M&A Deal Summary

BMC Acquires I/O Concepts Software

On January 18, 2012, BMC acquired software company I/O Concepts Software from Marlin Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BMC’s 18th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is BMC’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is BMC’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-01-18
Target I/O Concepts Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) BMC
Sellers(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

I/O Concepts Software

Bellevue, Washington, United States
I/O Concepts Software Corp. is a provider of software that helps enterprise data center operations increase IT efficiency and responsiveness, maximize accessibility, and ensure availability of systems using a single, focused and cost-effective event management solution.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BMC

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1980
Sector Software
Employees6,700
DESCRIPTION
BMC's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.
BMC's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.

BMC is a systems software provider which helps enterprise organizations manage and optimize information technology across cloud, hybrid, on-premise, and mainframe environments. BMC was established in 1980 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 32
Sector: Software M&A 18 of 24
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 32
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 24
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-05 StreamStep

Austin, Texas, United States

StreamStep is a business software provider focused on accelerating enterprise application delivery and improving release quality.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-30 Numara Software

Tampa, Florida, United States

Numara Software, Inc. the former Blue Ocean Software business unit of Intuit Inc. is a provider of IT help desk and asset management software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s core product, Track-It!, enables IT professionals to collect, assign and resolve help desk requests and audit their internal hardware and software assets.

Buy $300M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 65
Sector: Software M&A 4 of 25
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 43
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 48
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-15 Emptoris

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Emptoris, Inc. is a provider of enterprise supply and contract management software.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-30 Openwave Messaging

Redwood City, California, United States

Openwave Messaging, Inc. is a provider of core e-mail and voicemail software solutions to major telecommunications service providers, mobile operators and cable operators.

Buy -