Tech Company M&A Transactions

BladeLogic Acquisition

Headquartered in Lexington, BladeLogic was bought by BMC Software. The parties disclosed the acquisition price to be $800 million.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Acquired By
Announced On
3/17/2008
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
$800,000,000
M&A Terms
BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase BladeLogic (NSDQ: BLOG), the leading and fastest growing data center automation company, for $28.00 in cash per outstanding share of BladeLogic common stock or approximately $800 million, net of cash acquired.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
10 Maguire Rd.
Lexington, MA 02421
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
BladeLogic was founded by industry veterans who understood these problems first-hand given their experience in directly managing highly complex, globally-distributed computing environments, including eleven data centers on four different continents.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dev Ittycheria
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Chief Financial Officer
John Gavin
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Chief Technical Officer
Vijay Manwani
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Vice President
Jeff Lortz
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VP - Bus. Development
Andrew Park
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VP - Marketing
Vance Loiselle
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VP - R & D
Jeff Liotta
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VP - Sales
Luca Lazzaron
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VP - Sales
John McMahon
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