STAMFORD, Conn., Dec 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, announced today that it will purchase ValueAct Capital Partner's remaining holdings in Gartner common stock at a price of $35.20 per share, representing a 3.5% discount to Monday's closing price. The purchase will be made pursuant to the Company's previously announced $500 million share repurchase program. As a result, the company will acquire 1,648,434 shares at a total cost of just over $58 million. After this transaction, there will remain approximately $295 million in the share repurchase program.

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