Digital River Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Investor Group Led by Siris Capital Group for $26.00 per Share in Cash

Transaction Provides Significant Value for Shareholders and Strong Partner to Support Digital River’s Future Growth

MINNEAPOLIS-- Digital River, Inc. (DRIV), a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Siris Capital Group, LLC (collectively “Siris”) in a transaction valued at approximately $840 million.

Under the terms of the agreement, Siris will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Digital River for $26.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 50 percent over the closing price on October 23, 2014, and 67 percent over Digital River’s volume weighted average share price during the 90 days ended October 23, 2014. The agreement was approved by Digital River’s Board of Directors, which recommended that Digital River’s stockholders adopt the agreement with Siris.

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WANTED Technologies reports 39% increase in revenue to $10.1 million and record net income of $2.6 million ($0.109 per share) for the year ended June 30th, 2014

  • Revenues of $10,056,648, an increase of 39% or $2,825,429 compared to revenues of $7,231,219 for fiscal 2013. Excluding a significant non-recurring revenue of $976,988 derived from one agreement, revenues grew 26% over the prior year.
  • Record net income of $2,634,753 ($0.109 per share) for fiscal 2014 compared to a net income of $1,362,555 ($0.057 per share) for fiscal 2013, an increase of $1,272,198.
  • EBITDA of $3,659,329 or 36% of revenues, compared to an EBITDA of $1,816,907 in the prior year, an increase of $1,842,422.
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ChinaNet Launches Zero Down Payment Loans in Cooperation With Haodai and Yooli

BEIJING, Oct. 14, 2014 - ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (CNET) ("ChinaNet" or the "Company"), a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company providing online-to-offline (O2O) sales channel expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurial management and networking services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today announced the launch of Zero Down Payment Loans. The product, targeted toward entrepreneurs, is being offered with Chinese financial services companies Haodai, which offers a credit product search engine, and Yooli China's leading crowdfunding services Web site.

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Lionbridge Secures Four-Year, Sole Supplier Agreement With World-Leading Pharmaceutical Company Estimated At $80-100 Million

Comprehensive, Global-Scale Translation Program to Drive Efficiency, Global Compliance and Innovation across 100 Global Markets

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 1, 2014-- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (LIOX), today announced that it has secured a new, four year contract with a world-leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company valued at approximately $80- $100 million. With this agreement, Lionbridge will be the sole provider of global translation services across more than 90 languages.  Through its proven global program management and highly-secure, cloud technology platforms, Lionbridge will support all of the client's global content including clinical and regulatory materials, global communications, partner, training and development, legal and human resources content.

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ChinaNet Online's 28.com Announces New Growth Strategy Focused on Digital Advertising Services

BEIJING, Sept. 19, 2014 -- ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (CNET) ("ChinaNet" or the "Company"), a leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company providing online-to-offline (O2O) sales channel expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurial management and networking services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, announced today that the Company's new growth strategy will focus on offering digital advertising services coupled with a range of consumer analytics expected to add significant value for its small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) customers. The Company is also continuing to build on its analytics offerings, which will make it possible to serve much larger digital advertising clients in the People's Republic of China in 2015 and 2016.

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