IBM Corporation

Company Summary

IBM Healthcare Solutions Inc. develops software solutions that automate healthcare data and diagnostic workflow to create electronic records of the patient experience.

Transaction Overview

13 October, 2015: IBM completed the purchase of Merge Healthcare for $1.02 billion
22 February, 2010: Amicas is sold to Merge Healthcare for cash consideration of $222.4 million
2 April, 2009: Following the arrest of Allan Stanford, the collapse of Stanford Financial and the termination of its proposed merger with HSS, Emageon is sold to Amicas for $39.3 million in cash and stock.
27 December, 2008: Emageon agrees to be acquired by HSS, a publicly-traded healthcare I/T company, for $65 million in cash, funded by HSS’ majority owner, Stanford Financial Corporation.

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Significance of the Transaction

Following it’s acquisition of Merge, IBM became a leader in the market for patient management systems (PMS), electronic health records (EHR and picture archiving systems (PACS)

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Strategic Advisory

IBM Corporation

Has provided fairness opinion relating to its acquisition of Merge Systems

The undersigned acted as financial advisor to IMB Corporation