Rovi Corporation Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sonic Solutions

Combined Company to Enable Broad Solutions for Content Distributors, Service Providers, CE Manufacturers, and Retailers to Deliver Premium Digital Media Entertainment and Accelerate Rovi's Advertising Opportunity

Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI - News) and Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC - News) today announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Rovi to acquire Sonic in a stock and cash transaction. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $720 million and the per share value of Sonic common stock at signing of the agreement is $14.17, a 38.2 percent premium to Sonic's 30 day average per share closing price as of December 21, 2010. The acquisition is structured as an exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of Sonic common stock, to be followed by a merger.

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Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Voltaire Ltd. for Cash

Mellanox(R) Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) (TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage systems, and Voltaire Ltd. (NASDAQ:VOLT), a leading provider of scale-out data center fabrics, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Mellanox will acquire 100 percent of Voltaire's outstanding ordinary shares for cash at a price of $8.75 per share, or a total equity value of approximately $218 million ($176 million net of cash). The terms of the transaction have been unanimously approved by both the Mellanox and Voltaire Boards of Directors. The transaction is currently projected to close in the first quarter of 2011, subject to certain closing conditions.

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EMC To Acquire Isilon

- Isilon is a leader in the fast-growing Scale-out Network Attached Storage segment

- Combined revenue from Isilon and EMC Atmos is expected to reach $1 billion run-rate during second half of 2012

- Acquisition expected to be accretive to EMC's non-GAAP EPS in 2011

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Isilon Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLN), a fast-growing "Scale-out NAS" (network attached storage) systems company, based in Seattle, Washington.  Under terms of the agreement, EMC will pay $33.85 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Isilon for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.25 billion, net of Isilon's existing cash balance. 

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Cimatron Reports Strong Third Quarter Results with Net Profit of $0.9M on a Non-GAAP Basis

Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT) ("Cimatron" or the "Company"), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, today announced financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2010.

Financial highlights
- Q3/10 total revenue up 26% year-over-year on a constant currency basis
- Q3/10 new licenses revenue up 51% year-over-year on a constant currency basis
- Operating results in the first nine months of 2010 improved by $2.5M year-over-year

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Magic Software Triples Operating Profits for Third Quarter of 2010

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (Nasdaq: MGIC), a global provider of application platforms and business and process integration solutions, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. All dollar amounts are quoted in US Dollars.

Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter and Nine-Month periods ended September 30, 2010

-- Third quarter revenues increased 66% year-over-year from $13.5 million to $22.4 million , and 4% from the second quarter of 2010;
-- Operating income for the third quarter tripled to $2.5 million compared to $0.8 million in the same period last year;
-- Operating and net income for the nine-month period of 2010 more than doubled to $6.3 million, compared to $2.5 million and $2.7 million respectively in the same period last year;

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