VMware to acquire Carbon Black and Pivotal Software
VMware Inc. VMW, +0.04% announced two blockbuster acquisitions of public companies Thursday afternoon, one of which was expected. VMware will acquire corporate sibling Pivotal Software Inc.
as expected after filings last week involving both companies' corporate parent, Dell Technologies Inc. The acquisition of security-software firm Carbon Black Inc. though, was a surprise. Carbon Black went public last year at $19 a share for a valuation of more than $1 billion, and VMware has agreed to pay $26 a share for the company, which VMware said gives Carbon Black an enterprise value of $2.1 billion. VMware said it would pay a blended price of $11.27 a share for Pivotal, paying $15 a share in cash to regular shareholders and swapping VMware shares to Dell for Dell's shares of Pivotal at an exchange rate of 0.
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