{"id":42489,"date":"2018-11-14T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/sap-plans-to-acquire-qualtrics-for-usd-eight-billion\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:01:58","slug":"sap-plans-to-acquire-qualtrics-for-usd-eight-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/sap-plans-to-acquire-qualtrics-for-usd-eight-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP plans to acquire Qualtrics for USD eight billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wall\u00addorf \u2014 Wall\u00addorf-based soft\u00adware giant <strong>SAP<\/strong> plans to acquire all outstan\u00adding shares of <strong>Qual\u00adt\u00adrics<\/strong> for eight billion U.S. dollars in cash. The boards of SAP and Qual\u00adt\u00adrics have appro\u00adved the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. Qual\u00adt\u00adrics\u2019 share\u00adhol\u00adders have also alre\u00adady appro\u00adved the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>To cover the purchase price and acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion-rela\u00adted costs, SAP says it has secu\u00adred finan\u00adcing of seven billion euros. The syndi\u00adca\u00adted loan is being arran\u00adged by US bank <strong>J.P. Morgan<\/strong>, with legal advice from <strong>Henge\u00adler Muel\u00adler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Good\u00adwin Proc\u00adter, Jones Day and Allen &amp; Overy as well as Henge\u00adler are provi\u00adding legal advice on the billion-dollar deal.<\/p>\n<p>Accor\u00adding to a report in the Handels\u00adblatt, it is the largest acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion SAP has made to date. The price SAP is offe\u00adring exceeds 20 times Qual\u00adt\u00adrics\u2019 reve\u00adnue.<strong> Jones Day<\/strong> and <strong>Allen &amp; Overy<\/strong> advi\u00adsed the company on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion; Allen &amp; Overy was respon\u00adsi\u00adble for finan\u00adcing issues.<\/p>\n<p>Qual\u00adt\u00adrics specia\u00adli\u00adzes in expe\u00adri\u00adence manage\u00adment soft\u00adware; the company coll\u00adects, mana\u00adges and analy\u00adzes data that enables compa\u00adnies to measure, for exam\u00adple, custo\u00admer and employee satis\u00adfac\u00adtion. The company was advi\u00adsed on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion by a U.S. team from the Good\u00adwin law firm. Prior to the announce\u00adment of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion by SAP, Qual\u00adt\u00adrics was sche\u00addu\u00adled to complete an initial public offe\u00adring of its common stock shortly. Good\u00adwin also advi\u00adsed the company on&nbsp;this.<\/p>\n<p>The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to be comple\u00adted in the first half of&nbsp;2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wall\u00addorf \u2014 Wall\u00ad\u00addorf-based soft\u00adware giant SAP plans to acquire all outstan\u00adding shares of Qual\u00adt\u00adrics for eight billion U.S. dollars in cash. The boards of SAP and Qual\u00adt\u00adrics have appro\u00adved the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. Qual\u00adt\u00adrics\u2019 share\u00adhol\u00adders have also alre\u00adady appro\u00adved the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion. 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