This is a new episode in the already very eventful saga of McAfee, the American giant of computer antiviruses.
A group of investors including American funds Advent, Crosspoint Capital, CPP Investment (Canada), GIC, ADia (Abu Dhabi) as well as the British fund Permira are putting on the table $ 14 billion to remove the company from the listing.
These investors are offering $ 26 per share, a premium of 22.1% over the last quoted price.
The cash invested represents 12 billion dollars to which must be added a debt of about 2 billion.
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The company was founded in 1987 by the sulphurous John McAfee to meet the need for IT protection in the growing personal computer market.
John McAfee left the group in 1994 to live an adventurous life.
Suspected of crime, drug trafficking and tax evasion, the founder was found dead in his Barcelona prison last June.
But the group thrived
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