Today’s Deals: GlobalNetFinancial Bags a Broker

  
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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:        ISPs/Access
providers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 2–IDACORPannounced its
  purchase of Boise-based Internet service provider Rocky Mountain
  Communications, furthering IDACORP’s entry into non-utility-based
  products and services. Rocky Mountain
  Communications is a national Internet service provider serving more
  than 25,000 subscribers primarily in the Western United States with dial up
  Internet acces, ADSL Internet access, high speed leased lines and frame
  relay, Voice Over IP (VOIP), and Wireless Internet Access. Financial terms
  of the deal were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $250
million

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        15%

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 3–NCR Corporation
  announced they it will acquire 4Front Technologiesin a merger transaction for an aggregate consideration of
  approximately $250 million. 4Front
  Technologies, an American company headquartered in the United Kingdom,
  is a fast growing provider of a full range of information technology (IT)
  services, including outsourcing, hardware maintenance and help desk support
  — primarily across Europe. This acquisition will strengthen NCR’s position in the services market
  throughout Europe, as well as improving the utilization of NCR’s
  infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, NCR will pay each 4Front
  Technologies stockholder $18.50 per share in cash for each outstanding
  share of 4Front Technologies common stock held.
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Amount:         $20
million

  
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Terms:           
1.45 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  SANTA MONICA, Aug. 3–GlobalNetFinancial.com, an international provider of online financial news, content
  and transaction execution services, announced it has acquired 100% of the
  outstanding stock of Dalton Kent Securities Group. Based in New
  York, Dalton Kent is a full service
  broker dealer offering stocks, bonds, options and mutual funds catering to
  both U.S. and non-U.S. investors, and will complement GlobalNetFinancial’s online
  financial transaction platforms and enable GlobalNetFinancial to provide a
  full range of services to both U.S. and non-U.S. investors.
  GlobalNetFinancial issued 1,450,000 shares of Common Stock to the former
  shareholders of Dalton Kent.
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Amount:         $3.1
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  NEW YORK, Aug. 3–Internet Commerce Corporation (“ICC”)
  ICCSA, a provider of Internet e-business supply chain
  connectivity, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
  Intercoastal Data Corporation, a leading EDI Service Bureau which
  provides a full range of EDI services for small and mid-sized companies. Intercoastal allows ICC to offer any client in the world an
  e-commerce solution, even if they don’t have a computer. Under the terms of
  the agreement, ICC will issue shares of common stock having a value of
  approximately $3.1 million.
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Amount:         $100
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:      A-

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  PALO ALTO, Aug. 3–TIBCO Software,
  provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business, announced it
  has agreed to acquire Extensibility, a leader in Extensible Markup
  Language (XML) technology, in a stock transaction valued at approximately
  $100 million. The addition of Extensibility to TIBCO’s current XML and schema management
  software will enable TIBCO to accelerate the development of next-generation
  wireless and B2B solutions.
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