Francisco, Golden Gate and Thoma Bravo Ink $2.2 Bln Deal for Novell: UPDATED

We finally have some news on Novell. Today, PE-backed Attachmate Corp. agreed to buy Novell for $6.10 a share, or $2.2 billion. Novell also inked a deal to sell certain intellectual property assets to CPTN Holdings, which is a consortium of tech companies organized by Microsoft, for $450 million. The $6.10 a share offer represents a 9% premium to Novell's closing share price on Friday.

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