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CPP Investments and Silver Lake Acquire Qualtrics for $12.5B

Qualtrics, a provider of experience management (XM) software, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Silver Lake, a technology investor, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), in an all-cash transaction that values Qualtrics at approximately $12.5 billion.

BNP Paribas Supports Sitel Group’s Acquisition of Sykes Enterprises

Sitel Group, a global provider of customer experience products and solutions, entered into an agreement to acquire Sykes Enterprises, a provider of global customer experience management services. BNP Paribas committed debt financing to Sitel Group to support the transaction.

Apollo Global Management Pays $5B for Verizon Media

Apollo Global Management entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media from Verizon for $5 billion. Verizon will retain a 10% stake in the company, which will be known as Yahoo at close of the transaction and continue to be led by Guru Gowrappan as CEO.