Lexington, Mass. • 781-257-3500 • www.bladelogic.com
Ticker and Exchange: BLOG: Nasdaq
Filing Range: 3.9M shares @ $12.00 to $14.00
Offering Price: $17.00
Close on First Day: $25.07
Offering Size: $85.00M
Shares Outstanding: 26,655,010
Underwriters: Morgan Stanley/ Merrill Lynch
Co-manager: Citi/ Wachovia Securities Inc./ Cowen
Company Counsel: Goodwin Procter
Manager Counsel: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Market Capitalization on 7/31/07: $683.9M
Close on 7/31/07: $25.66
DESCRIPTION
Develops and provides data center automation software. The company offers a product that is designed to manage information technology infrastructure by helping in the administration of servers. Its Configuration Manager software modules provision, analyze and manage networked servers from a secure console. The software automates configuration processes that normally are handled manually, such as the application of patches or the collection of inventory information. Competitors include Moonlight, CenterRun, Tivoli, BMC Software Inc., Configuresoft Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Opsware Inc. and Symantec Corp.
VENTURE BACKERS
Globespan Capital Partners, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and MK Capital.
Source: Thomson Financial