Talk:Sophos/Archives/2019

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Acquisitions January 2019

Disclosure: I'm a Sophos Employee therefore I do not feel it appropriate to judge this for noteworthiness. However, we do already have a section on acquisitions, and two such acquisitions were announced in Jan 2019

DarkBytes: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2019/01/sophos-acquires-darkbytes-as-foundation-of-new-mdr-services.aspx

Avid Secure: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2019/01/sophos-acquires-avid-secure-to-expand-protection-for-public-cloud-environments.aspx

If anyone feels this is relevant they are welcome to amend the article accordingly.

Rob Burbidge (talk) 11:52, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Buyout by Thoma Bravo October 2019

On October 14 2019 Sophos announced that Thoma Bravo, a US-based private equity firm, made an offer to acquire Sophos for $7.40 USD per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.9 billion. The board of directors of Sophos stated their intention to unanimously recommend the offer to the company’s shareholders.

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2019/10/thoma-bravo-makes-offer-to-acquire-sophos.aspx

https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/sophos/news/rns_widget_2/story/xeyn8jw

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/14/sophos_sold_for_3bn/

As a current employee of Sophos, I don't feel entitled to amend the article substantially, but here's the raw material Rob Burbidge (talk) 22:12, 19 October 2019 (UTC)