Comverse Tech (CMVT) To Buy Up To $293M in Verint (VRNT) Preferred Stock To Support Buyout of Witness Systems (WITS)

February 12, 2007 7:54 AM EST

Comverse Technology, Inc. (OTC: CMVT) agreed to purchase up to $293 million in perpetual preferred stock from its majority-owned Verint Systems Inc. subsidiary (OTC: VRNT), in order to finance, in part, Verint's planned acquisition of Witness Systems (NASDAQ: WITS) for $27.50 per share, as announced by Verint today.


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CMVT 9.19

-0.01 -0.11%
Volume: 776,235
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VRNT 22.25

+0.20 +0.91%
Volume: 12,257
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WITS 0.01

-27.44 -99.96%
Volume: 34,622
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