Today’s Deals: Phone.com, Software.com in Wireless Blockbuster

  
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Amount:         $6.8
billion

  
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Terms:           
1.61 PHCM share for each SWCM share

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 9–Phone.com, a
  provider of wireless Internet infrastructure and application software, and
  Software.com, a provider of Internet
  infrastructure software for wireline and wireless service providers,
  announced they will merge to create a global powerhouse that will provide a
  broad range of carrier-class software to wireless and wireline carriers,
  portals and Internet service providers. Under the terms of the definitive
  merger agreement, shareholders of Phone.com and Software.com will each own approximately
  50% of the combined company, whereby each Software.com shareholder will be
  entitled to receive 1.6105 Phone.com shares for each of their shares of
  Software.com.
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Amount:         $36
million

  
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Terms:           
1.25 million shares/$1 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Advertising/Marketing

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  HERNDON, Va., Aug. 9–LifeMinders, a
  provider of Web and wireless direct marketing infrastructure, announced it
  will acquire smartRay Network, a wireless messaging company. This
  acquisition accelerates the use of LifeMinders personalization
  technology in the wireless industry, making it the first permission
  marketer to have a complete wireless offering. The acquisition of SmartRay Network has a purchase price
  of $36 million, comprised of approximately 1.25 million shares of
  LifeMinders Common Stock and $1 million in cash.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

p;

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  CHICAGO, Aug 8–MVP.com, a sports e-tailer backed by Michael
  Jordan, John Elway, and Wayne Gretzky, announced its plans to acquire
  PlanetOutdoors.com, an outdoor e-commerce site based in Boulder,
  Colorado. PlanetOutdoors.com’s
  financial backers will invest additional funding in the combined company.
  MVP.com will continue to leverage
  PlanetOutdoors’ strong brand equity by maintaining and promoting the
  PlanetOutdoors URL, but will also be accessible by entering through
  MVP.com. Terms of the agreement with PlanetOutdoors.com were not
  disclosed.
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Amount:         $8.1
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C-

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  DALLAS, Aug. 9–iDial Networks, a rapidly
  growing Application Service Provider (ASP) of leading communication
  technologies, announced the acquisition of Whoofnet.com in an
  all-stock agreement valued at approximately $8.1 million. Whoofnet is a next generation,
  e-commerce Internet Company that utilizes multimedia to drive sales of
  consumer products and services by marrying the in-house consumer marketing
  power of television with the global reach of web-based e-commerce, and the
  company will continue to expand and develop their existing portal and
  provide iDial Networks present
  customers with a family of services that include Whoofnet’s free e-mail service and its business-to-customer service.
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