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Software company Volaris Group offers R6.50 a share in all-cash bid for SA tech group Technology group Adapt IT, which recently had a takeover bid by telecoms company Huge Group, has received an all-cash offer for its business from a Canadian software company. On Wednesday, Adapt IT said it had received an offer for 100% of its shares by Volaris Group. The company has offered R6.50 a share, which represents a premium of 56.3% to the closing price of Adapt IT's shares as at April 1. Adapt IT, which provides software solutions to the education, manufacturing, energy, financial services, communications and hospitality sectors, had been subject to an R800m takeover bid from Huge Group in the first quarter of this year. The new offer values Adapt IT at about R1bn, while its market cap stood at R640.4m on Wednesday. Adapt IT said the deal with Volaris would result “in a well-governed diversified SA technology company with high growth ambitions being backed by a well-capitalised leading...Read More