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title: "Silver Lake Wants Workday. Now Show Us The Money"
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description: "Who will write the check?Workday just added $8 billion of market cap on a takeover report. Software stocks exploded with it, and suddenly the SaaSpocalypse has a credible private-equity bid underneath it. But before declaring the software bear market over, there is one rather large question: who exactly can finance a $50+ billion LBO?"
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# Silver Lake Wants Workday. Now Show Us The Money

## **Who will write the check?**

Workday just added $8 billion of market cap on a takeover report. Software stocks exploded with it, and suddenly the SaaSpocalypse has a credible private-equity bid underneath it. But before declaring the software bear market over, there is one rather large question: **who exactly can finance a $50+ billion LBO?**

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- [WDAY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/WDAY.US.md)

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