Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) shareholders voted strongly in favor of merging the Tyson-based commercial IT firm with a services spinoff of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE: HPE), according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Monday.
The merger was approved with 98.7 percent of shareholders voting for the deal. On a February third-quarter earnings call, CSC CEO Mike Lawrie said his company was on track to close the deal, which was announced last May, by April 1.
According to November regulatory filings, CSC generated $7.1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ending on April 1, 2016, while the HP Enterprise spinoff generated about $18.55 billion in that same period. That makes for a combined entity of roughly $25.65 billion.
CSC plans to host an investor day Wednesday to provide more details on the merger.
The deal was hailed by some analysts as a step in the right direction for a company that has, for the past few years, been executing a turnaround strategy under…
