

The sale constitutes a Class 1 transaction pursuant to the Listing Rules and is subject to customary closing conditions, including, amongst other things, the separation of the SUSE business from the Micro Focus group, shareholder approval and applicable antitrust clearances having being obtained. Micro Focus believes the consideration represents a highly attractive enterprise valuation for the SUSE business at approximately 8.1x revenue and 27.4x Adjusted Operating Profit of the SUSE business for the twelve months ended 31 October 2017.
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System integrators like Infosys are critical in bridging legacy IT with emerging cloud-native technologies using SUSE OpenStack Cloud.Travers Smith has advised its long-standing client Micro Focus International plc (Micro Focus), the global enterprise software company, on the proposed US $2.535 billion sale of its SUSE business to a special purpose vehicle advised by EQT Partners. Ronald de Jong, Micro Focus SUSE, President of Sales commented, “Together Infosys and Micro Focus SUSE can help customers attain cost efficiency through leading-edge development of open source technology while transitioning their data centers to the next generation of software-defined infrastructure. We believe that this collaboration will impact businesses positively and help them propel their digital strategy especially in sectors such as financial services, life sciences, retail, manufacturing, energy and utilities.” Organizations will be able to invest much more in digital transformation by reducing cost of services through open source adoption.
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Ravi Kumar, President and Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Infosys said, “This new solution will empower Infosys’ clients with extreme automation backed by best-in-class professional services, which will not only provide enhanced agility but also create newer experiences. With this association, Infosys will be able to further strengthen its presence in Europe and generate new businesses and insights. SUSE OpenStack Cloud is an automated cloud computing platform that enables organizations to innovate, rapidly deploy and manage cloud architecture. This partnership aims at strengthening Infosys’ association with Micro Focus SUSE and positions Infosys as a strategic Global Platinum partner, backed by over 500 architects and consultants having data center transformation and migration capabilities. Infosys and Micro Focus SUSE have jointly invested in a center of excellence to develop validated reference architectures, accelerators and factory based migration solutions which will help customers in rapid adoption of private cloud built on SUSE OpenStack. This solution will help businesses significantly accelerate their digital transformation journey by being hardware agnostic, enabling faster time to market through rapid adoption, providing faster delivery of services, and greater infrastructure agility and control. Infosys has launched a private cloud solution in collaboration with Micro Focus SUSE, a pioneer in open source software, providing software-defined data center infrastructure and application delivery solutions.
