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McAfee to be Taken Private in $14 Billion Private Equity Deal

Cybersecurity firm McAfee Corp. (NASDAQ:MCFE) has agreed to be acquired by a group of private equity firms in a deal valued at more than $14 billion, the company announced Monday.

Cybersecurity firm McAfee Corp. (NASDAQ:MCFE) has agreed to be acquired by a group of private equity firms in a deal valued at more than $14 billion, the company announced Monday.

The move will take the company private just over one year after it went public through an initial public offering (IPO).

The investor group, led by Advent International, and supported by Permira Advisers, Crosspoint Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, GIC Private Limited, and a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment, will pay $26 per share in an all-cash transaction to acquire all outstanding shares of McAfee common stock. 

The deal is valued at roughly $12 billion on an equity value basis, and more than $14 billion on an enterprise value basis after repayment of McAfee debt. 

The transaction is yet another mark in a dizzying history for the company founded and tarnished by its late founder John McAfee.

After selling off its enterprise business to Symphony Technology Group in July 2021 for $4 billion, McAfee will continue operate as a pure-play consumer cybersecurity firm.

McAfee was acquired by Intel in 2010 for $7.68 billion and in 2014 the chipmaker announced that McAfee would become Intel Security. In 2016, Intel decided that McAfee would again become an independent company after TPG Capital acquired a 51% stake. 

McAfee completed its initial public offering last year, with TPG and Intel remaining as shareholders in the company.

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For more than 15 years, Mike Lennon has been closely monitoring the threat landscape and analyzing trends in the National Security and enterprise cybersecurity space. In his role at SecurityWeek, he oversees the editorial direction of the publication and is founder and director of several leading cybersecurity industry conferences around the world.

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