Golden Gate, Infor To Pay $2B For Lawson

An affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor will acquire software maker, Lawson Software.

An affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor will acquire software maker, Lawson Software, The Wall Street Journal reports. The buyers will pay a total of around $2 billion for the acquisition. Under the terms of the deal, Lawson shareholders will receive $11.25 a share in cash. The private equity firm and Infor will fund the deal from debt financing, received from Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, RBC and Deutsche Bank, adds AltAssets.

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