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REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL M&A TRANSACTIONS SINCE 2000 (*Identifies CL&M Client)

Target Name Acquiror Name Transaction Type Transaction Value Date

Confidential

Ashworth Limited*

Acquisition of Control Stake in UK Public Company

Confidential

May 2005

Eurotronics B.V.

Avnet, Inc. *

Stock for Stock Exchange

Not Announced

January 2000

Avnet, Inc.* (Cable Technologies division)

Apex Capital Partners

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

December 2000

Home Centers

Bilu Enterprises Ltd.*

Tender Offer

$9,200,000

December 2000

Alliance Forest Products Inc.

Bowater Incorporated*

Stock Purchase for Cash and Stock

$742,000,000

September 2001

Gauley Eagle Holdings, Inc.

Cambrian Mining plc*

Acquisition out of Bankruptcy

$16,000,000

June 2005

Cambrian Mining plc’s* subsidiary Deepgreen Mining Inc.

King Coal plc

Stock Purchase

$5,000,000

June 2005

BVR Systems (1998) Ltd.

Chun Holdings Ltd.*

Tender Offer

$1,200,000

December 2003

Controlotron, Inc.*

Siemens AG

Asset Purchase

Not disclosed

May 2006

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

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

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

February 2004

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

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

Stock Purchase

$10,000,000

October 2003

Cytomation, Inc.*

Dako A/S

Merger

Not Announced

June 2002

CytoLogix Inc. (Artesan division)

DakoCytomation A/S*

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

September 2002

Genencor International, Inc.

  Danisco A/ S *

Tender Offer and Stock Purchase

$615,000,000

April 2005

E-pay Limited*

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.

Stock Purchase

$76,200,000

February 2003

Forsoft Ltd.*

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.

Tender Offer

$43,600,000

November 2000

Hampstead International Realty, S.A.*

Burberry's

Stock Purchase

$32,500,000

October 2000

HIT Entertainment PLC*

Apex Partners

UK Scheme of Arrangement similar to Tender Offer

$450,000,000

March 2005

Home Centers (DIY) Ltd.*

Bilu Enterprises (H.C.) Ltd.

Tender Offer

$9,800,000

November 2000

First Brokers Securities, Inc.

ICAP plc*

Stock Purchase

$35,700,000

April 2002

APG Energy, Inc.

ICAP plc*

Stock Purchase

$15,500,000

October 2002

Risk Waters Group Ltd.

Incisive Media plc*

Stock Purchase

$56,000,000

May 2003

Jupitermedia Corporation

Incisive Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$42,000,000

August 2005

India Abroad Publications, Inc.*

Rediff.com India Limited

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

April 2001

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

    January 2004

EPE Industries (Japan)

Kaneka Texas Corp.*

Asset Purchase

$200,000 plus Assignment of IP

 November 2002

Dominion Wireless, Inc.

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

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

July 2003

TelSoft Solutions, Inc.

Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.*

Asset Purchase

$1,100,000

August 2006

Apar Infotech

Ness Technologies*

Stock for Stock Exchange

$78,000,000

May 2003

Oiltools International Ltd. (Pall Corporation subsidiary)*

Scomi Group Berhard

Stock Purchase

$22,000,000

July 2004

FSG

Pall Corporation*

Stock Purchase

$360,000,000

June 2002

Satair A/S

Pall Corporation*

Asset Purchase

$27,500,000

December 2005

Sauer USA, Inc.

J.P. Sohn & Sauer Maschinenbau GmbH*

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

June 2002

Pekao Trading Corporation*

U.S. Money Express Co.

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

March 2002

SWWT, Inc.

SanVision Technologies Inc. *

Reverse Merger

Not Announced

January 2002

SeraNova, Inc.*

Silverline Technologies Ltd.

Merger (stock)

$125,000,000

March 2001

PictureTel Corporation (Multilink subsidiary)

Spectel Ltd.*

Asset Purchase

$30,000,000

December 2000

Spectel plc

Avaya Inc.

Stock Purchase

$103,000,000

August 2004

Startech Energy Inc.*

ARC Energy Trust

Take-Over Bid

CAN$485,000,000

January 2001

Tefensoft Inc.*

Mercury Interactive Corporation

Stock Purchase

$7,300,000

June 2006

Synergy, Inc.

The Travel Company Limited*

Stock Purchase

Not Announced

December 2005

Bartel’s Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$9,300,000

December 2000

Sigma-Aldrich
(hemostasis division)

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

Not Announced

August 2002

Xtrana, Inc.
(Biopool division)

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$6,250,000

December 2001

Fitzgerald Industries, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$16,000,000

April 2004

Adaltis US, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$3,000,000

April 2004

Primus Corporation

Trinity Biotech plc*

Stock Purchase

$16,600,000

July 2005

bioMerieux, Inc.

Trinity Biotech plc*

Asset Purchase

$52,000,000

June 2006

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association

United Business Media plc*

Asset Purchase

$24,000,000

August 2005

United Business Media plc (United Advertising Publications)*

Trader Publishing Company

Stock Purchase

$520,000,000

June 2000

United Business Media plc (Visual Communications Group subsidiary)*

Getty Images, Inc.

Stock Purchase

$220,000,000

March 2000

Allison-Fisher International, Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Merger (cash)

$45,000,000

June 2001

Cozint Interactive Inc.

United Business Media plc*

Stock Purchase

$10,500,000

December 2001

Vacation Villas International GmbH*

WVR Group, Inc.

Stock Purchase

Not disclosed

December 2005

Norcom Networks Corp.

Wireless Matrix Corp.*

Stock Purchase

CAN$155,000,000

February 2001