ST. LOUIS - BUSINESS WIRE - January 23, 2004
SAVVIS Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: SVVS), a leading global managed IP and managed hosting services provider, today announced that it has been selected to acquire substantially all of the assets of Cable & Wireless USA, Inc. and Cable & Wireless Internet Services, Inc. ('Cable & Wireless America' or 'CWA') for $155 million in cash and assumed liabilities of approximately $12.5 million. CWA, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Cable and Wireless plc (NYSE: CWP; LSE: CW), filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in December of 2003 and conducted an auction completed yesterday for its business operations, for which SAVVIS submitted the winning bid.
SAVVIS' shareholders Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Constellation Ventures, a Bear Stearns asset management fund, have committed to finance the purchase price and provide ongoing funding to support the acquired assets. In addition, SAVVIS has entered into a Letter of Intent with Du Pont Fabros Interests LLC ('DuPont') pursuant to which SAVVIS will sell its rights to acquire five of the CWA data centers to DuPont for $52 million, and to leaseback those data centers for 15 years. "
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