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Subject:    [ISN] VeriSign to Buy Security Software Maker Certicom
From:       InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date:       2009-01-26 6:13:23
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.0901260013140.20187 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&refer=canada&sid=a4bwhir5TTXY

By Matt Townsend
Bloomberg
Jan. 23, 2009

VeriSign Inc., the largest manager of computers that direct Internet 
traffic, agreed to buy security- software maker Certicom Corp. three 
days after Research In Motion Ltd. withdrew its bid.

VeriSign will buy all of Certicom's outstanding stock for C$2.10 a 
share, or C$92 million ($73 million), the companies said today in a 
statement. The offer is 26 percent more than Certicom's closing price of 
C$1.67 yesterday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Certicom went to court to block Research In Motion's C$1.50- a-share bid 
until it could review the deal. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice 
ruled in favor of Certicom on Jan. 19, preventing its shareholders from 
accepting the BlackBerry-maker's offer. Research In Motion withdrew the 
next day.

Mississauga, Ontario-based Certicom jumped 67 cents, or 40 percent, to 
$2.34 at 3:59 p.m. in Toronto trading. VeriSign, based in Mountain View, 
California, fell 6 cents to $18.46 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

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