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Monday, August 30, 2010

3M Agrees To Acquire Cogent For About $943 Million

3M said today it has agreed to acquire biometric security systems company Cogent for $10.50 per share. The total deal is valued at $943 million,...
Forbes ( 8/30/2010 9:31:11 AM -08:00 )

3M To Acquire Cogent For $943 Million
Cogent holds key homeland security contracts in areas such as border control and airline passenger screening. By Paul McDougall In an effort to broaden its...
InformationWeek ( 8/30/2010 9:11:11 AM -08:00 )

3M to buy biometrics firm Cogent for $943 million
3M to buy biometrics firm Cogent for $943 million3M has signed a deal to acquire biometric security firm Cogent Systems for $943 million, the companies announced Monday....
CNET ( 8/30/2010 7:44:56 AM -08:00 )

3M Agrees To Acquire Cogent For About $943 Million
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--3M Co. (MMM) agreed to acquire Cogent Inc. (COGT) in a deal valued at $943 million,...
Wall Street Journal ( 8/30/2010 7:38:14 AM -08:00 )

3M to buy Cogent in $943 mn deal
PTI US-based 3M will snap up biometric solutions provider Cogent Inc in a deal valued at USD 943 million, a step that will bolster the technology firm's...
Hindustan Times ( 8/30/2010 6:27:37 AM -08:00 )

3M offers $943M for biometric security vendor Cogent Systems
IDG News Service - 3M has agreed to buy biometric access control systems vendor Cogent for around $943 million in cash....
Computerworld ( 8/30/2010 6:14:10 AM -08:00 )

Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Investigation of Acquisition of Cogent, Inc
NEW YORK, Aug 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP is investigating whether the Board of Directors of Cogent Inc. ("Cogent" or the "Company")...
MarketWatch (press release) ( 8/30/2010 6:12:04 AM -08:00 )

Mergers & Acquisitions: 3M Announced It Will Acquire Cogent Inc For $10.50 Per
"3M (NYSE:MMM) and Cogent Inc. (NASDAQ:COGT) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for 3M's acquisition of Cogent Inc. for $10.50 per...
SmarTrend News ( 8/30/2010 6:09:07 AM -08:00 )

3M to acquire Cogent for about $943 million
NEW YORK — 3M Co., which makes products ranging from Post-Its to respirators, computer arms, and films for LCD TV screens, said Monday it has agreed to...
The Associated Press ( 8/30/2010 6:02:26 AM -08:00 )

3M To Buy Cogent
3M (MMM) this morning announced a deal to acquire Cogent (COGT), which makes fingerprint, palm, face and iris scanning systems,...
Barron's (blog) ( 8/30/2010 4:55:35 AM -08:00 )

3M Agrees to Acquire Cogent
3M Co., seeking to expand its sales of identification equipment for border-security and law-enforcement agencies, announced an agreement...
Wall Street Journal ( 8/30/2010 4:20:57 AM -08:00 )

3M to Buy Cogent for More Than $900 Million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diversified US manufacturer 3M Co on Monday said it agreed to buy Cogent Inc for more than $900 million,...
ABC News ( 8/30/2010 4:10:03 AM -08:00 )

3M Agrees to Acquire Cogent Inc. for $943 Million
3M Co. agreed to buy Cogent Inc., a manufacturer of fingerprint-identification systems for governments and...
Bloomberg ( 8/30/2010 4:07:29 AM -08:00 )

3M Buying Cogent For $943 Million
3M Co. (MMM) said Monday it would pay $10.50 a share to buy Cogent Inc. (COGT) in a deal that values the biometric identification firm at $943 million....
Wall Street Journal ( 8/30/2010 4:06:00 AM -08:00 )

3M to Buy Cogent Systems in $943 Million Deal
3M said Monday that it had agreed to buy Cogent, a maker of biometric recognition systems, for $10.50 per share in a deal worth $943 million....
New York Times (blog) ( 8/30/2010 4:01:11 AM -08:00 )

3M to Acquire Cogent Inc.
ST. PAUL, Minn. & PASADENA, Calif., Aug 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 3M (NYSE:MMM) , and Cogent Inc. (NASDAQ:COGT) announced today that they have entered...
MarketWatch (press release) ( 8/30/2010 3:36:32 AM -08:00 )

3M Slides After Acquisition Announcement (MMM)
US manufacturer 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) is down more than 1.2% this afternoon, after the company announced it had agreed to buy Cogent Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) for...
Benzinga ( 8/30/2010 9:47:46 AM -08:00 )

3M to pay $943 mln for biometric systems maker-UPDATE 4
NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Diversified US manufacturer 3M Co said it would buy Cogent Inc for $943 million, paying a nearly 18 percent...
Forexyard ( 8/30/2010 9:46:50 AM -08:00 )

3M Buys Cogent for $943 Million
3M announced it will buy Cogent Inc., the Pasadena maker of security identification systems founded by Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Business Journal ( 8/30/2010 9:40:25 AM -08:00 )

3M to acquire Cogent Systems
3M to acquire Cogent SystemsWith the purchase of Cogent, 3M picks up government-focused biometric technologies like the Cogent Automated Fingerprint and...
SecurityInfoWatch ( 8/30/2010 8:44:34 AM -08:00 )