PTC to Acquire CoCreate

Pro/e花2.5亿美元买了OneSpace，怎么感觉这么便宜？

PTC To Acquire Leading Product DevelOPMent Software Provider CoCreate For $250 Million

PTC to Offer Industry’s Most Comprehensive Modeling Suite

NEEDHAM, Mass. – October 31, 2007 – PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company®, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoCreate Software GmbH, a provider of PLM and CAD modeling solutions for approximately $250 million. CoCreate, based in Sindelfingen, Germany, is privately held, has 280 employees and more than 5,000 customers globally including Agilent, Canon, Fisher Controls, Fujitsu, HP, Liebherr, Matsushita Electric, NEC, Olympus, Phoenix Contact and Seiko Epson.

With the acquisition of CoCreate, PTC will broaden its portfolio and offer support for the most comprehensive range of modeling techniques in the MCAD industry. PTC plans to integrate the CoCreate modeling solutions with the PTC Product Development System (PDS) in order to offer CoCreate customers additional product development capabilities including engineering calculations, dynamic publishing, visualization, high-speed machining, and enterprise content and process management, and ultimately, the option of using their modeling solutions also as part of the PTC PDS.

With revenue of approximately $80 million and substantial non-GAAP operating margins in the last twelve months, PTC expects the acquisition will be accretive to non-GAAP earnings and operating margins in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Due to the lower level of deferred maintenance revenue that PTC will be permitted to record under purchase accounting as compared to the level of deferred maintenance revenue recorded by CoCreate, PTC expects that the acquisition will be dilutive to GAAP EPS in 2008, but accretive to GAAP EPS in 2009 and beyond. The acquisition is expected to close in December 2007, subject to customary conditions including regulatory approval.

“PTC is dedicated to providing product development organizations with the solutions that they need to be successful in an incredibly competitive global marketplace,” said C. Richard Harrison, president and CEO of PTC. “As experts in product development, we are constantly evaluating technologies that address the business challenges of our customers. This acquisition is compelling as it enhances PTC’s product portfolio while also contributing in a meaningful way to earnings and operating margin. The satisfaction of CoCreate’s customers will be a major focus for PTC. We are committed to protecting and enhancing the investment that these customers have made in CoCreate solutions and we plan to also offer additional complementary PTC solutions in order to bring them even more value.”

With this acquisition, PTC embraces all the accepted approaches to modeling – parametric, explicit, derived and 2D. Any of these modeling techniques combined with the PTC PDS offers customers a competitive advantage unmatched by any other vendor in the industry.

“The combination of PTC and CoCreate products will enable PTC to offer the manufacturing industry the flexibility to select the most appropriate modeling software for their business requirements from a financially secure, trusted worldwide product development technology leader,” said Jim Heppelmann, executive vice president and chief product officer of PTC. “Each modeling approach has its own advantages, and only PTC will have an objective view that allows us to map the appropriate modeling approach to a given customer situation, yet encase that modeling approach in a full product development system. In line with industry trends, we expect the majority of our modeling business will continue to come from our flagship parametric solution, Pro/ENGINEER®. CoCreate customers who prefer explicit modeling will now have a complete product development system as a viable option.”

“Offering high quality products that deliver significant customer value has always been a key tenet of CoCreate’s business strategy,” said William M. Gascoigne, CEO, CoCreate. “PTC’s plan to support and further develop CoCreate solutions as well as provide an integration to PTC’s product development system will provide our customers with additional technology choices, and even greater opportunities for product development success.”

PTC plans to finance the acquisition and related expenses with a combination of $50 million of cash and $210 million of debt from its existing credit facility.

Wachovia Securities acted as exclusive financial adviser to PTC in the transaction. CoCreate is a portfolio company affiliated with HBK Capital Management.

PTC will discuss the acquisition on its fourth quarter and fiscal 2007 earnings conference call and live webcast on October 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. ET. In addition, the live webcast may be accessed on PTC’s web site at www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm. To access the live call, please dial 888-566-8560 (in the U.S.) or +1-517-623-4768 (international). Please use passcode PTC. A replay of the call will be available until 5:00 p.m. ET on November 5, 2007. To access the replay via webcast, please visit www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm. To access the replay by phone, please dial 203-369-3752.

The timing of any product release or integration, including any features or functionality, will be determined as part of PTC’s release schedule after the acquisition closes, and subject to change at PTC’s discretion.

About CoCreate

CoCreate Software is a provider of PLM and CAD software. Over 5,000 manufacturing companies on active support, predominantly in the high-tech and electronics and heavy machinery industries, depend on CoCreate in order to achieve speed and flexibility in their modeling processes. CoCreate is the world’s #1 provider of explicit modeling software. CoCreate generated approximately $80 million of revenue during the last 12 months.

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading product lifecycle management (PLM), content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. PTC customers include the world's most innovative companies in manufacturing, publishing, services, government and life sciences industries. PTC is included in the S&P Midcap 400 and Russell 2000 indices. For more information on PTC, please visit https://www.ptc.com. PTC To Acquire Leading Product Development Software Provider CoCreate For $250 MillionPTC To Acquire Leading Product Development Software Provider CoCreate For $250 Million

[ 本帖最后由 jackjm 于 2007-10-31 22:59 编辑 ]

不是吧,消息可靠吗,
怎么没有听说这个消息.明天去确认一下

晕，在COCREATE的网站，看到这个消息。
两个对头，居然走到一起，有意思。
参数和非参两个极端走到一起，嘿嘿。

Dear CoCreate Customer

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT:
PTC?To Acquire CoCreate?

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We're pleased to inform you that PTC, a leading software company specializing in
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, recently announced its intent to acquire
CoCreate. Since 1985, PTC has been creating leading PLM solutions, which today are
used by more than 50,000 companies worldwide. All of us at CoCreate are very excited to
become part of this world-class organization.

PTC recognizes that there is a broad range of accepted modeling approaches in the
industry. By adding CoCreate solutions to its product portfolio, PTC will become the first
and only vendor in the market to offer a full complement of design solutions. How will this
benefit you? The combination of PTC and CoCreate will result in a larger, financially
stronger company benefiting our combined customer base. Satisfaction of CoCreate
customers is a major focus of our integration efforts. Therefore, PTC is committed
to protecting the investment that you have made in CoCreate solutions, not only by
maintaining our products, but also by continuing to develop and enhance them and offer
them as stand-alone solutions.

PTC also plans to integrate some of its solutions with CoCreate solutions so that if you
choose, you may take advantage of PTC's complementary capabilities in engineering
calculations, simulation, CAM, technical publications (including illustrations),
visualization, and enterprise content and process management. PTC offers these best-in-
class capabilities as an integral Product Development System to help companies
optimize product development processes and achieve business value. This acquisition
broadens the PTC Product Development System with plug-and-play CAD capabilities,
enabling you to extend the value of your investment in CoCreate solutions.

We believe our existing and potential customers will benefit from the ongoing
technological innovation and dedication we have always strived to provide as individual
businesses-and once the transaction closes, as one, cohesive company. The acquisition
is expected to close in December 2007, pending approval by the German regulatory
authorities. Until then, PTC and CoCreate will operate completely independently. We will
provide additional information after the close of the acquisition. If you have any questions,
please contact your CoCreate representative.

Many of you have been long-standing customers of ours, and we have developed
excellent relationships with you. Your input has driven our development, and your close
communication has helped both parties to be successful. These same principles and
partnerships will also drive our work within PTC. I look forward to becoming a member of
the PTC family where we will continue our commitment to making and keeping your
business successful.

Sincerely,
Bill Gascoigne
CEO, CoCreate Software

2.5亿美金，在CAD软件行业，已经是很多了。CATIA每年的营业额才多少啊！
要知道，PTC当时收购ARBROTEXT 也就是这么点钱！

坦白說
在這個cad/cam市場中
這兩個軟體雖是死對頭
但是
天下分久必合合久必分是不變的事實
所以
不用太在意
而因為軟體間有相互互補的支援
相信以後在競爭上應該更有好的支援

其實autocad公司也不是買了一堆公司
還不是每個軟體都各有專長

PTC 收购了Cocreat.对于一直坚持全参数化的PTC来说，将如何整合产品线，值得期待哟！