By Anne Steele 
 

Business software provider Nice Systems Ltd. on Wednesday said it agreed to acquire cloud contact software maker inContact Inc. for about $870.7 million in cash.

The transaction, in which Nice will pay $14 for each share of inContact, values inContact at $940 million, including debt. The per-share price represents a 55% premium to inContact's close Tuesday.

Nice said the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year, will create a suite of cloud-software products. It expects the deal to add to earnings starting in 2017.

Shares of inContact, down 6% this year, added 55% premarket to $13.95.

 

Write to Anne Steele at anne.steele@wsj.com.

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 18, 2016 08:30 ET (12:30 GMT)

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