DTN has been up for sale for, but couldn't find a buyer

["Chris Baker" <chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Apparently DTN has given up trying to be bought out, after 11 months.

>From a DTN press release March 18, 1999:

"Eleven months ago our board selected a special committee to explore various means by
which the company could produce greater market value to its shareholders. The board of
directors engaged Salomon Smith Barney to conduct a valuation analysis and also to present
the company to potential buyers. Our board has met twelve times in the past several months
to help analyze options, and management has worked diligently to secure an offer that the
board thought would be worthy of our shareholders' consideration. In the end, we have not
received an offer for the whole that we believe is equal to the sum of the parts.
Therefore the Company will resume its focus on an aggressive growth strategy."


--- Chris