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Technology Stocks : Mattson Technology
MTSN 3.6000.0%May 12 5:00 PM EST
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To: John Stewart who wrote (1319)6/8/1999 11:18:00 PM
From: Alan Gallaspy  Read Replies (2) of 3661
 
John,

How well would a Mattson assimilation fit in with those companies best able to take Mattson's tools and hit the ground running? Assume rock bottom minimum MTSN gets scooped up for $25/share, then I figure that the lucky bidder will need about $400 million. A quick look at front end equip vendors with that kind of cash yields Applied Materials, Novellus and Lam. There have been a long standing rumors that Novellus and Lam might merge, or that Novellus might pick up SFAM-IPEC. AMAT has picked up a few small companies (Opal, Orbot and Obsidian), each less than $200 million. Will they pony up twice that for Mattson? Besides, can they my Mattson since the company name does not start with an "O"?
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