Novell Will Be Acquired by Attachmate for $2.2 Billion, or $6.10 a Share

Posted by bigg on Nov 22, 2010 1:32 PM EDT
Bloomberg.com; By Ville Heiskanen 		Mail this story
Print this story

Attachmate Corp., an investment group including Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo, agreed to buy software maker Novell Inc. for about $2.2 billion in cash. Novell investors will get $6.10 a share, Attachmate said in a statement today. That’s 9.1 percent more than Novell’s closing price on Nov. 19. Novell will also sell some intellectual- property assets to a group technology companies led by Microsoft Corp. for $450 million.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft, Novell

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
Uh oh herzeleid 8 1,968 Nov 25, 2010 10:04 PM

You cannot post until you login.