Finsbury handles private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s $10.2B deal to acquire RealPage Inc. a real estate software/data analytics company, in one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of the year.
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The private equity firm is offering $88.75 for each of NASDAQ-listed RealPage shares, which is a 30.8 percent premium over its Dec. 18 closing stock price.
Orlando Bravo, founder/managing partner of Thoma Bravo, said RealPage’s platform is critical to the real estate ecosystem. “Our firm has a track record of acquiring cutting edge software providers to specialized industries and driving their innovation and gowth while remaining true to their core business and customers,” he said in a statement.
RealPage CEO Steve Winn will continue to operate the company from its headquarters in Richardson, TX when the deal closes during the second quarter of 2021.
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