LANSING ? GEE! Communications and Network Solutions will be acquired by Strategic Products and Services, a New Jersey-based provider of data and voice communications products. Terms were not disclosed.

The pending acquisition of GEE! will expand SPS?s market presence into Michigan and Wisconsin and strengthen its existing Chicago market coverage. SPS? new offices will be in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Marquette, St. Joseph and Chicago. Shawn Grady and the current GEE! senior management team have joined SPS and will lead SPS?s Midwest operations.

?For nearly 10 years, GEE! has been passionate about serving customers,? Grady said. ?We have built a successful company providing

communications solutions to our customers. We see this joining with SPS as a means to expand our Mid-West business, better serve our customers and provide great growth opportunities for our employees.?

The transaction, subject to the completion of due diligence and other items of closing, is scheduled to close on June 30.

?By acquiring GEE! Communications and Network Solutions, we join forces with the premier provider of converged solutions in the Michigan region,? said SPS President John Poole ?GEE! capabilities, customer base, culture and commitment to complete customer satisfaction are an excellent fit with SPS and expands our market coverage into the Mid-West.?