Vista Equity Partners to buy DH Corp in $4.8 bln deal: Reuters

U.S. private equity firm Vista Equity Partners said on Monday it would buy Canadian financial technology services provider DH Corp in a deal valued at $4.8 billion (US$3.6 billion), Reuters reported. Vista said it would combine DH with one of its portfolio companies, U.K.-based Misys, a software provider for retail and corporate banking, lending, treasury and capital markets. The acquisition follows DH's appointment of a special committee in December to assess expressions of interest to buy the company.

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