Symphony ups its offer to $8.15/share for MSC

In a sort of non-announcement, MSC Software today announced that Symphony Technology Group has bumped its offer to $8.15 per share in cash, equalling the offer it received from an unnamed third party last week. According to the press release, “The MSC Board of Directors, in consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, is carefully considering the Symphony Revised Offer and the Third-Party Offer.” It’s not clear if this gives the “third party” a chance to up its offer.

Wall Street thinks it can still go higher: the share closed at $8.17 yesterday after having been at $8.21 earlier and is at $8.25 pre-market.

Update at 12:15PM ET: Yes, the third party could submit another offer. MSC share price back at $8.21.