PTC Completes Acquisition of Arena Solutions
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BOSTON, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
- Combination of Arena Solutions and Onshape Positions PTC as the Market Leader
in SaaS CAD + PLM
- Expanded SaaS Business Unit to be Led by Mike DiTullio; Jamie Pappas Elevated
to Succeed DiTullio in Global Sales Leadership Role
- Fiscal First Quarter 2021 ARR Growth Expected to be Near the High End of
Guidance
PTC (
) (NASDAQ: PTC) has completed its acquisition of Arena Solutions (
), the industry's leading software as a service (SaaS) (
) product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. The combination of Arena
Solutions and Onshape, which PTC acquired in 2019, establishes PTC as the
leading provider of pure SaaS solutions for the product development market and
broadly extends PTC's presence in the attractive mid-market, where SaaS
solutions are becoming the standard.
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"Together, Arena Solutions and Onshape will provide a powerful pure SaaS CAD
and PLM solution that is positioned to capture the rapidly emerging shift
toward SaaS for product design, development, and realization," said Jim
Heppelmann, President and CEO, PTC. "The combined solution will allow
manufacturers to improve collaboration and accelerate innovation in the 'new
normal' created by the global pandemic. With our Creo(R) (
) and Windchill(R) (
) solutions showing strong momentum in the traditional CAD and PLM market, and
now the Arena(TM) and Onshape(R) (
) solutions leading the way in SaaS, PTC is well positioned to lead the product
development market today and into the future."
According to independent industry analyst firm Gartner (
), the overall SaaS market is poised to surpass $120 billion in 2021. As the
product development market responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, early adopters
have realized the impact of key SaaS benefits (
) especially as they relate to digital transformation (
).
Concurrent with the closing of the Arena Solutions acquisition, PTC has
expanded its SaaS business unit, which now includes Arena, Onshape, and PTC's
market-leading Vuforia(R) augmented reality technology (
). The expanded business unit will be led by long-time PTC global sales leader
Mike DiTullio, reporting directly to PTC's CEO, Jim Heppelmann. Jamie Pappas, a
25-year PTC sales veteran, has been elevated to succeed DiTullio as head of
global sales. Pappas has led regional sales in Asia, Europe and, most recently,
North America, driving consistently strong performance in each role.
"The expansion of our SaaS business unit will allow us to focus on integrating
the Arena team into PTC and leveraging the tremendous talent and expertise we
have across our SaaS portfolio," continued Heppelmann. "Mike DiTullio has
demonstrated his ability to align organizations to drive growth, and I am
confident that in this new role he can help us capitalize on our SaaS
technology leadership position. Jamie Pappas is an accomplished veteran sales
leader within PTC, and I am equally confident in a smooth and seamless
transition as he assumes his new role. PTC is fortunate to have such a strong
bench of sales and business leadership."
Arena Solutions ended calendar year 2020 with approximately $50 million in
annualized recurring revenue, reflecting double-digit growth over 2019. PTC
continues to expect that the transaction will 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.
PTC expects ARR growth for its first quarter of fiscal 2021 ended December 31,
2020 to be near the high end of guidance. Management plans to update investor
guidance as part of its fiscal first quarter earnings release on January 27,
2021.
Additional Resources
-- Arena Solutions Acquisition Landing Page (
)
-- Arena Solutions Acquisition FAQ (
)
-- SaaS Landing Page (
)
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements about future events and expectations,
including the effect of the acquisition and the new SaaS business unit on our
future growth and financial results, including ARR and our cash flow, the
expected value of the acquired technology to our business, market adoption of
SaaS solutions for product development, and our anticipated first quarter 2021
financial results. 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 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, which could
adversely affect our financial results and growth expectations; 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 when or as we
expect; customers may not adopt SaaS solutions for product development as we
expect, which could adversely affect our financial results and growth
expectations; 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 could adversely
impact our financial results; 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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