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Zendesk goes private in $10 billion deal

Zendesk goes private in $10 billion deal

[html](Reuters) – Software co*pany Zendesk Inc on Tuesday co*pleted its sale to a group of private equity firms led by Hellman &…
                              

(Reuters) –     Software co*pany Zendesk Inc on Tuesday co*pleted its sale to a group of private equity firms led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira in a deal valued at $10.2 billion after prolonged pressure from activist investor Jana Partners.


As part of the deal, Zendesk shareholders received $77.50 per share in cash.


Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) had backed the deal, which Zendesk shareholders approved in September.


Jana had pushed for the sale after San Francisco-based Zendesk failed to buy SurveyMonkey parent Momentive Global Inc in a $3.9 billion deal. The Momentive deal fell through after it was rejected by Zendesk shareholders.


In August, Light Street Capital Management, which manages funds that own more than 2% of Zendesk, said it would vote against the private equity deal and proposed that Zendesk remain a standalone public co*pany and find a new top boss.



(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)


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