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SafeNet merger moves it up market ranks – Computer Business Review

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$160 million transaction secures SafeNet’s market leadership position

BALTIMORE – March 25, 2009 – SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in information security, today announced that it will establish common management with Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. as a result of Aladdin’s acquisition by Vector Capital, SafeNet’s private equity owner, creating a global leader for Software Rights Management (SRM) and Authentication solutions. Aladdin is expected to be fully integrated into SafeNet in the future.
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The world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly colored and it’s very loud. And it’s fun, for a while.

people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say ‘Hey! Don’t worry, don’t be afraid – ever – because… this is just a ride.’

And we kill those people.

‘Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! Shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry; look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.’

It’s just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that – ever notice that? – and we let the demons run amok. But it doesn’t matter, because… it’s just a ride, and we can change it any time we want.

It’s only a choice.
No effort.
No worry.
No job.
No savings and money.

Just a choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy bigger guns, close yourself off…The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.

Here’s what we can do to change the world, right now, into a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over – not one human being excluded – and we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever. In peace.

Aladdin shareholders to receive $11.50 per share in cash, reflecting a value of $160 million

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL AND SAN FRANSCISO, CA, March 24, 2009 – Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDN) today announced that it has completed its previously announced merger with an investor group led by Vector Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in the technology industry. The merger was approved
by a majority of Aladdin’s shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 20, 2009. Under the terms of the merger, Aladdin shareholders will receive $11.50 per share in cash for each ordinary share they hold.

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