Mamma.com Inc. Acquires Copernic for $15.9 Million & 2.38 Million Common Shares.MONTREAL -- Mamma.com Inc., (the "Company"), (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MAMA), announces that the Company's board of directors and the board and shareholders of Copernic Technologies Inc. ("Copernic") have approved definitive purchase agreements to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Copernic (the "Transaction"). Unless otherwise stated, all figures in this release are in US dollars. The Company has agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Copernic, including an amount to cover Copernic's outstanding stock appreciation rights obligations, for $15,900,000 and the issuance of 2,380,000 common shares of the Company. Copernic had approximately $5.9 million of revenue and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become of approximately $1.8 million in their fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. The Transaction closed today, December 22, 2005. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co, an investment bank headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is acting as M&A advisor to Mamma.com in this acquisition. Copernic's Chairman, Martin Bouchard will join the Company as Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategist strat·e·gist n. One who is skilled in strategy. Noun 1. strategist - an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) strategian market strategist - someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns and Technology Officer. As part of the Transaction, it has been agreed that the Company will recommend to the Company's shareholders that the Company's board of directors be increased to seven members with the appointment of Martin Bouchard and an independent director. Shareholders will be asked to approve this either at a Special Shareholders' meeting shareholders' meeting n. a meeting, usually annual, of all shareholders of a corporation (although in large corporations only a small percentage attend) to elect the Board of Directors and hear reports on the company's business situation. or the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. As well, Eric Bouchard, Copernic's Executive Vice-President, Products will join the Company as Vice-President of Research and Development and Albert Dang-Vu, Copernic's Vice-President, Technology will join the Company, as Vice-President of Technology. Guy Faure, Mamma.com's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. stated: "With this acquisition, we are now at the forefront of the search and on-line marketing industry. With the addition of Copernic's award winning desktop search (CDS) product, we now have a formidable portfolio to satisfy the growing need for integrated search of both web-based and desk-top based users. We intend to move quickly to realize the obvious synergies and benefits by integrating Mamma's and Copernic's web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. search capabilities and extending the penetration of Copernic's award-winning desk-top search technology. The combined resources of the Company and Copernic will now offer a much broader demographic for our advertisers and will provide our Company with both stronger business development capabilities and world-class product development capabilities.We welcome the joining of the Mamma and Copernic teams and look forward to a dynamic and effective approach to offering a superior value proposition to advertisers and developing cutting edge technology that would provide a unique user experience in Internet search applications." About Mamma.com Inc. Mamma Media Solutions(TM) is focused on providing first-rate quality information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. on the Internet through its metasearch engine The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. and is a leading provider of integrated marketing solutions to online advertisers. Mamma.com The Mother of All Search Engines(R) (www.mamma.com) is one of the most popular metasearch engines on the Internet, as it makes it easier and faster for people to find information by gathering the most relevant results from the best search engines on the Internet. Mamma Media Solutions(TM) is equally focused on being one of the leading providers of online marketing solutions to advertisers as its integrated offer includes keyword search listings, and numerous sizes of graphic ad units. Mamma Media Solutions(TM) maintains a large publisher network on which it distributes search and graphic ad units for its advertisers. The Company also holds minority interests in analog integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for products, and in the new media and telecommunications sectors. For more information, visit www.mammamediasolutions.com. About Copernic Technologies Inc. Copernic develops cutting-edge search and information management solutions that enable home and business PC users to maximize their information assets and become more efficient and proactive in their daily lives. The company is dedicated to providing its customers with cost-effective Web and desktop search technology that enables better decision-making and increased productivity. All Copernic products feature simple fast downloading, automatic installation, and the most ease-of-use in the industry. With unique and powerful product features, Copernic is the name that consumers and professionals trust to deliver the highest quality search products. For more information, visit www.copernic.com. Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filings with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is a regulatory agency which administers and enforces securities legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OSC is an Ontario Crown corporation which reports to the Ontario legislature through the Minister of Finance. and include but are not limited to the extent to which the results of the SEC investigation or the purported securities class action law suits negatively affect the Company. The Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any description of the scope, focus or subject matter of the statements in this press release. www.mammainc.com Mamma.com Inc. (NASDAQ:MAMA) |
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