M&A Deal Summary

UTi Worldwide Acquires Market Industries

On March 7, 2006, UTi Worldwide acquired transportation company Market Industries for 197M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UTi Worldwide’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is UTi Worldwide’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UTi Worldwide’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is UTi Worldwide’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-03-07
Target Market Industries
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) UTi Worldwide
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 197M USD
Advisor(s) BB&T Capital Markets (Financial)

Target

Market Industries

Portland, Oregon, United States
Market Industries provides a variety of domestic freight management services, branded under the trade name Market Transport Services, to clients across the U.S. and Canada.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UTi Worldwide

Long Beach, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Transportation
Employees21,000
Revenue 4.4B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based supply chain services and solutions company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage, distribution, inbound logistics, truckload brokerage, and other supply chain management services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
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