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BMC Software Acquires BladeLogic
On April 23, 2008, BMC Software announced that it has completed the acquisition of BladeLogic, the industry’s leading and fastest-growing data center automation company.
The acquisition creates the industry’s new IT Service Automation leader by uniting BMC’s leading Business Service Management (BSM) platform with BladeLogic’s award-winning data center automation solutions. The combined solutions portfolio will allow new and existing customers to gain a 90 percent improvement in IT operational efficiency in 90 days, while addressing the critical challenges of compliance, virtualization management and availability.
This web page is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of BladeLogic common stock will only be made pursuant to a tender offer statement on schedule to, including an offer to purchase and other related materials that Bengal Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMC Software, Inc., intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Once filed, BladeLogic stockholders should read those materials carefully prior to making any decisions with respect to the offer because they contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the offer. Once filed, BladeLogic stockholders will be able to obtain the tender statement on schedule to, the offer to purchase and related materials with respect to the offer, free of charge at the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, from the information agent and dealer manager named in the tender offer of materials or from Bengal Acquisition Corporation.
This webpage contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of BMC and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the transaction considering the various closing conditions, including those conditions related to regulatory approvals; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the completion of the transaction, BladeLogic’s business may not perform as expected due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors; that the parties are unable to successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that are described from time to time in BMC's and BladeLogic’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the risks described in BMC's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007 and BladeLogic’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007. BMC assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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