Divestiture • Information Technology

Micro Focus Acquires Micro Focus Government Solutions

On September 1, 2017, Micro Focus acquired information technology company Micro Focus Government Solutions from Hewlett Packard Enterprise for 8.8B USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Micro Focus’ 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Micro Focus’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Micro Focus’ 9th transaction in the United States.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date September 1, 2017
Target Micro Focus Government Solutions
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Micro Focus
Sellers(s) Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 8.8B USD

Target Company

Micro Focus Government Solutions

United States
Micro Focus Government Solutions is a largest full mitigated pure play software companies and is committed to helping your organization's mission-critical IT challenges with their agile and modern software solutions.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Micro Focus

Newbury, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Software
Revenue 2.9B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Micro Focus is a provider of innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. Micro Focus was founded in 1976 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 10 of 13
Sector: Information Technology 3 of 5
Type: Divestiture 3 of 3
Country: United States 9 of 9
Year: 2017 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-01 Micro Focus International - Software Business

Newbury, United Kingdom

Micro Focus International Plc - Software Business is a provider of software business.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-19 COBOL-IT

Paris, France

COBOL-IT is a strategic vendor of open-source COBOL solutions. COBOL-IT allows companies to migrate, deploy and maintain their legacy COBOL applications at minimal costs & risks, and offers the ability to embrace continuous modernization. COBOL-IT was founded in 2008 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Spring, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1939
Sector Information Technology
Employees61,000
Revenue 30.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to a Hewlett Packard Enterprise office in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to a Hewlett Packard Enterprise office in Sunnyvale, California.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global enterprise information technology company that offers a variety of products, services, and solutions to businesses and organizations. Its portfolio includes cloud computing solutions, servers, storage, networking equipment, and a range of IT services aimed at helping customers optimize their IT operations, secure their operations, and accelerate digital transformation. HPE focuses on delivering solutions that enable businesses to improve their efficiency, scale their operations, and innovate in their respective markets. HPE was founded in 2015, as a result of the splitting of the original Hewlett-Packard Company into two separate companies, with HPE focusing on the enterprise technology infrastructure, software, and services segments. HPE was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector: Information Technology 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture 4 of 5
Country: United States 5 of 6
Year: 2017 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-01 Micro Focus International - Software Business

Newbury, United Kingdom

Micro Focus International Plc - Software Business is a provider of software business.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-05 Cloud Technology Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cloud Technology Partners designs and builds cloud solutions for apps and infrastructures that reduce IT costs and streamline operations.

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