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Project Oak Tree
Potential Buyers Contact Summary
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Champions of Growth
November 29, 2005
Potential Buyers Contact Summary |
Strategic Buyers Contact Summary | ($ in millions) |
| | Made | | Sent | | | | NDA | | Mgmt. | | | |
Names to Contact | | Contact | | Teaser / NDA | | Decline | | Executed | | Presentation | | Comments | |
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ACCESS | | x | | | | | | | | | | Will hear back later this month. | |
Alcatel | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Sent Teaser. | |
F5 Networks | | x | | | | | | | | | | Sent e-mail; waiting to hear back. | |
LogicaCMG | | x | | | | | | | | | | Initiated contact. | |
Lucent | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Sent Teaser; left follow-up voicemail. | |
Nortel | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Sent Teaser; left follow-up voicemail. | |
Openwave | | | | | | | | | | | | TWP meeting on 12/2/05. | |
Siemens | | | | | | | | | | | | Hold off for now. | |
Telcordia Technologies | | | | | | | | | | | | Oak Tree to contact. | |
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Total | 9 | | 6 | | 3 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | | |
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Declined
| | Made | | Sent | | | | NDA | | Mgmt. | | | |
Names to Contact | | Contact | | Teaser / NDA | | Decline | | Executed | | Presentation | | Comments | |
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Comverse | | x | | x | | x | | | | | | Familiar with Oak Tree; focused on integrating Kenan acquisition; “Not the right time”. | |
Intellisync | | x | | x | | x | | | | | | Getting acquired by Nokia. | |
Motorola | | x | | x | | x | | | | | | Not interested. Awaiting more feedback. | |
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Total | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 0 | | 0 | | | |
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Potential Buyers Contact Summary
Financial Buyers Contact Summary
| | Made | | Sent | | | | NDA | | Mgmt. | | | |
Names to Contact | | Contact | | Teaser / NDA | | Decline | | Executed | | Presentation | | Comments | |
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Battery Ventures | | x | | | | | | | | | | Left a voicemail. | |
Francisco Partners | | x | | | | | | | | | | Initiated contact; probably too small. | |
Golden Gate Capital | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Sent Teaser. | |
Vector Capital | | | | | | | | | | | | Hold off for now. | |
Garnett & Helfrich Capital | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Sent Teaser. | |
The Gores Group | | x | | x | | | | | | | | Will get feedback on NDA today. | |
Austin Ventures | | x | | x | | | | x | | x | | Interested but expressed concern around valuation. | |
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Total | 7 | | 6 | | 4 | | 0 | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
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Declined
| | Made | | Sent | | | | NDA | | Mgmt. | | | |
Names to Contact | | Contact | | Teaser / NDA | | Decline | | Executed | | Presentation | | Comments | |
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Accel/KKR | | x | | x | | x | | | | | | Lack of scale; negative cash flow; might need additional investment. | |
Shah Capital | | x | | x | | x | | | | | | Subscale / negative cash flows / uncomfortable with using Oak | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Tree as a platform, given assumption that they’d likely need to complement with additional acquisitions. | |
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Total | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 | | | |
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