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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
|
Xtrana, Inc. |
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 |
| 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.* |
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 |
| 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.* |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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