VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise
software, today announced it has completed its acquisition of
Carbon Black, a leader in cloud-native endpoint protection, in an
all-cash transaction for $26 per share, representing an enterprise
value of $2.1 billion.
“Carbon Black brings us an industry-leading endpoint and
workload security platform, with a cloud-native architecture, an
AI-powered data lake and a smart, lightweight agent,” said Sanjay
Poonen, chief operating officer, Customer Operations, VMware. “The
Carbon Black platform, along with VMware NSX, VMware Workspace ONE,
VMware Secure State and our future innovations, will deliver a
highly-differentiated intrinsic security platform across network,
endpoint, workload, identity, cloud and analytics. We believe this
will bring a fundamentally new paradigm to the security
industry.”
With the close of the acquisition, VMware is launching a new
Security Business Unit within the company. Carbon Black CEO Patrick
Morley will be serving as the general manager of this new group
reporting to Sanjay Poonen, chief operating officer, Customer
Operations, VMware. Carbon Black will form the nucleus of VMware’s
Security offering, focused on helping VMware customers with
advanced cybersecurity protection, and in-depth behavioral insight
to help stop sophisticated attacks and accelerate response.
“From the beginning, Carbon Black has been all about collecting
and analyzing key endpoint data to understand attacker behaviors,
and help make our customers more resilient against advanced
cyberattacks,” said Patrick Morley, general manager, Security
Business Unit, VMware. “Joining VMware helps us reach a broader
range of organizations, and enables us to build security into the
underlying fabric of the compute stack. We are thrilled to join
forces as we further our vision of creating a world safe from
cyberattacks and see and stop modern attacks.”
Under the terms of the transaction, which was structured as a
cash tender offer, Carbon Black shareholders who validly tendered
(and did not properly withdraw) their shares in Carbon Black,
received $26 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of
$2.1 billion. The transaction was funded through cash on the
balance sheet, and by accessing short-term borrowing capacity.
About VMware VMware software powers the world’s
complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, networking and
security, and digital workspace offerings provide a dynamic and
efficient digital foundation to customers globally, aided by an
extensive ecosystem of partners. Headquartered in Palo Alto,
California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its
breakthrough innovations to its global impact. For more
information, please
visit https://www.vmware.com/company.html.
About Carbon Black Carbon Black is a leader in
cloud-native endpoint protection dedicated to keeping the world
safe from cyberattacks. The CB Predictive Security Cloud® (PSC)
consolidates endpoint protection and IT operations into an endpoint
protection platform (EPP) that prevents advanced threats, provides
actionable insight and enables businesses of all sizes to simplify
operations. By analyzing billions of security events per day across
the globe, Carbon Black has key insights into attackers’ behaviors,
enabling customers to detect, respond to and stop emerging
attacks.
More than 5,600 global customers, including approximately one
third of the Fortune 100, trust Carbon Black to protect their
organizations from cyberattacks. The company’s partner ecosystem
features more than 500 MSSPs, VARs, distributors and technology
integrations, as well as many of the world’s leading IR firms, who
use Carbon Black’s technology in more than 500 breach
investigations per year.Carbon Black and CB Predictive Security
Cloud are registered trademarks or trademarks of Carbon Black, Inc.
in the United States and other jurisdictions.
Additional Resources
- For an executive perspective from Sanjay Poonen and Patrick
Morley, read the VMware Newsroom post: “Delivering Intrinsic,
Intelligent, and Informed Security”
- Learn more about the initial announcement here: “VMware and
Carbon Black”
- Read Carbon Black’s blog post on the initial announcement:
“The Next Chapter in Our Story: VMware + Carbon Black”
Forward-Looking Statements This press release
contains forward-looking statements including, among other things,
statements regarding the growth opportunities and expansion of
VMware’s offerings associated with the acquisition, accelerating
the delivery by VMware of a modern security
platform, potential benefits to VMware and its customers.
These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor
provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain
risk factors, including but not limited to: (1) the ability to
realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed acquisition,
including the possibility that the expected benefits from the
proposed acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized
within the expected time period; (2) the ability to successfully
integrate Carbon Black into VMware; (3) disruption from the
transition making it more difficult to maintain business and
operational relationships; (4) negative effects of the consummation
of the acquisition on the market price of VMware’s common stock,
credit ratings and operating results; (5) ongoing and potential
litigation and regulatory actions related to the acquisition; (6)
other business effects, including the effects of industry, market,
economic, political or regulatory conditions; and (7) other
unexpected costs or delays in connection with the acquisition;
(7) VMware's customers' ability to accept emerging
technology and to transition to new products and computing
strategies; (8) competitive factors, including but not limited to
VMware’s ability to compete in new industries, the entry of new
competitors into the industries in which VMware competes,
and the success of new product and marketing initiatives
by VMware and VMware's competitors; (9) VMware's
ability to enter into and maintain strategically effective
partnerships; (10) rapid technological changes in the
virtualization software and cloud, end user and mobile computing
and security industries; (11) changes to product and service
development timelines; (12) VMware's ability to protect
its proprietary technology; (13) VMware's ability to
attract and retain highly qualified employees; (14) adverse changes
in general economic or market conditions; (15) changes
in VMware's financial condition; and (16) VMware's
relationship with Dell
Technologies and Dell's ability to control matters
requiring stockholder approval. These forward-looking statements
are made as of the date of this press release, are based on current
expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in
condition, significance, value and effect as well as other risks
detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including VMware’s most recent reports on Form 10-K and
Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we may file from
time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from
expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not
currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements
after the date of this press release.
Contacts Alex GoldsmithVMware Global PR
agoldsmith@vmware.com 310-963-9869
Paul Ziots VMware Investor Relations pziots@vmware.com
650-427-3267
Ryan Murphy Director of Global Communications, Carbon Black
media@carbonblack.com917-693-2788
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