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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Ultimate Software says no current plans for sale, (NASDAQ: ULTI)

Ultimate Software Group Inc(ULTI.O) said it has no current plans to sell itself, following a Reuters report that the cloud-computing company hired an investment bank to consider a sale. Ultimate Software Group, whose valuation is at sky-high levels as investors eye quickly growing cloud-computing companies, said in a statement on Thursday that it "has no present intention to engage in a sale of the company." Two people familiar with Ultimate's activities previously told Reuters that the software maker has been talking to potential buyers for about a month, One source said the Weston, Florida-based software maker hired Lazard as its banker. [ID:nN12233206]

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