Deals Rumor Mill: Cofense, E8 Storage, SESAC

By Adam Rhodes (July 31, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT) -- Talks for BlackRock to buy a stake in cybersecurity firm Cofense have fallen through, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Citing anonymous sources, the outlet reported that the investment manager's talks with Pamplona Capital Management fell through earlier this week. The report comes after Cofense said in April that minority investor Pamplona would sell its stake in the firm following a roughly yearlong national security review into its $400 million takeover by a group of private equity buyers. According to the Journal's report, Cofense and Pamplona are now facing fines for each day they don't ink a deal to sell the stake....

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