Add-on Acquisition • Software

Constellation Software Acquires Friedman

On May 7, 1999, Constellation Software acquired software company Friedman

Acquisition Context

This is Constellation Software’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
This is Constellation Software’s 1st transaction in the United States.
This is Constellation Software’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	May 7, 1999
Target	Friedman
Sector	Software
Buyer(s)	Constellation Software
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Friedman

Rosemont, Illinois, United States

Friedman specializes in complete ERP solutions for manufacturers and distributors of “make to order” and “engineer to order” products in the building products, capital equipment, and automotive sectors. The Friedman Operating group also has a complementary portfolio of software offerings for transportation management, material optimization, supply-chain management, multi-channel merchant and direct-to-consumer distribution. Friedman is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

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Buyer

Constellation Software

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category	Company
Founded	1995
Sector	Software
Employees	19,000
Revenue	10.1B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Constellation acquires, manages and builds vertical market software businesses that provide mission-critical software solutions to address the specific needs of its customers in those industries. Constellation Software was founded in 1995 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	1 of 50
Sector: Software	1 of 41
Type: Add-on Acquisition	1 of 41
State: Illinois	1 of 1
Country: United States	1 of 34
Year: 1999	1 of 1

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2000-03-06	PowerBids Vancouver, Washington, United States PowerBids, Inc. is a provider of configuration-based ERP solutions for the Fenestration market, and is well known for the dynamic product definition, customer service, and production functionality powering its Frontier software. PowerBids is one of the industry’s leading developers of dealer-based estimating and job management software solutions for Window/Door manufacturers and their dealers.	Buy	-

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2000-03-06

PowerBids

Vancouver, Washington, United States

PowerBids, Inc. is a provider of configuration-based ERP solutions for the Fenestration market, and is well known for the dynamic product definition, customer service, and production functionality powering its Frontier software. PowerBids is one of the industry’s leading developers of dealer-based estimating and job management software solutions for Window/Door manufacturers and their dealers.

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