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To: Marc Hyman who wrote (5496)1/13/1999 1:27:00 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman  Respond to of 21876
 
yes!!!

Lucent To Buy Ascend For $20 Bln - Sources
By Duncan Martell

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:LU - news), the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, will announce Wednesday the acquisition of Ascend Communications, the fourth largest maker of computer networking equipment, in a deal valued at about $20 billion in cash and stock, sources familiar with the situation said.

Lucent and Ascend declined to comment.

Lucent will exchange 0.825 of its stock for each Ascend share, valuing Ascend shares at $90 based on Lucent's close Tuesday, a source close to Ascend said. A formal announcement would be made at about 0530 EST Wednesday morning, the source said.

dailynews.yahoo.com



To: Marc Hyman who wrote (5496)1/13/1999 6:50:00 AM
From: Terror  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21876
 
I don't know about anyone else but I'm glad this deal is over. Wish they got to buy when Assend was hit last summer instead of paying a big premium. However let's get it on.... LU will be flat for a while now. My fear.

Terror