Monday, June 4, 2007

Avaya Agrees to Be Bought by Silver Lake Partners, TPG for $8.2 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Avaya Inc. agreed to be acquired by
Silver Lake Partners and TPG Inc. for $8.2 billion in the
largest leveraged buyout of a computer-networking company.

Investors will receive $17.50 a share, Basking Ridge, New
Jersey-based Avaya said in a statement last night. That is 4.7
percent more than yesterday's closing price and 28 percent more
than the price before speculation about the purchase surfaced.


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