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Mitel offers USD 540 mln for Shoretel
2014-10-20 14:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Enterprise telephony specialist Mitel has offered to acquire Shoretel for USD 540 million. Its unsolicited bid of USD 8.10 cash per share is a 24 percent premium to Shoretel's closing stock price the last trading day before the announcement. The company went public with the offer after Shoretel's board rejected an initial approach. Mitel said it aims to be a consolidator in the business communications market and a merger with Shortel offers complementary market footprints, particularly in the US, where ShoreTel does more than 90 percent of its business. Mitel said its offer to Shoretel will remain open until 20 November and urged the company to engage in negotiations. Mitel CEO Richard McBee sent a letter to Shoretel's board of directors on 02 October and again on 20 October, outlining the proposal.
Mitel, Aastra form outsourcing giant
2013-11-12 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Cloud tie-up in bid to become Canada's answer to Oracle, Google.
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Mitel, Aastra Technologies agree merger
2013-11-11 12:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Enterprise communications specialists Mitel Networks and Aastra Technologies have agreed to merge. Mitel will acquire Aastra for USD 6.52 cash plus 3.6 Mitel shares for each Aastra share, valuing Aastra at CAD 392 million. The price of CAD 31.96 per Aastra share is a 20.9 percent premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price of Aastra shares prior to the announcement. The deal creates a company with increased scale, strengthening Mitel's position in the European market and preparing the two companies for the shift to cloud services. The combined company will be headquartered in Ottawa, Canada and will operate under the name Mitel while continuing to leverage Aastra's brand in select European markets. Mitel CEO Richard McBee will lead the group. Aastra' s co-CEOs Francis Shen and Tony Shen will serve as respectively Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and they have already committed their combined 14 percent stake in the company to the takeover bid. Aastra will have the right to appoint three members of the nine-member board. The new company has pro forma sales of USD 1.1 billion per year, and the group expects synergies of USD 45 million per year within two years, driven by supply chain optimization, facilities consolidation and economies of scale.
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Mitel Networks Q4 net falls 84%, beats expectations
2013-06-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Shares of Canadian service provider rise 8.7% on better-than-expected performance.
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