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KEYW To Acquire Firm Providing IT Services To Intelligence Community

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Friday, December 3rd, 2010

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Maintaining its aggressive pace of acquisitions, KEYW Corp. [KEYW] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Everest Technology Solutions, Inc., a provider of cyber security and other information technology (IT) services to the intelligence community. KEYW said it would pay $28 million in cash and $2 million in stock for Everest, which is based in Northern Virginia. Everest has $15.1 million in sales through the first nine- months of this year and expects to generate between $25 million and $28…

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