Illinois Tool Works acquires Click Commerce, Inc.
Snapshot
Illinois Tool Works acquired Click Commerce, Inc. for approximately $300.2 million (transaction valuation; $22.75 net per share in cash) in October 2006. The transaction was structured as all cash (cash tender offer). Click Commerce, Inc. is a Supply/demand chain management software business.
- Acquirer
- Illinois Tool Works
- Target
- Click Commerce, Inc.
- Value
- approximately $300.2 million (transaction valuation; $22.75 net per share in cash)
- Date
- October 2006
- Type
- full acquisition
- Status
- ready
The deal at a glance
About this deal
Illinois Tool Works acquired Click Commerce, Inc. for approximately $300.2 million (transaction valuation; $22.75 net per share in cash), a transaction completed in October 2006, structured as all cash (cash tender offer).
Click Commerce, Inc. operates in Supply/demand chain management software. Click Commerce was a provider of on-demand supply and demand chain management software and consulting, hosting and related services that enable users throughout the world to collaborate, in real time, with business partners across an extended enterprise.
ITW, through its wholly owned subsidiary ITW Leap Corp., commenced a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Click Commerce common stock at $22.75 net per share, pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated September 5, 2006 among Click Commerce, Illinois Tool Works Inc. and ITW Leap Corp.
No advisory firms have been disclosed for this transaction.