IBM Acquires Unica, Continuing Its Merger Spree

Filed under: Deals, Competitive Strategy, International Business Machines (IBM)

Aggressive mergers have boosted Oracle's (ORCL) shareholder returns over the years. Now it looks like IBM (IBM) wants to do the same. After all, software companies have fairly high margins and stable revenues. Oh, and the industry is still highly fragmented.

So, even with the recent market instability, this has been no impediment for IBM's merger spree. And the latest move came this week with the $480 million deal for Unica Corp. (UNCA). As a sign of the importance of the transaction, the premium was a whopping 120%.

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