XPO Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

TransportationCompany

XPO has acquired 17 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

XPO’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Norbert Dentressangle SA for $3.6B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2016, when it sold XPO Logistics - North American Truckload Operations to TFI International for $558M. XPO has acquired in 10 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include transportation (77%) and aerospace (6%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity19
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 5

XPO

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Five Greenwich Office Park,
Greenwich, Connecticut 06831
United States,
(855) 976-6951
www.xpo.com

XPO is a provider of transportation and logistics solutions. XPO's transportation services include truck brokerage and transportation, less-than-truckload, intermodal, highly-engineered supply chain solutions, contract logistics, last mile, expedite, global forwarding and managed transportation. XPO was founded in 2000 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 - 1 - - - 17
vol $7.2B $7.2B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 1 - - - 1 - 2
vol $558M $558M
  19

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
XPO Logistics - The Intermodal Division 2022-03-25 - Divestiture
Greenwich, Connecticut
Kuehne + Nagel International AG - Contract Logistics Portfolio 2020-03-09 - Divestiture
, United Kingdom
XPO Logistics - North American Truckload Operations 2016-10-27 558M USD Divestiture
Greenwich, Connecticut
Con-way, Inc. 2015-09-09 3.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Ann Arbor, Michigan · www.con-way.com
Bridge Terminal Transport, Inc. 2015-05-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Charlotte, North Carolina · www.bttinc.com
Norbert Dentressangle SA 2015-04-29 3.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Lyon, France · www.norbert-dentressangle.co.uk
UX Specialized Logistics 2015-03-10 59M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York City, New York · www.urbanexpress.com
Simply Logistics, Inc. (dba Atlantic Central Logistics) 2014-07-28 37M USD Add-on Acquisition
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Pacer International, Inc. 2014-03-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Dublin, Ohio · www.pacer.com
National Logistics Management, Inc. 2013-12-30 - Divestiture
Detroit, Michigan
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Transportation 13 (76%) 6.7B (93%) 2 (100%) 558M (100%)
Aerospace 1 (6%) 43M (1%) - -
Business Services 1 (6%) 59M (1%) - -
Distribution 1 (6%) 365M (5%) - -
Software 1 (6%) 2M (< 1%) - -
Total 17 $7.2B 2 $558M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 14 3.6B 2 558M
  Michigan 3 3.0B - -
  North Carolina 2 43M - -
  Georgia 2 367M - -
  Connecticut - - 2 558M
  Utah 1 28M - -
  South Carolina 1 22M - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New York 1 59M - -
  New Jersey 1 37M - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
Canada 1 100M - -
  Ontario 1 100M - -
France 1 3.6B - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 14 (82%) 3.6B (49%) 2 (100%) 558M (100%)
Cross-border 3 (18%) 3.7B (51%) - -
Total 17 $7.2B 2 $558M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
EVE Partners LLC
2
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
1
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
2

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $6.6B
$100M to $1B 1 $365M
< $100M 7 $291M
TOTAL $7.2B
Largest Norbert Dentressangle SA
$3.6B (2015-04-29)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $558M
TOTAL $558M
Largest XPO Logistics - North American Truckload Operations
$558M (2016-10-27)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
24%
4 (24%)
Strategic(s)
18%
3 (18%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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