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PTC to Acquire SaaS PLM Leader Arena Solutions
BOSTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

- Combination of Onshape and Arena to Enable PTC to Deliver Complete CAD + PLM 
SaaS Solution 

- PTC Reaffirms Cash Flow Targets for FY'21 

PTC ( 
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) (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to 
acquire Arena Solutions, Inc. (Arena Solutions) the industry's leading 
"software as a service" (SaaS) ( 
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) product lifecycle management (PLM) platform provider. The acquisition will 
further PTC's strategy to be the leader in the rapidly-growing market for 
SaaS-based product development software, enabling the company to deliver a 
complete CAD ( 
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) + PLM ( 
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) SaaS solution. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC will acquire Arena 
Solutions for $715 million in cash. Subject to customary closing conditions and 
completion of regulatory review, the acquisition is expected to be completed in 
PTC's fiscal Q2 2021.

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"A year ago, PTC entered the SaaS world for product development software with 
our acquisition of Onshape," said Jim Heppelmann, president and CEO, PTC. "That 
move reflected our strong conviction that our market is nearing a tipping point 
in its willingness to adopt SaaS technology, following the trend seen in many 
other software markets. The effects of COVID-19 have dramatically accelerated 
this inevitable shift, with PTC customer surveys indicating a 25% increase in 
readiness for SaaS PLM since the pandemic started. We expect the acquisition of 
Arena will significantly extend our leadership position as we continue to 
redefine the future of our industry."

With headquarters in Foster City, California, Arena Solutions serves more than 
1,200 customers across the electronics, high-tech, and medical-device 
industries, including world-class innovators such as Nutanix, Peloton, Sonos 
and Square. In addition, Arena will broadly extend PTC's presence in the 
attractive mid-market, where SaaS solutions are becoming the standard. 

"As the SaaS PLM pioneer, we were first to see that engineers and product 
developers would benefit from a new paradigm in the way they collaborate and 
drive product innovation," said Craig Livingston, Arena Solutions president and 
CEO. "We were ahead of the market in the early days, but in the past several 
years we've seen an acceleration of market receptivity and demand. This 
acquisition validates our original vision, and we are pleased to be joining an 
established leader in CAD and PLM capable of hastening the movement of our 
market to SaaS."

The Arena Solutions product realization platform unifies PLM, quality 
management, and requirements management, allowing every participant throughout 
the product design and manufacturing process – as well as across an extended 
supply chain – to work together in a secure, high availability cloud 
environment.

"This acquisition is the logical next step in PTC's strategy to be the 
industrial SaaS leader," continued Heppelmann. "A big first step was the 
acquisition of Onshape, the SaaS leader in CAD and collaborative design 
capabilities. Arena will enable us to round out the solution with full PLM 
capabilities and deliver the only complete CAD + PLM SaaS solution in the 
industry."

Financial Impact
Arena Solutions is expected to end calendar year 2020 with approximately $50 
million in annualized recurring revenue, reflecting double-digit growth over 
2019. The transaction is expected to be neutral to PTC's FY'21 cash flow from 
operations target of $365 million and free cash flow target of $340 million 
(which reflects the deduction of approximately $25 million of capital 
expenditures from cash flow from operations) and accretive to FY'22 and beyond. 
The transaction will be funded with cash on-hand and amounts borrowed under 
PTC's existing credit facility.

PTC management will provide additional details about the transaction at its 
Investor Day virtual meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 15. 

Advisors
Centerview Partners LLC is the exclusive financial advisor to PTC and Morgan, 
Lewis & Bockius LLP is acting as its legal counsel. Barclays is the exclusive 
financial advisor to Arena and JMI Equity, and Goodwin Procter is acting as 
their legal counsel.

Additional Resources
* Arena Solutions Acquisition Landing Page ( 
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) 
* Arena Solutions Acquisition FAQ ( 
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) 
* SaaS Landing Page ( 
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) 
* Onshape Acquisition Press Release ( 
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)

Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements about future events and expectations, 
including the closing of the acquisition, the effect of the acquisition on our 
future growth and financial results, including our cash flow from operations 
and free cash flow, the expected value of the acquired technology to our 
business, and market adoption of industrial SaaS solutions. These statements 
are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties that 
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including 
that the closing conditions may not be satisfied when or as we expect or may be 
waived; the acquired technology may not provide the access to new customers and 
markets that we expect if those customers and markets are not receptive to the 
technology; we may be unable to integrate the acquired technology when or as we 
expect, which could adversely affect our ability to offer additional SaaS 
solutions; customers may not adopt SaaS solutions for product development as we 
expect, which would adversely affect our revenue; key Arena Solutions employees 
may not stay with PTC, which could disrupt the Arena Solutions business and our 
ability to successfully integrate and operate the Arena Solutions business; we 
may incur unanticipated costs associated with the integration of Arena 
Solutions, which would impact our earnings and free cash flow; and other risks 
and uncertainties described in PTC's filings with U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)
PTC enables global manufacturers to realize double-digit impact with software 
solutions that enable them to accelerate product and service innovation, 
improve operational efficiency, and increase workforce productivity. In 
combination with an extensive partner network, PTC provides customers 
flexibility in how its technology can be deployed to drive digital 
transformation – on premises, in the cloud, or via its pure SaaS platform. At 
PTC, we don't just imagine a better world, we enable it.

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