Today's Deals: Manugistics Buys Talus

 Manugistics Group (MANU) to acquire Talus Solutions

   *  Amount:         $366 million

   *  Terms:            4.2 - 5.0 million shares

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      B

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 21--Manugistics Group , a global provider of intelligent supply chain and e-business solutions for enterprises and evolving trading networks, and Talus Solutions, a provider of Pricing and Revenue Optimization (PRO) products and services, announced Manugistics has signed an agreement to acquire Talus. The acquisition brings Manugistics' leading supply chain optimization and e-commerce infrastructure solutions together with Talus' premier profitability optimization solutions. Manugistics will issue between 4.2 and 5.0 million shares of Manugistics common stock, in a transaction valued at approximately $366 million.

 

 SAFLINK (ESAF) to acquire Jotter.com

   *  Amount:         $19.8 million

   *  Terms:            10.6 million shares

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Internet services

   *  Scorecard:      C+

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 21--SAFLINK Corporation , a global biometric software provider, and Jotter Technologies, a developer of Internet toolbars and agent technology, announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which SAFLINK will acquire Jotter.com. The transaction will unite two software development teams and product lines and is expected to significantly enhance the upcoming launch of SAFLINK's Forget Your Password Internet strategy and product offerings. Under the terms of the agreement, Jotter.com stockholders will receive 10.6 million shares of SAFLINK common stock, $.01 par value, in exchange for all of Jotter's equity securities outstanding.

 

 PSAINC (PSAX) to acquire ExecuteDirect.com

   *  Amount:         $21 million

   *  Terms:            cash and stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Financial services

   *  Scorecard:      C

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21-- PSAINC announced that they have executed an agreement to acquire ExecuteDirect.com, a New York-based online direct access level I and level II trading firm with a number of operating divisions including an investment in a broker/dealer, a direct access trading floor, branded trading software with ECN capability, and a trading academy to instruct level II direct access trading. The addition of ExecuteDirect.com to the PSAZZ family of companies is expected to facilitate the launch of PSAZZ.COM, a global, digital broadcast network. The combined stock and cash transaction is valued at approximately $21 million.