SS&C (SSNC) Buys GlobeOp Financial Services for £572M

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced its acquisition of GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. (GlobeOp), for £4.85 per share (approximately £572 million). GlobeOp provides independent fund services, specializing in middle and back office services and integrated risk-reporting to hedge funds, asset management firms and other sectors of the financial industry. SS&C's offer for GlobeOp has now closed with the holders of 99.95% of the outstanding shares having accepted the offer. SS&C has initiated a "squeeze-out" procedure under Luxembourg law, pursuant to which it will acquire, on the same terms as the offer, all of the remaining shares of GlobeOp on July 9, 2012.

The acquisition is, by value, the largest in SS&C's history and significant for the fund services industry. The combined companies, including the PORTIA business acquired by SS&C from Thomson Reuters in May 2012, had revenues of $635 million in fiscal year 2011 and 3,600 employees operating in 43 offices including New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Bangalore and Mumbai.

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