FIS to buy SunGard in $9.1 bln deal
Fidelity National Information Services Inc (FIS) said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy SunGard in a deal valued at $9.1 billion, including the assumption of debt. Wayne, Pennsylvania-based SunGard is a financial software company with $2.8 billion in annual revenue. Seven private equity firms – Silver Lake, TPG, Bain Capital, KKR, Blackstone Group, Providence Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs’ private equity unit – acquired SunGard in 2005 in a $11.3 billion deal. BofA Merrill Lynch and Centerview Partners LLC acted as financial advisors to FIS. Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse acted as financial advisors to SunGard.
12 August 2015•6 mins read
