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HPE to acquire Juniper Networks for $14B all-cash ($40/share); close expected late 2024/early 2025
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
- Deal value: $14B equity, $40.00 per share cash, ~32% premium to Jan 8 close.
- Expected to close late 2024 / early 2025, subject to Juniper shareholder and regulatory approvals.
- Expected to be accretive to non-GAAP EPS and FCF year 1; run-rate cost synergies of $450M within 36 months.
- Juniper CEO Rami Rahim to lead combined networking business, reporting to HPE CEO Antonio Neri.
- Financing: $14B term loan from Citi, JPMorgan, Mizuho; ultimately replaced with debt, mandatory convertible preferreds, cash.