Acquisition of attachmate complete; attachmate and wrq merge; Unified company known as AttachmateWRQ becomes largest independent provider of legacy access and integration software.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2005-WRQ: Acquisition of attachmate complete; attachmate and wrq merge; Unified company known as AttachmateWRQ becomes largest independent provider of legacy access and integration software(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02062005 London - An investment group led by Golden Gate Capital, Francisco Partners and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Attachmate Corp., of Bellevue, Wash.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Over the next 60-90 days, Attachmate will merge with WRQ, Inc. of Seattle. The same investor group acquired WRQ in December 2004. The combined company, which will operate under the name AttachmateWRQ, becomes the largest independent provider of software to access and...