And now the Wall Street Journal has decided to follow up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about Bentley Systemc Inc, the US-listed software firm.
The WSJ's claims France's Schneider Electric is in early stage talks to buy Bentley Systems Inc as part of a deal that values the company at over $15 billion. Below is a link to the WSJ piece. Below is the link to that piece: ..
Tucked away in today's Daily Mail business splash about Welsh chip designer Newport Wafer Fab is a line about how Jacob Rees-Mogg may "call in" Schneider Electric's takeover of FTSE 100-listed technology company Aveva.
That's because the French industrial giant has a huge joint venture with Chinese firm Delixi Group. Below is a link to the Daily Mail report in case you missed it:..
Mark, "the Kleinmanator", Kleinman of Sky News had a line last night on Schneider Electric's attempt to buy out the remainder of FTSE 100-listed Aveva that it doesn't own...
Hacks at Bloomberg have finally decided to pull the trigger on the Schneider Electric takeover bid for Aveva tale that has been ciculating for the last few days.
Little old Betaville was chasing the same story, so is in a bit of a grump after being pipped by arch rivals at the global financial media giant...
The confirmations are coming thick and fast for Betaville at the moment.
Last October this website identified that Germany's RIB Software was a takeover target for a mystery predator via a Betaville Intelligence alert. See the link below:
https://www.www.betaville.co.uk/betaville-intelligence/uncooked-alert-rib-software-said-to/..
Hat tip the to the Kleinmanator for tonight's Aveva / Schneider merger scoop. Kleinman and I didn't always get along when we worked together at The Daily Telegraph but credit where credit is due. Here is a link to his piece:
http://news.sky.com/story/ftse-250-software-group-aveva-to-unveil-3bn-schneider-merger-11020604 ..
The mystery company circling Aveva is said to be weighing a deal that could value the London-listed business at as much as £24.50 a share.
Several different sources claiming to be familiar with the matter have heard the potential offeror for Aveva, the software engineering company, is looking at pitching an indicative approach at precisely £24.50 a share...