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To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (2787)	1/26/1998 7:17:00 AM
From: Charles Skeen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3276

<<<NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Compaq Computer Corp. (CPQ) plans to acquire Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), according to CNNFn. CNNFn said the deal is valued at $9.6 billion. >>> Works out to $65 per share, by my calculations. (147.8 million shares). Charlie.

To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (2787)	1/26/1998 7:59:00 AM
From: Greg Jung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3276

Congratulations all, a very sweet deal. $30 + .945 cpq stock per share. Ok $65 I forgot the cpq split, its not the $90 I was thinking. Greg

To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (2787)	1/26/1998 9:35:00 AM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3276

This happened a lot sooner than I expected because of FTC approval still needed for INTEL. CPQ would not want to compete with INTEL. I imagine the deal has some contingencies such as the FTC approval and also of course a penalty if another buyer wins. But this definitely puts DEC in play and their is no turning back. Would expect DEC to go higher and end up with a deal around 70. After all they have 2 bill in cash. Personally I would be happy to own some CPQ. How sweet it is especially for us long DEC sufferers. Rich