Lightspeed to acquire Vend for $350M to expand its global retail base

  • Lightspeed POS (NYSE:LSPD) agrees to acquire VendLimited, a cloud-based retail management software company, for about $350M, to expand its omnichannel retail platform and doubling its customer base in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Lightspeed will pay ~$192.5M of the consideration in cash and issue subordinated voting shares in the capital of Lightspeed valued at ~$157.5M.
  • Vend generated revenue of ~$34M and GTV of more than $7B in the trailing twelve month period ended Dec. 31, 2020.
  • The transaction is expected to close toward the end of April.