Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:J) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BlackLynx, Inc. on November 1, 2021. At closing, BlackLynx will expand Jacobs' position to 14 of 18 U.S. Intelligence Community agencies and will be aligned with Jacobs' Cyber & Intelligence business unit under the leadership of Caesar Nieves, Senior Vice President. Guggenheim Securities, LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Jacobs, and Christopher Ewan, Amber Banks, Michael T. Gershberg, Nathaniel L. Asker, Amy L. Blackman, Michael J. Anstett, Joshua D. Roth, Michael J. Alter, James J. McCullough, Howard A. Fine, Melissa A. Meyrowitz, Donna Mussio, Michael A. Kleinman, Michael Fiedler, Michael Stepan and Eden Lichaw of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Johnson LLP is serving as legal counsel to Jacobs.

Raymond James is serving as exclusive financial advisor to BlackLynx, and Cooley LLP is serving as legal counsel to BlackLynx.