Today’s Deals: GoAmerica Snatches up Hotpaper.com

  
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Amount:         $88.6
million

  
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Terms:           
19.7 million shares/$40.6 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  LONDON, Aug 14–UK-based online retailer Lastminute.com plc
  said it was buying French rival Degriftour Group
  for $88.6 million in cash and shares, saving itself years of growing pains
  in a key market. Degriftour is
  France’s largest e-travel company with a 50% market share. Lastminute.com will issue 19.7 million
  new shares and pay 27.1 million pounds in cash, or $40.6 million USD.
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Amount:         $10
million

  
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Terms:           
$9.25 million in stock/$750,000 cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 14–GoAmerica, a
  nationwide wireless Internet services provider, announced it has signed an
  agreement to acquire Hotpaper.com, a Web-based infrastructure
  company dedicated to the automated creation and delivery of business
  documents. The acquisition will integrate GoAmerica’s Go.Web technology with Hotpaper.com’s choose-customize-deliver
  platform, enabling mobile professionals to create customized Microsoft Word
  and Adobe PDF documents from wireless devices and transmit them “on the
  fly” via fax or email. The anticipated purchase price consists of $9.25
  million in restricted GoAmerica stock and cash of $750,000.
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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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  SAN JOSE, Aug. 14–Datalink.net, a
  leading wireless application service provider with patented technology,
  announced a definitive agreement to acquire Simkin, a data
  management and decision support provider for the medical community. Datalink.net’s wireless information
  technology will leverage Simkin’s software to revolutionize the use of
  wireless technology for the healthcare industry. Terms of the transaction
  were not disclosed.
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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:        Security

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  BOSTON, Aug. 14–Breakaway Solutions, a
  full service provider of integrated strategy, e-business implementation,
  and application hosting solutions for growing enterprises, announced the
  acquisition of norSEC, a Norwood, Mass.-based provider of outsourced
  network security solutions. The norSEC
  acquisition adds a team of network security experts who will augment Breakaway’s existing ASP security team
  to provide advanced security services. Terms of the agreement were not
  disclosed.
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Amount:         $40
million

  
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Terms:           
1.99 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, Aug. 14–Red Hat,
  a provider of open source Internet infrastructure solutions, announced that
  it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase privately held C2Net
  Software. C2Net Software is the
  developer of the Apache-based Stronghold secure Web server, available in
  several versions of Linux and other UNIX platforms. With the acquisition,
  Red Hat adds security to its growing
  capabilities of OS development, tools and e-commerce. Under the terms of
  the agreement, Red Hat will issue 1,992,883 shares of Red Hat common stock
  in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of Oakland,
  California-based C2Net.
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Amount:         $150
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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  OWINGS MILLS, Md., Aug. 14–Aether Systems, a provider of wireless data products and services, announced
  that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Cerulean
  Technology, provider of wireless mobile software in the public sector.
  The Cerulean acquisition allows Aether to enter new vertical
  markets in the public sector by delivering advanced wireless products and
  services to the rapidly expanding mobile government marketplace. The letter
  of intent provides for a purchase price of $150 million, up to 50 percent
  of which may be payable in Aether stock.
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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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  BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 14–SilverStream Softwareannounced that it has acquired Excelnet Systems
  Limited, a UK-based e-business services company. The addition of Excelnet will expand SilverStream’s ability to meet
  worldwide demand for comprehensive e-business solutions generated by the
  availability of the SilverStream eBusiness Platform. Financial terms were
  not disclosed.
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Amount:         $1.2
billion

  
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Terms:           
5.5 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A

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  IRVINE, Aug. 14–Broadcom, a provider of
  integrated circuits enabling high speed broadband communications, announced
  tha
• t it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NewPort
  Communications, a privately held company based in Irvine, California.
  NewPort Communications develops
  high-performance optical communications chips, which enable the rapid build
  out and bandwidth expansion of the fiber-optic infrastructure necessary to
  support the explosive growth of the Internet. In connection with the
  acquisition, Broadcom will issue in
  aggregate about 5.5 million shares.
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Amount:         $12
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:      C+

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  PETACH-TIKVA, Israel, Aug. 14–John Bryce Training, a Gilat
  Communications Ltdtraining and e-learning
  company, announced that it has acquired Aris Education’s assets and
  business activities in the U.K. and Europe from Aris Corporation
  in exchange for cash and Gilat Communications shares for a total
  consideration of $12.0 million. John Bryce Training is the leading IT
  training company and blended e-learning training provider in Israel. The
  addition of Aris Education’s business in
  the U.K. strengthens John Bryce Training’s ability to offer complete
  training solutions in the U.K. and throughout Europe.
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