Editing Logica (section)

===Acquisition by CGI===
[[Image:Logica CMG renamed to CGI.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.6|The Logica name being replaced by CGI on a building in Bangalore, India, following Logica being acquired]]
On 31 May 2012, Canada's [[CGI Group]] agreed to buy Logica in a £1.7 billion cash deal.<ref name="LOG-M-00">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/05/31/logica_bought_by_cgi_group_holdings/ |title=CGI Group beds Logica in £1.7bn cash deal |website=The Register |date=2012-05-31 |access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref> The acquisition would give CGI a large presence in Europe for the first time and make it the sixth-largest IT services provider in the world.<ref name="tgm-2012">{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/cgi-expands-globally-with-28-billion-deal-to-buy-logica/article4219823/ | title=CGI expands globally with $2.8-billion deal to buy Logica | author-first=Bertrand | author-last=Marotte | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=2012-05-31 | access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> The acquisition was completed on 20 August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-20/cgi-group-closes-2-dot-67b-deal-for-uk-based-logica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506090416/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-20/cgi-group-closes-2-dot-67b-deal-for-uk-based-logica|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|title=CGI Group closes $2.67B deal for UK-based Logica|access-date=20 August 2012|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek| date=20 August 2012}}</ref>

At the time of the acquisition, CGI had some 35,000 employees compared to Logica's 40,000; following elimination of redundancies, around 71,000 employees were in the newly merged company.<ref name="farewell"/> By March 2013, Logica had been fully integrated into CGI and the Logica brand name disappeared from use.<ref name="farewell">{{cite news | url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240179922/Farewell-to-Logica-brand-as-CGI-completes-UK-integration | title=Farewell to Logica brand as CGI completes UK integration | author-first=Karl | author-last=Flinders | magazine=Computer Weekly | date=21 March 2013}}</ref>