ECI Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 2.0B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

ECI Partners is a private equity firm focused on the smaller middle-market company that invests in growing businesses valued up to £300m. ECI looks for UK businesses or businesses with a substantial presence in the UK. Funds are generally used to support expansion, acquisitions, management buyouts, buy-ins, turnarounds, and refinancing. Target sectors include IT services, support services, Insurance, and SME services. ECI will not invest in early-stage companies. ECI Partners was formed in 1976 and has offices in London, Manchester, and New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 36 of 76
Sector: Information Technology M&A 8 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 22 of 39
Country: United Kingdom M&A 35 of 70
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-27 XLN Telecom

London, United Kingdom

XLN Telecom is a communications company based in London. It supplies fixed line and broadband services to 70,000 customers in the SME sector and is one of Britain’s fastest growing alternative telecoms service providers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-28 Home Learning College

London , United Kingdom

Home Learning College is a provider of online distance learning courses. The company offers online accounting and information technology-based courses for young professional workers and students.

Buy -