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idea.sec.gov - 4/1/2009
Securities And Exchange Commission: SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.

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WSJ.com: Tech Trader Daily:  End Of An Era: Rackable Systems To Buy Silicon Graphics For $25 Million; SGIC Holders Likely To Get Nothing

Digital Daily:  Chapter 11, in Which SGI Sells Itself to Rackable

sgi.com - 4/1/2009
Press Releases: Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc.
— sgi.com — Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc. FREMONT, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA., April 1, 2009 Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale data centers, today ... (more) Press Releases: Rackable Systems Announces Agreement to ...
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online.wsj.com - 4/1/2009
Silicon Graphics Seeks Chapter 11, Agrees to Sale
— online.wsj.com — Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Please try again later. The username entered ... (more) Silicon Graphics Seeks Chapter 11, Agrees to Sale
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reuters.com - 4/1/2009
UPDATE 2-Rackable Systems to buy Silicon Graphics for $25 mln
— reuters.com — * Rackable to buy Silicon Graphics' assets * Silicon Graphics lists total debt of $526.5 mln * Transaction expected to close within 60 days * Silicon Graphics shares fall 39 pct in pre-market trade (Rewrites; adds Rackable deal, more details) April 1 ... (more) UPDATE 2-Rackable Systems to buy Silicon Graphics for ...
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End Of An Era: Rackable Systems To Buy Silicon Graphics For $25 Million; SGIC Holders Likely To Get Nothing
WSJ.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... a fizzle. Rackable Systems (RACK) announced that it will buy most of the assets of Silicon Graphics (SGIC), the long-time provider of high-performance computers, for $25 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities as part of a pre-packaged Chapter 11 filing by Silicon Graphics. the deal is expected to close within 60 days. Current SGI shares appear likely to be worthless, according to an 8-K filing by Silicon Graphics: The assets to be acquired do not ...

Chapter 11, in Which SGI Sells Itself to Rackable
Digital Daily — ... analysts scrambled to upgrade ratings and future earnings forecasts. – Silicon Graphics’ Hot Run Goes On, New York Times, 1994 Time was there was an Silicon Graphics (SGIC) workstation on every desk in computationally-intense industries like chemistry and film production. No longer. Cheap Linux boxes have rendered them obsolete and SGI, the company, along with them. This morning SGI, which recently endured a brace of layoffs, filed for bankruptcy protection a second time and sold itself to Rackable ...

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