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The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>FRANCE - Groupe Open SA (GO) planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of Sylis SA (SA), a Lambersart-based provider of information technology engineering services, for 4.25 euros ($6.682 US) per share, or a total value of 41.168 mil euros ($64.73 mil), via a mix and match facility. Alternatively, GO offered 0.37 ordinary shares per SA share, or a total value 39.066 mil euros (61.425 mil). The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">FRANCE - Groupe Open SA (GO) planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the entire</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary share capital of Sylis SA (SA), a Lambersart-based provider of information</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">technology engineering services, for 4.25 euros ($6.682 US) per share, or a total value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">41.168 mil euros ($64.73 mil), via a mix and match facility. Alternatively, GO offered</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">0.37 ordinary shares per SA share, or a total value 39.066 mil euros (61.425 mil). The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">FRANCE - Groupe Open SA (GO) planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of Sylis SA (SA), a Lambersart-based provider of information technology engineering services,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">for 4.25 euros ($6.682 US) per share, or a total value of 41.168 mil euros ($64.73 mil), via a mix and match facility. Alternatively, GO offered 0.37 ordinary shares per SA share, or a total value</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">39.066 mil euros (61.425 mil). The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">FRANCE - Groupe Open SA (GO) planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of Sylis SA (SA), a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Lambersart-based provider of information technology engineering services, for 4.25 euros ($6.682 US) per share, or a total value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">41.168 mil euros ($64.73 mil), via a mix and match facility. Alternatively, GO offered 0.37 ordinary shares per SA share, or a total</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">value 39.066 mil euros (61.425 mil). 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