Merant - Ownership and Business Overview

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Merant Ownership

Who owns Merant?

Merant is owned by Serena Software. It was acquired on April 26, 2004.

Merant Business Overview

Where is Merant headquartered?

Merant is headquartered in St. Albans, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Merant have?

Merant has 590 employees.

What sector is Merant in?

Merant is a software company.

When was Merant founded?

Merant was founded in 1976.

Software M&A Summary in 2004

Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, software ranked 1 in number of deals in 2004. The largest software acquisition in 2004 was PeopleSoft - which was acquired by Oracle for $10.3B.

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Merant plc

Abbey View Everard Close,
St. Albans, AL1 2PS
United Kingdom,
+44 17 2781 2812

Merant engaged in the design, development, and marketing of software products and services.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - - 1 1
  1

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
DataDirect Technologies, Inc. 2001-11-12 - Divestiture
Bedford, Massachusetts · www.datadirect.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware - - 1 (100%) -
Total - - 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States - - 1 -
  Massachusetts - - 1 -
Total - - 1 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Divested to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Software

Employees

590

Established

1976

Former Name

Micro Focus Group plc

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