M&A Deal Summary

STG Acquires MSC Software

On July 7, 2009, private equity firm STG acquired software company MSC Software for 360M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is STG’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is STG’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is STG’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is STG’s 3rd transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • MSC Software was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2017 for 834M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-07-07
Target MSC Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) STG
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 360M USD

Target

MSC Software

Newport Beach, California, United States
MSC Software Corp. is a provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services. MSC Software Corp. was established in 1963 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

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Buyer

STG

Menlo Park, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 12.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

STG is a private equity firm focused on making investments in software and services companies. STG looks to leverage operational expertise in helping its portfolio companies 'increase customer value' and grow. In addition to its focus within the software/services sectors, STG also has interest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, retail, financial services, and communications. STG was formed in 2002 and is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 67
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 27
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 4 of 14
State: California M&A 3 of 13
Country: United States M&A 7 of 49
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-12 Symphony Teleca

Mountain View, California, United States

Symphony Teleca Corp. is a software services company. Symphony Teleca provides software engineering and integration services that help businesses rapidly design and develop products and technologies at the convergence of device, sensors, cloud and data.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-09 Servigistics

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Servigistics, Inc. is an enterprise software solution provider for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM). Servigistics provides software solutions that enable companies to plan, manage and monitor their post-sale service business processes including service parts, field technician scheduling and routing, service knowledge and pricing management.

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