Hexagon AB (the big parent company) on the Block ($)?

RPLS Today group-fund?

Please don't let it be Trimble or Autodesk.

Mark Silver, post: 434267, member: 1087 wrote: [ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/swedens-hexagon-reportedly-mulling-20-billion-sale-2017-06-13&apos ;">Market Watch ]
[ https://www.wsj.com/articles/hexagon-is-for-sale-but-are-there-any-buyers-1497457343&apos ;">WSJ ] (paywall)
[ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hexagon-ab-m-a-idUSKBN1942Y0&apos ;">Reuters ]
[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hexagon-ab-m-a-idUSKBN1942Y0&apos ;"> FT ]
[ https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/hexagon-sell-off-talks-true/&apos ;">GeoSpatialWorld ]

I suspect that this will be a great opportunity for the shareholders (currently up ~16%).

Hexagon is the parent of:
Leica, Novatel, Intergraph, MicroSurvey, Geomax, ERDAS, Brown and Sharpe
plus a pile of other semi-related companies too.

These things always work out well ([SARCASM]snicker[/SARCASM]) for everyone. It is reported that a sale may not happen.

Possible suitors mentioned include GE, Siemens, Autodesk, Bentley, Zeis, ESRI, Dassault. Autodesk and Dassault would be my primary guess as they are suitably sized. I don't think that Trimble is big enough to swallow Hexagon. Unistrong (from China) could also possibly pull it off. At $20Billion US I don't think that there will be many qualified buyers.

Good theater for the next few months!

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