M&A Deal Summary

Zayo Acquires Arialink Broadband

On May 1, 2012, Zayo acquired communications company Arialink Broadband for 18M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Zayo’s 10th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Zayo’s 14th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Zayo’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Zayo’s 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-05-01
Target Arialink Broadband
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Zayo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 18M USD

Target

Arialink Broadband

Brighton, Michigan, United States
Arialink Broadband LLC is a fiber optic service provider. Arialink provides Ethernet, dark fiber and optical transport services to education, government agency and enterprise customers across its 437 on-net building footprint.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Zayo

Boulder, Colorado, United States
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Communications
Employees3,700
Revenue 2.6B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.

Zayo is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo's services allow its customers, which include telecom carriers, wireless service providers, media and content companies, and other bandwidth-intensive businesses, to transport data, voice, video, and internet traffic, as well as to interconnect their networks. Zayo was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 35
Sector (Communications) 10 of 25
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 33
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 28
Year (2012) 2 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-03 MarquisNet

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

MarquisNet LLC is a provider of co-location, hosting, bandwidth, remote data recovery call center, and a host of disaster recovery services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-02 AboveNet

White Plains, New York, United States

AboveNet provides high-bandwidth connectivity solutions for business and carriers. Its private optical network delivers key network and IP services in and among top U.S. metro markets and globally. AboveNet’s network is widely used in demanding markets such as financial services, media, healthcare, retail and government.

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