M & A: Sell Side
Today, virtual deal rooms have moved the due diligence process online, leaving physical paper-based data rooms to be a relic of the past, yet the market-leading virtual deal room providers offer only clunky and cumbersome solutions. How can you assure that your next deal runs more quickly and smoothly?
Pandesa ShareVault provides the ideal web-based platform to accelerate the due diligence process associated with sell-side M&A. Control the distribution of documents for deal marketing (pre-termsheet), due diligence (post-termsheet), closing and post-merger integration.
ShareVault is the most modern, easiest-to-use, fastest and most robust virtual deal room, with the following capabilities to accelerate your next deal:
- Per-user and per-document access control settings so you can control who can see what information and when,
- Policy-based rights management so you can specify who has the right to view, print or save each document. Apply watermarks, block screenshots, prevent copy/paste, and in the event that a deal goes sour, you can even retroactively revoke the rights to open PDFs that have already been downloaded,
- Entirely web-based application does not require installation of any proprietary document viewing software,
- Instant full-text search, so that participants can quickly find the information they need, greatly compressing the due diligence timeline,
- Fast, easy-to-use tools to setup and modify the structure of the data room so your deal can proceed quickly,
- Drag-and-drop document uploader based on a fast and secure proprietary data transfer technology - so you can populate your ShareVault fast,
- Conversion to secure PDF format happens automatically with support for over 300 filetypes,
- Participants view documents in native Adobe Acrobat, locked-down with special security protocol that allows tracking of documents even after they have been downloaded, without any special document viewing software,
- Comprehensive reporting tools provide the intelligence you need to determine who has spent time reviewing the critical documents for your deal,
- 24/7/365 support hotline, with access to ShareVault experts including a remote screen-sharing capability so our techs can see the issue right on your screen,
- Bank grade solid security and reliability, with a SAS-70 type 2 certified data center, dual redundant servers, data encryption and comprehensive security protocol.
To learn more about how Pandesa ShareVault can accelerate sell-side M&A due diligence, take a tour or simply sign-up for a free webinar.
Latest M&A News
- CVC buys Barclays' iShares for 3 bln stg
April 8th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is buying iShares asset management business from Barclays for 3 billion pounds ($4.4 billion) in a deal that will be 70 percent funded by the British bank.
- Pulte to buy rival Centex for $1.3 billion
April 7th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) Pulte Homes, the second-largest U.S. homebuilder, said it would buy the third largest, Centex Corp, for $1.3 billion in stock as it looks to save costs and get through the housing downturn.
- Dubai, Emaar say in talks to merge developers
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
DUBAI, June 26 (Reuters) - Dubai Holding, owned by the ruler of the Gulf emirate, and leading developer Emaar Properties (EMAR.DU) said on Friday they were in advanced talks to merge four local real-estate companies.
- Aspen to make 4.5 mln stg bid for Artisan
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
June 26 (Reuters) - Aspen Finance Ltd said it intends to make an unconditional mandatory cash offer for British business park developer Artisan (UK) Plc (ART.L), valuing it at about 4.5 million pounds ($7.5 million).
- Capital markets save dealmakers' fees as M&A wilts
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dealmakers saw business pick up again in the second quarter as they helped companies raise cash in capital markets, but lucrative mergers and acquisitions (M&A) languished.
- Osaka bourse to merge with Jasdaq in April 2010
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
June 27 (Reuters) - Osaka Securities Exchange Co (8697.OJ) plans to merge with subsidiary Jasdaq Securities Exchange Inc around April 2010, ahead of the scheduled integration of the Jasdaq and OSE Hercules start-up markets in the autumn...
- Danske takes control of indebted Swedish business
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
COPENHAGEN, June 26 (Reuters) - Denmark's Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) said on Friday it would take over a Swedish facility management business from private equity investors to protect outstanding loans of 628 million Swedish crowns ($79 million).
- Global mergers halve in Q2, bankers see green shoots
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) plunged by more than half in the second quarter to $402 billion, but the green shoots of economic recovery may soon kick-start fee revenue from an eleven-year low.
- EDF ups stake in Austria's Estag to 25 pct
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
PARIS, June 26 (Reuters) - French utility EDF (EDF.PA) said on Friday it had increased its stake in Austrian energy supplier Estag to 25 percent from 20 percent by buying GDF Suez's (GSZ.PA) 20 percent stake in a holding company.
- Global IPO market awakens, secondaries surge in Q2
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - The market for initial public offerings perked up globally in the second quarter of 2009 as new issues by already public firms reached record levels, leading top bankers to forecast a pick-up in IPOs by year-end.
- Just Retirement weighs possible Permira bid
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - British specialist life insurer Just Retirement (JR.L) said on Friday it might get an offer from buyout firm Permira valuing the group at about half its original market capitalisation.
- Porsche says close to reaching deal with Qatar
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
STUTTGART, June 26 (Reuters) - Porsche SE, the heavily indebted holding company that controls Volkswagen, said on Friday it was close to reaching a deal with Qatar that could help solve its financial problems.
- Apple ups stake in UK's Imagination Tech to 9.5 pct
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - UK chip designer Imagination Technologies Plc (IMG.L) said on Friday iPhone maker Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has upped its stake in the company to 9.5 percent following a share placement and recent share purchases. Stake-building...
- Geothermal firm Magma Energy in C$100 mln IPO
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
TORONTO, June 26 (Reuters) - Canada's Magma Energy Corp, a geothermal power company active in the western United States and South America, has raised C$100 million ($87 million) in an initial public offering taken up by investors around...
- Clean Energy raises stock sale size, prices at discount
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
June 26 (Reuters) - Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE.O) said its public offering of 8.2 million shares was priced at $8.30 apiece, a discount of 8 percent to the stock's Thursday closing price.
- BP sells Greek assets to Hellenic Petroleum
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
ATHENS, June 26 (Reuters) - Hellenic Petroleum (HEPr.AT), Greece's biggest refiner, is set to bolster its leadership in the country's retail market after agreeing to buy Greek assets of BP Plc (BP.L) in a deal worth 359 million euros ($500.2...
- Uniq sells French unit Marie for 73 mln euros
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - British convenience food maker Uniq (UNUNI.L) agreed to sell its French business, Marie, to France's LDC for 73 million euros ($102 million), including debt, as it moves to focus on its UK operations. Poultry...
- South Africa retains mining merger concerns
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) - South Africa's key concerns over Xstrata Plc's (XTA.L) merger proposal to Anglo American Plc are the impact on jobs and competition, its mining ministry said after talks with executives from the two groups.
- GM, Magna to close Opel sale by mid-Sept
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors (GMGMQ.PK) and Magna (MGa.TO) hope to close the sale of a majority stake in GM's Opel by the middle of September, ahead of Germany's general elections, an Opel supervisory board member told Reuters on...
- Viterra to raise C$300 mln through debt offering
June 25th, 2009, 06:05 PM (PDT)
June 26 (Reuters) - Canadian grain-handling company Viterra Inc (VT.TO) said it will raise C$300 million ($261.5 million) through a senior-note offering and plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, that could include acquisitions.
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