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Cadence in the News June 4
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Posted by: Russ Henke 6/5/2007 11:01 AM

In the June 3 blog entry in this space, Cadence was mentioned as one of the Big 3 EDA vendors. The New York Times reported on June 4, 2007 that Cadence is in talks with at least two buyout firms about a possible sale of the company. Cadence is said to have held talks with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Blackstone Group. But they warned that a deal may not happen because of the “complicated risks in the company's business”. Other private equity firms apparently have looked at Cadence, but passed.

Like the private equity purchase of MCAD vendor UGS several years ago, (prior to its acquisition by Siemens this year), a deal for Cadence would be one of the biggest moves by private equity firms into technology, a sector they are said to avoid because of its volatility and capital needs. Though both Kohlberg Kravis and Blackstone have invested in technology firms before — most recently, Kohlberg bought the First Data Corporation and Blackstone purchased Freescale Semiconductor — private equity has rarely approached a firm as steeped in the “arcana of technology as Cadence,” reported the Times. Another question that faces Cadence's would-be buyers is its high $6.4 billion market valuation.
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