On July 6, 2009, Dollar Financial Corp. (DLLR) announced the acquisition of four stores in Northern Ireland for £550,000 including £160,000 for the loan books. Three of the stores reside in central Belfast whereas the fourth store is situated in the town of Lisburn, the third largest city in Northern Ireland.

The acquired stores are multi-product locations offering check cashing, payday lending and pawn broking services. The company plans to expand the stores to include all of its services, including Western Union money transfers, foreign exchange and debit cards and others.

The EBITDA contribution for the acquired stores for the twelve months following the acquisition is expected to be in the range of £0.3 million and £0.4 million.

Acquisitions of similar entities and franchised locations allow Dollar Financial to leverage its corporate infrastructure while acquisitions of complementary businesses have helped leverage the company’s existing store footprint by including supplementary services. We believe

Kintera, Inc. (NASD: KNTA) announced that they will be acquired by Blackbaud, Inc. (NASD: BLKB) in a cash tender offer for $1.12 per share, or a total price of $46.0 million. The acquisition makes sense since Kintera is a leader of on-demand solutions for nonprofit organizations in the United States, whereas Blackbaud is the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations. At the closing of Friday’s stock trading, Kintera’s stock rose 58.82%.

Kintera’s current president and CEO, Richard LaBarbera, will continue with the company’s operations in San Diego and their other locations, “Joining with Blackbaud gives us a way to leverage our capabilities with those of the industry leader and thus significantly improve the customer’s experience. Importantly, this move also means that non-profits will be able to choose Kintera solutions confident in the knowledge that they are backed by Blackbaud’s robust corporate infrastructure and