IBM To Sell Software Products To HCL For $1.8B: Key Takeaways

 | Dec 06, 2018 08:14PM ET

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) recently entered into a definitive agreement to divest seven software products to HCL Technologies for approximately $1.8 billion.

Per the terms of the contract, IBM intends to sell Appscan, Bigfix, Commerce, Connections, Notes & Domino, Portal and Commerce software solutions.

The solutions are estimated to have a total addressable market (TAM) exceeding $50 billion. Notably, the software offerings include three on-premise solutions.

The business deal is anticipated to conclude within mid-2019, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

IBM’s shares were up almost 2% yesterday, while that of HCL which trades under NSE (India) with the ticker “HCLTECH” were down approximately 5%.