• DocumentCode
    1156386
  • Title

    Informatics Acquisition by Sterling Software: Unsolicited Offer, Takeover Attempt, and Merger

  • Author

    Bauer, Walter F.

  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    A series of events began in 1983 that eventually led to Sterling Software\´s 1985 acquisition of Informatics. The acquisition, unique at the time in the software industry, was preceded by an unsolicited offer and takeover attempt with a proxy fight. The transaction might well be called a "hostile takeover" although Informatics finally accepted the merger terms
  • Keywords
    DP industry; corporate acquisitions; Informatics acquisition; Sterling Software; merger; software industry; Companies; Computer industry; Contracts; Corporate acquisitions; Costs; File systems; History; Informatics; Insurance; Personnel; Informatics; Informatics General Corporation; Sam Wyly; Sterling Software; Sterling Williams; acquisition; software companies; software history; takeover; unsolicited offer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2006.51
  • Filename
    1677459
    • Link To Document
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