Level 3 Gets Approval for Genuity Acquisition
From Associated Press
The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have approved Level 3 Communications Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Internet backbone company Genuity Inc., which is under bankruptcy protection.
The approval was one of the closing conditions of the transaction, in which Broomfield, Colo.-based Level 3 will pay as much as $242 million in cash and assume much of Genuity’s long-term operating agreements.
Genuity would operate as a separate business, still based in Woburn, Mass.
Shares of Level 3 fell 4 cents to $5.01 on Nasdaq.
