Thoma Bravo agrees to acquire Darktrace for $5.32 billion in cash, delivering some welcome news for founding investor Dr Mike Lynch
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Toshiba Approves $14bn Private Equity Takeover
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba set to go private after successful $14 billion offer from private equity firm JIP
Toshiba Receives $15bn Buy Out Bid – Report
Consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners submits bid to purchase Toshiba for $15bn, but reportedly has no banking approval for full price
Elon Musk Raises His Contribution To Twitter Acquisition
But one of Elon Musk's biggest backers on the Twitter board has tendered his resignation after Twitter shareholders voted to boot him
Musk In Talks With Thoma Bravo Over Joint Twitter Bid – Report
Media report suggests Elon Musk is in talks with private equity group Thoma Bravo about partnering up for possible Twitter takeover
Toshiba Says It Will Seek Buyout Offers
Strategic options. Japanese conglomerate shares rise after Toshiba says it will solicit deal offers, including buyout offers
Musk Secures $46.5 Billion Funding For Twitter Takeover
World's wealthiest man Elon Musk puts up $33.5 billion of his own money, as he readies for boardroom battle over his Twitter bid
Twitter Adopts Poison Pill To Fend Off Elon Musk
Unwanted advances. Unsolicited takeover offer from Elon Musk sees Twitter board last week adopt a poison pill to thwart his plan
Citrix Merges With Tibco In $16.5bn Deal
After years of activist shareholder pressure, Citrix is being acquired by a private equity group and will then be merged with Tibco
LogMeIn To Spin Off LassPass As Separate Cloud Security Firm
Six years after it acquired LassPass for $110 million, LogMeIn says it will spin out the unit as a separate cloud security specialist
Toshiba Consults With Private Equity Firms Over ‘Strategic Ideas’
Where do we go from here? Japanese conglomerate Toshiba is in talks with at least four private equity firms for strategy ideas
Verizon Sells Internet Icons AOL, Yahoo
Expensive ownership of Internet icons AOL and Yahoo comes to an end, after Verizon announces sale to private equity group
ICANN Halts .Org Sale To Private Equity Group
Domain supervisor ICANN 'withholds consent' for the sale of the .org domain registry to a private equity firm, following months of protests
Symantec Consumer Division Sale To Equity Firms – Report
Private equity groups sniff around remaining consumer division of Symantec, after enterprise sale to Broadcom
HPE ‘In Talks’ To Offload Software Division
No comment from HPE amid another report it is to sell its software division, including Autonomy
EBay Enterprise Sell-Off Deal Close
Another private equity group reportedly close to buying eBay Enterprise unit, as PayPal spinoff nears completion
Tibco Goes Private After £2.6bn Buyout
Tibco Software becomes the latest enterprise software provider to be acquired by a private equity firm
Websense Agrees Buyout Deal With Private Equity Firm
Another tech firm is to remove itself from the stock market, as Websense opts for a £600m buyout deal
BMC Bows To Shareholder Pressure And Agrees Sale
BMC is to escape the pressures of being a publicly listed company by selling itself to private equity buyers
Blackstone Withdraws From Dell Buyout Race
Blackstone has stopped chasing Dell, removing a potential hurdle for Michael Dell's privatisation of the company
Michael Dell To Use Personal Fortune For Buyout
Michael Dell will reportedly use his own personal fortune to regain control of the tech vendor
Microsoft Joins Dell Buyout Push: Report
Microsoft is reportedly willing to invest as much as £1.9bn in the efforts to take Dell private again
Seagate Considers Potential Buyout Offer
Seagate is considering going private in a multi billion dollar deal after receiving approaches from private equity firms