Digitas Stock Falls on Modem Acquisition News

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BOSTON Digitas stock closed the day on the Nasdaq at $8.05, down $1.78 or 18 percent, following news this morning that it plans to buy Modem Media in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $200 million. Earlier in the day, the digital- and direct-marketing shop’s shares (DTAS) fell to $7.35.

Modem Media’s stock (MMPT), meanwhile, rose $1.12 or 26 percent to close on the Nasdaq at $5.42.

The Modem Media acquisition, due to close in the fourth quarter, will bring 270 staffers and clients like Home Depot and Heineken to 1,200-employee Digitas, which has accounts like AT&T and American Express.



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