webMethods (WEBM) to acquire Active Software (ASWX)

   *  Amount:         $1.3 billion

   *  Terms:            13.6 million shares

   *  Premium:        39%

   *  Industry:        Performance Software

   *  Scorecard:      B

FAIRFAX, Va., May 22--webMethods, a provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Active Software , a provider of enterprise eBusiness infrastructure software, in an all-stock transaction. This acquisition brings together two infrastructure software leaders both within the enterprise and across business-to-business (B2B) trading networks.

Under the terms of the agreement, Active Software's stockholders will receive 0.527 of a share of webMethods common stock in exchange for each share of Active Software common stock. Approximately 13.6 million shares of webMethods stock will be exchanged for all outstanding shares of Active Software, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

 

 Vignette (VIGN) to acquire OnDisplay (ONDS)

   *  Amount:         $1.7 billion

   *  Terms:            1.58 VIGN share for each ONDS share

   *  Premium:        30%

   *  Industry:        Performance Software

   *  Scorecard:      C+

AUSTIN, May 22--Vignette will acquire OnDisplay in a stock swap between the Internet commerce software and infrastructure companies valued at $1.7 billion. Vignette will issue 1.58 shares for each share of San Ramon, Calif.-based OnDisplay, making the deal worth $1.7 billion based on stock prices as of Friday, May 19.

 

 DCI.de acquires Ace-quote.com

   *  Amount:         $39.2 million

   *  Terms:            cash and stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-commerce enablers

   *  Scorecard:      B-

London, May 22--Ace-quote.com, the UK's leading b2b online marketplace for buyers and sellers of IT and telecoms, announced its acquisition by Munich-based DCI.de (Database for Commerce and Industry.AG), the European online market leader within IT and telecommunications. The purchase sees the creation of one of Europe's largest b2b trading platforms with a dominant market share in Europe's two primary e-commerce markets, Germany and the UK. Neuer Market-listed DCI.de acquired 100% of Ace-quote.com for DM85 million, or $39.24 million USD.