To: ED_L who wrote (530 ) 7/17/1998 7:56:00 PM From: Paul Corbett Respond to of 5102
Another post about Starfish In case people haven't seen it, I'll save you the trouble of clicking a link..copied from Yahoo...INPR...news: Thursday July 16, 1:28 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich Advises Starfish Software in Acquisition by Motorola PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1998--Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP announced that it served as counsel to Starfish Software Inc. in its agreement to be acquired by Motorola. Starfish (Scotts Valley, Calif.) is a privately held company and leading supplier of core device, server and desktop technologies for wireless and wireline Connected Information Devices. As part of the agreement, Philippe Kahn, chairman and chief executive officer of Starfish, will join Motorola's senior management team. Kahn was the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Borland International Inc. (now known as Inprise Corp [Nasdaq:INPR - news].). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Partners Peter Astiz, Marvin Meisel (tax) and Penny Gallo (employee benefits) and associates William Choe and Barbara Friedrich led the Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich team for Starfish Software. They worked closely with John Hansen, the vice president of business development and general counsel of Starfish. Motorola was represented by corporate counsel Rita Bahr and Carole Forsythe, intellectual property counsel Hugh Dunlop, Jackson Tufts partner Shane Byrne, and associate Mathew Gemelo. GCWF's Corporate and Securities Group is comprised of over 70 attorneys with a specialized team of more than 30 who devote a significant portion of their practice to mergers and acquisition activity. Since January of 1998, GCWF has advised on nearly 25 mergers and acquisitions transactions totaling more than $12 billion. Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP is a law firm specializing in the representation of emerging growth and high technology companies, with nearly 300 attorneys practicing firm-wide in Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco and Austin. Clients include public and private companies, at all stages of growth from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Contact: Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP Peter Astiz, 650/833-2036 Sheila Salter, 619/699-3551 More Quotes and News: Inprise Corp (Nasdaq:INPR - news) Related News Categories: computers, internet Research section is still showing consensus earnings of 4 cps Good luck to us all next week!!