IBM’s Retail Store Solutions Business Acquired by Toshiba TEC

On April 17, 2012, IBM and Toshiba TEC Corporation announced a definitive agreement under which Toshiba TEC will acquire IBM’s Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business, which offers retail point-of-sale solutions worldwide, for approximately US$850 million. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this transaction, which is expected to close late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter of 2012, subject to the satisfaction of regulatory requirements and customary closing conditions.

The Cravath team included partner George F. Schoen and associates Andrew R. Bonnes, Richard N. Luft and Aaron D. Suh on corporate matters; associates Jarrett R. Hoffman and Audry X. Casusol on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Andrew W. Needham and associate J. Leonard Teti II on tax matters; partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters; and practice area attorney Joyce Law on real estate matters.