(Reuters) - Financial services software provider SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc said on Thursday it would buy peer Intralinks Holdings Inc from affiliates of Siris Capital Group LCC in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.
SS&C will pay $1 billion in cash and $500 million in SS&C stock for Intralinks.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.
Reporting by Diptendu Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila