About This Deal

ACCESS Newswire acquired Interwest Transfer Company, Inc. for $1.935 million cash plus 25,235 shares at closing, plus $960,000 payable in cash over three years, a transaction completed in October 2017, structured as cash and stock, with deferred cash.

Interwest Transfer Company, Inc. operates in Stock transfer / registrar services, is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Issuer Direct acquired Salt Lake City, Utah-based Interwest Transfer Company (ITC), a stock registrar and transfer agent that had operated for 56 years. The two firms had already collaborated for about a year, with Issuer Direct providing ITC's annual meeting and proxy management. The deal bolstered Issuer Direct's transfer-agent business - a segment with its longest customer retention - and added more than 300 customers.

Strengthen the transfer-agent business, where customer retention is longest and revenue per customer is highest, and cross-sell the ITC base onto Issuer Direct's platform.

Highest revenue per customer and longest retention among Issuer Direct's segments. Added 300+ customers; immediately accretive. Transfer-agent business

Deal Terms

Acquirer
ACCESS Newswire
Target
Interwest Transfer Company, Inc.
Value
$1.935 million cash plus 25,235 shares at closing, plus $960,000 payable in cash over three years
Date
October 2017
Type
Full acquisition
Status
Ready

Transaction Details

Target HQ
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Segment
Stock transfer / registrar services
Structure
Cash and stock, with deferred cash
Announced
October 3, 2017
Closed
October 2, 2017
Synergies
Added 300+ customers; immediately accretive.

In Their Words

We have known the team at Interwest for several years, and value their passion for having a customer first commitment to each and every customer they serve. We plan to retain certain key employees of ITC, and we look forward to having their talent be a part of the family here at Issuer Direct,Brian Balbirnie, Chief Executive Officer, Issuer Direct

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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