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发帖数: 2123 | 1 (SAP) announced that SAP's subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., has entered into
an agreement to acquire Ariba, a cloud-based business commerce network, for
$45.00 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $4.3
billion. The acquisition will combine Ariba's buyer-seller collaboration
network with SAP's broad customer base and deep business process expertise
to create new models for business-to-business collaboration in the cloud.
The Ariba board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction. The
per share purchase price represents a 20% premium over the May 21 closing
price and a 19% premium over the one month volume weighted average price per
share. The transaction will be funded from SAP's free cash and a 2.4
billion term loan facility. The transaction is expected to close in the
third quarter of calendar year 2012, subject to Ariba stockholder approval,
clearances by relevant regulatory authorities and other customary closing
conditions. The transaction is expected to be accretive to SAP's non-IFRS
earnings per share in 2013. |
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