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SkyPort Signs Letter Of Intent To Purchase RAMTelecom
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2007 A newly-formed subsidiary of SkyPort International has signed a letter of intent to purchase RAMTelecom Inc. of Canada, a transaction that will significantly increase SkyPort's capability to serve customers throughout North America with a range of satellite communications services. The purchase of RAMTelecom will also provide SkyPort with further redundancy in its network system, adding facilities in Ottawa and Calgary to SkyPort's existing network operations center at the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. "The acquisition of the RAMTelecom will provide a more comprehensive offering for SkyPort and a broad reach into Canada as we build out our world-wide coverage," said Bill Hutchinson, Co-CEO of SkyPort. "There is a distinct benefit for SkyPort clients who have global and North American requirements." SkyPort has formed a Canadian subsidiary, SkyPort Global Communications (Canada) Inc., ("SkyPort Global") to facilitate the purchase of RAMTelecom. Under terms of the agreement, SkyPort Global will purchase the outstanding shares of RAMTelecom for $0.60 per common share, payable in cash. SkyPort will pay holders of outstanding options to purchase RAMTelecom shares $0.10 per optioned share, and outstanding warrants will be purchased by SkyPort at $0.04 per warrant. RAMTelecom trades on the Venture Exchange of the Toronto Stock Exchange. SkyPort is privately held. The agreement is subject to customary due diligence, regulatory and shareholder approval; obtaining satisfactory financing terms; no material adverse changes in RAMTelecom's business; and RAMTelecom's executives entering into lock-up agreements. The letter of intent provides that following satisfactory completion of SkyPort Global's due diligence, RAMTelecom expects to mail disclosure documents to shareholders in mid-May 2007. If required, a shareholders' meeting will be held in late June 2007, with the closing to occur by June 30, 2007. SkyPort and RAMTelecom entered into a strategic alliance in January to offer one another's customers fully redundant communications services as well as greater access to secure business communications, anywhere in North America. The firms agreed to install the brand of proprietary hub facilities used by the other at their respective teleport facilities and create a fiber optic cable link between the teleports. Work on this project will continue, providing medium and large enterprise customers in Canada and the United States the ability to extend their satellite-based voice, video, and data broadband communications wherever their business requires. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SkyPort Stellar Chemistry, The Universe And All Within It The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
Former Dutch Minister Brinkhorst Advises ESA DG On European Affairs
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 01, 2007Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, the Dutch former Minister of Economic Affairs, has recently been appointed advisor to ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain. Brinkhorst has been a prominent figure in the Dutch and European Union political environment. In December 2005 he successfully chaired the ESA Ministerial Council in Berlin. Today, he lends his wealth of experience in European politics to support ESA's future development. |
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