Elliott Associates

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity firm with a strategic focus on software and services, today announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of MSC.Software Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCS). MSC.Software is a global software company, with industry leadership in engineering simulation solutions, and whose suite of applications and services drive innovation through accelerated design, improved product quality, and reduced engineering costs. Under the terms of the deal, Maximus Holdings Inc., an investment vehicle of STG and co-investor Elliott Management Corporation has purchased all outstanding shares of MSC stock for a price of $8.40 per share in cash, a total purchase price of approximately $390M. Effective immediately, Dominic Gallello joins MSC as CEO. Gallello comes to MSC from Graphisoft, a Budapest-based architectural design software developer, where he was CEO. In addition, Jim Johnson joins MSC as CFO. Johnson was most recently CFO ...

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Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC) issued the following statement in response to Elliott Associates L.P.'s announcement that it has terminated its previously announced tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Epicor.

"Epicor remains committed to building stockholder value through the execution of its ...