By Ken Bender, Managing Director, and Kris Beible, Analyst – Software Equity Group, LLC
The Software Equity Group Flash Report provides an overview of financial and stock market performance for different public software companies, public SaaS companies and public Internet companies along with selected M&A transactions. Notable names among acquirers included McAfee (acquired Secure Computing Corp.), Polaris (acquired SEEC, Inc.) and Adobe (acquired YaWah ApS) – to name a few. Read the full report to keep on top of trends and recent M&A activity.
List of Commonly Used Acronyms
| CAD | Computer-aided Design |
| CAM | Computer-aided Manufacturing |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| EBITD | Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization |
| EV | Enterprise Value |
| FCF | Free Cash Flow |
| HR | Human Resources |
| NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| OS | Operating System |
| PLM | Product Lifecycle Management |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| S&P | Standard & Poor's |
| SaaS | Software-as-a-Service |
| SEG | Software Equity Group |
| SG&A | Selling, General, & Administrative |
| SW | Software |
| TTM | Trailing Twelve Month |
| YoY | Year-over-Year |
| YTD | Year-to-date |
Selected Software Industry M&A Transactions
September 2008
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SEG Software Index
Category Performance
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