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International
Business Machines Corp.,
with headquarters in Armonk, New York, is a provider of e-business
solutions and is dedicated to helping companies, business partners and
developers leverage the potential of the Internet and network computing
across a wide range of businesses and industries. The company offers a
host of cross-industry and industry-specific solutions designed to meet
the needs of companies of all sizes.
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HISTORY |
TYPE |
Divestiture / Closures of Businesses |
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Apr 30, 2005 |
TC |
Divestiture of its Personal
Computing Division to Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) At the
closing date, total consideration was valued at $1,725 million,
comprised of: $650 million in cash, $542 million in Lenovo
equity and $533 million in net liabilities transferred. |
Linked to: Texas Pacific Group, General Atlantic LLC and
Newbridge Capital LLC US$350 million strategic investment
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Nov 2, 1999 |
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Solectron acquired NULOGIX Technical Services, Inc. a wholly
owned sub of IBM Canada |
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1999 |
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IBM completed the sale of its
Global Network business to AT&T for $4,991 million. More than
5,300 IBM employees joined AT&T as a result of these sales of
operations in 71 countries. |
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HISTORY |
TYPE |
Acquisitions / Strategic Investment |
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Aug 3, 2006 |
DA2A |
MRO Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:
MROI) a publicly held company
based in Bedford, Mass., in an all-cash transaction at a price
of approximately $740 million, or $25.80 per share. MRO is a
provider of asset and service management solutions. The
company's integrated suite of applications optimizes
performance, improves productivity and service levels and
enables asset-related sourcing and procurement across the entire
spectrum of strategic assets. |
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Aug 2, 2006 |
TC |
Webify Solutions, an Austin,
Texas-based, privately held provider of industry-specific
software and services for building service oriented
architectures (SOA). | Linked to: Dali Hook Partners; Eyes of
Texas Partners; Viventures
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Dec 21, 2005 |
DA2A |
Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) in an all-cash transaction at a
price of approximately $865 million, or $10 per share.
Micromuse‘s operations are to be established as a business unit
within IBM's
Tivoli
software division led by General Manager Al Zollar |
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Dec 20, 2005 |
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Bowstreet, Inc., a Massachusetts-based provider
of portal-based tools and technology that helps companies bring
together corporate applications, documents, databases and other
enterprise information into a single, integrated portal
application, without requiring significant technical skills. |
Linked to: Azure Capital Partners;
Charles River Ventures; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; IDG
Ventures; Matrix Partners; Pequot Capital; Putnam Investments;
American International Group, Inc.; Amerindo; America Online;
Chase H&Q [JP Morgan Partners]; Comdisco Ventures; Credit Suisse
First Boston; Essex Investment Management Co.; Fleet Bank; GE
Equity; Goldman Sachs & Co.; Integral Capital Partner; The
Jordan, Edmiston Group; Morgan Stanley Dean Witter;Novell
Ventures; Odeon Capital Partners;Oracle Venture Fund; RBC
Capital Markets; Soundview Technology Group; Thomas Weisel
Partners |
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Sep 30, 2005 |
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Completed 10 acquisitions YTD - at an aggregate cost of $1,814
million. The acquisitions were DWL, Isogon Corporation and
PureEdge Solutions, Inc. in the third quarter; Ascential
Software (Ascential), Healthlink Incorporated (Healthlink),
Meiosys and Gluecode Software in the second quarter; and Corio, Inc.
(Corio), SRD and Equitant in the first quarter. Purchase price
consideration was paid primarily in cash. |
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Jun 30, 2005 |
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Lenovo’s capital structure
changed due to new third-party investments - 9.9 percent of
ordinary voting shares and 17.05 percent of total ownership in
Lenovo |
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Apr 30, 2005 |
TC |
9.9
percent of ordinary voting shares and 18.9 percent of total
ownership in Lenovo |
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Isogon Corporation, a privately-held company, is a provider of
asset management technology, including technology that manages
licenses for software running on mainframe computers. |
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PureEdge Solutions, Inc., is a developer of standards-based
electronic forms software (e-Forms). PureEdge products enable
customers to automate business processes. |
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Mar 14, 2005 |
DATA |
Ascential (Nasdaq: ASCL) is a provider of enterprise data
integration software used to help build enterprise data
warehouses, power business intelligence systems, consolidate
enterprise applications, create and manage master repositories
of critical business information, and enable on demand data
access. Cash transaction at a price of approximately $1.1
billion or $18.50 per share. |
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Apr 26, 2004 |
DA2A |
Healthlink is a healthcare process improvement and information
technology consulting services company. | Linked to: TA
Associates |
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Meiosys is a provider of software designed to offer application
relocation for transparent, stateful application mobility and
fault-tolerant computing. |
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Gluecode’s software and related subscription support services
provide a flexible and affordable infrastructure to
organizations that need a reliable alternative to traditional
commercial software offerings.| Linked to: Palomar Ventures;
Rustic Canyon Partners |
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Jan 24, 2005 |
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Corio was a publicly-held enterprise application service
provider that delivers best-of-breed enterprise applications
over a secure global network for a fixed monthly fee. $182
million in cash | Linked to: 2000 IPOs; Charter Ventures;
Dell Ventures; Focus Ventures; Greylock; Integral Capital
Partners; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; Lehman Brothers;
Norwest Venture Partners |
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SRD
was a privately-held provider of analytics software that
increases business insight by delivering an accurate view into
individuals and business relationships in near real-time. |
Linked to: Reed Elsevier Ventures; SAIC Venture Capital |
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Feb 2, 2005 |
DA2A |
Equitant is a business transformation outsourcing provider that
focuses on the management and optimization of the order-to-cash
cycle for large global companies. | Linked to Accretive
Technology Partners, LLC |
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URL / Linked to: |
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Access360 |
Crosspoint Venture Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc., Pivotal
Asset Management, Oracle Corporation and VeriSign, Inc. |
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AlphaBlox Corporation |
http://www.alphablox.com |
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Antelope Technologies |
http://www.antelopetech.com |
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Applied Science Fiction Inc. |
http://www.appliedsciencefiction.com |
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Approach Software Corporation |
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Aptix |
http://www.aptix.com |
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Ascential Software Corporation |
http://www.ascential.com |
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Catapult Software Training |
http://www.pbt.com |
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Cometa Networks |
http://www.cometanetworks.com |
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CommQuest Technologies, Inc. |
http://www.commquest.com |
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Corio |
http://www.corio.com |
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CrossWorlds Software Inc. |
http://www.crossworlds.com |
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Daksh |
http://www.daksh.com |
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DASCOM, Inc. |
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Decisionpoint |
http://www.dpapps.com |
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Early, Cloud and Company |
http://www.corepoint.com |
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Edmark |
http://www.edmark.com |
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Freeborders |
http://www.freeborders.com |
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Green Pasture Software, Inc. |
http://www.greenpasture.com |
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Home Director, Inc. |
http://www.homedirector.com |
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Informix |
http://www.informix.com |
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Kymata Ltd. |
http://www.kymata.com |
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LGS Group Inc. |
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Lotus Development Corporation |
http://www.lotus.com |
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MDS Proteomics |
http://www.mdsproteomics.com |
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MetaMerge |
http://www.metamerge.com |
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MiCRUS |
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Mylex Corporation |
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NetObjects |
http://www.netobjects.com |
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Novell, Inc. |
http://www.novell.com |
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Object Technology International Inc. |
http://www.oti.com |
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OmniCluster Technologies, Inc. |
http://www.omnicluster.com |
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Presence Online Pty Ltd |
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Productivity Solutions, Inc. |
http://www.ps-inc.com |
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Purewafer Ltd |
http://www.purewafer.com |
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Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. |
http://www.sequent.com |
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Sequoia Communications |
http://www.sequoia-communications.com |
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Sierra Monolithics, Inc. |
http://www.monolithics.com |
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Software Artistry, Inc. |
http://www.softart.com |
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Star 21 Networks |
http://www.starone.de |
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SuSe Holding AG |
http://www.suse.com |
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TelASIC Communications |
http://www.telasic.com/release |
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Think Dynamics |
http://www.thinkdynamics.com |
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Tivoli Systems Inc. |
http://www.tivoli.com |
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TransArc |
http://www.transarc.com |
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Trigo Technologies, Inc. |
http://www.trigo.com |
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Unison Software, Inc. |
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Venetica |
http://www.venetica.com |
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Whistle Communications Corp. |
http://www.whistle.com |
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Xyratex |
http://www.xyratex.com |
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| DA2A (DA2M) |
Definite Agreement to Acquire
(Merge) |
| DA |
Definite Agreement |
| TC |
Transaction Completed |
| TND |
Terms of the transaction were
not disclosed |
| TO |
Tender offer |
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