Advised The Carlyle Group on the sale of UC4, the world’s largest independent IT Process Automation software company, to EQT 
– UC4 is the world’s largest independent IT Process Automation software company
– Founded in 1985, UC4 employs over 300 staff and serves more than 2,000 blue-chip customers across 71 countries, automating tens of millions of mission-critical IT operations a day
– UC4 generated revenues of c.€62 million in the fiscal year ended 30 April 2012 and is headquartered in Wolfsgraben (close to Vienna), Austria, and Bellevue, WA, US
– EQT is a leading private equity group in Europe with
c.€18 billion in capital raised
– EQT focuses on buyouts, growth financing and infrastructure investments in Northern and Eastern Europe, Asia and the US
– Together with an extensive network of independent industrial advisors, EQT implements its investment strategy by acquiring or financing companies that are supported to become sector leaders with focus on growth
– The Carlyle Group acquired UC4 in March 2006 as a platform for industry consolidation in the IT Process Automation sector and transformed the company from a regionally focused IT job scheduling vendor to a globally recognized IT automation software company whose innovative product and service offerings are consistently acknowledged by analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, 451 Group and IDC
– UC4’s ONE Automation platform helps organisations to manage increasingly dynamic and heterogeneous IT environments, and to migrate to next generation service models for cloud, DevOps and big data
– EQT will support UC4 in accelerating its international sales, strengthening its market-leading ONE Automation platform and further expanding the company’s product offerings, particularly in the areas of application, release and cloud automation
– Arma Partners had forged a close relationship with UC4 over several years, acting as strategic advisor with a view to maximising long-term shareholder value
– The Carlyle Group achieved an exceptional return on its investment while the company has found full support in EQT to further expand into the rapidly growing cloud automation market
– Arma Partners supported the company in the exit process, including financial analysis, strategic positioning, valuation, marketing materials preparation and initiated contact with both strategic and private equity funds, led price negotiations and effected the exit within a compressed timeframe
– The transaction illustrates Arma Partners’ leadership in advising companies in the infrastructure software sector, leveraging Arma Partners’ deep domain expertise, understanding of the buyer universe and first class execution capabilities