M&A Deal Summary

Infor Global Solutions Acquires SoftBrands

On August 12, 2009, Infor Global Solutions acquired software company SoftBrands from Capital Resource Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Infor Global Solutions’ 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-08-12
Target SoftBrands
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Infor Global Solutions
Sellers(s) Capital Resource Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SoftBrands

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
SoftBrands and Infor have complementary businesses given our shared focus on the mid-market, our origins in manufacturing and our product offerings in hospitality. The SoftBrands and Infor partnership offers SoftBrands customers an expanded product portfolio, best-in-class point solutions and a forward-looking technology platform.

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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 8 of 28
Sector (Software) 6 of 16
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 26
State (Minnesota) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 6 of 19
Year (2009) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-30 Hansen Information Technologies

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Hansen is the world's leading provider of intelligent, adaptive, and pervasive solutions that help manage government transactions. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, the company is a privately-held corporation employing over 260 people with offices in Auckland, London, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Toronto.

Buy $100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-26 Lawson Software

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Lawson Software is a provider of enterprise software solutions targeting specific services industries. Lawson's comprehensive and customizable software solutions include financials, human resources, procurement, distribution, customer relationship management, services automation systems and analytics.

Buy $2.0B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Capital Resource Partners

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 1.1B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Capital Resource Partners (CRP) is a provider of debt and equity capital to lower middle-market companies throughout the United States. CRP typically provides $1 to $15 million of junior capital to support 'late-stage expansion, recapitalization, and incremental acquisition investments'. Target companies are generally profitable with at least $5 million in annual sales. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products and services, healthcare services, proprietary industrial products and services, and software/information services. Capital Resource Partners was formed in 1987 and is based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 34
Sector (Software) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 18
State (Minnesota) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 19 of 32
Year (2009) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-01 Loyaltyworks

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Loyaltyworks is a company in the loyalty and incentive marketplace. Loyaltywork’s core products include a loyalty points product (similar to airline frequent flyer miles) which can be delivered over the internet and promotional vacation certificates redeemable for vacation packages.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-23 Gamma Medica-Ideas

Northridge, California, United States

Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. is a developer of advanced imaging technology solutions for pre-clinical and clinical settings.

Buy -
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