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August 2008 Winners…
| Company | Symbol |
% Increase |
August Close |
Analysis |
| SI INTERNATIONAL |
70.8% |
$31.23 |
Serco announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire SI International for $32 per share in cash. | |
| RAE SYSTEMS |
68.9% |
$2.01 |
RAE said it has delivered to the US National Guard wireless Rapid Deployment Kits to equip all 57 Civil Support Teams with portable toxic gas and radiation detection equipment and RAELink3 portable radio modems. The contract was valued at more than $3 million. | |
| TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS |
52.7% |
$8.40 |
TSYS announced that it has received a $3.3 million contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps for its Wireless Point-to-Point Link Network solution including ongoing maintenance and support. | |
| ALADDIN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS |
39.6% |
$12.61 |
Aladdin acknowledged receipt of a confidential unsolicited proposal from Vector Capital. | |
| ID SYSTEMS | 30.8% |
$8.99 |
IDSY announced new revenue guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, increasing its target from $24 million to $26 million. | |
| TASER | 29.0%% |
$6.50 |
TASER announced that it has named Jas Dhillon, former head of business development and M&A for Microsoft Office, as Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of the newly formed TASER Virtual Systems Division. | |
| INTELLI-CHECK | 27.8% |
$2.25 |
IDN announced that they recently installed Defense ID security equipment at a US Marine base. | |
| ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP | 27.4% |
$7.16 |
ADG announced an agreement to sell Global Microwave Systems, Inc. for $26 million. |
|
| L-1 IDENTITY | 22.4% |
$16.48 |
L-1 announced it has received more than $9.0 million in task orders from multiple customers for 1,460 PIER and PIER-T iris enrollment and recognition devices, 535 HIIDE Expansion Module (EM) Jumpkits and more than 10,000 batteries for biometric devices. | |
| UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS |
|
$6.48 |
UUU recently announced a plan to repurchase from time to time up to 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock |
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