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Thoma Bravo Ups Instructure Offer Price

In a revised agreement announced today, venture capital company Thoma Bravo has increased its offer to acquire Instructure, from the prior $47.60 per share to a "best and final offer" of $49 per share in cash. A Special Meeting of Instructure Stockholders, previously scheduled for today, has been postponed to Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, to give stockholders more time to consider their approval vote.

The Instructure Board of Directors has approved the revised agreement and "recommend that Instructure stockholders vote in favor of the transaction," according to the company.

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