Software company Aveva nears agreement on £9bn Schneider buyout

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Aveva, the London-listed software company, is closing in on an agreement that would see it swallowed by the French industrial group Schneider Electric in a deal worth about £9bn

Aveva, the London-listed software company, is closing in on an agreement that would see it swallowed by the French industrial group Schneider Electric in a deal worth about £9bn.

Sky News has learnt that the boards of the two companies and their advisers are discussing a price of more than £30-a-share for Schneider to acquire the roughly-40% of Aveva it does not already own. Banking sources said on Monday that a deal was expected to be struck ahead of a 21 September deadline imposed by the UK takeover watchdog.Given the French company's existing control of Cambridge-based Aveva through its 60% holding, a full buyout is unlikely to elicit significant criticism about the perceived erosion of Britain's technology base.

In recent weeks, a flurry of takeover bids from overseas companies and private equity firms has emerged for London-listed technology businesses such as GB Group and MicroFocus. Aveva is also said by industry executives to be negotiating a series of undertakings relating to its brand and future investment under Schneider's full ownership.

 

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