10th May 2011 07:00
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For immediate release
10 May 2011
ACQUISITION (the "Acquisition")
OF
BURST MEDIA CORPORATION ("Burst")
BY
BLINKX PLC ("blinkx")
Completion of Acquisition
The boards of Burst and blinkx are pleased to announce that the Acquisition became effective upon the filing of the certificate of merger with the Maryland Secretary of State at 2.57 p.m. (EDT) yesterday ("Completion").
As a result, Burst became a wholly owned subsidiary of blinkx and all of the previously outstanding Burst Shares were cancelled and converted into the right to receive the relevant consideration due to holders of such shares on Completion pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
Each Stockholder who held Burst Shares on Completion will receive a Letter of Transmittal, which will contain specific instructions with regards the exchange of their Burst Share certificates for the consideration due to them. Settlement of the consideration due pursuant to the Merger Agreement cannot take place until the return of the completed and signed documentation.
On Completion, Jarvis Coffin, Brian Emsell, Felice Kincannon, Jim Garrity, David Hanger, Steve Hill, David Stein and Tim Trotter all resigned as members of the Burst Board with immediate effect. Immediately following Completion, Suranga Chandratillake and Jonathan Spira were appointed to the Burst Board.
Also on Completion, Altium Capital Limited resigned as Nominated Adviser and Broker to Burst with immediate effect.
Cancellation of the admission to trading on AIM of the Burst Shares will become effective at 7.00 a.m. (BST) on 12 May 2011.
All definitions contained in this announcement will have the same meaning as defined in the joint announcements made by blinkx and Burst released on 8 April 2011.
Enquiries:
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blinkx plc | |
Suranga Chandratillake, Chief Executive Officer | +1 415 655 1450 |
Jonathan Spira, Chief Financial Officer | |
Burst Media Corporation | |
Jarvis Coffin | +1 781 852 5271 |
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Financial Adviser to blinkx) | |
Rory O'Sullivan | +44 20 7050 6500 |
Christopher Fincken | |
Citigroup Global Markets Ltd (NOMAD and Broker to blinkx) | |
Charles Lytle | +44 20 7986 4000 |
Christopher Wren | |
Financial Dynamics (PR Adviser to blinkx) | |
Edward Bridges | +44 20 7831 3113 |
Charles Palmer | |
Haya Herbert-Burns |
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