GTY Technology Holdings Inc. *

GTY Technology Holdings Inc. *

Oct 19, 2020 by Roman Developer

PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION


ESTIMATED CURRENT FUNDS in TRUST: $218.1 Million
CURRENT PER SHARE REDEMPTION PRICE:  $10.29*
PRO FORMA ENTERPRISE VALUE: $560 Million

*SPACInsider estimate a/o 1-31-19

 

GTY Technology Holdings Inc., proposes to acquire six companies to establish an integrated software solution in the highly fragmented and under-penetrated public sector market.

GTY will form a new entity which will acquire the following companies:

  • Bonfire Interactive Ltd. (“Bonfire”), based in Canada, a developer of cloud-based eSourcing and procurement software that helps purchasers find, engage, and evaluate suppliers and manage the resulting contracting and performance relationships;
  • CityBase, Inc. (“CityBase”), based in Chicago, IL, a developer of technology, payment and communication channels and aggregator of operational data that also creates websites and mobile applications for utilities, self-service kiosks and point of sale tablets with customized solutions;
  • eCivis Inc. (“eCivis”), based in Pasadena, CA, a cloud-based grants management system provider for state, local and tribal governments that also offers writing, consulting and professional services as well as financial and program performance tracking, cost allocation and budgeting;
  • Open Counter Enterprises Inc. (“OpenCounter”), based in San Francisco, CA, a builder of user-friendly software to guide applicants through complex permitting and licensing procedures;
  • Questica Inc. and Questica USCDN Inc. (together, “Questica”), based in Canada, a provider of budgeting software, performance management and transparency and data visualization solutions; and
  • Sherpa Government Solutions LLC (“Sherpa”), based in Denver, CO, a provider of public sector budgeting software and consulting services.

CONSIDERATION

Under the definitive agreements, subject to customary adjustments, GTY has agreed to acquire the companies for total aggregate base consideration of $365 million in cash and stock, plus an aggregate earn-out consideration of up to $132 million in cash and stock. In addition, the new entity is expected to have an equity incentive plan in place at closing with 5.3 million shares reserved for future awards to employees and other plan participants.

WARRANT EXCHANGE

At the closing of the business combination, each whole public warrant will be automatically exchanged for $1.35 in cash and each private placement warrant will be automatically exchanged for $0.75 in cash. Approval of the warrant agreement amendment will require the affirmative vote of at least 50% of the outstanding public warrants.

GTYH Transaction Summary

ADVISORS

  • Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as the sole book-running manager for GTY’s initial public offering and was a financial advisor to GTY on the business combination.
  • Winston & Strawn LLP is acting as legal counsel to GTY.

GTY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT & BOARD


Executive Officers

William D. Green, 63
Co-CEO and Co-Chairman

Mr. Green was previously chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Accenture. Mr. Green was a director of Accenture from 2001 until 2013, and assumed the role of chairman in 2006. During Mr. Green’s time on the board, Accenture completed its initial public offering and Mr. Green was involved in the planning of Accenture’s long-term business strategy. From 2004 through 2010, Mr. Green served as Accenture’s chief executive officer, successfully navigating the company through a challenging global economic environment. During his tenure as chief executive officer, Accenture grew revenue from $13.7 billion to $21.6 billion, doubled its workforce to 211,000 employees and expanded its global footprint. Prior to serving as chief executive officer, Mr. Green was Accenture’s chief operating officer–client services with overall management responsibility for the company’s operating groups. In addition, he served as group chief executive of the Communications & High Tech operating group from 1999 to 2003. He was also group chief executive of the Resources operating group for two years. Earlier in his career, Mr. Green led the Manufacturing industry group and was managing director for Accenture’s business in the United States. Mr. Green was ranked #1 chief executive officer in the Computer Sciences & IT Consulting sector by Institutional Investor in 2007. Mr. Green has served as a director of S&P Global Inc. since 2011, a director of EMC since 2013, EMC’s independent lead director since February 2015 and a director of Inovalon Holdings, Inc. since August 2016. In addition, Mr. Green has served on the board of directors of Dell since September 2016. In addition, Mr. Green has served as chairman of the board of Accumen Inc., a healthcare testing services company, since May 2013, a director of Virtustream, Inc., a cloud computing company and subsidiary of EMC, since June 2016, a director of Pivotal Software, Inc., a software and services company and subsidiary of EMC, since July 2015, a member of the advisory board of Pactera Technology International Ltd., an IT consulting and outsourcing company, since September 2014, a member of the national board of Year Up, Inc., a non-profit offering a workforce development program for low income youth, since October 2013, and a trustee of Dean College, a private college located in Franklin, Massachusetts, since October 2004.


Joseph M. Tucci, 69
Co-CEO and Co-Chairman

Mr. Tucci was chief executive officer, chairman of the board of directors and president of EMC from 2001, 2006 and 2014, respectively, until September 2016 when Dell acquired EMC. At that time, Mr. Tucci became an advisor to Dell’s founder, Michael Dell, and its board of directors. Mr. Tucci led EMC through a revitalization, transforming EMC’s business model from what had been a near-exclusive focus on high-end storage platforms into a federation of businesses that grew to include EMC, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), Pivotal Software, Inc., RSA Security LLC, VCE and Virtustream, Inc. Following the technology sector’s bust in 2001 – 2002, EMC’s revenues grew from $5.4 billion in 2002 to $24.7 billion in 2015. Acknowledging EMC’s success under Mr. Tucci’s leadership, Barron’s named him one of the 30 best chief executive officers in 2011 and 2012. In 2015, his final full year at EMC, EMC was named one of the world’s top 10 multinational workplaces out of 700 multinational global companies surveyed by the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. With Mr. Tucci setting strategy, EMC amassed a track record of successful acquisitions and partnerships to expand its technology portfolio, enter new market segments and enlarge the company’s addressable market opportunity. Mr. Tucci expanded the company’s marketplace beyond large enterprises to commercial and small-medium businesses, broadened the company’s industry alliances, and established new selling, partnership and distribution channels. Mr. Tucci strengthened EMC’s management team with the integration of executives from other major technology companies. And Mr. Tucci championed EMC’s commitment to the total customer experience, to provide quality, service, innovation and interaction. Before joining EMC, Mr. Tucci directed the financial and operational rebirth of Wang Global during six years as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1993 to 1999. At Wang Global, Mr. Tucci guided the company through a rapid and successful emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and transformed the company from a midrange computer manufacturer into a leader in networked technology services and solutions. Under Mr. Tucci’s leadership, Wang Global acquired and integrated ten companies from 1995 through 1999. In 1999, Wang Global was acquired by Getronics NV. Prior to joining Wang Global in 1990, Mr. Tucci was President of U.S. information systems for Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), or Unisys, a position he assumed after the 1986 merger of Sperry Corporation and Burroughs Corporation that created Unisys. Mr. Tucci began his career as a systems engineer at RCA Corporation and holds a B.B.A. from Manhattan College and an M.S. in Business Policy from Columbia University. Mr. Tucci served as chairman of the board of directors of VMware from 2007 to 2016 and as a member of the board of directors of Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) since 2000. From 2001 to 2016, Mr. Tucci served as one of 150 chief executive officer members of The Business Roundtable and chaired its Task Force on Education and the Workforce from 2002 to 2006. From 2001 to 2016, he was one of eight chief executive officers who steered The Technology CEO Council, the IT industry’s leading public policy advocacy organization. He is one of the business leaders who forged and guided the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership since its founding in 2010. He is also a founding member of the strategic advisory board of Bridge Growth Partners, LLC, a private equity firm based in New York, and has been its chairman since October 2016. Mr. Tucci is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeastern University, a member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China, an overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the board of directors of the National Academy Foundation.


Harry L. You, 57
President, CFO and Director

From 2008 to 2016, Mr. You served as the executive vice president of EMC in the office of the chairman. Mr. You joined EMC in 2008 to oversee corporate strategy and new business development, which included mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and venture capital activity. Mr. You served as a director of Korn/Ferry International, a global executive recruiting company, from 2004 to October 2016 and has been a trustee of the U.S. Olympic Committee Foundation since August 2016. Mr. You was chief executive officer of BearingPoint, a leading IT and management consultancy from 2005 to 2007. He also served as BearingPoint’s interim chief financial officer from 2005 to 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. You served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL), or Oracle, helping begin Oracle’s acquisition run with the takeovers of Peoplesoft, Inc. and Retek in 2005, and was also a member of the board of directors of Oracle Japan. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. You served as chief financial officer of Accenture, helping take the company public and leading the company to 35% annual free cash flow growth during his tenure. Mr. You also previously spent fourteen years on Wall Street, including serving as a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley, where he headed the Computer and Business Services Group. Mr. You was a #1 ranked chief financial officer by Institutional Investor in the Computer Services & IT Consulting sector in 2004. Mr. You holds an M.A. in Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College.


Board of Directors

Randolph Cowen, 65
Director

Mr. Cowen served as a director of EMC from January 2009 to September 2016, and as a director of Pivotal Software, Inc. from April 2013 to September 2016. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Cowen served as the global head of technology and operations, and as the co-chief administrative officer from 2007 to 2008, at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he had worked since 1982. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Cowen served as the chief information officer of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. Cowen holds a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in mathematics from Michigan State University.


Paul Dacier, 58
Director

Mr. Dacier joined EMC in 1990 and served as the company’s executive vice president and general counsel until September 2016. Mr. Dacier was responsible for the worldwide legal affairs of EMC and its subsidiaries and oversaw the company’s internal audit, real estate and facilities organizations, sustainability and government affairs departments. Mr. Dacier is the vice chairman of the board of directors of AerCap Holdings N.V., an aircraft leasing company located in the Netherlands. In 2013 and 2014, Mr. Dacier was President of the Boston Bar Association. Mr. Dacier holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Marquette University, and is also a graduate of the Marquette University Law School.


Stephen Rohleder, 59
Director

Since 2015, Mr. Rohleder has been the principal owner of SGR Equity Investments. Prior to SGR Equity Investments, he spent 34 years at Accenture. Mr. Rohleder became partner at Accenture in 1992. He served as Accenture’s chief executive officer for North America from 2014 to 2015, as chief executive officer of the health and public service operating group from 2009 to 2014, and, as global chief operating officer from 2004 to 2009. As chief executive officer, Mr. Rohleder was responsible for Accenture’s business in the United States and Canada. During his tenure as chief operating officer, he was responsible for leading the company’s strategic direction and overall operational performance and was responsible for all global operations. Mr. Rohleder is currently an advisory board member at Kony, Inc., a cloud-based enterprise mobility solutions company and mobile application development platform provider. Mr. Rohleder holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Finance with a concentration in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.


Charles Wert, 72
Director

Mr. Wert currently serves as the vice chairman and as a director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., or Evercore, which he formed and organized and was previously the president and chief executive officer from 2009 to 2014. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Wert served as an executive vice president and senior trust officer of U.S. Trust Company N.A. for over 20 years. Mr. Wert also founded United Mercantile Bank and Trust Company and served as its president and senior trust officer from 1982 until 1987. Mr. Wert holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Finance from California State University at Los Angeles.