oder wie würden wir beim skispringen sagen: ziiiiiiiiiieh! ;)
was meint ihr, könnte das der grund für den futuresprung sein?
Comcast bids for AT&T Broadband
Offers $58 billion in unsolicited takeover attempt
By Jeffry Bartash & Allen Wan, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 7:46 AM ET July 9, 2001
PHILADELPHIA (CBS.MW) -- Comcast, the ambitious Northeastern cable company, made an unsolicited $58 billion offer on Sunday for AT&T's broadband business in a bid to become the industry's largest operator.
If successful, Comcast would transform itself into a communications behemoth overnight and likely send a shiver through big rivals such as AOL Time Warner (AOL: news, msgs, alerts) and perhaps even the Baby Bells. A combined entity would have some 22 million subscribers and leading positions in eight of the nation's 10 largest markets.
In pre-market trading Monday, shares of Ma Bell traded down $1.24 to $21; the trades are affected by the spin-off of AT&T Wireless, a trader said. See full story. Comcast stock fell to $39 from its Friday close at $42.28, said Madoff Securities.
Comcast (CMCSA: news, msgs, alerts) is offering 1.0525 billion of its own shares -- valued at $44.5 billion based on Friday's closing price. It would also assume $13.5 billion in AT&T Broadband debt.
For Ma Bell (T: news, msgs, alerts) stakeholders, they'd get $12.60 in Comcast stock per AT&T share, 75 percent of the entire value of AT&T excluding the eventual spin-off of the rest of the carrier's AT&T Wireless (AWE: news, msgs, alerts) business. At the same time, AT&T shareholders would retain their interest in Ma Bell's consumer long-distance and corporate-service units.
By combining with AT&T Broadband, Comcast (CMCSK: news, msgs, alerts) said the two entities could save $1.25 billion annually, with a potential to increase those benefits to between $2.6 billion and $2.8 billion once AT&T Broadband's profit margins improved.
Comcast said it was also prepared to acquire AT&T's interests in Time Warner Entertainment (AOL: news, msgs, alerts) , Cablevision, and Rainbow Media by assuming more debt and issuing more equity.
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