M&A Deal Summary

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Burroughs

On February 4, 2010, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired information technology company Burroughs from Unisys

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-04
Target Burroughs
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Unisys
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Burroughs

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
Burroughs is an independent service and integration provider of payment and transaction technologies in North America. Burroughs was founded in 2010 and is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B 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 18 of 116
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 23
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 24
State (Michigan) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 16 of 83
Year (2010) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-01 CompassLearning

Austin, Texas, United States

CompassLearning is an educational software company that provides comprehensive supplemental curriculum software to educators and students in grades K-12. Compass’ suite of software and services provides multiple curriculum products across key subjects by grade level. CompassLearning was founded in 1969 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-19 Hospedia

Slough, United Kingdom

Hospedia is a provider of point of care hardware and software to hospitals. Hospedia was founded in 1993 and is based in Slough, United Kingdom.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Unisys

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1886
Sector Information Technology
Employees16,500
Revenue 2.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Unisys facility in Roseville, Minnesota.
Unisys facility in Roseville, Minnesota.

Unisys is a global information technology company. Unisys provides a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology in helping clients operations, increase the efficiency and utilization of their data centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and modernize their enterprise applications. Unisys was founded in 1886 and is based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 8
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 8
Year (2010) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-19 Unisys Health Information Management

United States

The HIM business provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing solutions to state governments for their Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). MMIS is a core tool used to support the administration of state Medicaid and other health care entitlement programs. The HIM business currently holds MMIS contracts with the states of Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, as well as a contract to provide drug rebate administration services for the Florida Medicaid program.

Sell $135M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-06 Unisys - U.S. Federal Business

Blue Bel, Pennsylvania, United States

Unisys Corp. - U.S. Federal Business is a provider of IT services to U.S. federal civilian agencies.

Sell $1.2B