3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) 36% HIGHER; HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced plans to acquire 3Com for $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7 billion.
The terms of the transaction have been approved by the HP and 3Com boards of directors. HP anticipates that the transaction will be slightly dilutive to fiscal 2010 non-GAAP earnings.
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of calendar 2010. Jamba, Inc.