M&A Deal Summary

Vocus Acquires Data Lock

On May 22, 2012, Vocus acquired internet software and services company Data Lock from Maxnet

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vocus’ 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Vocus’ 2nd transaction in New Zealand.
Investment Fate
  • Data Lock was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2013 for 600M NZD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-05-22
Target Data Lock
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Vocus
Sellers(s) Maxnet
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Data Lock

Auckland, New Zealand
Data Lock Ltd. is a provider of online data backup and protection services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vocus

Melbourne, Australia

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees1,933
Revenue 1.8B AUD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Vocus is a telecommunications equipment provider of Data Centre, Dark Fibre and International Internet connectivity across Australia, NZ, Singapore and the US. Vocus was founded in 2007 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 10
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: New Zealand M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-22 Maxnet

Auckland, New Zealand

Maxnet Ltd. is a data centre operator and cloud provider.

Buy NZ$10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-18 Ipera Communications Pty

Newcastle West, Australia

Ipera Communications Pty Ltd. is a provider of cloud based technology services.

Buy AU$10M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Maxnet

Auckland, New Zealand

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Maxnet Ltd. is a data centre operator and cloud provider.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-22 Data Lock

Auckland, New Zealand

Data Lock Ltd. is a provider of online data backup and protection services.

Buy -