M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2000-04-07 |
| Target | Ziff Davis |
| Sector | Media |
| Buyer(s) | Willis Stein & Partners |
| Sellers(s) | SoftBank |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
| Deal Value | 780M USD |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.0B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Willis Stein & Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented, US-based, middle-market companies valued between $30 and $500 million. Prospective investment situations include buyouts, growth capital financings, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and generational changes in ownership. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products and services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, and telecommunications. Willis Stein & Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 32 of 45 |
| Sector (Media) | 4 of 4 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 1 of 2 |
| State (New York) | 3 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 32 of 45 |
| Year (2000) | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-03 |
Protocol Global Solutions
Sarasota, Florida, United States Protocol Global Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of electronic customer relationship management (CRM)services, providing a full suite of CRM services. Protocol enables its clients to identify, acquire and retain their customers, thereby increasing their revenue, customer base and market share. Protocol designs and implements comprehensive solutions that utilize the Internet and other communication channels to provide high value-added services that address all the eCRM needs of its clients. |
Buy | $205M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-31 |
Plastic Engineered Components
Mattawan, Michigan, United States PEC was one of the largest diversified, full-service custom injection molders in North America with sales of about $80 million. PEC operated five molding facilities in Michigan, Texas, Missouri and California, and built molds in three of these locations. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Sector | Diversified |
| Employees | 80,909 |
| Revenue | 6,570.4B JPY (2023) |
SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 15 |
| Sector (Media) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 1 of 7 |
| State (New York) | 1 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 1 of 10 |
| Year (2000) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-01-01 |
Yahoo Japan
Tokyo, Japan Yahoo Japan Corp. is a Japanese-language search engine, providing Japanese-language website database and directory tree data search as well as keyword search services. Yahoo Japan is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-02-17 |
Cable and Wireless IDC
Tokyo, Japan Cable and Wireless IDC, which has a large and reliable communication infrastructure and corporate customer service base in Japan. |
Buy | - |
