QlikTech Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results

    Total revenue of $137.5 million increases 27% compared to fourth quarter of 2011
    License revenue of $93.5 million increases 24% compared to fourth quarter of 2011
    Total revenue in the Americas increases 41% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011
    Announces CFO Transition

Qlik Technologies Inc. (“QlikTech”) (QLIK), a leader in Business Discovery — user-driven Business Intelligence (BI), today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

Lars Björk, Chief Executive Officer of QlikTech, stated, “I am pleased with our strong fourth quarter results with revenue increasing 27% year-over-year driven by enterprise sales. As we look ahead to 2013, we continue to see strong demand for our products and we are focused on broadening our service offerings, further improving our customer ROI and driving significant levels of growth, while also targeting modest improvements in our profit margins.”

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Activision Blizzard Announces Better-Than-Expected Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2012 Results

Full Year Non-GAAP EPS Increased 27% to a Record $1.18 Company Generated More Than $1.3 Billion in Operating Cash Flow Company Increases Cash Dividend to $0.19 per Common Share

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) today announced better-than-expected financial results for the fourth quarter and calendar year 2012.

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The ExOne Company Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

The ExOne Company (XONE), a global provider of three-dimensional ("3D") printing machines and printed products to industrial customers, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its Common Stock and 300,000 shares of Common Stock from Rockwell Holdings Inc. ("RHI"), an affiliate of S. Kent Rockwell, ExOne's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, at a price to the public of $18.00 per share. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 483,333 shares of common stock from ExOne and 311,667 shares from RHI, to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "XONE" on February 7, 2013.

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Strong Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2013

Non-GAAP Net Revenue Grew 71% to $405.0 Million
Non-GAAP Net Income Increased 148% to $0.67 Per Diluted Share
Increases Low-End of Financial Outlook Range for Fiscal Year 2013
Announces Share Repurchase Authorization

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) today reported financial results for its third quarter fiscal 2013, ended December 31, 2012, and increased the low-end of its financial outlook range for its fiscal year 2013, ending March 31, 2013. In addition, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 7.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock.

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Dell Enters into Agreement to Be Acquired by Michael Dell and Silver Lake

 
Dell Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire Dell.

Under the terms of the agreement, Dell stockholders will receive $13.65 in cash for each share of Dell common stock they hold, in a transaction valued at approximately $24.4 billion. The price represents a premium of 25 percent over Dell’s closing share price of $10.88 on Jan. 11, 2013, the last trading day before rumors of a possible going-private transaction were first published; a premium of approximately 35 percent over Dell’s enterprise value as of Jan. 11, 2013; and a premium of approximately 37 percent over the average closing share price during the previous 90 calendar days ending Jan. 11, 2013. The buyers will acquire for cash all of the outstanding shares of Dell not held by Mr. Dell and certain other members of management.

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