{
  "docId": "019de50e-d58e-7638-9d2e-caa43287d0d0",
  "docSlug": "edb74270d5a9777767c97616cfe630f7",
  "documentTitle": "Micro Focus | Mergers and Acquisitions Presentation Deck | 29 slides",
  "authorId": "micro-focus",
  "authorName": "Micro Focus",
  "documentKindSlug": "conference-presentation",
  "documentKindLabel": "Conference presentation",
  "sourceTypeSlug": "investment_bank",
  "sourceTypeLabel": "Investment bank",
  "presentationDate": "2016-09-01 00:00:00",
  "orientation": "landscape",
  "aspectRatio": 1.4446952,
  "pageNumber": 11,
  "pageCount": 29,
  "prevPage": 10,
  "nextPage": 12,
  "slideType": "key_messages",
  "function": "establish_context",
  "density": "dense",
  "nDataPoints": 0,
  "notes": null,
  "elementsJson": null,
  "metadataConfidence": 1,
  "imagePath": null,
  "slideHref": "/slides/019de50e-d58e-7638-9d2e-caa43287d0d0/11",
  "deckHref": "/decks/019de50e-d58e-7638-9d2e-caa43287d0d0",
  "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019de50e-d58e-7638-9d2e-caa43287d0d0.json",
  "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019de50e-d58e-7638-9d2e-caa43287d0d0#slide-11",
  "components": [
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.18,
        "w": 0.86,
        "x": 0.07,
        "y": 0.248
      },
      "kind": "list",
      "text": "What Is Being Announced? Micro Focus and HPE announced their intent to enter into a commercial partnership naming SUSE as HPE’s preferred Linux partner as well as exploring additional collaboration leveraging SUSE’s OpenStack expertise for joint innovation around HPE’s Helion Openstack and Stackato Platform as a Service solutions. SUSE and HPE are working together to define the specifics of the commercial partnership.",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "bullet",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "39ed0b5a-b058-436c-9c2c-ed054fff8962",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.15,
        "w": 0.86,
        "x": 0.07,
        "y": 0.62
      },
      "kind": "list",
      "text": "Timetable. Heads of terms signed 7 September 2016. SUSE and HPE are working together to define the specifics of the agreement by the end of the fourth quarter of CY2016. Diligence and work on a definitive agreement to commence immediately.",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "bullet",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "55b49aeb-ea79-4ca9-aed2-11070908cfdf",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.22,
        "w": 0.86,
        "x": 0.07,
        "y": 0.415
      },
      "kind": "list",
      "text": "Why Is It Good For SUSE? The commercial partnership with HPE is another example of SUSE’s strategy to partner openly and broadly to provide increased choice in the marketplace for enterprise software-defined infrastructure solutions and follows SUSE’s recent announcement with Mirantis. SUSE plans to explore new ways of expanding that commercial partnership into areas such as cloud computing, software-defined networking and applications where open source technology is driving next-generation innovations that matter to our mutual customers.",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "bullet",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "62dd33ce-98e9-4088-af9d-6b235acd50f8",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    },
    {
      "bbox": {
        "h": 0.05,
        "w": 0.86,
        "x": 0.07,
        "y": 0.08
      },
      "kind": "title",
      "text": "Commercial Partnership Between HPE and Micro Focus",
      "attrs": null,
      "subkind": "headline",
      "toolName": null,
      "toolSlug": null,
      "confidence": null,
      "componentId": "319eafba-ac72-4979-b632-828494b6df81",
      "frameworkName": null,
      "frameworkSlug": null
    }
  ],
  "metrics": [],
  "tools": [],
  "frameworks": [],
  "arcBeats": [
    {
      "to": 12,
      "from": 9,
      "beatId": "cc73cfb4-4cba-41c5-a9e5-86ee56bfd1f6",
      "arcName": "The Consultant's Gambit",
      "arcSlug": "consultants-gambit",
      "beatName": "Solution & Approach",
      "beatSlug": "consultants-gambit-solution-approach",
      "evidence": "The document presents the merger rationale and the combined entity's product portfolio.",
      "position": 2,
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "parentBeatName": "Turn",
      "parentBeatSlug": "turn"
    }
  ],
  "loops": [
    {
      "to": 12,
      "from": 10,
      "name": "Cost Of Inaction",
      "slug": "27-cost-of-inaction",
      "bestFor": "Urgent budget requests, compliance, risk mitigation",
      "matchId": "6591555c-1039-4ad5-b61f-abecbdf7687f",
      "evidence": "The document implies that not pursuing the merger would mean missing out on opportunities for growth and value creation.",
      "position": 1,
      "objective": "What are the consequences of not pursuing the merger?",
      "structure": "The Status Quo -> The Hidden Costs Accumulating -> The Future State of Inaction -> The Tipping Point",
      "confidence": 0.6,
      "description": "Quantify what happens if the audience does nothing"
    }
  ],
  "imagePathAlt": null,
  "thumbSrc": null,
  "thumbSrcAlt": null,
  "locked": true
}