Squarespace to Go Private in $6.9B All-Cash Transaction with Permira
Stockholders will receive $44.00 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 29% over the 90-day volume weighted average trading price of $34.09 Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP ), the design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to go private by Permira, the global private equity firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Squarespace stockholders will receive $44.00 per share in cash representing a transaction valued at over $6.6 billion on an equity value basis and approximately $6.9 billion on an enterprise value basis. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 29% over Squarespace's 90-day volume weighted average trading price, and a premium of 15% over Squarespace's closing share price of $38.19 on the NYSE on May 10, 2024. Upon completion of the transaction, Squarespace will become a privately held
I dont know how to feel about this...
My domain got transfered to them from Google domains shutting down and now its being brought under a private equity umbrella... Something fucky.
I switched all my domains to Porkbun. No way I'm hanging out in Squarespace land.
I like their “I don’t like your name“ page
I switched to Cloudflare. Squarespace wasn't going to work for me.
Yeah the 1 2 punch reeks of sketchy business.
I'd transfer if I were you. Pro-tip, never use the same company for hosting AND DNS. It gives one company way to much power.
Not worried about that, I self-host everything, its that Google domains were cheap, quiet, and handled the routing I needed, now... I dont know what to expect.
I'm with namecheap. Good enough for me.