BMC Software Said to Get Fresh Buyout Interest From KKR, TPG

BMC Software Inc., the maker of programs to manage corporate computer networks that abandoned a sale last year, has attracted renewed buyout interest from private-equity funds, people with knowledge of the matter said.

KKR & Co. and TPG Capital have separately expressed interest in Houston-based BMC, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are private. BMC held similar talks last year amid pressure from activist investor Elliott Associates LP before deciding to buy back $1 billion in shares instead. BMC rose 3.7 percent to $42.32 at the close in New York, for a market value of about $6 billion.