Click Commerce offers software solutions that help manage and improve the business processes for multiple industry segments such as aerospace and defense, high-tech, logistics, manufacturing and healthcare. In May 2009 Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) announced that they had acquired three software operating units from Requisite Technology, Inc. (formerly doing business as Click Commerce, Inc.), a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (NYSE:ITW). The transaction included the Service Network Solutions (“SNS”) and Research and Healthcare Solutions (“RHS”) businesses and the rights to the Click Commerce, Inc. name.

The Click Commerce SNS division focuses on optimizing service network planning and execution as well as providing analytics, collaboration, and visibility allowing businesses to continuously monitor, adapt and respond to performance and adjust both plans and execution in real time. The results include cost savings, faster customer service and a competitive advantage. Key customers include Jabil, Cisco Systems, Flextronics, Celestica, Dell and Tyco.

The Click Commerce RHS division focuses on streamlining administrative processes for funding medical, animal and basic research and ensuring government-mandated compliance for research studies. Their solutions are used at premier academic medical centers and research institutions in North America, including the University of Michigan, Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Additionally, the Contract Service and Management (“CSM”) business was acquired by Emptoris, an existing Marlin portfolio company headquartered in Burlington, MA. For more information please visit their company website at www.emptoris.com.

Marlin is a Los Angeles, California-based private investment firm focused on providing corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored solutions that meet their business and liquidity needs.