Apollo Global to buy Rackspace Hosting in $4.3 billion deal
By Narottam Medhora
(Reuters) - Apollo Global Management LLC (APO.N) said on Friday it would buy cloud services provider Rackspace Hosting Inc (RAX.N) in a deal valued at $4.3 billion, as the private-equity firm increases its investments in the technology sector.
The $32 per-share-offer represents a premium of 6 percent to Rackspace's Thursday closing price.