{
  "title": "Proofpoint to Acquire Varonis for $6.3 Billion",
  "publisher": "Acquiry Deal Intelligence",
  "author": "Joash Boyton",
  "url": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-for-6-3-billion/",
  "published": "2026-10-16T12:30:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-16T12:30:00Z",
  "licence": "Free to reference with attribution to Acquiry Deal Intelligence and a link to the source URL.",
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      "id": "stat-arr",
      "label": "Varonis SaaS ARR at the end of Q2 2026",
      "value": "$726.0M",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Up 52% year over year, and 25% excluding conversions.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
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      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-emails",
      "label": "Emails Proofpoint scans each year",
      "value": "2.37T",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Alongside 410 billion data security events ingested, per Sumit Dhawan.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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      "label": "Proofpoint customers",
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      "note": "Including over 80 of the Fortune 100 and over 14,000 large enterprises.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-sensors",
      "label": "Proofpoint sensors across 105 countries",
      "value": "13,000+",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Feeding the Proofpoint Knowledge Graph.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-for-6-3-billion/#stat-sensors"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-cash",
      "label": "Varonis cash and investments at June 30, 2026",
      "value": "$911.5M",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Cash, deposits and marketable securities, per its Q2 results.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
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      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-hornet",
      "label": "Proofpoint’s Hornetsecurity acquisition",
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      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Completed on 8 December 2025.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
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      "id": "fact-1",
      "label": "Consideration",
      "value": "$49.75 per share, cash",
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      "note": "All-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.3 billion.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
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      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-2",
      "label": "Premium",
      "value": "52% / 17%",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "To the June 22 close of $32.71 and the September 1 close of $42.35.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-3",
      "label": "Multiples",
      "value": "8.4x revenue, 53x FCF",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "LTM to June 30, 2026, as stated in the announcement.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-4",
      "label": "Financing",
      "value": "Thoma Bravo equity + debt",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan also investing in Proofpoint.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-5",
      "label": "Board",
      "value": "Unanimous approval",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "After a review led by a committee of independent directors.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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    },
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      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-6",
      "label": "Expected close",
      "value": "First half of 2027",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Subject to Varonis shareholder approval and regulatory approvals.",
      "sources": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/15/3382143/35374/en/proofpoint-to-acquire-varonis-in-a-6-3-billion-transaction.html | https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data | https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
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      "title": "Proofpoint to Acquire Varonis in a $6.3 Billion Transaction",
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      "publisher": "Varonis and Proofpoint (GlobeNewswire)",
      "date": "15 October 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-10-15",
      "kind": "Press release"
    },
    {
      "id": "s2",
      "title": "Securing the AI Future Starts with Protecting Enterprise Data",
      "href": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/corporate-news/securing-ai-future-starts-protecting-enterprise-data",
      "publisher": "Proofpoint (Sumit Dhawan)",
      "date": "15 October 2026",
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    {
      "id": "s3",
      "title": "Varonis is joining Proofpoint",
      "href": "https://www.varonis.com/blog/proofpoint",
      "publisher": "Varonis (Yaki Faitelson)",
      "date": "15 October 2026",
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      "id": "s4",
      "title": "Varonis Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results",
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      "id": "s5",
      "title": "Proofpoint Completes Acquisition of Hornetsecurity",
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      "publisher": "Proofpoint",
      "date": "8 December 2025",
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