Will they merge? Recent Deals

>8/18/2008 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and UnionBanCal Corporation Sign Definitive Merger Agreement ($73.50 Per Share in Cash)

>8/14/2008 News Corporation, Permira and NDS Announce Signing of Agreement to Take NDS Private ($63 in cash)

>8/12/2008 CVS Caremark Corporation to Acquire Longs Drug Stores Corporation (Longs Drug Stores Shareholders to receive $71.50 per share in cash)

>8/12/2008 TurboChef Announces Agreement to Merge with The Middleby Corporation

>8/6/2008 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. Reach Agreement to Combine in $2.4 Billion Transaction ( Class A common stockholders to receive $52.25 per share in cash)

>8/5/2008 Tower Group, Inc. to Acquire CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd.

>8/4/2008 PeopleSupport to Merge with Essar Services (Mauritius), a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Aegis BPO (PeopleSupport stockholders to receive $12.25)

>8/1/2008 Cypress to Strengthen Leadership Position in Nonvolatile Embedded Memory Solutions With Acquisition of Simtek Corp. (Simtek Shareholders to receive $2.60)

>8/1/2008 Albemarle Corporation Acquires Sorbent Technologies Corporation (Sorbent Technologies Shareholders to receive $6.4326)

>7/31/2008 Zones, Inc. to Be Acquired in Going Private Transaction for $8.65 per Share in Cash

>7/28/2008 Sempra Energy Agrees to Acquire EnergySouth, Inc., Expanding Natural Gas Reach to Southeastern U.S. (Shareholders of EnergySouth will receive $61.50 per share for their EnergySouth stock)

>7/28/2008 Meadow Valley Enters Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by an Affiliate of Insight Equity I LP for $11.25 Per Share in Cash

>7/28/2008 IBM Announces Plans to Acquire ILOG ( The cash tender offer will be at a price of EUR 10 per ordinary share and the U.S. dollar equivalent per American Depositary Share ("ADS") based on the Euro/U.S. dollar exchange rate)

>7/24/2008 GE Healthcare to Acquire Vital Signs, Inc., Expanding GE’s Monitoring, Anesthesia and Respiratory Care Offerings (Vital Signs Shareholders to receive $74.50 per share in Cash)

>7/23/2008 Tokio Marine Holdings to Acquire Philadelphia Consolidated in $4.7 Billion Transaction

>7/21/2008 Brocade Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Foundry Networks

>7/18/2008 Teva to Acquire Barr

>7/17/2008 ON Semiconductor to Acquire Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. in an All-Stock Transaction

>7/16/2008 Convergys to Acquire Intervoice, Enhancing Leadership in Relationship Management (Intervoice shareholders to receive $8.25 per share)

>7/16/2008 Cleveland-Cliffs and Alpha Natural Resources to Merge, Creating Cliffs Natural Resources, a Leading Diversified Mining and Natural Resources Company

>7/15/2008 ViroPharma to Acquire Lev Pharmacueticals

>7/15/2008 Chaparral Energy to Acquire Edge Petroleum

>7/14/2008 InBev and Anheuser-Busch Agree to Combine, Creating the Global Leader in Beer with Budweiser as its Flagship Brand (Anheuser-Busch shareholders will receive $70 per share in cash)

>7/11/2008 Ashland to Acquire Hercules

>7/10/2008 Rohm and Haas Reaches Accord to be Acquired by The Dow Chemical Company (Rohm and Haas Shareholders to receive $78)

>7/10/2008 GSI Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Excel Technology (Excel Technology Shareholders to receive $32)

>7/8/2008 Lilly to Acquire SGX Pharmaceuticals (SGX Pharma Shareholders to receive $3)

>7/6/2008 APP Pharmaceuticals to Be Acquired by Fresenius (APP Shareholders to receive $23 plus a contingent value right that could by worth an additional $6 per share)

>6/30/2008 Allied World Assurance to Acquire Darwin Professional Underwriters, Significantly Expands U.S. Operations

>6/26/2008 Liberty Media to Acquire Celebrate Express (Celebrate Express Shareholders to receive $3.90)

>6/26/2008 Community Bankshares, Inc., and First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., Announce Proposed Merger (SCB Shareholders to receive $21)

>6/26/2008 Orbotech Reaches Agreement to Acquire Photon Dynamics ( Photon Dynamics Shareholders to receive $15.60)

>6/25/2008 Progress Software Corporation to Acquire IONA Technologies (IONA Shareholders to receive $4.05)

>6/24/2008 SAES Getters and Memry Corporation Announce Merger Agreement (Memry Shareholders to receive $2.51)

>6/23/2008 Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. and Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Sign Definitive Merger Agreement (Barrier Shareholders to receive $4.15)

>6/23/2008 Republic Services and Allied Waste to Merge

>6/23/2008 Bunge and Corn Products to Combine

>6/22/2008 Credence and LTX Sign Merger Agreement

>6/19/2008 Apria Healthcare Group Inc. Agrees to be Acquired by Affiliate of the Blackstone Group (Apria Shareholders to receive $21)

>6/19/2008 TIBCO Announces Agreement to Acquire Insightful Corporation (Insightful Shareholders to receive $1.87)

>6/18/2008 MEDecision to be Acquired by Health Care Service Corporation (MEDecision Shareholders to receive $7)

>6/16/2008 California National Bank Parent Agrees to Acquire PFF Bancorp (PFF Bancorp Shareholders to receive $1.35)

>6/16/2008 Global Cash Access, Inc. to Acquire Cash Systems, Inc. (Cash Systems Shareholders to receive $0.50)

>6/16/2008 Landry's Restaurants, Inc. Signs Merger Agreement to be Acquired by Tilman J . Fertitta (Landry's Restaurants Shareholders to receive $21)

>6/16/2008 Greenfield Online Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Quadrangle (Greenfield Shareholders to receive $15.50)

>6/16/2008 Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. Signs Merger Agreement With Affiliates of NWJ Companies, Inc. (Wilshire Shareholders to receive $3.88)

>5/23/2008 Angelica Announces Company Sale

>5/21/2008 Harleysville National Corporation to Acquire Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.

>5/19/2008 Tower Semiconductor to Acquire Jazz Technologies

>5/16/2008 Finisar and Optium Agree to Combine in All-Stock Merger

>5/15/2008CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. (CNET Shareholders to receive $11.50)

>5/13/2008 HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion (EDS Shareholders to receive $25)

>5/12/2008 Finmeccanica to Acquire DRS for US$5.2 billion (euro 3.4 billion) (DRS Shareholders to receive $81)

>5/12/2008 Comtech to Acquire Radyne in An All-Cash Accretive Transaction (Radyne Shareholders to get $11.50)

>5/12/2008 Intercell AG to Acquire Iomai Corporation to Expand Late Stage Product Pipeline and Strengthen Leadership in Vaccine Innovation (Iomai Shareholders to receive $6.60)

>5/8/2008 DG FastChannel® and Enliven Marketing Technologies to Merge Creating Leading Digital Advertising Solutions Company

>5/7/2008 First Place Financial Corp. to Acquire Camco Financial Corporation

>5/1/2008 Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire Moldflow, Leading Provider of Injection Molding Simulation Software

>5/1/2008 Recommended Cash Offer by Micro Focus International plc (LSE: MCRO.L) for NetManage, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETM)

>4/30/2008 Infogrames Entertainment S.A. and Atari, Inc. Announce Agreement to Merge

>4/30/2008 Esmark Incorporated Announces It Has Agreed to the Material Terms of Proposed Merger With Essar Steel Holdings Limited for $17.00 Per Share

>4/30/2008 Stone Energy Corporation Announces Acquisition of Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc.

>4/30/2008 United Online, Inc. to Acquire FTD Group, Inc. for Approximately $800 Million

>4/29/2008 Two Leading Craft Brewers Intend to Merge

>4/28/2008 Max & Erma’s Restaurants, Inc. To Be Acquired by G&R Acquisition, Inc.

>4/28/2008 The Wrigley Company Agrees to Merger with Mars, Incorporated

>4/24/2008 Triarc and Wendy’s Sign Definitive Merger Agreement

>4/23/2008 Liberty Mutual Group to Acquire Safeco Corporation For $68.25 Cash Per Share

>4/22/2008 Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. Receives Definitive Offer to Acquire the Company At $12.10 Per Share From Luther King Capital Management

>4/22/2008 GlaxoSmithKline to Acquire Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a World Leader in 'Sirtuin' Research and Development

>4/22/2008 Medtronic Signs Agreement to Acquire Restore Medical

>4/21/2008 Blue Coat to Acquire Packeteer to Offer Comprehensive Solution for WAN Optimization

>4/21/2008 Grey Wolf, Inc. and Basic Energy Services, Inc. Agree to Combine in “Merger of Equals” Transaction

>4/16/2008 WESCO International, Inc. Announces Intention to Acquire Industrial Distribution Group, Inc.

>4/16/2008 Boston Scientific and CryoCor Announce Signing of Definitive Merger Agreement

>4/14/2008 Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines Combining to Create America's Premier Global Airline

>4/14/2008 Clayton Holdings, Inc. To Be Acquired by Greenfield Partners for $6.00 Per Share in Cash

>4/11/2008 TriZetto Agrees to be Acquired by Apax Partners for $22 Per Share

>4/10/2008 Takeda to Acquire Millennium for US$25.00 Per Share in an All Cash Tender Offer Valued at $8.8 Billion

>4/9/2008 St. Jude Medical to Acquire EP MedSystems

>4/8/2008 EMC to Acquire Iomega

>4/7/2008 KCI to Acquire LifeCell for $1.7 Billion in Cash Creating a Global Medical Technology Leader

>4/4/2008 Jubilant to acquire Draxis Health

>4/1/2008 O’Reilly to Acquire CSK Auto for $1.0 Billion

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