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Technology Stocks : Autobytel (ABTL) - Buy Autos online
ABTL 7.020+0.3%Oct 6 4:00 PM EDT

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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (588)4/12/2001 10:43:59 AM
From: Bill Ounce  Read Replies (2) of 594
 
Autobytel to merge with AutoWeb

usatoday.com

Autobytel, Autoweb merge in drive for online profits

By Earle Eldridge, USA TODAY

The two biggest Internet car-buying sites, both struggling to make money, agreed to merge
Wednesday in a move that analysts say may accelerate the departure of their smaller
competitors.

Autobytel.com and Autoweb.com will merge in a tax-free stock swap that analysts estimate
is valued at $15 million.

The deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter. The combined company, which will
be called Autobytel, will trade on the Nasdaq exchange under Autobytel's existing stock
symbol, ABTL.

Both sites will continue to operate.

[...]

The two sites have close to 10,000 dealers paying them fees for their services.

Because of overlap, they expect the combined company to have about 7,000 dealers signed up
when the merger is completed.

[...]
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