BUZZ - Reuters reports Silver Lake Capital and Saudi PIF recently discussed an acquisition, Unity shares rise

November 6 - ** Game software developer Unity Software (U.N) shares rose 4.4% in pre-market trading to $50.94

** Reuters reported after Thursday's close that Silver Lake and Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) have held talks in recent weeks about acquiring Unity (link)

** After closing up nearly 15% on Thursday, the stock continued to climb today

** According to Reuters, the two parties discussed a valuation of about $25 billion before Unity released its latest earnings report; after the report, its market value rose to about $21.5 billion

** On Thursday, Unity posted its first quarterly profit calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the period of July to September

** As of the last close, Unity is up 10.5% year to date

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