Aveva buying OSIsoft for $5 billion

Aveva
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+1.57%
said it’s buying OSIsoft for $5 billion in a mostly cash deal to expand its position in industrial software. Aveva is buying the company that’s 53% held by its founder and 45% held by SoftBank
9984,
+2.44%
to create a company with revenue of about £1.2 billion and Adjusted EBIT of around £330 million, or a 28% margin. Aveva shareholder Schneider Electric
SU,
+0.61%,
which holds 60% of the U.K. company, is voting for the deal and will participate in the $3.5 billion sale of discounted shares, or rights issue, to fund the acquisition. OSIsoft’s founder, Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, will become chairman emeritus and hold roughly 4% of the combined company.

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