Salesforce is buying from the cloud data management company with an informatics in an agreement of approximately $ 8 billion.
Informatica shareholders will receive $ 25 per share, a premium of approximately 11% of the closing price of Friday of $ 22.55.
The transaction will give Salesforce access to computer information management capabilities.
Computing It was taken privately in 2015 by the private capital firm Permira and the Investment Board of the Pension Plan of Canada for approximately $ 5.3 billion. He became public again in 2021.
“Uniting forces with Salesforce represents a significant leap on our trip to give life to the data and AI by empowering companies with the transforming power of their most critical asset, their data,” said the CEO of Informatica, Amit Walia, in a statement on Tuesday. “We have a shared vision of how we can help organizations take advantage of the total value of their data in the AI era.”
Robin Washington, president and operational and financial director of Salesforce, said in a statement that the acquisition will seek to take advantage of computer skills quickly, particularly in areas such as the public sector, life sciences, medical care and financial services. Salesforce, based in San Francisco, will report its quarterly financial results on Wednesday after the bell.
The joints of both companies have approved the agreement, which is expected to close early in the prosecutor of Salesforce 2027.
Salesforce’s shares increased slightly before the market opened, while computer science actions increased 5.7%.
