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Huber+Suhner Group has adopted a new, very shareholder-friendly dividend policy and nominated a new CEO.

Shareholders at Nokia Corp. overwhelmingly expressed their support for the proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, by adopting all resolutions set forth in an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") concerning an authorization to issue shares and changes to the articles of association and composition of the board of directors. 

Harris Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of Exelis Inc. Each outstanding share of Exelis common stock converted into the right to receive $16.625 in cash and 0.1025 of a share of Harris common stock. Harris shareholders own 85 percent of the combined company and Exelis shareholders own 15 percent.

Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vodafone Group Plc to acquire Vodafone’s U.S. group with the principal asset of 45 percent of Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, consisting primarily of cash and stock. Verizon expects the transaction at close to be immediately accretive to the company’s EPS (earnings per share) by approximately 10 percent, without any one-time adjustments.

OEM Capital was asked by Miteq Inc., a privately held technology company, to assist in the sale of its M C L subsidiary to a strategic acquirer.

Dover announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to spin off certain of its communication technologies businesses into a standalone, publicly traded company.

RF Micro Devices Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced that all agenda items at RFMD's 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders were approved by the shareholders.