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REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL M&A AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS BY COUNTRY (*Identifies CL&M Client)

AUSTRALIA

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Argus Biomedical Pty. Ltd. (AlphaCor and AlphaSphere Business)

The Cooper Companies, Inc.* (through its subsidiary Hydron Pty Ltd.)

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Prana Biotechnology Ltd.

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$20,000,000

CANADA

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Avnet, Inc.* (Cable Technologies division)

Apex Capital Partners

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Dorset Exploration Ltd.

Baytex Energy Ltd.*

Take-Over Bid

$220,000,000

Alliance Forest Products Inc.

Bowater Incorporated*

Stock Purchase for Cash and Stock

$742,000,000

HCO Energy Ltd.

Pinnacle Resources Ltd.*

Take-Over Bid

$65,000,000

Laurasia Resources Limited

Startech Energy Inc.*

Take-Over Bid

CAN$25,000,000

Startech Energy Inc.*

ARC Energy Trust

Take-Over Bid

CAN$485,000,000

Norcom Networks Corp.

Wireless Matrix Corp.*

Stock Purchase

CAN$155,000,000

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Advantage Energy Income Fund

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

Crescent Point Energy Trust

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

Midnight Oil & Gas Ltd.

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

Paramount Energy Trust

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

Pengrowth Energy Trust

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

Raptor Capital Corporation

U.S. Component of Canadian Public Offering

Not Announced

DENMARK

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Cultor Corporation *

Danisco A/S

Tender Offer

$1,400,000,000

Cytomation, Inc.*

Dako A/S

Merger

Not Announced

CytoLogix Inc. (Artesan division)

DakoCytomation A/S*

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Pfizer Inc. (Food Science Group)

Danisco A/S *

Asset Purchase

$352,000,000

Danisco A/S, (Dairy Ingredients Business)*

Gist Brocades International BV

Asset Purchase

$8,500,000

Danisco A/S,  (Brewery Ingredients Business)*

Haas Hop Products, Inc.

Asset Purchase

$20,000,000

Genencor International, Inc.

  Danisco A/ S *

Tender Offer and Stock Purchase

$615,000,000

Satair A/S

Pall Corporation*

Asset Purchase

$27,500,000

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Danisco A/S

Registration of 2002 Warrant Programme

N/A

GERMANY

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Controlotron, Inc.*

Siemens AG

Asset Purchase

Not disclosed

Sauer USA, Inc.

J.P. Sohn & Sauer Maschinenbau GmbH*

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

Vacation Villas International GmbH*

WVR Group, Inc.

Stock Purchase

Not disclosed

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Vacation Villas GmbH

Venture Capital Investment by German Corporation in US Start-Up Company

$1,700,000

INDIA

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

India Abroad Publications, Inc.*

Rediff.com India Limited

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

SWWT, Inc.

SanVision Technologies Inc. *

Reverse Merger

Not Announced

SeraNova, Inc.*

Silverline Technologies Ltd.

Merger (stock)

$125,000,000

IRELAND

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Bartel’s Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$9,300,000

Sigma-Aldrich
(hemostasis division)

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Xtrana, Inc.
(Biopool division)

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$6,250,000

Fitzgerald Industries, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$16,000,000

Adaltis US, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$3,000,000

Primus Corporation

Trinity Biotech plc*

Stock Purchase

$16,600,000

bioMerieux, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$52,000,000

PictureTel Corporation (Multilink subsidiary)

Spectel Ltd.*

Asset Purchase

$30,000,000

Spectel plc*

Avaya Inc.

Stock Purchase

$103,000,000

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Trinity Biotech plc

Convertible Debt Issuance

$3,500,000

Trinity Biotech plc

Convertible Debt PIPE

$20,000,000

Trinity Biotech plc

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$22,500,000

Trinity Biotech plc

Shelf Take-Down

$25,000,000

ISRAEL

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Home Centers

Bilu Enterprises Ltd.*

Tender Offer

$9,200,000

BVR Systems (1998) Ltd.

Chun Holdings Ltd.*

Tender Offer

$1,200,000

Edusoft Ltd.*

CINAR Corporation

Plan of Arrangement

$42,000,000

Forsoft Ltd.*

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.

Tender Offer

$43,600,000

Home Centers (DIY) Ltd.*

Bilu Enterprises (H.C.) Ltd.

Tender Offer

$9,800,000

Infocom SA

ISG International Software Group Ltd.*

Stock Purchase (stock and cash)

$4,000,000

Dominion Wireless, Inc.

Magal Security Systems Ltd.*
(through subsidiary Perimeter Products Inc.)

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Mentortech Inc. (formerly PC Etc., Inc.)

Mashov Computers Marketing Ltd.*

Stock Purchase (stock and cash)

Not Announced

TelSoft Solutions, Inc.

Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.*

Asset Purchase

$1,100,000

Apar Infotech

Ness Technologies*

Stock for Stock Exchange

$78,000,000

Tefensoft Inc.*

Mercury Interactive Corporation

Stock Purchase

$7,300,000

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

Alony Hetz Properties Investments Ltd.

Investment in Equity One

Up to $32,000,000

Attunity Ltd.

Private Placement Financing

$5,000,000

Attunity Ltd.

Private Placement Financing

$2,000,000

Attunity Ltd.

Private Placement Financing

$4,000,000

Defense Industries  International Inc.

Private Placement Financing

$1,800,000

Formula Systems Ltd.

Investment in ThoughtBubble, Inc.

$4,000,000

ForSoft Ltd.

Going Private Tender Offer

$43,600,000

Home Centers (DIY) Ltd.

Going Private Tender Offer

$9,800,000

Internet Gold - Golden Lines Ltd.

Public offering in Israel only, Shares and Debt Offerings

$50,000,000

ISG International Software

Private Placement

$13,000,000

LanOptics Ltd.

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$21,700,000

LanOptics Ltd.

Share Exchange

$9,060,00

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd.

Follow-on Public Offering

$100,000,000

Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$4,300,000

Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd.

Private Placement

$25,000,000

Oplus Technologies Inc.

Series C Preferred Stock Offering

$17,000,000

Oplus Technologies Inc.

Bridge Loan

$6,000,000

RADA Electronic Industries Ltd.

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$9,000,000

RADA Electronic Industries Ltd.

Equity PIPE and Warrants

$4,800,000

ITALY

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Hampstead International Realty, S.A.*

Burberry's

Stock Purchase

$32,500,000

JAPAN

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Kaneka Delaware Corp.*
(owned by Kaneka Plastics Corp. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Japan)

EcReCon, Inc.; Delaware City Industries, Inc.

Asset Purchase

$350,000 plus assumption of substantial environmental liabilities

EPE Industries (Japan)

Kaneka Texas Corp.*

Asset Purchase

$200,000 plus Assignment of IP

Natsource LLC

Tullett & Tokyo Limited*

Minority Interest Purchase

Not Announced

 

MALAYSIA

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Oiltools International Ltd. (Pall Corporation subsidiary)*

Scomi Group Berhard

Stock Purchase

$22,000,000

NETHERLANDS

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Eurotronics B.V.

Avnet, Inc. *

Stock for Stock Exchange

Not Announced

NORWAY

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Ivarans Rederi ASA *

Canadian Pacific

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

POLAND

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Pekao Trading Corporation*

U.S. Money Express Co.

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

SWEDEN

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Beta Medical Products, Inc.

Stille AB *

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

SWITZERLAND

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Diners Club Suisse, S.A.*

Citicorp Diners Club Switzerland Ltd.

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Invamed, Inc.

Novartis AG/Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

Eurotronics B.V.

Avnet, Inc. *

Stock for Stock Exchange

Not Announced

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

streetTRACKS Gold Trust (affiliate of World Gold Council, a Swiss non-profit association)

IPO

$100,000,000

UK

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

Confidential

Ashworth Limited*

Acquisition of Control Stake in UK Public Company

Confidential

JBA Holdings plc (Computer Solutions Division)

Avnet, Inc.*

Asset Purchase

$24,000,000

Avnet, Inc.* (Allied Electronics subsidiary)

Electrocomponents plc

Stock Purchase

$380,000,000

Gauley Eagle Holdings, Inc.

Cambrian Mining plc*

Acquisition out of Bankruptcy

$16,000,000

Cambrian Mining plc’s* subsidiary Deepgreen Mining Inc.

King Coal plc

Stock Purchase

$5,000,000

Femcare Ltd. (UK)’s US subsidiary Avalon Medical Corp.

The Cooper Companies, Inc.* (through its subsidiary Coopersurgical, Inc.)

Stock Purchase

$10,000,000

E-pay Limited*

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.

Stock Purchase

$76,200,000

Exco plc *

Intercapital Group Limited

Stock Purchase (60% interest)

$80,000,000

HIT Entertainment PLC*

Apex Partners

UK Scheme of Arrangement similar to Tender Offer

$450,000,000

Intercapital plc*

Garban plc*

Tender Offer (stock)

$249,000,000

First Brokers Securities, Inc.

ICAP plc*

Stock Purchase

$35,700,000

APG Energy, Inc.

ICAP plc*

Stock Purchase

$15,500,000

Risk Waters Group Ltd.

Incisive Media plc*

Stock Purchase

$56,000,000

Jupitermedia Corporation

Incisive Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$42,000,000

Norwich Aero Products, Inc.*

The Roxboro Group plc

Merger (cash)

$7,800,000

Express Navigation Inc.

Sea Containers Ltd.*

Stock Purchase

$5,000,000

Synergy, Inc.

The Travel Company Limited*

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

Garban plc*

United Business Media plc*

Demerger

$165,000,000

Audits & Surveys Worldwide Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Tender Offer

$42,500,000

Strategic Marketing Corporation

United Business Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$18,000,000

CMP Media Inc.

United Business Media plc *

Tender Offer

$920,000,000

Definitive Stock, Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Merger (stock and cash)

$20,000,000

MP&A Editorial Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$4,000,000

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association

United Business Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$24,000,000

United Business Media plc (United Advertising Publications)*

Trader Publishing Company

Stock Purchase

$520,000,000

United Business Media plc (Visual Communications Group subsidiary)*

Getty Images, Inc.

Stock Purchase

$220,000,000

Allison-Fisher International, Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Merger (cash)

$45,000,000

Cozint Interactive Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Stock Purchase

$10,500,000

FINANCINGS
Client Name Transaction Type Transaction Value

cVidya Networks, Inc.

Series B Preferred Stock Offering

$7,000,000

GE SeaCo SRL

Securitization

$275,000,000

IPGL Limited (Affiliate of ICAP plc)

Secondary Offering in New York Stock Exchange, Inc. IPO

Not Announced

Investec Bank (UK) Limited Private placement in the U.S. of the securities of Styles & Wood Group Plc and public offering on the London Stock Exchange

£71,900,000

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.

Initial Public Offering and NYSE Listing

$218,000,000

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.

Various Equity and Debt Offerings (Including Stock Option Plans), Loan Transactions and Securitizations

Various Amounts

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.

Well Known Seasoned Issuer Automatic Shelf with Immediate Take Down for Equity Offering

$100,000,000

Sea Containers Ltd.

IPO, various Equity and  Debt Offerings (Including Stock Option Plans) and Tender Offerings

Various Amounts

Russia Coal Limited (subsidiary of Cambrian Mining Plc)

U.S. Component of UK Private Placement

£25,000,000

The Royal Bank of Scotland

Secondary Offering in Input/Output, Inc. IPO

Not Announced

WORLDWIDE

M&A

Target Name

Acquiror Name

Transaction Type

Transaction Value

FSG

Pall Corporation*

Stock Purchase

$360,000,000

bioMerieux S.A. (worldwide coagulation product line)

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$52,000,000