Micro Focus Acquires Acucorp
Publicly-traded Micro Focus’s acquisition of Acucorp expands Micro Focus’s market to small and mid-sized companies.
Client Description
The company
Acucorp Inc., a provider of innovative technologies for the modernization and enhancement of business-critical COBOL applications.
Buyer Description
The company
Micro Focus (Micro Focus; LSE: MCRO.L), a leader in enterprise application management and modernization solutions.
PRESS RELEASE OVERVIEW
Software Equity Group’s Client Acucorp, Inc. Acquired by MicroFocus
San Diego, CA, May 4, 2007 – Software Equity Group, LLC (SEG), a leading software industry investment bank and M&A advisory, announced today the sale of its client, Acucorp Inc., a provider of innovative technologies for the modernization and enhancement of business-critical COBOL applications, to Micro Focus (Micro Focus; LSE: MCRO.L), a leader in enterprise application management and modernization solutions. The reported purchase price consisted of total cash consideration of US$40.7m, paid in full on completion, plus a working capital adjustment capped at a maximum value of US$250,000.
Acucorp’s technology is highly complementary to Micro Focus’ core business and the acquisition provides the opportunity for Micro Focus to expand its reach into the small- and medium-sized enterprise (“SME”) market. In the year to December 2006, Acucorp generated an operating profit of US$3.0m and its gross assets as at 31 December 2006 were US$13.1m.