Acquisition of Perot: Dell is reinforced in the services blows of billion dollars

Business – the texan S `offers Perot Systems for the trifle of 3,9 billion dollars in order to S `align on the offer D `HP and D `IBM.

In lose speed on the march of the PC, will confront chaotic financial rsultats, has dcid D `to employ the great ways to rectify the bar. The texan group announces indeed the repurchase of Perot Systems (founds by the tycoon texan Ross Perot) in order to be reinforced in the data processing departments.

Going up of the transaction: 3,9 billion dollars is 2,7 billion D `euros! The objective is clear: to reinforce its positions in the services, segment of march in growth O HP (which has rachet EDS for 13,9 billion dollars) and IBM rgnent in matres.

It S `acts D `a tender offer the friendly one. Dell proposes 30 dollars per action
Perot whereas this one S `tablissait 18 dollars approximately in end of
week dernire, is a premium of 67,5%.

stratgic Diversification

For Dell, the stake is to diversify its sources of revenue. The world numro two of the PC draws 60% from its figure D `businesses of the sale D `computers, against 33% at HP. The difficults of the world march of the PC seems to have acclr the catch of dcision of the ct of Dell…

Rappelons that the glove had “; put ct”; last June a trsor of 10 billion dollars in order to raliser of the oprations of external growth.

the new unit (Dell +Perot) would owe gnrer term a figure D `businesses of 16 billion dollars, Perot alone has gnr almost 3 billion dollars of incomes at the time of its last exercise.

It undertaken is a supplier
D `applications and D `infrastructures, of solutions of business process, and ralise of the consulting. It is prsente in the sectors of the bank, of
sant, of the insurance, tlcoms, of the nergie.

the opration, D `now and dj validates by the councils D `administration
from the two parts, will be concluded, probably in January and Perot Systems
will become the branch « Services» of Dell.