Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire Informatica
On April 7, 2015, Permira, an international private equity firm, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), a global investment management organization, announced that a company owned by the Permira funds and CPPIB signed a definitive agreement to acquire Informatica Corporation (Informatica), the world's leading independent provider of enterprise data integration software and services, for US$48.75 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately US$5.3 billion.
The completion of the transaction was announced on August 6, 2015. Additionally, Informatica announced that Microsoft Corporation and Salesforce Ventures had agreed to become strategic investors alongside the Permira funds and CPPIB.
Further information can be found on CPPIB and Informatica's website.