M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2002-08-19 |
| Target | Dex Media |
| Sector | Marketing |
| Buyer(s) |
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
The Carlyle Group |
| Sellers(s) | Qwest Communications International |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
| Deal Value | 7.1B USD |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| PE ASSETS | 31.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a mega-sized, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and technology/tech-enabled services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including venture investments, growth equity investments, buy-and-build transactions, public-to-private acquisitions, and corporate carve-outs. The Firm prefers control situations and generally seeks opportunities in the US. Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe was formed in 1979 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 24 of 103 |
| Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 1 of 4 |
| State (Texas) | 2 of 9 |
| Country (United States) | 23 of 98 |
| Year (2002) | 2 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 21 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-01 |
Westminster Health Care
Horsham, United Kingdom From its origins in 1985, Westminster Health Care evolved to become one of the major providers of high quality healthcare services to both the private and public sectors in the UK. |
Buy | £267M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-30 |
Onward Health
Wilton, Connecticut, United States OGH LLC is a provider of workforce solutions for talent acquisition. The holding group consists of three staffing services firms: Onward Healthcare, Locum Leaders, Onward Search, as well as Medefis, the vendor management solutions platform for health care systems, and Recruitics, a recruitment marketing analytics platform for Fortune 500 companies, staffing firms, and job boards |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 109 of 744 |
| Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 14 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 7 of 72 |
| State (Texas) | 6 of 51 |
| Country (United States) | 63 of 349 |
| Year (2002) | 13 of 23 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 9 of 137 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-01 |
Odysys International
Beijing, China During the period of Carlyle's ownership, Odysys International Limited developed network storage software empowering clustered storage area network and network attached storage systems. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-01 |
Seabulk International
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States Seabulk International, Inc. is a provider of marine support and transportation services. Seabulk is principally engaged in three main businesses: offshore energy support, marine transportation and towing. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Sector | Communications |
| Employees | 24,900 |
| Revenue | 13.8B USD (2006) |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. provides communications services to residential, business, governmental, and wholesale clients in the United states and internationally.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 1 of 1 |
| State (Texas) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (United States) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2002) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-06-30 |
US West Communications
Denver, Colorado, United States US West Communications, Inc. was a provider of local and long distance telephone services, data transmission services, cable television services, and wireless communications in the Midwest and Western regions of US. |
Buy | $36.5B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-05-15 |
OnFiber Communications
Austin, Texas, United States OnFiber Communications, Inc. designs, constructs, and manages fiber networks for corporations, telecom companies, and the Internet organizations. It offers metropolitan area network (MAN), wide area network (WAN) and point-to-point network solutions using a range of optical transport technologies, including Ethernet, SONET, and Wavelength Services. |
Buy | $107M |
