Tech Company M&A Transactions

SpringSource Acquisition

On 8/10/2009, SpringSource was acquired by VMWare. What VMWare paid for SpringSource was not announced.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Acquired By
Announced On
8/10/2009
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
Unknown
M&A Terms
VMware said it will pay approximately $362M in cash and equity, plus assume approximately $58M in unvested stock and options for SpringSource.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
411 Borel Avenue 101
San Mateo, CA 94402
USA
Email Address
Overview
SpringSource is a leading provider of trusted open source software for mission-critical enterprise applications. SpringSource created and sustains the development of the Spring Framework, the leading Java and Java EE application framework.
Profile
SpringSource  LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
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Company News
SpringSource  News
Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Broad Johnson
  Broad Johnson LinkedIn Profile  Broad Johnson Twitter Account  Broad Johnson News  Broad Johnson on Facebook


 

 

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