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SolarWinds to Be Bought in $4.5 Billion Private-Equity Deal
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SolarWinds Inc., a maker of software for managing computer networks, agreed to be bought by private-equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at $4.5 billion.
The firms said Wednesday they will pay SolarWinds stockholders $60.10 a share, or about 44 percent more than the company’s closing price on Oct. 8, before news emerged that it was in talks to be taken private.