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Digi International acquires Ventus Holdings for $347.4M cash, largest acquisition in history
DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC
- Purchase price of $347.4M cash; financed with $350M debt facility from BMO Harris.
- Ventus is a leader in Managed Network-as-a-Service; deal is just over 8x annualized recurring revenues.
- Deal expected to be accretive to non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS; mildly non-accretive on GAAP EPS in FY2023 due to interest.
- Steve Glaser (former COO of Ventus) becomes General Manager of Ventus under Digi.
- Digi will report Ventus' performance as part of its IoT Solutions segment.