secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc (SSNC)
CIK:        0001402436
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-21-005064
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SS&C to acquire Blue Prism for £1.24B ($1.65B) in cash, financed by $1.68B debt facility
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- Offer price £12.75 per Blue Prism share, implying equity value of ~£1,243M (approx. $1,650M).
- Transaction expected to close in Q1 2022, subject to shareholder approval, antitrust clearance, and UK court sanction.
- SS&C secured a $1.68B interim debt facility from Royal Bank of Canada to fund the cash consideration.
- Interim facility has 90-day maturity; to be replaced by incremental term loans under SS&C's existing credit agreement.
- Co-operation Agreement signed; SS&C guarantees Bidco's obligations; Blue Prism board recommends the deal.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017021005064/0000950170-21-005064-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017021005064/ssnc-20211207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-005064

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