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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.blackbaud.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Blackbaud News : Acquisition</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Acquisition/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Acquisition</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Press Release: Blackbaud Completes Acquisition of Kintera</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/07/09/press-release-blackbaud-completes-acquisition-of-kintera.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:31908</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Mathos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=31908</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/07/09/press-release-blackbaud-completes-acquisition-of-kintera.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blackbaud’s CRM capabilities, open APIs, and comprehensive product offerings combine with Kintera’s SaaS expertise to benefit entire nonprofit sector&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charleston, S.C. (July 9, 2008)&lt;/strong&gt; – Blackbaud®, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Kintera®, Inc., the leader and pioneering provider of&amp;nbsp; Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the nonprofit and government sectors. Upon the closing of the acquisition, all remaining outstanding Kintera shares that were not tendered prior to the expiry of the tender offer were converted into the right to receive $1.12 per share in cash. As a result of the transaction, Kintera has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackbaud. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&amp;amp;PRID=265" target="_blank"&gt;Read more.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;a class="" href="mailto:%20melanie.milonas@blackbaud.com" target="_blank"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt; any questions you have regarding the acquisition or post them below. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31908" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Acquisition/default.aspx">Acquisition</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Kintera/default.aspx">Kintera</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Press+Release/default.aspx">Press Release</category></item><item><title>Press Release: Blackbaud, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Kintera</title><link>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/05/29/blackbaud-inc-announces-acquisition-of-kintera.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f90a95a0-00e2-4810-8af8-0bbdde08f853:31101</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Mathos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=31101</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/2008/05/29/blackbaud-inc-announces-acquisition-of-kintera.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;Charleston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;, S.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt; – May 29, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:normal;FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt; – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), a pioneer and leading provider of a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to the nonprofit and government sectors. Under the terms of the agreement, Blackbaud will pay an all-cash purchase price of approximately $46.0 million.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Blackbaud expects to finance the deal with cash and borrowings from its credit facility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&amp;amp;PRID=260"&gt;Read the full press release here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forums.blackbaud.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31101" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Acquisition/default.aspx">Acquisition</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Blackbaud/default.aspx">Blackbaud</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Kintera/default.aspx">Kintera</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Sphere/default.aspx">Sphere</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/Software+as+a+Service/default.aspx">Software as a Service</category><category domain="http://forums.blackbaud.com/blogs/blackbaudnews/archive/tags/SaaS/default.aspx">SaaS</category></item></channel></rss>