US- Big- Übernahmegerücht!

IBM möchte Rational Software übernehmen.
Stellungnahmen und mög. Kaufpreis stehen noch nicht fest.
Fantasie blüht!
Börse-go berichtet!

Kurse von RATL tendiert heute in PRE-OPEN (bzw.in Frankf.) deutlich freundlich.

       
     

IBM bietet 10,50$ je Aktie für Rational.
Datt ist ein Aufschlag von 28% gg. gestrigen SK der Rational Aktie.
Somit konnte man heute mit Glück ein bisschen verdienen.
;-))

nicht erhöht, ist jetzt fast alles drin.
Kauf lohnt somit jetzt erstmal nicht mehr.
Angekündigt wurde der Deal heute Vormittag.
War also genug Zeit, um zu spekulieren.
Da hier aber nur wenig Stücke gehandelt werden, bin ich zufrieden, datt meine kleinen Orders beim Tagesgeschäft wenigstens gingen.

Gr.Gr.

 
Company Name / Symbol
Market
Close Last Sale (Pre-Market) % Change
(Pre-Market) Share
Volume
(Pre-Market) Daily
News
- RATL
Rational Software Corporation  $8.17 $10.29 25.95%  305,300 News

Rational Software Corp. (RATL): International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is in discussions to buy the software developer, Business Week reported, citing two executives it didn't name. The companies haven't agreed on a price and the deal may fall through, Business Week said. Rational Software fell 22 cents to $8.17.

IBM to Buy Rational Software for $2.1 Bln in Cash (Update1)
By Ron Day


Armonk, New York, Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer maker, agreed to buy Rational Software Corp. for about $2.1 billion in cash to add software-building programs to its product line.

IBM is paying $10.50 a share for Rational Software, 29 percent more than the closing price yesterday. Rational Software, based in Cupertino, California, has 3,400 employees, the companies said in a statement distributed by Business Wire. More than 600,000 developers use Rational's software.

IBM, a Rational Software customer, has bought six software companies this year. Rational Software is facing increased competition from rivals including Oracle Corp, the world's third- largest software company, and Computer Associates Inc., the world's fifth-largest software company. Rational Software will be the largest IBM software acquisition since its $3.5 billion purchase of Lotus Development Corp. in 1995.

Shares in Rational Software rose $2.18, or 27 percent, to $10.35 at 7:26 a.m. on Instinet, an electronic trading system. They've declined 58 percent this year. IBM, based in Armonk, New York, fell 63 cents to $83.06 yesterday.

The companies expect the purchase to be completed in the first quarter.