"2016 was a good year for Actua. Turning to slide five, let's review the highlights. We sold GovDelivery to investor group led by Vista Equity Partners, resulting in proceeds to Actua of approximately $133 million and a related gain of a $120 million.
With a $170 million of cash on our balance sheet following this transaction, we increased the current availability under our share repurchase program from $85.2 million to $125 million. In 2016 we repurchased 5.6 million shares of Actua's stock, for $73.7 million. And as a reminder, we repurchased 4.6 million of those shares for $64 million through a modified Dutch Tender offer. Additionally year-to-date in 2017, we have deployed another $7 million, to repurchase over 500,000 shares." |