CBS Corporation (CBS) Receives Anti-Trust Clearance to Acquire CNET Networks
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 in connection with its tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) expired at 11:59 P.M., ET on Monday, June 9, 2008, and that it has obtained clearance for the tender offer from the Federal Cartel Office of Germany.
The tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CNET Networks, Inc. at a purchase price of $11.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, is scheduled to expire at 12:00 Midnight, ET, on Friday, June 20, 2008, unless the tender offer is extended. The tender offer and merger are subject to customary closing conditions described in the offer to purchase that was filed by CBS and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ten Acquisition Corp., with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2008.[SM]
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