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From: Glenn Petersen	4/28/2011 9:44:42 AM
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CoStar has agreed to acquire LoopNet: CoStar Group to buy LoopNet for $860 mln ---- Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:54pm EDT * CoStar to pay in cash and stock * Deal at 31 pct premium to LoopNet's Tuesday close * LoopNet shareholders to get $16.50 in cash, 0.03702 CoStar shares * LoopNet shares up 26 pct; CoStar shares down 2 pct (Follows alerts) April 27 (Reuters) - CoStar Group Inc , an information service provider to REITs, agreed to buy LoopNet Inc for about $860 million in cash and stock, to double its paid subscriber base. LoopNet is a commercial real estate information services provider and operates LoopNet.com, which is a commercial real estate listing service with over 4 million members. The deal was at a premium of 31 percent to LoopNet's Tuesday closing price of $14.31. LoopNet shareholders will get $16.50 in cash and 0.03702 shares of CoStar common stock for each share held, the companies said in a joint statement. CoStar expects the deal to add to adjusted net income in 2012. CoStar said it will fund the deal with a $415 million term loan from J.P. Morgan and a $50 million revolving credit facility. LoopNet shares were up $3.70 at $14.37, while those of CoStar were down $1.13 at $60.25 on Wednesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore;Editing by Vyas Mohan) tinyurl.com

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