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Set Up E-mail Alerts For Mergers and Acquisitions » RSS Feed For Mergers and Acquisitions »CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) announced that all three of its director nominees were elected to Terra Industries Inc.'s (NYSE: TRA) board of directors. Based on a preliminary count by CF Industries' proxy solicitor, its nominees, John N. Lilly, David A. Wilson and Irving B. Yoskowitz, were all elected to Terra's board of directors by a substantial margin.
"We are pleased that Terra stockholders have voiced their support for CF Industries' proposed acquisition of Terra by voting for all three of our director nominees," said Stephen R. Wilson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CF Industries. "It is time to move forward and put these two great companies together."
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the acquisition of RadioFrame Networks' iDEN business. RadioFrame is a provider of lower cost, power efficient iDEN technology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RadioFrame Networks' iDEN business will be integrated into Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business.
Motorola's proprietary iDEN solution has proven to be an enduring cellular technology due to its innovative and differentiated end-user fast dispatch service and enterprise optimized talk-groups. RadioFrame's iDEN products will further enhance Motorola's portfolio for multi-channel base stations optimized to support non-contiguous spectrum allocations in the special mobile radio (SMR) business that are especially common outside North America.
For Motorola's iDEN customers, RadioFrame's base stations can flexibly manage non-contiguous spectrum channels, and its technology offers a lower cost architecture with a highly efficient use of power amplifiers, a smaller physical footprint and more flexibility in site management. RadioFrame's iDEN technology also offers lower power consumption, lowering operating expenses.
With this acquisition, Motorola can further enhance its push-to-talk technology roadmap plans for strengthened operational capability, end-user functionality and cost-effective expansion.
BD (NYSE: BDX) today announced the completion of its acquisition of HandyLab, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company that develops and manufactures molecular diagnostic assays and automation platforms.
In May 2009, BD and HandyLab announced an exclusive agreement for BD to develop and commercialize molecular assays on the HandyLab Jaguar platform, the first fully integrated molecular diagnostic system to provide hands-off operation, incorporating clinical sample preparation, nucleic acid extraction, and microfluidic real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and detection in a simple bench-top system. The self-contained workstation is designed to accommodate both batch workflows and on-demand testing for maximum lab efficiency and flexibility.
With this acquisition, BD will migrate its BD GeneOhm molecular assays for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Clostridium difficile and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) onto the new platform and will market them as the new BD MAX system, an evolution of the current Jaguar(TM) system.
CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced that it has completed its $200 million acquisition of NetQoS® Inc., a leading provider of network performance management and service delivery management solutions.
The addition of the NetQoS network-centric response time analytics, flow monitoring, and unified communications management solutions enable CA to offer a robust and comprehensive service delivery and assurance portfolio, spanning network and systems management, application performance management, and virtualization and cloud management.
Casey's General Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASY) announces that the Company has entered into agreements to purchase nine convenience stores in Missouri owned by PICS Marketing, Inc. and Ridgerunner Properties, LLC. The stores are currently operated by Cox Oil Company Inc. under the Bullseye banner, and will be immediately rebranded to Casey's. Cox Oil will continue to operate nine other Bullseye locations throughout Missouri. The transaction is scheduled to close the week of December 14th.
"We are excited about the opportunity to purchase these Bullseye stores," said Bob Myers, President and CEO of Casey's General Stores, Inc. "These are well maintained locations that fit perfectly into our business model."
Casey's intends to retain the store level personnel and plans to integrate its proprietary prepared food program throughout the first year of operations.
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