后一篇mike762的博文>>胜多负少Elliott Associates has offered to acquire software maker Novell.
The acquisition offer, delivered in a letter to Novell's board of directors, is valued at $1.8 billion, or $5.75 per share. Elliott Associates already owns 8.5 shox rivalry percent of Novell's shares, which it began buying up in January.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Elliott Associates told Novell's board that the stock has "meaningfully underperformed" and nike shox r4 called recent acquisitions and changes in strategies "unsuccessful." The hedge fund says its experience in restructuring and acquisitions will "deliver maximum value to shareholders."
Novell confi nike shox turbo rmed that its board had received the letter and "anticipates that its Board of Directors will review Elliott's proposal in consultation with its financial and legal advisors," the company said in a shox running shoe statement issued Tuesday evening.
Shares of its stock jumped 26 percent, to $6, in after-hours trading on the news.
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< shox nz shoes p> In fact, Schmidt saw early success at Novell's helm, even briefly moving the company's executive offices from Utah to San Jose, Calif. Schmidt pushed the company to release Netware 5.0 well ahead of M mens shox nz icrosoft's Windows 2000. But once Windows 2000 debuted, Schmidt and the rest of Novell didn't have a good response, and the company's decline continued.After Schmidt left, the company returned to womens shox shoes its Utah roots and enthusiastically embraced open-source software. Again, it was outmaneuvered by other software companies, most notably Linux distributor Red Hat.
CNET's Jim Kerstetter contributed to this report.
T mens shox shoes his post was updated at 9:15 p.m. PT with Novell's statement.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one shox monster of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. Topics: Computers and hardware, Corporate and legal Tags: Novell, Elliott Associates, acquisitions, software Share: Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Facebook TwitterÍƼöÔĶÁ£º
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