Cognizant to Buy TriZetto for $2.7 Billion

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. agreed to buy TriZetto Corp. from Apax Partners for $2.7 billion in an all-cash deal to expand in health-care industry software.

The deal will bring in additional revenue of about $1.5 billion in the next five years, Teaneck, New Jersey-based Cognizant said today in a statementBloomberg Terminal. Minority shareholders BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Cambia Health Solutions will also sell their stakes in closely held TriZetto, Apax said in a separate statement.