Ace in the Hole

 webMethods (WEBM) to acquire Active Software
(ASWX)

  
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Amount:         $1.3
billion

  
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Terms:           
13.6 million shares

  
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Premium:        39%

  
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Industry:        Performance
Software

  
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Scorecard:      B

FAIRFAX, Va., May 22–webMethods , a
provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions, announced it
has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Active Software , a provider of enterprise eBusiness infrastructure software,
in an all-stock transaction. This acquisition brings together two
infrastructure software leaders both within the enterprise and across
business-to-business (B2B) trading networks.



Under the terms of the agreement, Active
Software’s stockholders will receive 0.527 of a share of webMethods common stock in exchange for
each share of Active Software common stock. Approximately 13.6 million
shares of webMethods stock will be exchanged for all outstanding shares of
Active Software, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.




 

 Vignette (VIGN) to acquire OnDisplay
(ONDS)

  
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Amount:         $1.7
billion

  
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Terms:           
1.58 VIGN share for each ONDS share

  
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Premium:        30%

  
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Industry:        Performance
Software

  
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Scorecard:      C+

AUSTIN, May 22–Vignette will acquire
OnDisplay in a stock swap between the Internet
commerce software and infrastructure companies valued at $1.7 billion. Vignette will issue 1.58 shares for each
share of San Ramon, Calif.-based OnDisplay, making the deal worth $1.7
billion based on stock prices as of Friday, May 19.




 

 DCI.de acquires Ace-quote.com

  
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Amount:         $39.2
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

London, May 22–Ace-quote.com, the UK’s leading b2b online
marketplace for buyers and sellers of IT and telecoms, announced its
acquisition by Munich-based DCI.de (Database for Commerce and
Industry.AG), the European online market leader within IT and
telecommunications. The purchase sees the creation of one of Europe’s
largest b2b trading platforms with a dominant market share in Europe’s two
primary e-commerce markets, Germany and the UK. Neuer Market-listed DCI.de acquired 100% of Ace-quote.com for DM85
million, or $39.24 million USD.