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...The largest ever cyber security deal — Thoma Bravo’s $12.3bn purchase of Proofpoint — attracted more than a 30 per cent premium in April....
...Thoma Bravo to take Proofpoint privateThe US buyout group has agreed to take cyber security company Proofpoint private in a $12.3bn deal....
...More remarkable, in the past three years, there is only one short call where the target’s shares have risen — Proofpoint, the software company, up 4 per cent since it was announced last December — and only...
...Proofpoint and Rapid7 trade at 10-12 times their trailing revenues but Mimecast would likely seek to float at a lower multiple....
...The ratio of enterprise value (market capitalisation plus net debt) to sales at US market darlings such as Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint and Fortinet is typically eight or more....
...Total returns from the few companies to list have been high: with Palo Alto Networks returning almost 250 per cent, Qualys returning about 330 per cent and Proofpoint returning almost 360 per cent, since...
...The FT was unable to independently verify the attacks reported by Proofpoint....
...Andrés Kohn, vice-president for technology at Proofpoint, an IT security company, emphasises the importance of ensuring incoming data are clean and that outgoing information does not inadvertently leak confidential...
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