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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions, (NASDAQ: BMC)

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:** A private equity group made up of Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Corp has emerged as the lead contender to purchase BMC Software Inc for more than $6.5 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

BMC Software, Inc. (BMC) is a software company. The Company provides information technology (IT) management solutions for large, mid-sized and small enterprises and public sector organizations around the world. Shares of BMC fell by 0.2% or $-0.09/share to $45.39. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $35.48 and as high as $47.98. On average, 1816450 shares of BMC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2283542.



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