Acxiom Corp. on Monday made a small peace offering to investors when the data services firm said it would repurchase $75 million of its stock. Despite the move, the company's shares remain at roughly half the price Acxiom would have received under a proposed $3 billion buyout that collapsed last month. Private equity firm Silver Lake and hedge fund ValueAct Capital Partners LP on Oct. 1 withdrew their offer to buy Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom for $27.10 per share, one of a number of big acquisitions that foundered amid the credit crisis. The buyers paid Acxiom a breakup fee of only $65 million, with critics slamming the company for not having negotiated stricter terms for the deal, which was announced in May, to ensure its completion. On Monday afternoon Acxiom shares closed up 3%, to $13.40.
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