CT Communications To Be Acquired

$27.5 Billion For Alltel Corp Alltel Corp. has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners ("GSCP"), in a transaction valued at approximately $27.5 billion. Under the terms of the merger agreement, TPG Capital and GSCP will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Alltel for $71.50 per share in cash. The purchase price per share represents a 23% premium over Alltel's closing share price prior to media reports of a potential transaction published on December 29, 2006. Alltel intends to pay its regular quarterly common share dividend until closing.
aQuantive, Inc. Acquired For $6 Billion Microsoft Corp. will acquire aQuantive, Inc., for $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion. Founded in 1997, aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT) is the parent company of one of the industry’s most successful families of digital marketing service and technology companies, encompassing three primary brands. • Atlas provides a set of advanced tools for both advertisers and publishers. The Atlas Media Console is an industry-leading toolset providing agencies and advertisers with capabilities to maximize ROI. The Atlas Publisher platform enables publishers to maximize monetization opportunities for their content.
Acxiom® Acquired For $3.0 Billion Acxiom® Corporation has agreed to be acquired by Silver Lake. Silver Lake and ValueAct Capital will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding equity interests in the company in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.0 billion, including the assumption of approximately $756 million of debt. Under the terms of the agreement, Acxiom stockholders will receive $27.10 in cash for each outstanding share of stock. This represents a premium of approximately 14 percent over the closing share price on May 16, 2007, the last trading day before disclosure of the agreement with Silver Lake and ValueAct Capital with respect to the acquisition of the company and a premium of approximately 20 percent per share over Acxiom’s average closing price per share during the 30 trading days ended May 16, 2007.
Verizon Business Will Acquire Cybertrust Verizon Business will acquire Cybertrust, a privately held provider of global information security services. Financial terms were not disclosed. The companies expect to close the transaction in 60 to 90 days. Cybertrust, an information security firm with 800 employees and operations in 30 locations across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, is a global leader in securing critical data, protecting identities and helping its customers demonstrate ongoing compliance. Services include identity management, managed security services, vulnerability/threat management, security certification programs and a full range of professional services including enterprise-wide quantified risk analysis, individual application assessments, and forensics and incident response services.
Microsoft Acquires A Minority Equity Stake In CareerBuilder Microsoft Corp. has purchased a minority equity stake in CareerBuilder.com. In a separate agreement, MSN® and CareerBuilder have extended their strategic alliance, making CareerBuilder the exclusive content provider to the MSN Careers channel in the U.S. through 2013. MSN and CareerBuilder have also broadened their alliance to include key MSN international sites, facilitating an accelerated expansion overseas for CareerBuilder.