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Turn/River Completes Acquisition of SolarWinds

SolarWinds Corporation announced the closing of its acquisition by Turn/River Capital. 

The transaction is valued at approximately $4.4 billion, with SolarWinds stockholders receiving $18.50 per share in cash. With the closing of the transaction, SolarWinds common stock has ceased trading, and the Company is no longer listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

“With Turn/River as our new owner, we remain committed to continuing our tradition of helping customers transform their businesses through simple, powerful, and secure solutions for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. We are excited to provide operational resilience on our SolarWinds Platform by utilizing our observability, monitoring, and service desk solutions,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds. “This successful transaction and partnership highlight our employees’ exceptional work in building solutions and delivering customer success,” said Ramakrishna. “We believe Turn/River’s expertise will help SolarWinds drive innovation and deliver greater value to customers and stakeholders.”

“With the recent launch of next-generation solutions that integrate observability, incident response, service management, and AI-powered automation, SolarWinds is redefining what it means to achieve operational resilience in complex hybrid IT environments,” said Matthew Amico, Partner at Turn/River Capital. “We are excited to partner with SolarWinds to build on this momentum, investing further in product innovation and empowering organizations worldwide to thrive in an era of rapid technological change.”

Advisors: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as the lead financial advisor to SolarWinds, Jefferies LLC also acted as a financial advisor to SolarWinds, and DLA Piper LLP (US) acted as SolarWinds' legal counsel. J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Santander, and RBC Capital Markets acted as financial advisors to Turn/River, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal counsel for Turn/River.

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Turn/River Completes Acquisition of SolarWinds

SolarWinds Corporation announced the closing of its acquisition by Turn/River Capital. 

The transaction is valued at approximately $4.4 billion, with SolarWinds stockholders receiving $18.50 per share in cash. With the closing of the transaction, SolarWinds common stock has ceased trading, and the Company is no longer listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

“With Turn/River as our new owner, we remain committed to continuing our tradition of helping customers transform their businesses through simple, powerful, and secure solutions for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. We are excited to provide operational resilience on our SolarWinds Platform by utilizing our observability, monitoring, and service desk solutions,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds. “This successful transaction and partnership highlight our employees’ exceptional work in building solutions and delivering customer success,” said Ramakrishna. “We believe Turn/River’s expertise will help SolarWinds drive innovation and deliver greater value to customers and stakeholders.”

“With the recent launch of next-generation solutions that integrate observability, incident response, service management, and AI-powered automation, SolarWinds is redefining what it means to achieve operational resilience in complex hybrid IT environments,” said Matthew Amico, Partner at Turn/River Capital. “We are excited to partner with SolarWinds to build on this momentum, investing further in product innovation and empowering organizations worldwide to thrive in an era of rapid technological change.”

Advisors: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as the lead financial advisor to SolarWinds, Jefferies LLC also acted as a financial advisor to SolarWinds, and DLA Piper LLP (US) acted as SolarWinds' legal counsel. J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Santander, and RBC Capital Markets acted as financial advisors to Turn/River, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal counsel for Turn/River.

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