メタ検索エンジンを提供する米Mamma.com Inc.は25日、デスクトップ検索ツールを提供するCopernic Technologies Inc.を買収する計画を明らかにした。Mamma.comがCopernicの全株式を現金と同社株で買い取る旨のLOI(※レター・オブ・インテント、契約の意志を確認するための文書)を交わしている。
Copernicのデスクトップ検索ツール(Copernic Desktop Search)は最近、米CNETよりエディターズチョイスに選ばれている。
Mamma.com Inc., (the "Company"), (NASDAQ: MAMA) and Copernic Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a letter of intent ("LOI") whereby Mamma.com would acquire all of the shares of Copernic Technologies for a combination of cash and shares of Mamma.com Inc. The closing of the acquisition will be effected by the parties pursuant to a definitive purchase agreement, when and if negotiated and entered into by Mamma.com and Copernic. (Mamma.com Inc. Plans to Acquire Copernic Technologies Inc.)
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While you were eating turkey...Mamma bought Copernic [Analyst Weblog: Gary Stein]
http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/stein/archives/005163.html