Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. said Monday it will acquire online music-sharing site Napster Inc. for about $126.8 million in cash in a move to boost its digital media capabilities.
Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500) will begin a tender offer for all outstanding Napster (NAPS) shares for $2.65 per share, representing a 95% premium to the stock’s closing price Friday of $1.36 per share.
According to its most recently quarterly filing, Napster had about 47.9 million shares outstanding as of June 30, implying a price of $126.8 million.
In a statement, Best Buy valued the deal at $121 million - or $54 million after netting about $67 million in Napster’s cash and short-term investments.
The takeover is expected to close in the fourth quarter no qualifying payday advance no teletrak payday loans. The deal includes Napster’s 700,000 subscribers, its Web-based customer-service platform and mobile capabilities.
Napster Chief Executive Chris Gorog and other senior management will continue in those roles. The Los Angeles-based company has about 140 staffers; Best Buy said it does not plan to relocate the headquarters or make "significant" changes in personnel.
Napster said it will postpone its annual meeting of stockholders, scheduled for Thursday, due to the acquisition agreement.
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