VALUECLICK ACQUIRES SHOPPING.NET - ValueClick Europe Expands Further into Online Shopping Destination Sites
Westlake Village, Calif. – December 4, 2006 – ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK) today announced that it has acquired Shopping.net, a privately-held company based in London, for approximately $13.3 million in cash, net of cash acquired. Shopping.net owns and operates 27 websites that provide comparison shopping, search, and vertical market content to European online consumers.Shopping.net will be integrated into ValueClick Europe to complement ValueClick Europe’s existing online marketing services. Shopping.net websites – including shopping.net, classifieds.co.uk and mortgages.net – enable