Germany's Software AG bids for IDS (Dealscape

Long after everyone had given up on a consolidation of Germany's computer services industry, Software AG, late on Monday, surprised with a €482 million ($674.7 million) offer for business-process management company IDS Scheer AG.

Darmstadt-based Software AG, Germany's second-largest software maker, said it would buy 48% of the target from its two founders and offer remaining shareholders €15 per IDS Scheer share, a 39% premium to the stock's Monday close.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Germany's Software AG bids for IDS Posted on July 14, 2009 3:41 PM Long after everyone had given up on a consolidation of Germany's computer services industry, Software AG, late on Monday, surprised with a €482 million ($674.7 million) offer for business-process management company IDS Scheer AG. Darmstadt-based Software AG, Germany's second-largest software maker, said it would buy 48% of the target from its two founders and offer remaining shareholders €15 per IDS Scheer share, a 39% premium to the stock's Monday close. This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in full as well as second-to-none market intelligence. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 949 in-depth reports of M&A deals in the Technology sector 449 company pages related to Software 90 articles related to Software AG 12 articles related to IDS Scheer 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank Birds Eye Cadbury AG Agrium Inc. Skadden Arps Revolution Money Tandberg ASA Aisling Capital Ken Lewis Natco		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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