M&A Deal Summary

Infor Global Solutions Acquires EXE Technologies

On December 19, 2003, Infor Global Solutions acquired software company EXE Technologies from General Atlantic and TCV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-12-19
Target EXE Technologies
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Infor Global Solutions
Sellers(s) General Atlantic
TCV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

EXE Technologies

Dallas, Texas, United States
EXE Technologies, Inc. develops software that focuses on supply chain execution processes, including warehouse management, fulfillment, collaboration, inventory management, and supply network execution.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Infor Global Solutions

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Information Technology
Employees16,000
DESCRIPTION

Infor Global Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise business solutions to select manufacturing and distribution industries. Infor Global Solutions, Inc. was formed in 2002 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 28
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 26
State: Texas M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 2 of 19
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-01 Pivotpoint

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Pivotpoint, Inc. is a premier provider of extended enterprise application (EEA) solutions for mid-sized manufacturing and distribution organizations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-08-25 Formation Systems

Southborough, Massachusetts, United States

Formation Systems is software and services company that focuses on significantly improving the product development process for manufacturers in the food and beverage, home and personal care and specialty chemical industries. The company helps manufacturers accelerate new product introduction and achieve globally compliant products with lower development costs and a shorter time to world markets. Customers realize these benefits by using Formation Systems' software, Optiva, which enables manufacturers to consolidate the product development process and integrate disparate systems into one centralized, easy-to-use solution. Formation Systems is headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

General Atlantic

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 105.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 166
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 50
State: Texas M&A 2 of 6
Country: United States M&A 8 of 86
Year: 2003 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-10-21 Ixos Software AG

Grasbrunn, Germany

Ixos Software AG provides enterprise content management solutions. Its Enterprise Content Management solutions enable customers to create, deliver, and manage any content throughout and outside their enterprise, including business application data, documents, e-mail, Web pages, and media.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-02 Claritev

McLean, Virginia, United States

Claritev is a provider of technology-enabled healthcare cost management solutions. Claritev provides a single gateway to a host of analytics- and network-based solutions for managing the financial risks associated with medical claims, as well as solutions that improve payment integrity by resolving waste, abuse, and fraud before payments are made. Claritev was founded in 1980 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

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SELLER

TCV

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in growth technology companies. TCV looks to provide capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and buyouts of technology companies in sectors such as internet, financial technology, infrastructure & communications, and software. TCV targets opportunities in North America and looks to commit between $10 and $500 million of equity capital per transaction. TCV was formed in 1995 and is based in Palo Alto, New York City, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 84
Sector: Software M&A 6 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 43
State: Texas M&A 1 of 9
Country: United States M&A 10 of 73
Year: 2003 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-08 XRS

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

XRS Corporations is a provider of fleet management and compliance software solutions to the trucking industry to help maintain regulatory compliance and reduce operating costs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-01 Ejasent

Mountain View, California, United States

The first company to bring to market utility computing solutions that scale server resources instantly to meet computing demands.

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