Loot Scootin’ Boogie

  
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Amount:         $24.25
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  ORINDA, Calif., June 12–Intraware, the
  leading IT e-marketplace for Web-based software and services, announced
  that it has agreed to acquire Janus Technologies, a leading
  information technology (IT) asset management solution provider, for $24.25
  million in stock. Janus develops
  and markets IT asset management solutions including tools that enable
  organizations to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of their
  IT assets. Intraware has agreed to
  acquire Janus to capitalize on the rapidly growing market for IT asset
  management solutions.
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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:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  MAYNARD, Mass., June 12–Monster.com, the leading global
  online careers site and flagship brand of TMP Worldwide, announced it has acquired privately held Simpatix, a
  highly touted e-cruiting Application Service Provider (ASP). The terms and
  conditions of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition of Simpatix extends market-leader Monster.com’s dominance to the human
  resource professional and hiring manager’s desktop, giving the company
  ownership of a significantly greater portion of the recruiting process.
  With its global reach and multiple distribution channels across TMP
  recruitment divisions, the move positions Monster.com as a leading
  end-to-end online recruiting solution.
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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:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  NEW YORK, June 12–Media 100, the leading
  provider of software and systems for streaming media on the Internet,
  announced that it has acquired 21st Century Media — a San
  Francisco-based provider of encoding, hosting, webcasting, interactive
  production and streaming media consultancy — and J2 Digital Media,
  a New York-based encoding, hosting and streaming services provider. With
  these acquisitions, Media 100 has
  entered into the streaming media services market and has launched a
  streaming media services division — StreamRiver Networks — to provide
  encoding (audio and video compression) and hosting (delivery) services for
  Internet broadcasters, Web designers and digital media content creators.
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Amount:         $24.2
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  THOUSAND OAKS, June 12–Homestore.com,
  the Internet’s leading home and real estate network, has acquired Top
  Producer Systems, North America’s #1-selling provider of leads
  management and marketing software for real estate professionals. The
  purchase price consisted of approximately $24.2 million in Homestore.com common stock and cash. In
  addition, the founding shareholders of Top Producer are entitled to receive
  up to $16.2 million over the next four years if certain performance targets
  are met.
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Amount:         $268
million

  
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Terms:           
14.5 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Advertising/Marketing

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  ANDOVER, Mass., June 12–Online marketing firm Engagesaid it would buy the private marketing systems provider
  MediaBridge Technologies in a stock swap worth $268.25 million. Engage said it will issue about 14.5
  million shares of its stock to shareholders of Acton, Mass.-based MediaBridge. The deal is expected to
  advance Engage’s marketer-focused strategy by connecting Web site software
  applications for merchants with Engage’s large online adve
• rtising network.
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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-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  AUSTIN, June 12–Graingerand
  Works.com announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to
  combine Grainger’s OrderZone.com, a
  leading B2B multi-supplier Internet marketplace, with Works.com, a leading Internet business
  purchasing service. The combination will provide small and midsize
  businesses with one of the most advanced online business purchasing
  services and e-marketplaces for indirect business products. In addition to
  contributing the OrderZone business and assets, Grainger will invest an
  additional $21 million in Works.com and deliver the Works.com purchasing
  service and e-marketplace to 1.4 million small and midsize business
  customers through Grainger.com. For its contributions, Grainger will take a
  40 percent equity stake in Works.com.
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Amount:         $287
million

  
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Terms:           
5 million shares/$269 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  LONDON, June 12–Scoot.com plcis pleased
  to announce the acquisition of Loot, the UK’s leading free ads and
  online classified business in a combination cash and stock deal valued at
  189.9 million pounds, or $287 million USD. Cash consideration paid to Loot is approximately $269 million USD,
  while stock compensation consists of 5.0 million Scoot shares. By leveraging their
  complementary and interfacing customer base, and delivering services
  through a multiplicity of distribution media, including emerging new media
  distribution channels such as interactive TV, wireless and Internet, the
  combination of Scoot and Loot will position the enlarged group as a
  leading, multi-access, local transaction, service provider.
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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:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      D+

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  MELVILLE, N.Y., June 12–AppOnline.com, a
  fast-growing Internet mortgage company, announced the acquisition of
  Professional Mortgage Services and Bay Mortgage Services.
  Terms were not disclosed. Professional Mortgage Services is a
  Michigan-based full service mortgage broker, offering a wide range of
  products including conforming and non-conforming residential loans,
  government loans, commercial loans and agricultural loans, while Bay
  Mortgage Services is a mortgage bank conducting business in both
  Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With these transactions, AppOnline.com will expand its operations into
  three key states and help develop profitable mortgage businesses through a
  broadened product line and expanded geographical reach.
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