Keysight Technologies Acquires ESI Group
January 10, 2024
Keysight Technologies announced the successful result of its cash tender offer for ESI Group shares and will hold 98.2% of ESI's share capital following settlement. Keysight said it will request a squeeze-out of remaining shares at the same cash price (€155 per share); ESI is a France-based provider of predictive physics modeling and virtual prototyping software with ~1,000 employees and ~€130m in 2022 revenue.
- Buyers
- Keysight Technologies, Inc., Keysight Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Targets
- ESI Group
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- France
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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