{"id":326210,"date":"2010-02-16T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=63505"},"modified":"2010-02-16T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:26:08","slug":"skillsoft-agrees-to-1-1b-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/326210","title":{"rendered":"SkillSoft Agrees to $1.1B Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Software\/\">Software<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/deals\/\">deals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/tag\/Private-Equity\/\">Private Equity<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Ryan McBride wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SkillSoft (NASDAQ:<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=SKIL\">SKIL<\/a>), a provider of educational and performance-support software with U.S. headquarters in Nashua, NH, has agreed to be acquired by a syndicate of private equity firms for $10.80 per share or a total of about $1.1 billion, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skillsoft.com\/about\/press_room\/press_releases\/February_12_10_Acquisition.asp\">press release<\/a>. The private equity buyers include Advent International, Bain Capital, and Berkshire Partners, all of which have offices in Boston, according to their websites. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skillsoft.com\/default.asp\">SkillSoft<\/a>, which has its global headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, said the deal is subject to shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"postFooter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/16\/skillsoft-agrees-to-1-1b-buyout\/#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/reprints\/>Reprints<\/a> | Share: &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=RT%20@Xconomy%20SkillSoft%20Agrees%20to%20$1.1B%20Buyout%20http:\/\/xconomy.com\/?p=63505\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/twitter.gif\" alt=\"Retweet\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/16\/skillsoft-agrees-to-1-1b-buyout\/&#038;t=SkillSoft%20Agrees%20to%20$1.1B%20Buyout\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/facebook.gif\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/boston\/2010\/02\/16\/skillsoft-agrees-to-1-1b-buyout\/email\/  rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/email.gif\" alt=\"Email\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?publisher=bfda184d-6684-4f7a-a23f-ca4ed4db9287&amp;title=SkillSoft+Agrees+to+%241.1B+Buyout&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xconomy.com%2Fboston%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Fskillsoft-agrees-to-1-1b-buyout%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/xconomy\/images\/share.gif\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t     \t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=5664d642e1b8256997efe798f2bd7118&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=5664d642e1b8256997efe798f2bd7118&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IAnlIOxXNUR5AUu8uCNrR10pCZg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IAnlIOxXNUR5AUu8uCNrR10pCZg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IAnlIOxXNUR5AUu8uCNrR10pCZg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/IAnlIOxXNUR5AUu8uCNrR10pCZg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Xconomy_Full\/~4\/uA79xTvCmX0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software, deals, Private Equity Ryan McBride wrote: SkillSoft (NASDAQ:SKIL), a provider of educational and performance-support software with U.S. headquarters in Nashua, NH, has agreed to be acquired by a syndicate of private equity firms for $10.80 per share or a total of about $1.1 billion, according to a press release. 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