Some M&A info from the NCC files for December 2007 – Not all inclusive but interesting…
Madrid, Spain – Private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Mercapital acquired Spanish Web hosting and domain registrar Arsys (arsys.net) for about $230 million. 550,000 domains registered, 170,000 customers and 250 employees.San Francisco, CA – Digital Realty Trust acquired two European data centers; Cressex 1 in London, England 51,000 sq/ft and Naritaweg 52 in Amsterdam, Netherlands – 63,000 sq/ft.San Mateo, CA – Garnett & Helfrich Capital purchased MTI Europe in a court-supervised auction. MTI offers the managed services, data storage, protection and collocation services.
Montreal, Canada – HostingDiscussion.com acquired and merged with HostingRefuge.com and TalkWebHosts.com Macomb, IL – McDonough Telephone Cooperative (MDTC) acquiring Infobahn Outfitters a web hosting and web design company.Suwanee, GA — Quality Technology Services, a provider of data center and managed services, acquired the customer base of First National Technology Solutions in Kansas City. QualityTech will boost its annual revenues over $100 million with the deal.Lancashire UK – Red Fox Hosting acquired AGUK Hosting, managed and exchange hosting servicesHerndon, VA – SWsoft acquired WebHost Automation Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) maker of the Helm control panel and billing software for Windows – 1.5 million worldwide end users.London, UK – UK-2 Group, Ltd acquired Dan Ushman’s Chicago based midPhase Services Inc.’s shared and VPS businesses. Dan keeps his fingers in the pie as he works his way up the food chain – why? UK-2 will collocate the acquired assets at SingleHop, Inc, a company owned and operated by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman. (High 5 on that one!)My favorite acquisition of the month:Chatswood NSW Australia – Broadcast Australia entered into an agreement to acquire Hostworks Group Limited a full service dedicated/managed colo company in a $68.9 million transaction. Each firm’s competencies complement each other – actually/really – synergistic – Check out the links to see what I mean. This is a great marriage – also the deal is a 37% premium to the latest closing price of Hostworks shares.The UK and its past and related domains were busy in December.
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I am an M&A guy. I sell Hosting Companies. I want you to fulfill your dreams. If you are building your company or exiting for success...I want help you grow rich.
I started NCC International in 1994, we represented our first hosting company in 1997. NCC has completed over 400 assignments. If you are considering buying or selling you need to know me. I do not bite.
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