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December 2018 M&A and Investment Summary Table of Contents 1 Overview of Monthly M&A and Investment Activity 3 2 Monthly M&A and Investment Activity by Industry Segment 9 3 Additional Monthly M&A and Investment Activity Data 41 4 About Petsky Prunier 58 Securities offered through Petsky Prunier Securities, LLC, member of FINRA. This M&A and Investment Summary has been prepared by and is being distributed in the United States by Petsky Prunier, a broker dealer registered with the U.S. SEC and a member of FINRA. 2 | M&A and Investment Summary December 2018 M&A and Investment Summary for All Segments Transaction Distribution ▪ A total of 546 deals were announced in December 2018, of which 265 were worth $29.3 billion in aggregate reported value ▪ Software accounted for 35 percent of transactions with 191 deals announced— 114 of which reported $13.9 billion in value ▪ Software was also the most valuable segment, followed by Digital Media/Commerce, with 99 transactions announced – 67 of which valued at $9.7 billion ▪ Strategic buyers announced 279 deals (43 reported $15.1 billion in value) ▪ VC/Growth Capital investors announced 244 transactions (219 reported $10.5 billion in value) ▪ Private Equity buyers announced 23 deals during the month (3 reported $3.8 billion in value) December 2018 BUYER/INVESTOR BREAKDOWN Transactions Reported Value Strategic Buyout Venture/Growth Capital # % $MM % # $MM # $MM # $MM Software 191 35% $13,947.2 48% 73 $8,541.0 8 $1,800.0 110 $3,606.2 Digital Media/Commerce 99 18% $9,730.2 33% 35 $3,368.8 2 $1,800.0 62 $4,561.4 Business Services 89 16% $2,482.1 8% 66 $1,477.8 7 - 16 $1,004.3 Marketing Technology 86 16% $1,670.8 6% 41 $780.8 1 - 44 $890.0 Agency & Marketing Services 44 8% $355.4 1% 38 $191.6 5 $160.0 1 $3.8 Traditional Media 16 3% $568.0 2% 14 $423.0 0 - 2 $145.0 Digital Advertising 14 3% $262.8 1% 8 $34.1 0 - 6 $228.7 Information 7 1% $291.0 1% 4 $263.0 0 - 3 $28.0 Total 546 100% 29,307.5 100% 279 15,080.1 23 3,760.0 244 10,467.4 *Note, transactions valued at $6 billion or more have been excluded from totals to limit comparative distortions. The aggregate total for December does not include Nexstar’s pending $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media 3 | M&A and Investment Summary December 2018 M&A and Investment Summary for All Segments Transaction Distribution ▪ M&A total deal value was up more than 30 percent compared with December of last year ▪ Significant transactions reported during the month included: • The $4.4 billion acquisition of Travelport Worldwide by Elliot Management and Siris Capital • The pending sale of fitness and wellness company management software MINDBODY to Vista Equity Partners for $1.8 billion • Apax Partners’ acquisition of auction and classified advertising site Trade Me Group for $1.8 billion • The acquisition of health products and services provider NutriSystem by Tivity Health for $1.4 billion • NEC’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Denmark-based IT company KMD $120.0 $110.0 $100.0 $90.0 $80.0 $71.4 554 $70.0 $62.6 615 $57.9 $60.0 $54.4 CA Red Hat Flipkart Technologies Thomson $46.3 / IBM $50.0 / Walmart / Broadcom $42.7 $42.4 Reuters F&R / $36.8 $35.5 Github $37.2 $35.7 $40.0 Blackstone BMC Software Sedgwick Qualtrics CSRA / Gen. $28.6 /KKR Tribune/Nexstar $30.0 Dynamics MuleSoft $20.0 $10.0 615 583 654 659 668 685 713 726 671 869 669 546 $- Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18669 *Note, transactions valued at $6 billion or more have been excluded from totals to limit comparative distortions. The aggregate total does not include Blackstone’s $20 billion acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ F&R business, General Dynamics’ $9.6 billion acquisition of CSRA, Salesforce’s $6.5 billion acquisition of MuleSoft, Walmart’s $16 billion majority investment in Flipkart, KKR’s $8.6 billion acquisition of BMC Software, Microsoft’s $7.5 billion TEV acquisition of GitHub, Broadcom’s $18.4 billion acquisition of CA Technologies, Carlyle Group’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Sedgwick Management Services, IBM’s pending $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, SAP’s pending $8 billion acquisition of Qualtrics, and Nexstar’s pending $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media. 4 | M&A and Investment Summary December 2018 Selected Transactions with Valuation Information Disclosed ($ in Millions) Selected Transactions With Multiples Information Target Subsegment Buyer/Investor Ent. Value TTM Rev TTM EBITDA EV/REV EV/EBITDA Agency & Marketing Services CaseStack, Inc. Marketing Services Hub Group, Inc. 255.0 242.0 22.0 1.1x 11.6x 495 Communications LLC Agency/Consulting Good Life Networks, Inc. 15.0 14.4 1.9 1.0x 7.9x Business Services KMD A/S IT Consulting/Systems Integration NEC Corporation 1,200.0 903.0 - 1.3x NA NA Digital Media/Commerce Trade Me Limited Classifieds/Auctions/P-to-P Apax Partners L.P. 1,800.0 169.7 96.3 10.6x 18.7x NutriSystem, Inc. eCommerce Tivity Health 1,400.0 692.7 88.4 2.0x 15.8x Small Giant Games Oy Gaming Zynga, Inc. 700.0 130.0 - 5.4x NA JACK WOLFSKIN - Ausrüstung für Draussen GmbH & Co. KGaA eCommerce Callaway Golf Company 476.0 387.7 40.8 1.2x 11.7x Information Compuscan Informaton Technologies Pty Ltd. Credit/Risk Management Information Experian plc 263.0 37.1 - 7.1x NA Cortex Business Solutions, Inc. Financial Software Drillinginfo, Inc. 31.2 9.6 1.4 3.3x 22.3x Marketing Technology Danal, Inc. Mobile Technology BOKU, Inc. 101.4 5.1 - 19.9x NA Adestra Ltd. Email/Messaging Software Upland Software, Inc. 56.0 18.0 8.0 3.1x 7.0x Software Travelport Worldwide Limited Financial Software Elliott Management Corporation 4,400.0 2,500.0 415.4 1.8x 10.6x MINDBODY, Inc. ERP Software Vista Equity Partners 1,800.0 228.9 (19.0) 7.9x NM Earthport PLC Financial Software Visa, Inc. 244.8 42.0 - 5.8x NA Verimatrix, Inc. Security Software INSIDE Secure SA 143.0 78.7 14.5 1.8x 9.9x 5 | M&A and Investment Summary December 2018 Securities in Registration Filings in 2018 ($ in Millions) Aggregate LTM Date Company Name Country Segment Offering Value Rev EBITDA Dec-18 Futu Holdings LTD China Software 300.0 NA NA Oct-18 Caliburn International Corp United States Business Services 100.0 NA NA Sep-18 Valtech SE United Kingdom Agency & Marketing Services 100.0 298.0 21.0 Jul-18 Pintec Technology Holdings Limited China Software 70.0 784.5 10.3 May-18 Advantage Solutions Inc. United States Agency & Marketing Services 100.0 2,150.4 405.1 Apr-18 HeadHunter Group PLC Russia Software 250.0 75.7 31.6 6 | M&A and Investment Summary December 2018 LTM IPO Performance Initial Offering Final Price Stock Price at Close Stock Price on % Change from Date Ticker PPLLC Segment Company Name Country Price Range Per Share on 1st Trading Day Dec 31, 2018 1st Trading Day Dec-18 QFIN Software 360 Finance, Inc. China $16.50-$18.50 16.50 $16.49, down 0.1% 15.51 (6.0%) Dec-18 TME Digital Media/Commerce Tencent Music Entertainment Group China 13.00-15.00 13.00 $14.19, up 9.2% 13.22 (6.8%) Dec-18 MOGU Digital Media/Commerce MOGU Inc. China 14.00-16.00 12.00 $14.00, up 16.7% 20.49 46.4% Nov-18 WEI Software Weidai Ltd. China 9.00-$11.00 10.50 $10.25, down 2.4% 9.26 (9.7%) Oct-18 STNE Software StoneCo Ltd. Brazil 21.00-23.00 24.00 $31.35, up 30.6% 18.44 (41.2%) Oct-18 SWI Software SolarWinds Corporation United States 15.00-16.00 15.00 15.03, up 0.0% 13.83 (8.0%) Oct-18 PLAN Software Anaplan, Inc. United States 13.00-15.00 17.00 24.30, up 42.9% 26.54 9.2% Oct-18 ESTC Marketing Technology Elastic N.V. United States 33.00-35.00 36.00 70.00, up 94.4% 71.48 2.1% Oct-18 UPWK Digital Media/Commerce Upwork Inc. United States 12.00-14.00 15.00 21.18, up 41.2% 18.11 (14.5%) Sep-18 CTK Digital Media/Commerce CooTek (Cayman) Inc. China 12.00-14.00 12.00 9.44, down 21.3% 8.32 (11.9%) Sep-18 EB Marketing Technology Eventbrite, Inc. United States 19.00-21.00 23.00 36.5, up 58.7% 27.81 (23.8%) Sep-18 FTCH Digital Media/Commerce Farfetch Limited United Kingdom 17.00-19.00 20.00 28.45, up 42.3% 17.71 (37.8%) Sep-18 NYSE: LAIX Digital Media/Commerce LAIX Inc. China 11.50-13.50 12.50 12.65, up 1.2% 7.58 (40.1%) Sep-18 Qtt Digital Media/Commerce Qutoutiao Inc. China 7.00-9.00 7.00 15.97, up 128.1% 6.35 (60.2%) Sep-18 SVMK Marketing Technology SVMK Inc. United States 9.00-11.00 12.00 17.24, up 43.7% 12.27 (28.8%) Jul-18 JG Software Aurora Mobile Limited China 8.50-10.50 8.50 $8.80, up 3.5% 7.02 (20.2%) Jul-18 CANG Digital Media/Commerce Cango Inc.
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