<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">So Dodo is now as dead as a dodo as a company, and eaten by M2, but its brand lives on...<br><br>Zombie Dodo?<br><br><br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "<ausnog@lists.ausnog.net>" <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 18 March 2013, 14:04<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [AusNOG] Commsday Breaking News - M2 to buy Dodo and Eftel<br> </font> </div> <br><div
id="yiv388911640"><div>Hey all, hot off the desk of the awesome people at Commsday (which is why you should subscribe!)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Verdana;"><b>BREAKING NEWS<br>
</b></span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;">M2 to buy Dodo, Eftel for A$248 million</span></b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">M2 Telecommunications has announced to the Australian Stock Exchange that it will acquire Dodo Australia for $203.9 million on a debt-free and cash-free basis. At the same time it has also made an off-market takeover offer for wholesale carrier Eftel at an offer price of $0.3581 per share; the offer would value Eftel at just over $44 million, inclusive of $5.6m net debt. <br>
</span></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:10pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Verdana;"><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">M2 management said it expects the acquisitions to contribute in excess of $400m revenue and $50m EBITDA in FY14. Among the reasons cited for the acquisitions were that they would deliver M2 a nationally recognised low cost brand via Dodo that is well positioned to grow market share, as well as established capability in power and gas. </div>
</span></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div><br>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div>
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