Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On April 29, 2020, SS&C Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Technologies") and a wholly owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Technologies, Innovest Systems, LLC, a New York limited liability company ("Innovest"), Ignition Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Technologies ("Merger Sub"), Bluff Point Associates Corp., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as representative of the equityholders of Innovest, and certain holders of membership interests in Innovest (the "Stock Recipients"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the closing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described therein, Innovest will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Innovest, with Innovest being the surviving company of the merger (the "Transaction"). The consideration for the Transaction will consist of $100 million (subject to certain purchase price adjustments) in cash and $20 million in shares of common stock of the Company (the "Equity Consideration"). The number of shares of common stock of the Company included in the Equity Consideration will be determined by reference to the volume-weighted average price per share of such common stock on the NASDAQ during the period beginning on (and including) April 20, 2020 and ending on (and including) the trading day immediately preceding the date of the closing. A portion of this consideration will be retained by the Company at closing as security for post-closing purchase price adjustments and the indemnification obligations of the equityholders of Innovest under the Merger Agreement.

All of the securities to be issued in the foregoing transaction will be issued by the Company in reliance upon the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, including Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Company did not and will not engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the transaction. Each Stock Recipient receiving securities also represented that it is an "accredited investor" as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that it is acquiring such securities for its own account and not for distribution. All certificates representing the securities issued will have a legend imprinted on them stating that the shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and cannot be transferred unless properly registered under the Securities Act or in a transaction that is exempt from such registration requirements. The Company's determination that the foregoing transaction is exempt from registration is based on certain representations, warrants, agreements and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

A copy of the press release of the Company dated April 30, 2020 announcing execution of the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits



  (d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated April 30, 2020 issued by SS&C Technologies

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