Today’s Deals: HeadHunter.Net Recruits MiracleWorkers

 Wind River (WIND) acquires ICESoft

  
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Amount:         $25
million

  
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Terms:           
100% cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

ALAMEDA, Calif., Aug. 27–Wind River Systems , a provider of embedded development software and services for
the Internet era, and ICESoft AS of Bergen, Norway, announced that
Wind River has acquired ICESoft, a developer of innovative
embedded Internet browsing technologies for intelligent devices. Through
the acquisition, Wind River will enable manufacturers of consumer
electronic products, including Internet appliances such as Web pads and
screen phones, Digital TVs, set-top boxes and Web-based business terminals,
to incorporate Web browsing and secure transaction functionality into their
products. Wind River acquired ICESoft for $25 million in cash.




 

 Sabre (TSG) to acquire GetThere
(GTHR)

  
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Amount:         $757
million

  
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Terms:           
100% cash

  
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Premium:        90%

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B+

FORT WORTH, Texas and MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 28–Sabre
Holdings , the world leader in travel marketing and
distribution, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire
GetThere in an all cash tender offer valued at
$757 million. The GetThere
acquisition will bring together the top two players in the online
business-to-business corporate travel channel and the business-to-consumer
e-commerce channel for airlines, travel suppliers and travel agencies.
GetThere will be combined with the Sabre
Business Travel Solutions unit.




 

 Alteon WebSystems (ATON) to acquire Bluetail
AB

  
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Amount:         $152
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 28–Alteon WebSystems announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held
Bluetail AB, a Swedish-based Internet startup for approximately $152
million in a stock-for-stock shareholder exchange. Bluetail manufactures and markets
content-intelligent traffic management software for high-volume Web
computing environments and will play a key role in Alteon’s Webworking framework.
Each Bluetail shareholder will receive .62995 shares of Alteon WebSystems
common stock for every share of Bluetail common stock.




 

 HeadHunter.Net (HHNT) acquires
MiracleWorkers.com

  
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Amount:         $8.6
million

  
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Terms:           
1.44 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

 Adobe Systems (ADBE) to acquire
Glassbook

  
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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:      B-

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28–Adobe Systems
announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boston-based Glassbook,
a developer of consumer and commercial software for the e-book market,
automating the supply chain for publishers, booksellers, distributors and
libraries. The Glassbook
acquisition advances Adobe’s strategy of
leveraging its publishing heritage to bring simplicity and ease of use to
all aspects of the eBook experience. Financial terms of the agreement were
not disclosed.




 

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tomline Technologies (EPAY) acquires
Checkpoint Holdings, Flashpoint

  
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$90 million

  
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Terms:           
$19.5 million cash/remainder in stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 28–Bottomline Technologies , a provider of Web-enabled billing, payment and electronic
banking solutions, announced two key acquisitions, Checkpoint
Holdings and Flashpoint. Based in Reading, England, Checkpoint is a leading eCommerce
and electronic payments software provider for the UK; its transaction is
valued at $78 million. Flashpoint is a
Web-based software development organization based in Boston, MA; its
transaction is valued at approximately $12 million, consisting of $4.5
million in cash and $7.5 million in stock. With these two acquisitions, Bottomline expects to significantly
accelerate its growth, extend the reach of its technology solutions, and
provide further resources for its global customers and worldwide channel
partners.




 

 TechRepublic acquires ITRadar.com

  
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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:      B

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 28–TechRepublic, an online destination
developed exclusively for IT professionals by IT professionals, announced
its acquisition of ITRadar.com, an emerging business-to-business
information technology marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of
information technology services. TechRepublic is an independent
subsidiary of Gartner Group . The ITRadar.com acquisition will provide
TechRepublic’s 800,000 registered members easy access to its established
network of 3,800 IT services firms offering IT implementation, consulting,
and staffing solutions in more than 50 local markets across the United
States and Canada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.