HPE to Buy Juniper Networks for $14 Billion in Expansion Bet (3)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. agreed to buy Juniper Networks Inc. for $14 billion in a move that will expand its presence in networking but raised skepticism from Wall Street.

HPE, a maker of data center hardware, will pay $40 a share in cash for Juniper, the companies said Tuesday in a statement. That price represents more than half of HPE’s $21 billion market value and a 32% premium over Juniper’s closing price of $30.22 on Monday before talks of a deal emerged.

WATCH: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. CEO Antonio Neri talks about the deal to buy Juniper Networks.

Source: Bloomberg

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