B2B Bargain Buy

  
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Amount:         $831
million

  
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Terms:           
7.5 million shares

  
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Premium:        70%

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  SAN JOSE, June 20–In two transactions valued at approximately US
  $831.7 million, Brokat Infosystems AG (Frankfurt Neuer Markt: BRJ),
  a leading provider of software platforms for e-business solutions,
  announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire two U.S. software
  companies, Blaze Softwareand privately held
  GemStone Systems, both of which will enhance Stuttgart,
  Germany-based Brokat’s core e-Services
  platform product.
  
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  To acquire Blaze, Brokat will issue
  approximately 4.9 million ordinary shares in the form of ADSs in exchange
  for all outstanding shares of Blaze common stock, which is valued at
  approximately $560 million. To acquire privately held GemStone, Brokat will issue
  approximately 2.4 million shares. In connection with the Blaze acquisition,
  Brokat intends to apply for the quotation of American Depositary Shares
  (ADSs) representing its underlying ordinary shares on the Nasdaq.
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Amount:         $1.28
billion

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        17%

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  PLEASANTON, June 20–Commerce One, which
  builds Internet-based commercial exchanges, said it signed a deal to
  acquire Internet consulting firm AppNetin a
  stock deal worth about $1.28 billion in a move to significantly enhance
  Commerce One’s ability to deliver e-commerce services to its customers and
  accelerate the pace of implementation for its business-to-business
  exchanges worldwide. Pleasanton, California-based Commerce One said it would issue 0.8
  shares of its stock for each outstanding share of Bethesda, Maryland-based
  AppNet.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  BOULDER, Colo., June 20–Whole Foods Marketand Gaiamannounced they have
  merged their Internet properties into a newly formed company named
  Gaiam.com, Inc. Following the merger, Gaiam will own 50.1% of the new company and
  Amrion, formerly WholePeople.com,
  an 80% owned subsidiary of Whole
  Foods Market will own the remaining 49.9%.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C-

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• < BR>BANGOR, Maine, June 20–Nyer Medical Groupannounced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
  worldhealth.net, an information, education, and consumer Internet
  site dedicated to covering the new clinical specialty of anti-aging
  medicine. With this acquisition, Nyer and worldhealth.net will become the
  definitive source for anti-aging products and services with the combined
  companies leading the sector nationally and in 60 nations worldwide.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      D-

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  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 20–Business-to-business e-commerce
  company, Netdirect Corporation, formerly known as Virtual
  Technology Corporation, announced that it has
  entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent to merge with on-line retailer
  BuyItNow. The proposed merger of Netdirect and BuyItNow is designed to allow the
  combined companies to compete more effectively in business-to-business and
  business-to-consumer sales of technology-related products and services.
  Financial terms were not disclosed.
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