Private equity firm Silver Lake failed to reach a deal to acquire and combine photo-sharing sites Shutterfly Inc and Snapfish by a deadline of Friday, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Silver Lake was in advanced talks to acquire Shutterfly for at least $2 billion, Reuters reported last month.Bloomberg reported that Silver Lake is still open to returning to talks with Shutterfly. (bloom.bg/112ccVZ)Silver Lake has also decided against buying Hewlett-Packard Co's Snapfish after performing due diligence, according to the report. (Reporting By Arathy S Nair in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel)
Shutterfly, Inc. is an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service that enables consumers to share, print and preserve their memories its technology, manufacturing, Web-design and merchandising capabilities. Shares of SFLY fell by 2.51% or $-1.21/share to $46.96. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $36.30 and as high as $58.22. On average, 755458 shares of SFLY exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1314441.
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