UserTesting, a leader in video-based human insight, announced the completion of its acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, and Sunstone Partners, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. The agreement to be acquired was previously announced on October 27, 2022 and approved by UserTesting stockholders at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on January 10, 2023.
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With the completion of the transaction, UserTesting stockholders are entitled to receive $7.50 per share in cash for each share of UserTesting common stock they owned. UserTesting’s common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
As previously announced, UserTesting will be combining with UserZoom, which Thoma Bravo acquired majority control of in April 2022. UserTesting’s CEO, Andy MacMillan, will lead the combined company.
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Advisors
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as exclusive financial advisor and Fenwick & West LLP served as legal counsel to UserTesting. Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Thoma Bravo and Goodwin Procter LLP served as legal counsel to Sunstone Partners. Jefferies LLC served as financial advisor to Thoma Bravo and Sunstone.
UserTesting has fundamentally changed the way organizations get insights from customers with fast, opt-in feedback and experience capture technology. The UserTesting® Human Insight Platform taps into our global network of real people and generates video-based recorded experiences, so anyone in an organization can directly ask questions, hear what users say, see what they mean, and understand what it’s actually like to be a customer. Unlike approaches that track user behavior then try to infer what that behavior means, UserTesting reduces guesswork and brings customer experience data to life with human insight. UserTesting has more than 2,500 customers, including more than half of the world’s top 100 most valuable brands according to Forbes
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