Today’s Deals: InfoSpace, Go2Net Announce Merger After-Hours

  
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Amount:         $4
billion

  
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Terms:           
84 million shares

  
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Premium:        45%

  
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Industry:       
Search/Portals

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  PALO ALTO, July 26–InfoSpace, a
  provider of online infrastructure and services to businesses, agreed to buy
  Go2Net, in a transaction valued at about $4
  billion. By integrating these two companies, InfoSpace will be able to extend its
  infrastructure services by integrating Go2Net’s search properties, multiplayer
  gaming platform, and payment processing capabilities, positioning the
  combined company as a provider of an integrated user experience across all
  devices and networks, from wireless to DSL to broadband. Read analysis of
  this deal in Kelly Black’s DealTracker.
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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:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  BOSTON, July 26–Breakaway Solutions, a
  full service provider of integrated strategy, e-business implementation,
  and application hosting solutions for growing enterprises, announced that
  the Company has launched its European Solution Center through the
  acquisition of Zartis Limited, a Dublin-based Internet development
  firm. The Zartis acquisition adds 40
  employees to Breakaway Solutions and
  expands the Company’s European presence, which already includes an office
  in London and hosting facilities in London and Amsterdam. Terms of the
  agreement were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $465
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Terms:   

        
100% stock

  
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Premium:        25%

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., July 26–Symbol Technologiesand Telxon Corporationannounced that
  Symbol will acquire Telxon in a stock-for-stock merger that
  will create a global leader in wireless handheld computing systems across
  many industries and vertical applications. Telxon shareholders will receive
  0.50 of a Symbol share for each Telxon share, valued at approximately $465
  million.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% 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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  GREENWICH, Conn., July 26–FactSet Research Systems, a supplier of computer-based financial and economic data to the
  investment community, announced that it has entered into a definitive
  agreement to acquire Innovative Systems Techniques (Insyte), a
  provider of database management and decision support systems. Vision, Insyte’s flagship product, is capable
  of integrating numerous data sources while providing users the
  functionality to customize front-end applications, and will immediately be
  offered to FactSet’s existing clients.
  Under the terms of the agreement, FactSet will acquire all of Insyte’s
  outstanding stock for cash. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  PHILADELPHIA, July 26–U.S. Interactive,
  an e-business solutions firm helping to transform some of the world’s
  leading companies into dominant e-business enterprises, has acquired The
  Fourth Room Limited, a 25 person, London-based marketing and strategy
  consulting firm for consideration principally in the form of US Interactive
  stock. The balance of the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Fourth Room acquisition provides
  US Interactive with enhanced
  strategic consulting skills, an expertise in marketing and brand strategy,
  and allows the Company to leverage its growing European expansion.
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Amount:         $26.7
million

  
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Terms:           
2.85 million shares

  
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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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  SEATTLE, July 26–Onvia.com, a
  business-to-business exchange for small business buyers and sellers,
  announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire
  Globe-1 for 2.85 million shares of Onvia common stock, valued at approximately
  $26.7 million. Globe-1 is a leading
  government-to-business exchange that provides procurement services to
  government agencies in major U. S. cities, and will provide Onvia with a
  fee-based high margin revenue stream through licensing and ASP fees from
  the government agencies.
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Amount:         $88
million

  
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Terms:           
14.7 million

shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  NEW YORK, July 26–Strengthening its position in the online
  entertainment space, Uproar, producer of uproar.com, an online entertainment
  destination, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
  iwin.com, a games-for-prizes and Internet lottery site. The
  transaction will increase Uproar’s unduplicated unique user audience to
  approximately 9.2 million, which would place it as the 20th most visited
  Web site on the Internet. Uproar will buy all outstanding shares of iwin.com in a stock-for-stock deal in which
  iwin.com stockholders will receive a total of about 14.7 million shares of
  Uproar stock, valued at approximately $88 million.
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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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  RESTON, Va., July 26–VIA NET.WORKS, an
  international single-source provider of Internet access and services to
  businesses in Europe and Latin America, has acquired Smartcomp AG, a
  premier Swiss Internet services provider. With the addition of Smartcomp, VIA NET.WORKS continues to expand
  its operations in 12 European and Latin American countries, offering a
  complete suite of services, including access, e-mail, domain registration,
  Web site hosting, advanced data networking services, e-commerce tools and
  Internet security.
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