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Appendices
Appendix I: Data for quantitative analysis
CompanyAnnual returnMC (12/2004)MC (12/1996)Mean MCTotal value of deals (UAverage deal sizedeal value/mc% in cashMarket valuation in %in USDin USDin USDTotalDisclosedin USDTotalDisclosedstockcashbothundishighlow% high DELL INC37.37$104,689$11,443$58,06622$345$173$1730%110%20100% CGI GROUP INC35.507$2,952$21$1,4863111$1,734$56$15811%2561838%131842% NETWORK APPLIANCE INC34.071$11,919$468$6,19344$433$108$1082%122040%1325% CAPITA GROUP PLC28.024$4,674$487$2,5813028$666$22$241%31311348%121840% UNILOG SA25.889$844$113$47820$0$0$00%0101100%020% APPLE COMPUTER INC25.531$25,893$2,778$14,33574$564$81$1411%110550%2529% ECONOCOM GROUP25.432$237$33$135103$96$10$3224%110850%4640% NOKIA OYJ20.865$73,702$17,407$45,5552415$2,360$98$1570%4611355%131154% SOPRA GROUP19.291$634$137$38620$0$0$00%00021150% AFFILIATED COMPUTER SVCS-A19.085$7,737$916$4,3262415$2,644$110$1764%11301093%91538% SAGE GROUP PLC (THE)18.819$4,971$783$2,8773526$1,773$51$682%12221088%132237% SAP AG18.397$56,379$14,093$35,2364110$2,289$56$2291%04037100%291271% FISERV INC17.725$7,861$1,875$4,8685111$959$19$872%3524150%173433% EMC CORP/MASS17.648$35,633$7,719$21,6761611$5,281$330$4802%480467%61038% PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP16.956$843$254$54863$116$19$397%0303100%060% ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC16.856$9,127$3,708$6,417193$355$19$1182%01018100%10953% SIEBEL SYSTEMS INC15.224$5,331$907$3,1191610$2,802$175$2809%541640%8850% ORACLE CORP14.511$71,685$30,399$51,042198$8,724$459$1,0912%2701078%11858% MICROSOFT CORP14.288$290,489$152,156$221,3225824$8,726$150$3640%41333865%362262% SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS14.076$8,184$1,669$4,9264017$3,116$78$1834%5912560%202050% INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP13.437$164,106$76,959$120,5326424$9,827$154$4090%01514894%174727% CISCO SYSTEMS INC13.386$127,217$33,254$80,2368277$29,920$365$3890%53156820%523063% INTERGRAPH CORP12.829$889$489$68960$0$0$00%00061517% TIETOENATOR OYJ12.405$2,638$745$1,6916113$1,499$25$1157%1305775%124920% CSG SYSTEMS INTL INC11.748$955$392$67441$300$75$30045%0202100%1325% FIRST DATA CORP11.371$35,302$16,352$25,827327$8,422$263$1,2035%1402780%131941% SERCO GROUP PLC10.888$2,003$703$1,3531313$887$68$685%072478%5838% AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING10.551$25,836$13,764$19,800278$987$37$1231%1611975%101737% NCR CORPORATION9.444$6,452$3,410$4,93195$637$71$1273%041480%7278% RYDER SYSTEM INC9.313$3,071$2,193$2,632112$250$23$1255%0209100%6555% SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6.687$18,127$13,789$15,958318$3,612$117$4523%7711647%141745% RM PLC6.277$299$166$23277$50$7$73%042167%1614% ORDINA NV6.213$459$210$335183$70$4$237%2201450%10856% FILENET CORP6.132$1,065$481$77333$38$13$132%0201100%1233% ANITE GROUP PLC5.87$384$195$2902826$171$6$72%6711429%101836% UNISYS CORP5.268$3,420$1,180$2,300103$90$9$301%120767%5550% SAPIENT CORPORATION5.216$980$497$73844$172$43$436%211025%3175% TELINDUS GROUP NV4.313$440$218$32990$0$0$00%10085456% COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP4.039$10,669$4,777$7,723318$2,403$78$3004%1712278%181358% STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP3.535$3,369$2,785$3,07710$0$0$00%0001010% LOGICACMG PLC3.309$2,762$737$1,7501716$2,351$138$1478%2111379%10759% ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES SA2.591$895$783$83900$0$000%000000 IDX SYSTEMS CORP2.345$1,050$729$89053$224$45$758%210233%3260% SYBASE INC2.256$1,898$1,278$1,58864$548$91$1379%131160%1517% HEWLETT-PACKARD CO2.083$63,327$34,921$49,1244017$29,987$750$1,7644%6702754%182245% XANSA PLC1.992$605$242$42355$1,250$250$25059%221040%4180% ERICSSON LM-B SHS1.881$51,350$29,840$40,5952210$1,287$59$1290%09013100%15768%
Nr. of dealsPayment type
Annual returnMC (12/2004)MC (12/1996)Mean MCTotal value of deals (UAverage deal sizedeal value/mc% in cashMarket valuation in %in USDin USDin USDTotalDisclosedin USDTotalDisclosedstockcashbothundishighlow% high Y SOLUTIONS CO1.278$45$35$4042$7$2$49%110250%2250% INC1.258$9,954$5,160$7,557136$1,874$144$3124%352350%6746% P1.24$2,269$742$1,506148$831$59$1047%261567%9564% 1.113$4,549$732$2,64075$4,331$619$86633%131260%2529% 1.065$2,245$1,934$2,0891612$1,530$96$1286%01006100%9756% E CORP0.285$2,482$2,696$2,589134$709$55$1777%130975%11285% -0.173$20,314$12,988$16,6514023$17,957$449$7815%8922147%162440% -0.173$4,634$2,934$3,7841611$2,814$176$2567%451650%8850% SSOCIATES INTL INC-0.553$18,190$14,072$16,131287$7,020$251$1,0036%1901890%19968% -0.956$912$1,043$977198$510$27$647%5301138%13668% -1.034$155$128$142110$0$0$00%000114736% ARE INC-1.32$4,128$4,620$4,3741511$2,618$175$2385%260775%7847% ICATION & SYSTEMES-2.154$209$227$21811$22$22$2210%000110100% N-3.692$82$116$9920$0$0$00%0002020% -4.141$2,537$3,461$2,999124$595$50$1495%130875%6650% -4.175$16,221$17,034$16,62796$2,348$261$3912%0504100%8189% UP PLC-4.946$58$93$7666$63$11$1114%023140%4267% A-4.959$4,210$2,917$3,563186$13,074$726$2,17961%2211340%10856% -B SHS-5.373$908$1,281$1,094204$295$15$747%1111733%31715% -5.375$602$827$714299$450$16$507%2551742%171259% UTER CORP LTD-5.381$625$738$682185$213$12$436%03015100%15383% DATA SYSTEMS CORP-5.983$11,870$21,088$16,4791910$4,238$223$4243%0721078%61332% C-9.526$2,246$4,111$3,17976$648$93$1083%121350%6186% HNOLOGIES INC-10.04$16,622$22,442$19,5324330$43,239$1,006$1,4417%151301546%40393% -10.106$213$411$31291$19$2$196%140480%6367% ORKS CORP-10.862$14,737$16,160$15,4492520$28,530$1,141$1,4279%1243621%22388% OLDINGS INC-11.603$724$1,449$1,086107$396$40$575%421329%100100% MUNICATIONS CORP-12.267$667$1,550$1,10822$127$64$646%0200100%20100% N INC-12.319$93$157$12521$706$353$706565%110050%20100% MMUNICATIONS INC-12.47$2,168$4,456$3,3121715$6,181$364$41212%580462%12571% SOLUTIONS INC-13.3$1,630$5,379$3,50410$0$0$00%000110100% ELESS PLC-13.48$5,416$17,484$11,4502213$4,550$207$3503%1801389%111150% P INC-13.944$42$43$4322$67$34$3479%20000%20100% S GROUP INC-14.375$236$341$28984$382$48$9633%20240%2625% ISES INC-14.782$272$1,457$86575$191$27$384%30040%6186% -15.078$1,582$3,415$2,4991413$7,554$540$58123%170688%10471% ROUP INC-15.381$117$446$28111$78$78$7828%00100%10100% V-16.182$1,164$2,361$1,762216$1,943$93$32418%1601486%111052% TECHNOLOGY CORP-16.809$1,593$6,292$3,94276$700$100$1173%231150%6186% PHICS INC-18.692$454$954$70410$0$0$00%000010100% NIEK N.V.-18.835$29$88$5910$0000%0100100%10100% -19.708$183$839$51130$0000%000330100% A-19.974$185$266$2251616$924$58$5826%147433%14288% OUP INC-21.106$13$55$3400$0$0$00%000000 ORIZONS CORP-21.208$118$951$534147$182$13$265%231850%10471% UP PLC-26.037$55$320$18764$45$8$116%023140%3350% ETWORKS INC-26.875$379$3,120$1,749116$775$70$1297%30260%8373% YSTEMS PLC-28.093$183$1,894$1,03811$47$47$475%0100100%010% 156421840010084656%81574952% s17.98787097$35,819$13,20725.111.7$3,204$104$2335%68%42% mers1.599625$7,247$4,59313.36.8$2,556$121$2327%64%51% ers-14.22090625$2,168$3,85611.36.4$3,613$168$27830%50%73% 1.618347368$14,860$7,15516.58.3$3,124$131$24814%56%52% s16.856$7,861$1,875198$987$71$1412%75%40% mers1.5795$2,257$913125$572$52$1165%63%50% ers-13.712$528$1,36596$339$47$616%48%83% 1.278$2,168$1,278136$637$56$1155%60%54%
Nr. of dealsPayment type