Spotlight
Spotlight
An archive of past spotlight issues.
The martinwolf team tracks noteworthy mergers and acquisitions, and offers
commentary on issues that impact our industry.
02 Aug 2018
HP to Acquire Apogee for $500M
HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced yesterday its definitive agreement to acquire UK-based managed print services provider Apogee Corporation for £380M, or ~$500M. As part of the agreement, Apogee will operate as an independent subsidiary of HP...
23 Jul 2018
Atos to Acquire Syntel for $3.4B
French IT services company Atos (EPA: ATO) announced yesterday its plans to acquire Michigan-based IT services provider Syntel (Nasdaq: SYNT) for $41 a share in in cash for each of Syntel's roughly 83.6M outstanding shares, valuing Syntel at a total of $3.57B, including...
12 Jul 2018
Getronics Acquires Pomeroy, Creating $1.3B Company
European VAR Getronics announced today its completed acquisition of US-based IT solution provider Pomeroy, creating an IT services platform with combined revenues of ~$1.3B. Private...
11 Jul 2018
Broadcom Nears Deal to Acquire CA Technologies for Nearly $19B
According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, semiconductor giant Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) is acquiring software vendor CA Technologies...
02 Jul 2018
Dell Returns to Public Market in $21.7B Buyout
After five years off the stock market, Dell Technologies announced today that it has reached an agreement with its Special Committee of independent directors to...
28 Jun 2018
C Spire, Nation’s Largest Privately Owned Carrier, Acquires TekLinks
C Spire, the largest privately owned wireless carrier and sixth largest carrier in the country, announced today its acquisition of Birmingham, Alabama-based managed service provider...
04 Jun 2018
Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5B in Stock
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced today its acquisition of coding platform company GitHub in an all-stock transaction valued at $7.5B. The deal is expected to close...
24 May 2018
KKR In Talks to Acquire BMC Software for $10 Billion
According to the New York Post, private equity firm KKR (NYSE: KKR) is in exclusive talks to buy BMC Software from its current PE parents...
22 May 2018
Roper Technologies to Acquire PowerPlan for $1.1B
Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) announced yesterday its agreement to acquire financial software company PowerPlan from private equity firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash...