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Sectorwatch:
Enterprise Software
January 2020
Enterprise Software
January 2020
                                                                                                          Sector Dashboard [4]

                                                                                         Public Basket Performance [5]

                                                                                                       Operational Metrics [7]

                                                                                                Valuation Comparison [10]

                                                                                                                 Recent Deals [13]

                                                                                                                        Appendix [14]

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Overview

7MA provides Investment Banking & Advisory Services to the Business Services and Technology
Industries globally. We advise on M&A and private capital transactions, and provide market assessments
and benchmarking. As a close knit team with a long history together and a laser focus on our target
markets, we help our clients sell their companies, raise capital, grow through acquisitions, and evaluate
new markets. We publish our sectorwatch, a review of M&A and operational trends in the industries we
focus.

Dashboard                                               Valuation Comparison
     •  Summary metrics on the sector                         •   Graphical, detailed comparison of valuation
     •  Commentary on market momentum by                          multiples for the public basket
        comparing the most recent 12-month
        performance against the last 3-year
        averages.

Public Basket Performance                               Recent Deals
      •   Summary valuation and operating metrics            •   The most recently announced deals in the
          for a basket of comparable public companies            sector

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Dashboard
                                                                                                  Operating Metrics
Revenue Growth Momentum
  4.5%   1 - year revenue growth compared to revenue growth                             Median LTM GP Margin %                         72.8%
         average for last 3 years
Current revenue growth rate exceeds the average of the last 3 years by this
amount, indicating that market momentum is increasing                              Median LTM EBITDA Margin %                       25.8%

Pricing / Gross Margin Momentum                                                       Median LTM Rev. Growth %               13.1%
           1 - year gross profit % compared to gross profit %
  0.8%     average for last 3 years                                                                               0%         20%     40%     60%   80%
Current gross profit margin exceeds the average of the last 3 years gross profit
margin by this amount, indicating supplier pricing power
                                                                                                        Valuation
Profitability Momentum                                                                 Median TEV / LTM EBIT                               27.0x
            1 - year EBITDA % compared to EBITDA % average for
  1.6%      last 3 years                                                            Median TEV / LTM EBITDA                         22.0x
Current EBITDA margin exceeds the average of the last 3 years EBITDA margin
by this amount, a condition that may attract new entrants                          Median Price / LTM Earnings           15.3x

                                                                                   Median TEV / LTM Revenue           8.0x

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Public Basket
                                                                   Rev                      TEV /
                                                          LTM Rev Growth      EBITDA TEV / EBITDA                 Rev /
Company                                       TEV $m        $m     YoY   GP %   %    Rev X    X      # FTEs       FTE $k

Workday, Inc.                                   41,379       3,440   31%   71%   -6%   12.0    0.0     10,500        328
VMware, Inc.                                    64,561       9,752   13%   85%   25%    6.6   26.0     22,990        424
salesforce.com, inc.                           164,298      15,850   26%   75%   14%   10.4   71.7     35,000        453
Adobe Inc.                                     168,780      11,171   24%   85%   34%   15.1   44.0     22,634        494
SAP SE                                         178,978      29,374   12%   70%   26%    6.0   22.9     96,498        304
International Business Machines Corporation    182,688      77,147   -3%   47%   22%    2.4   11.0            -       NA
Oracle Corporation                             204,226      39,583   0%    80%   41%    5.2   12.6    136,000        291
Microsoft Corporation                         1,219,157    129,814   13%   67%   44%    9.4   21.2    144,000        901

Average                                        278,009      39,516   15%   72%   25%    8.4   26.2     58,453        456
Median                                         173,879      22,612   13%   73%   26%    8.0   22.0     28,995        424
share price as of 22Jan20

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                                                   TEV/Revenue - Median

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                                                                                                               Public Revenue Multiples over Time

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Operational Metrics
      LTM Gross Profit Margin %                                       LTM EBITDA %

         VMware, Inc.                               Microsoft Corporation

           Adobe Inc.                                  Oracle Corporation

   Oracle Corporation                                          Adobe Inc.

  salesforce.com, inc.                                            SAP SE

        Workday, Inc.                                        VMware, Inc.

                                                    International Business
              SAP SE
                                                    Machines Corporation

 Microsoft Corporation                                salesforce.com, inc.

International Business
                                                            Workday, Inc.
Machines Corporation

               Median                                              Median

                         -   20% 40% 60% 80% 100%                        (10%)   10%   30%   50%

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Operational Metrics
                                                                LTM Revenue per
      LTM Revenue Growth %
                                                          Full Time Employee x 000’s
        Workday, Inc.                                    Microsoft Corporation

  salesforce.com, inc.                                             Adobe Inc.

           Adobe Inc.
                                                          salesforce.com, inc.

         VMware, Inc.
                                                                 VMware, Inc.

 Microsoft Corporation

                                                                Workday, Inc.

              SAP SE

                                                                      SAP SE
   Oracle Corporation

International Business                                     Oracle Corporation
Machines Corporation

               Median                                                  Median

                     (10%)   -   10%   20%   30%   40%                           $-   $500   $1,000

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Operational Metrics
                                                                        Average Days
      Accounts Receivable Turnover
                                                                       Sales Outstanding
    Oracle Corporation                                                  VMware, Inc.

 International Business
                                                                             SAP SE
 Machines Corporation

            Adobe Inc.                                                 Workday, Inc.

 Microsoft Corporation                                           salesforce.com, inc.

   salesforce.com, inc.                                        Microsoft Corporation

         Workday, Inc.                                                    Adobe Inc.

                                                               International Business
               SAP SE
                                                               Machines Corporation

          VMware, Inc.                                            Oracle Corporation

                Median                                                        Median

                          0x   2x   4x   6x   8x   10x   12x                            0   20   40   60   80   100

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Valuation
      TEV / LTM Revenue                                                   TEV / LTM EBITDA

         Adobe Inc.                                       salesforce.com, inc.

     Workday, Inc.
                                                                   Adobe Inc.

salesforce.com, inc.
                                                                 VMware, Inc.

         Microsoft
        Corporation
                                                                      SAP SE

      VMware, Inc.

                                                        Microsoft Corporation

            SAP SE

                                                           Oracle Corporation
 Oracle Corporation

   International                                        International Business
 Business Machines                                      Machines Corporation
    Corporation

            Median                                                    Median

                       0x   4x   8x   12x   16x   20x                            0x   20x   40x   60x   80x

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Valuation
      TEV / LTM EBIT                                                 Price / LTM Earnings

  salesforce.com, inc.                               salesforce.com, inc.

           Adobe Inc.
                                                              Adobe Inc.

         VMware, Inc.
                                                   Microsoft Corporation

              SAP SE

                                                      Oracle Corporation

 Microsoft Corporation

                                                   International Business
                                                   Machines Corporation
International Business
Machines Corporation

                                                            VMware, Inc.
   Oracle Corporation

                                                                 Median
               Median

                         0x   100x   200x   300x                            0x   50x   100x 150x 200x 250x

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Valuation
            Historical Valuation Multiples                                                                    Historical Valuation Multiples
                 versus Gross Profit                                                                          versus Revenue Growth Rate
             80x                                         85.3%   85.0%           90%                         80x                                                                  30%
                           79.7%                                                                                                                                          26.4%
                                                                                                                                                                  23.7%
             70x                                                                 80%
                                                                                                             70x
                                                                                                                                                                                  25%
                                                                         75.0%   70%
             60x                                                                                             60x
                                               69.8%
                                     66.6%                                                                                                                                        20%
                                                                                 60%
             50x
                                                                                                             50x
                                                                                 50%                                                 13.0%                                        15%
             40x
                   47.3%                                                                                     40x
                                                                                 40%                                                                     13.3%
                                                                                                                                               11.8%                              10%
             30x
                                                                                 30%                         30x

             20x                                                                                                                                                                  5%
                                                                                 20%                         20x
EBITDA(x)

                                                                                                 EBITDA(x)
                                                                                       LTM GP%

                                                                                                                                                                                        LTM RGR%
             10x                                                                 10%                                                                                              0%
                                                                                                             10x   (3.1%)
                                                                                                                            0.3%
                    11x    13x       21x       23x       26x     44x     72x
              0x                                                                 0%                                11x      13x      21x       23x        26x     44x     72x
                                                                                                              0x                                                                  -5%

                                   EBITDA(x)           LTM GP%                                                                     EBITDA(x)           LTM RGR%

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Recent Transactions
                                                                                                                              Total
                                                                                                                           Transaction    Target      TEV /         TEV /
Date      Target                                                    Buyer / Investor                                          Value      Revenue     Revenue       EBITDA

13Jan20   Plaid Inc.                                                Visa Inc.                                                 4,900.00           -             -            -
9Jan20    Veeam Software Group GmbH                                 Insight Venture Management, LLC                           5,000.00    1,000.00             -            -
6Jan20    Armis, Inc.                                               Insight Venture Management, LLC; CapitalG                 1,100.00           -             -            -
                                                                    Management Company, LLC
17Nov19   Sage Pay Business of The Sage Group plc                   Elavon Inc.                                                 300.88           -             -            -
18Nov19   CloudSimple, Inc.                                         Google LLC                                                       -           -             -            -
23Sep19   Zingle, Inc.                                              Medallia, Inc.                                               42.00           -             -            -
4Sep19    Movere, Inc                                               Microsoft Corporation                                            -           -             -            -
28Aug19   Kony, Inc.                                                Temenos AG                                                  580.00           -             -            -
22Aug19   Pivotal Software, Inc.                                    VMware, Inc.                                              3,349.32     716.06        4.3x          NM
22Aug19   Carbon Black, Inc.                                        VMware, Inc.                                              2,208.43     229.71        9.0x          NM
21Aug19   SignalFx, Inc.                                            Splunk Inc.                                               1,050.00           -             -            -
7Aug19    ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.                           salesforce.com, inc.                                      1,350.00           -             -            -
6Aug19    Account-to-Account Payment Business of Nets Holding A/S   Mastercard Incorporated                                   3,194.29           -             -            -
3Jul19    Corel Corporation                                         KKR & Co. Inc.; KKR Americas Fund XII LP                         -           -             -            -
9Jun19    Tableau Software, Inc.                                    salesforce.com, inc.                                     17,377.59    1,191.61      13.7x          NM
6Jun19    Looker Data Sciences, Inc.                                Google LLC                                                2,600.00           -             -            -
23May19   Daily Inches Inc.                                         Upland Software, Inc.                                        50.00           -             -            -
12May19   Amber Road, Inc.                                          E2open, LLC                                                 433.60      86.20        4.9x          NM
17Apr19   PostUp, Inc.                                              Upland Software, Inc.                                        35.00           -             -            -
17Mar19   Worldpay, Inc.                                            Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.             43,590.64    3,925.40      11.0x        29.1x
18Mar19   AgileCraft LLC                                            Atlassian Corporation Plc                                   154.00           -             -            -
19Feb19   Attunity Ltd.                                             QlikTech International AB                                   560.62      86.25        6.0x        57.2x
11Feb19   Ellie Mae, Inc.                                           Thoma Bravo, LLC; Thoma Bravo Fund XIII LP                3,683.32                   7.0x        59.6x
                                                                                                                                            480.27
3Feb19    The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.                         Hellman & Friedman LLC; JMI Management, Inc.; The        10,984.39    1,140.54       9.5x        93.7x
                                                                    Blackstone Group L.P. (nka:The Blackstone Group
                                                                    Inc.); GIC Pte. Ltd.; Canada Pension Plan Investment
                                                                    Board; Qatar Investment Authority
28Jan19   JN Projects, Inc.                                         Dropbox, Inc.                                               175.20           -             -            -
16Nov18   Cylance Inc.                                              BlackBerry Limited                                        1,500.00     130.00       11.5x               -
15Oct18   SendGrid, Inc.                                            Twilio Inc.                                               2,020.00     137.17       13.4x          NM
18Dec17   Aconex Limited                                            Vantive Australia Pty Ltd                                 1,258.87     127.39        9.7x          NM

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Enterprise Software
January 2020
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               7 Mile Advisors appreciates the opportunity to present this confidential information to the Company. This document is meant to be
               delivered only in conjunction with a verbal presentation, and is not authorized for distribution. Please see the Confidentiality Notice &
               Disclaimer at the end of the document. All data cited in this document was believed to be accurate at the time of authorship and came
               from publicly available sources. Neither 7 Mile Advisors nor 7M Securities make warranties or representations as to the accuracy or
               completeness of third-party data contained herein. This document should be treated as confidential and for the use of the intended
               recipient only. Please notify 7 Mile Advisors if it was distributed in error.                                                               14
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Workday, Inc.
Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications for finance
and human resources worldwide. It provides applications for
customers to manage critical business functions to optimize
their financial and human capital resources. The company offers
Workday Financial Management application that provides
functions of general ledger, accounting, accounts payable and
receivable, cash and asset management, employee expense                          Revenue Multiples - Workday, Inc.
and revenue management, projects, procurement, inventory,                  30x
and grants management. It also provides Workday Human
Capital Management application, which includes human                       20x
resources management, such as workforce lifecycle and
organization management, compensation, absence, and                        10x

employee benefits administration; and global talent
                                                                            0x
management comprising goal and performance management,
succession planning, and career and development planning.
Workday, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in
                                                                                      TEV/Revenue            Average
Pleasanton, California.

Date      Key Development Headline
12/8/19   Workday, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WDAY) completed the acquisition of
          Scout RFP, Inc. from a group of investors.
11/3/19   Workday, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WDAY) signed a definitive
          agreement to acquire Scout RFP, Inc. from a group of investors
          for approximately $540 million.
7/17/19   Workday, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WDAY) acquired Trusted Key
          Solutions Inc.
5/13/19   Workday To Seek Acquisitions

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                                                                                     Revenue Multiples - VMware, Inc.
                                                                             10x
                                                                              8x
                                                                              6x
                                                                              4x
                                                                              2x
VMware, Inc.                                                                  0x

VMware, Inc. provides compute, cloud, mobility, networking,
and security infrastructure software to businesses in the United
                                                                                        TEV/Revenue            Average
States and internationally. The company offers compute
products, including VMware vSphere, a data center platform,
which enables users to deploy hypervisor, a layer of software                       EBITDA Multiples - VMware, Inc.
                                                                             40x
that resides between the operating system and system
hardware to enable compute virtualization; storage and                       30x

availability products that provide data storage and protection               20x
options; network and security products; and cloud management
                                                                             10x
and automation products to manage and automate
overarching IT processes involved in provisioning IT services                 0x

and resources to users from initial infrastructure deployment to
retirement. VMware, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dell Technologies
Inc.                                                                                    TEV/EBITDA             Average

Date       Key Development Headline                                                  P/E Multiples - VMware, Inc.
1/20/20    VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) has agreed to acquire Nyansa, Inc.        120x
           Formation8 Partners.
                                                                              90x
12/29/19   VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) completed the acquisition of
           remaining 83.91% stake in Pivotal Software Inc. (NYSE:PVTL)        60x
           (‘Pivotal’) from Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) (‘Ford’),
           EMC Equity Assets LLC and other shareholders.                      30x
11/18/19   Nokia and VMware Expand Partnership to Ease Large-Scale,            0x
           Multi-Cloud Operations
11/6/19    CloudBees Partners With Atos and VMware to Harness the
           Power of DevOps Automation for Enterprises
10/6/19    VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) completed the acquisition of Carbon                     P/E               Average
           Black, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CBLK) from Atlas Venture L.P. and others.

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Revenue Multiples - salesforce.com, inc.

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                                                                              12x
                                                                               9x
                                                                               6x
                                                                               3x
salesforce.com, inc.                                                           0x

salesforce.com, inc. develops enterprise cloud computing
solutions with a focus on customer relationship management.
The company offers Sales Cloud to store data, monitor leads                              TEV/Revenue           Average

and progress, forecast opportunities, and gain insights through
analytics and relationship intelligence, as well as deliver quotes,                 EBITDA Multiples - salesforce.com, inc.
                                                                             300x
contracts, and invoices. It also provides Service Cloud, which
enables companies to deliver personalized customer service                   200x
and support, as well as a field service solution that enables
companies to connect agents, dispatchers, and mobile                         100x
employees through a centralized platform, which helps to
schedule and dispatch work, and track and manage jobs in                       0x
real-time. The company was founded in 1999 and is
headquartered in San Francisco, California.
                                                                                          TEV/EBITDA             Average
Date       Key Development Headline
12/16/19   Voluntis Collaborates with Salesforce to Introduce Full-Service
                                                                                      P/E Multiples - salesforce.com, inc.
           Platform for Digital Therapeutics Prescription and
           Reimbursement                                                     300x
11/20/19   CaixaBank to Develop Digital Financial Services with Salesforce
11/19/19   Salesforce and Amazon Web Services Expand Global Strategic        200x
           Partnership
9/30/19    salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) completed the acquisition of      100x
           remaining shares in ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. from
           Francisco Partners Management LLC.                                  0x
8/6/19     salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) entered into a definitive
           agreement to acquire remaining shares in ClickSoftware
           Technologies Ltd. from Francisco Partners Management LLC for
           approximately $1.4 billion.                                                       P/E               Average

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Revenue Multiples - Adobe Inc.

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                                                                              10.0x

                                                                               5.0x

Adobe Inc.                                                                     0.0x

Adobe Inc. operates as a diversified software company
worldwide. Its Digital Media segment provides tools and
solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses,                            TEV/Revenue            Average

and enterprises to create, publish, promote, and monetize their
digital content. Its flagship product is Creative Cloud, a                            EBITDA Multiples - Adobe Inc.
                                                                               60x
subscription service that allows customers to download and
install the latest versions of its creative products. This segment             40x
serves traditional content creators, Web application developers,
and digital media professionals, as well as their management in                20x
marketing departments and agencies, companies, and
publishers. The company’s Digital Marketing segment offers                      0x
solutions for how digital advertising and marketing are created,
managed, executed, measured, and optimized. The company
was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose,                                       TEV/EBITDA            Average
California.
                                                                                          P/E Multiples - Adobe Inc.
Date      Key Development Headline                                            150x
12/5/19    Adobe Inc. (NasdaqGS:ADBE) acquired Oculus Medium from             120x
           Facebook Technologies, LLC.
11/4/19    HP Inc. and Adobe Fuel New Era of 3D Production Technology          90x
           for Creatives                                                       60x
11/3/19    Adobe, The New York Times Company and Twitter Announce
                                                                               30x
           Content Authenticity Initiative to Develop Industry Standard for
           Content Attribution                                                  0x
6/11/19    Datacolor Collaborates with Adobe to Launch New Innovative
           Solution for Textile Industry
3/27/19    Adobe, Microsoft and SAP Announce New Open Data Initiative                          P/E              Average
           Details

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SAP SE                                                                         Revenue Multiples - SAP SE
                                                                        10x
                                                                         8x
SAP SE operates as an enterprise application software, and
analytics and business intelligence company worldwide. It offers         6x

SAP HANA, which enables businesses to process and analyze                4x
live data; SAP Data Hub, a solution that enables businesses to           2x
manage data from various sources; SAP Cloud Platform, which              0x
enables businesses to connect and integrate applications; SAP
BW/4HANA, a data warehouse solution; SAP Leonardo, a
system that enables customers to make business sense and
                                                                                  TEV/Revenue             Average
opportunity of disruptive technologies; and SAP Analytics
Cloud, which leverages the intersection of business intelligence,
planning, and predictive analytics. SAP SE was founded in 1972
and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.
                                                                              EBITDA Multiples - SAP SE
                                                                        30x

Date       Key Development Headline
10/23/19   Verizon and SAP SE Co-Developing Next Gen Iot Analytics      20x
           Solutions
8/29/19    BearingPoint RegTech, Berlin Hyp, SAP and Okadis Develop     10x
           Solution for the Integration with SAP FSDM in Regulatory
           Reporting on Abacus360 Banking                                0x
8/22/19    Schwarz GmbH & Co KG acquired Two Go from SAP SE
           (DB:SAP).
5/6/19     Accenture plc and SAP SE to Co-Develop and Co-Innovate New
           Industry Solutions on SAP® C/4HANA Suite                               TEV/EBITDA              Average
4/24/19    SAP SE Intends To Seek Acquisitions

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Revenue Multiples - International Business

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                                                                              5x
                                                                                            Machines Corporation
                                                                              4x
                                                                              3x
                                                                              2x
                                                                              1x
International Business Machines Corporation                                   0x

International Business Machines Corporation operates as an
integrated technology and services company worldwide. Its
Cognitive Solutions segment offers Watson, a computing                                  TEV/Revenue             Average

platform that interacts in language, processes big data, and
learns from interactions with people and computers. This                            EBITDA Multiples - International Business
                                                                             20x
segment also offers data and analytics solutions, including                                 Machines Corporation
analytics and data management platforms, cloud data services,                15x

enterprise social software, talent management solutions, and                 10x
tailored industry solutions; and transaction processing software
                                                                              5x
that runs mission-critical systems in banking, airlines, and retail
industries. The company was founded in 1911 and is                            0x
headquartered in Armonk, New York.

Date       Key Development Headline                                                     TEV/EBITDA              Average
12/31/19   Great Hill Partners, LP and Spectrum Equity Management, L.P.
           completed the acquisition of Sales Performance Management
                                                                                    P/E Multiples - International Business
           Business of International Business Machines Corporation           40x
           (NYSE:IBM).
                                                                                           Machines Corporation
12/19/19   International Business Machines Corporation and the University    30x
           of Tokyo Announce an Agreement to Partner to Advance
                                                                             20x
           Quantum Computing and Make it Practical for the Benefit of
           Industry, Science and Society                                     10x
12/1/19    SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SSNC) completed
           the acquisition of certain Algorithmics and related assets from    0x
           International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM).
11/24/19   Great Hill Partners, LP and Spectrum Equity Management, L.P.
           signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sales Performance
           Management Business of International Business Machines                          P/E               Average
           Corporation (NYSE:IBM).

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Revenue Multiples - Oracle Corporation

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                                                                              10x
                                                                               8x
                                                                               6x
                                                                               4x
                                                                               2x

Oracle Corporation                                                             0x

Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, sells,
hosts, and supports application, platform, and infrastructure
                                                                                        TEV/Revenue            Average
solutions for information technology (IT) environments
worldwide. It offers human capital and talent management,
enterprise resource planning, customer experience and                                EBITDA Multiples - Oracle Corporation
                                                                              20x
relationship management, procurement, supply chain
                                                                              15x
management, project portfolio management, business analytics
and enterprise performance management, and industry-specific                  10x
application software, as well as financial management and
                                                                               5x
governance, and risk and compliance applications. Oracle
Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in                        0x
Redwood City, California.

                                                                                        TEV/EBITDA             Average
Date      Key Development Headline
1/13/20   Achieve Life Sciences, University of Bristol, and Oracle
          Corporation Announce Study Results Demonstrating Potential                  P/E Multiples - Oracle Corporation
                                                                              80x
          for Accelerated Speed of Drug Discovery
10/1/19   Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) signed an agreement to               60x
          acquire CrowdTwist, Inc.
9/23/19   Quantifind, Inc. and Oracle Announce Strategic Collaboration to     40x
          Transform Anti-Money Laundering Processes                           20x
9/16/19   Agentis and Oracle Team to Help Utilities Drive Energy Efficiency
          for Every Customer                                                   0x
9/16/19   Oracle Consulting and Deloitte Collaborate to Help
          Organizations Move and Innovate with Oracle Cloud

                                                                                           P/E               Average

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Revenue Multiples - Microsoft Corporation

Public Basket                                                               10x
                                                                             8x
                                                                             6x
                                                                             4x
                                                                             2x
Microsoft Corporation                                                        0x

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports
software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. The                              TEV/Revenue             Average
company’s Productivity and Business Processes segment
offers Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office
365 Security and Compliance, and Skype for Business, as well as                    EBITDA Multiples - Microsoft Corporation
                                                                            30x
related Client Access Licenses (CAL); and Skype, Outlook.com,
and OneDrive. It also provides LinkedIn that includes Talent and            20x
marketing solutions, and subscriptions; and Dynamics 365, a set
of cloud-based and on-premises business solutions for small                 10x
and medium businesses, large organizations, and divisions of                 0x
enterprises. The company was founded in 1975 and is
headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
                                                                                       TEV/EBITDA              Average
Date       Key Development Headline
1/12/20    Samsung Electronics America Announces Working with
           Microsoft and Verizon to Bring the New Samsung Galaxy                  P/E Multiples - Microsoft Corporation
           XCover Pro to the U.S. Market                                    80x
12/10/19   NTT Corporation and Microsoft Corp. Form a Strategic Alliance
           to Enable New Digital Solutions                                  60x
11/20/19   Vattenfall and Microsoft Announces Joint Development of First-   40x
           Of-Its-Kind Solution
                                                                            20x
11/19/19   Open Invention Network Teams with IBM, Linux Foundation and
           Microsoft to Further Protect Open Source from Patent Trolls       0x
11/13/19   Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS:MSFT) cancelled the
           acquisition of XOXCO, Inc.
                                                                                         P/E               Average

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