Posts tagged: Dealreporter

Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: Suse said to - Part 5

Saturday, 27 May 2023, 10:00 am

Little old Betaville notes rivals at Dealreporter have finally cottoned on to the Suse takeover story that has resurfaced in the last couple of weeks.

Yesterday, Dealreporter - one of little old Betaville's former employers - published a story reportedly claiming EQT, Suse's largest shareholder, may be considering purchasing the remainder of the company it doesn't already own...

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UNCOOKED ALERT: Temenos said to ... - Part 6

Monday, 24 October 2022, 9:24 am

Dealreporter, another Betaville rival, published a story about Swiss banking software company Temenos on Friday, suggesting the company had hired Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to sound out private equity buyers.

Mmmmm ... that tale sounds eerily similar to the one little old Betaville published a couple of months ago. Below is the link to that UNCOOKED Alert:..

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Zendesk said to be back in talks about potential $17 billion buy-out, reveals the WSJ - Part 2

Friday, 24 June 2022, 3:22 pm

So, the private equity consortium purchasing Zendesk is paying $77.50 a share for the business.

That's a lot less the rumoured price being touted by rivals Dealreporter in May. Back then Dealreporter claimed Zendesk was holding out for $140 a share after rejecting an offer from private equity pitched at between $127 and $132 a share...

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RARE ALERT: KPN said to ... - Part 13

Saturday, 19 June 2021, 8:56 am

Well that didn't take long - rivals hacks at Dealreporter claim private equity firms EQT and Stonepeak could revive their plan to buy Royal KPN, the Dutch telecoms giant.

According to the report (which cites "sources familiar with the situation"), "the consortium is still thought to be interested in the company and could revisit the opportunity" and "could explore another attempt at acquiring the business at the end of this year or in 2022"...

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