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Acquisition Due-Diligence Assignment
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Client:
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Tier 1 global supplier of components to the
automotive industry with annual sales of USD 750M |
Business Objective:
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Determine cost/benefit and difficulty of
integrating target acquisition's IT. Highlight issues that could be used
in negotiations of the target's purchase price. |
Project Description:
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Quickly assess the target's IT landscape with particular
reference to Y2K readiness and other legal issues |
Metrics:
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Acquisition target was a
Italian based multi-national with
annual sales of €125M operating 5 manufacturing locations in 4
European countries. Investigation and analysis was conducted within one
week including reporting back to the acquisition team. |
Results:
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Issues identified as a result of this project
assisted the reduction of the purchase price as well as giving the
integration team a head start once the acquisition was complete. |
