M&A Deal Summary

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires FinArch

On July 16, 2012, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services acquired information technology company FinArch from Avedon Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ 2nd transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-07-16
Target FinArch
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
Sellers(s) Avedon Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

FinArch

Merelbeke, Belgium
FinArch is a provider of integrated finance, risk and performance measurement solutions that enable financial institutions to manage, measure and report all financial activities.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services provides more than 15,000 customers worldwide with risk management, compliance, finance and audit solutions that help them successfully navigate regulatory complexity, optimize risk and financial performance, and manage data to support critical decisions. With more than 30 offices in 20 countries, our prominent brands include: FRSGlobal, FinArch, ARC Logics®, TeamMate®, Bankers Systems, VMP® Mortgage Solutions, AppOne®, GainsKeeper®, Capital Changes, NILS®, AuthenticWeb™ and Uniform Forms™.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 18
Sector: Information Technology M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 16
Country: Belgium M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-14 PRINGLE - Policy and Procedure Solutions

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

PRINGLE - Policy and Procedure Solutions provide customers with even more value by expanding access to industry- PRINGLE compliance policies and procedures content to a larger number of financial institutions.Company offer its ARC Logics customers with direct access to PRINGLE content through the module, which will provide a common, dynamic platform to proactively manage, edit, and update their policies and procedures.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-05 Red Moon Solutions

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Red Moon Solutions LLC Serving tax and accounting professionals in medium-to-large corporations, Red Moon Solutions offers corporate customers a robust hosted or on-premise solution for calculation of depreciation on complex fixed asset bases.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Avedon Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on minority and majority growth investments in the Benelux and Germany. Avedon pursues rapidly growing companies that have reached an inflection point where a growth equity investment can create significant value. The Firm looks to invest €5 to €30 in companies valued up to €150 million. Investment proceeds are generally used to fund key growth initiatives or shareholder liquidity. Avedon Capital Partners was formed in 2011 and is based in Amsterdam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 19
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 10
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-06 Tesch Inkasso

Wiehl, Germany

Tesch Inkasso is a German midcap firm active in the field of debt collection services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-09 Seebach

Vellmar, Germany

Seebach GmbH is a producer of filters and filter elements made of steel and stainless steel for national and international clients in the mining, chemical and process industries. Seebach GmbH was founded in 1970 and is based in Vellmar, Germany.

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