Add-on Acquisition • Software

Siemens Acquires UGS PLM Solutions SL

On May 1, 2007, Siemens acquired software company UGS PLM Solutions SL from Integral Capital Partners, Silver Lake, Warburg Pincus and BC Partners

Acquisition Context
  • This is Siemens’ 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Siemens’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Siemens’ 2nd transaction in Texas.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date May 1, 2007
Target UGS PLM Solutions SL
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Siemens
Sellers(s) Integral Capital Partners
Silver Lake
Warburg Pincus
BC Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

UGS PLM Solutions SL

Dallas, Texas, United States
UGS PLM Solutions, a leader in product data management, collaboration and product design software and services with 42,000 clients and more than 2.8 million seats of technology operating in the market, is the product lifecycle management (PLM) subsidiary of EDS. The company works collaboratively with its clients to create solutions enabling them to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture the promise of PLM.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Siemens

Munich, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1847
Sector Diversified
Employees320,000
Revenue 75.9B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Siemens office building in St. Louis, Missouri.
Siemens office building in St. Louis, Missouri.

Siemens is a global engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Munich. Siemens serves a variety of customers and is organized in in four main divisions: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities. Siemens was founded in 1847 and is based in Munich, Germany.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 12 of 53
Sector: Software 3 of 25
Type: Add-on Acquisition 10 of 46
State: Texas 2 of 5
Country: United States 7 of 25
Year: 2007 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-01 Nokia Solutions and Networks

Espoo, Finland

Nokia Solutions and Networks is a data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It was formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Siemens and Nokia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-01 Napier Turbochargers

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Napier Turbochargers Ltd. is a provider in the design, manufacture and support of industrial turbochargers. Napier design, manufacture, market and support a range of high efficiency industrial turbochargers.

Sell -

Seller Profiles 4

SELLER

Integral Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1991
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 42 of 67
Sector: Software 13 of 17
Type: Add-on Acquisition 30 of 45
State: Texas 3 of 3
Country: United States 41 of 66
Year: 2007 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-21 Fortify Software

San Mateo, California, United States

Fortify's Software Security Assurance products and services protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-06 MetaMatrix

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

MetaMatrix Data Services Platform helps reduce the time and cost of software development and integration by quickly bridging the gap between the data you have and the data you need.

Sell -
SELLER

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 4 of 66
Sector: Software 1 of 15
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 17
State: Texas 1 of 8
Country: United States 3 of 51
Year: 2007 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-12 Sabre

Southlake, Texas, United States

Sabre is a technology software provider to the travel and tourism industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre was formed in 2006 and is based in Southlake, Texas.

Buy $5.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-29 CDW

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

CDW is a direct marketer of multi-branded information technology products and services to small and medium sized businesses, government, healthcare and education customers in the United States and Canada. CDW was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Buy $7.3B
SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 34 of 265
Sector: Software 3 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition 11 of 97
State: Texas 4 of 27
Country: United States 21 of 150
Year: 2007 4 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-16 FundsXpress

Austin, Texas, United States

FundsXpress, Inc. is a provider of online banking and bill payment services for consumers and small businesses.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-04 The IMC Group

Letchworth, United Kingdom

the company sells home acquisition and home equity loans, and sales finance loans through a nationwide network of over 380 point of sale agents.

Buy -
SELLER

BC Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 30.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BC Partners is a large investment group focused on private equity, credit, real estate, and co-investment strategies. The Firm's private equity group looks to make control investments in European and North American businesses valued above €300 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare, directory publishing, media, industrial products, food, distribution, manufacturing, consumer services, business services, and communications. BC Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in London, England.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 17 of 61
Sector: Software 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 3 of 12
State: Texas 1 of 1
Country: United States 1 of 9
Year: 2007 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-25 Hyatt Regency Entertainment

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hyatt Regency Entertainment are a global hospitality company with widely recognized, industry leading brands and a tradition of innovation developed over our more than fifty-year history.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-21 Foxtons Group

London, United Kingdom

Foxtons Group is an estate agent and independent mortgage broker. Foxtons Group was founded in 1981 and is based in London, England.

Buy -