<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Update from AFR:</div><div><br></div><div>Comment:</div><div><br></div><div>This result is better than I'd hoped... a Vocus buyout of Amcom is a WIN for the wholesale industry and I think there is little risk of TPG causing problems. A great win for James and the team and the industry as a whole.</div><div><br></div><div>Vocus + Amcom + Superloop/Megaport Fibre + FirstPath Buildings is going to be the biggest kickass wholesale provider.... Can't wait to see how it comes together.</div><div><br></div><div>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div>-----</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-right:2.85pt;margin-left:2.85pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-bottom:9pt;line-height:12pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,90,131)">AFR saying 30% premium for AMM – c$3. Assuming $15m synergies is 8%-%9% EPS positive first full year.</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,90,131)"><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Vocus to buy Amcom at 30pc premium</span></b></p><div class="" dir="ltr"><div id=":26l" class="" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div><div id=":26m" class="" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div></div><u></u><u></u><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Vocus Communications has struck a recommended deal to acquire Amcom Telecommunications at a 30 per cent premium.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Both companies went into a trading halt at lunchtime on Wednesday, ahead of the deal’s announcement.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">In October, Vocus raised its stake in Perth-based telco Amcom from 5 per cent to 10 per cent for an estimated $50 million and offered to merge the two companies.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Under Vocus’s proposal, Amcom shareholders would hand over their holdings in exchange for Vocus shares. Both sides agreed the move could work as they own fibre cable networks on different sides of the country that can be combined to provide a better national service.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">However, Vocus switched gears the following month, suggesting a friendly acquisition that could create one of Australia’s biggest providers of phone, internet and technology services, with a market capitalisation of more than $1 billion.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">At 1.30pm on Wednesday, Vocus had a market cap of $598.5 million while Amcom was valued at $628.7 million.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Australian Financial Review</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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><div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com</a> ; <a href="http://www.eintellegonetworks.com/" target="_blank">www.eintellegonetworks.com</a></span><font><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px">Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; <a>skype://skeeve</a></p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><a href="http://facebook.com/eintellegonetworks" target="_blank">facebook.com/eintellegonetworks</a> ; <a href="http://twitter.com/networkceoau" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/skeeve" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/skeeve</a> </p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><a href="http://twitter.com/theispguy" target="_blank">twitter.com/theispguy</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> ; blog: </span><a href="http://www.theispguy.com/" target="_blank">www.theispguy.com</a><br></p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><img src="http://eintellegonetworks.com/logos/ein09.png"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,127);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Experts Who The Experts Call</span></p></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(127,0,127)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">Juniper - Cisco </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- Cumulus Linux - Cloud</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- Consulting</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- IPv4 Brokering</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 December 2014 at 09:07, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Well, enquiring minds will speculate.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Vocus and Amcom are both in trading halts.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Not sure what I think about a combined Amcom and Vocus.... in theory it would be ok, but I'm concerned about TPG getting hold of that combined entity and how it would be a critical injury to the wholesale industry.... but the big $$ guys will do what they do.</p>
<p dir="ltr">...Skeeve</p>
<p dir="ltr">Skeeve Stevens - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd<br>
<a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com</a> ; <a href="http://www.eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">www.eintellegonetworks.com</a><br>
Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve</p>
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