知情人士透露，Thoma Bravo支持的Proofpoint Inc.已锁定12.5亿美元融资，以支持其收购同业网络安全公司Varonis Systems Inc.。
Bravo-backed Proofpoint Inc. has locked in $1.25 billion in financing to support its acquisition of fellow cybersecurity company Varonis Systems Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士称，摩根大通公司及瑞银集团已被任命为主办方，将在稍后于高收益债券市场出售该笔债务。这些人士因讨论私下交易而要求匿名。该交易预计将于2027年上半年完成。
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS Group AG have been appointed to lead a transaction to sell that debt in the high-yield bond market at a later date, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss a private transaction. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027.
Thoma Bravo、Proofpoint、摩根大通及瑞银的代表均拒绝置评。Varonis的代表未能立即回应置评请求。
Representatives for Thoma Bravo, Proofpoint, JPMorgan and UBS declined to comment. A representative for Varonis didn’t immediately respond to requests for a comment.
根据周四发布的声明，Proofpoint同意以每股49.75美元现金收购Varonis，此前彭博社曾有相关报道。该价格使Varonis的估值约为63亿美元。
Proofpoint agreed to pay $49.75 a share in cash for Varonis, according to a statement on Thursday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. That price valued the company at about $6.3 billion.
Thoma Bravo表示，其将为收购Varonis提供股权融资，而安大略省教师养老金计划也同意向Proofpoint注资以支持此次收购。
Thoma Bravo said it is providing equity financing for the purchase of Varonis, while the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has also agreed to make an investment in Proofpoint to support the acquisition.
这是本周至少第二起由私募股权公司宣布的软件收购。此前，私募股权公司GTCR和Elliott Investment Management已同意以46亿美元收购保险软件制造商CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.，交易于周四宣布。
It’s one of at least two software acquisitions announced this week after private equity firm GTCR and Elliott Investment Management agreed to buy insurance-software maker CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. for $4.6 billion on Thursday.
Varonis的融资亦紧随Qualtrics International Inc.为收购Press Ganey Forsta而重启债务融资谈判之后。
Financing for Varonis also follows renewed talks for a debt deal supporting Qualtrics International Inc.’s acquisition of Press Ganey Forsta.
去年7月，Proofpoint将43亿美元债务的到期日延长了两年。该交易要求做出数十项有利于债权人的修订，以获得贷方认可。Proofpoint仍有7.35亿美元债务将于2028年到期，未参与此次展期。
In July, Proofpoint extended the maturity of $4.3 billion of debt by two years. That deal required dozens of creditor-friendly amendments in order to win over lenders. Proofpoint still has $735 million in debt due in 2028 that was not extended.