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To: Gary Korn who wrote (13737)	12/4/1999 2:56:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 14631

12/3/99 ABIX (Austl. news abstracts) 66 1999 WL 30374618 ABIX - Australasian Business Intelligence: The Australian Financial Review Copyright (C) 1999 Business Intelligence Australia Pty Ltd.; Source: World Reporter (TM) Friday, December 3, 1999 Database rivals in $1.39bn stock swap Grant Butler In the United States, database competitors, Informix and Ardent Software, have agreed on a stock swap. The new entity is valued at about $US880 million ($A1.39 billion). Informix makes corporate database programs, while Ardent's area is data-management software. Both companies have Australian operations. Informix's Australian clients include AC Nielsen, Macquarie Bank, Telstra and the New South Wales Police. Informix has been working to exploit the growth of the Internet by creating software targeting electronic commerce businesses. Both listed on the Nasdaq, just prior to the merger being announced on 1 December 1999, Ardent's shares added $US00.56 to $US26.25 while Informix lost $US00.125 to $US11. ---- INDEX REFERENCES