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July 20 (Reuters) - Bain Capital has increased its offer for SoftwareOne Holding AG to about 3.2 billion Swiss francs ($3.72 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The private equity firm has tabled a new proposal of around 20 francs per share for the Swiss software management company, the report said. SoftwareOne and Bain Capital declined to comment on the report. The reported new offer is at a premium of 43.6% from SoftwareOne's last close on May 31, when Bain first presented an offer to the Swiss firm valuing it at $3.2 billion. SoftwareOne helps companies manage software purchases from vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe and IBM.
Persons: SoftwareOne, Bain, Daniel von Stockar, Rene Gilli, Kanjyik Ghosh, Paul Arnold, David Evans, Jan Harvey, Frances Kerry Organizations: Bain Capital, SoftwareOne, Bloomberg, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Thomson Locations: Swiss, SoftwareOne's, Bengaluru, Zurich
ZURICH, June 15 (Reuters) - Bain Capital Private Equity has made an offer for SoftwareOne (SWON.S) which values the Swiss software management company at 2.9 billion Swiss francs ($3.21 billion), Bain said on Thursday. In its response, SoftwareOne board, said the offer "materially undervalues" the company and was not in its best interest or that of the majority of its shareholders. Bain has made an all cash offer of 18.50 Swiss francs per share to take the company private, it said. The company's shares, which closed at 15.17 Swiss francs on Wednesday, were up 19.8% in pre-market trade. In its statement, SoftwareOne confirmed that the "indicative, unsolicited and non-binding offer from Bain Capital" it had received was supported by those shareholders.
Persons: Bain, SoftwareOne, Daniel von Stockar, Rene Gilli, von Stockar, John Revill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Bain Capital Private Equity, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Bain Capital, Bain, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Swiss, Stans, Switzerland
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