OMERS is seeking to purchase Montreal-based software firm Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltée in a $231.4-million deal which would see the firm taken private.

Logibec, which specializes in information systems for the health and social services sector, would continue operations under the same management team.

Through its acquisition subsidiary OPE LGI Inc., OMERS is offering $26 cash for each Logibec share, a 17% premium on the stock’s closing price on Wednesday.

Marc Brunet, the company’s chief financial officer will succeed chief executive and president Claude Roy, who will step down to run another unrelated company.

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