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RECENT M&A TRANSACTIONS (*Identifies CL&M Client)
|
Target Name |
Acquiror Name |
Transaction Type |
Transaction Value |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Confidential |
Ashworth Limited* |
Acquisition of Control Stake in UK Public Company |
Confidential |
2005 |
|
Eurotronics B.V. |
Avnet, Inc. * |
Stock for Stock Exchange |
Not Announced |
2000 |
|
Savoir Technology Group, Inc. |
Avnet, Inc.* |
Stock for Stock Exchange |
$160,000,000 |
2000 |
|
Avnet, Inc.* (Cable Technologies division) |
Apex Capital Partners |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2000 |
|
Kent Electronics Corporation |
Avnet, Inc.* |
Stock for Stock Exchange |
$500,000,000 |
2001 |
|
Bowater Incorporated* |
Wachovia Bank N.A./John Hancock Life Insurance Company |
Asset Sale |
$230,000,000 |
2002 |
|
GE Capital Structured Finance Group |
Bowater Incorporated* |
Asset Purchase |
$370,000,000 |
2000 |
|
Gauley Eagle Holdings, Inc. |
Cambrian Mining plc* |
Acquisition out of Bankruptcy |
$16,000,000 |
2005 |
|
Cambrian Mining plc’s* subsidiary Deepgreen Mining Inc. |
King Coal plc |
Stock Purchase |
$5,000,000 |
2005 |
|
FX Solutions LLC |
City Index Group Limited * |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2008 |
|
Shaker Computer and Management Services, Inc. |
Construction Industries Solutions Ltd.* |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2007 |
|
Controlotron, Inc.* |
Siemens AG |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2006 |
|
Argus Biomedical Pty. Ltd. (AlphaCor and AlphaSphere Business) |
Cooper Companies, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2004 |
|
Prism Acquisition Corp. |
Cooper Companies, Inc. |
Asset Purchase |
$23,000,000 |
2003 |
|
Core Pharma LLC* |
Roundtable Healthcare Partners |
Interest Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Cytomation, Inc.* |
Dako A/S |
Merger |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
CytoLogix Inc. (Artesan division) |
DakoCytomation A/S* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
Danisco A/S* |
Genencor International, Inc. |
Stock Purchase and Tender Offer |
$620,000,000 |
2005 |
|
Danisco A/S * |
Firmenich SA |
Stock Purchase and Tender Offer |
600,000,000 |
2007 |
|
DuPont |
Danisco A/S * |
Joint Venture |
140,000,000 |
2008 |
|
Agtech Products, Inc. |
Danisco A/S * |
Stock Purchase |
$42,000,000 |
2008 |
|
Arkansas General Industries |
DMI Holdings, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2001 |
|
Rockwell Automation (Electrocraft division) |
DMI Holdings, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2006 |
|
e-Motion GmbH |
Electrocraft, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2007 |
|
Electric Indicator Company, Inc. |
ELINCO, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2004 |
|
ELINCO, Inc.* |
Schulze Mfg., LLC |
Asset Sale |
Not Announced |
2001 |
|
E-pay Limited* |
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. |
Stock Purchase |
$76,200,000 |
2003 |
|
ETV Interactive, Ltd.* |
iBAHN Corporation |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2007 |
|
Ferguson Publishing Company |
Facts On File, Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
Facts On File, Inc.* |
VSS Communications Partners IV, L.P. |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Dittus Communications |
Financial Dynamics* |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Westhill Partners |
Financial Dynamics* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Colibri Group |
Founders Equity* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Stone Source |
Founders Equity* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2006 |
|
Forsoft Ltd.* |
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. |
Tender Offer |
$43,600,000 |
2000 |
|
Starsupply Petroleum |
GFI Group Inc.* |
Asset Purchase |
$15,125,000 |
2005 |
|
HIT Entertainment PLC* |
Apex Partners |
UK Scheme of Arrangement similar to Tender Offer |
450,000,000 |
2005 |
|
APB Energy, Inc. |
ICAP plc* |
Stock Purchase |
$15,500,000 |
2002 |
|
Risk Waters Group Ltd. |
Incisive Media plc* |
Stock Purchase |
$56,000,000 |
2003 |
|
Jupitermedia (Search Engine Strategies) |
Incisive Media plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$43,000,000 |
2005 |
|
India Abroad Publications, Inc.* |
Rediff.com India Limited |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2001 |
|
Kaneka Delaware Corp.* |
EcReCon, Inc.; Delaware City Industries, Inc. |
Sale of Assets and Liabilities |
$350,000 plus assumption of environmental liabilities |
2005 |
|
Northup Grumman and TRW |
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.* |
Purchase Partnership Interest in J.V. Corporation |
$75,000,000 plus patent portfolio and FCC license |
2003 |
|
Dominion Wireless, Inc. |
Magal Security Systems Ltd.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2003 |
|
Drug Testing Corporation of America |
Medscreen Limited* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Integratrak Inc. |
MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2000 |
|
TelSoft Solutions, Inc. |
Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.* |
Asset Purchase |
$1,100,000 |
2006 |
|
Apar Infotech |
Ness Technologies* |
Stock for Stock Exchange |
$78,000,000 |
2003 |
|
Oiltools International Ltd. (affiliate of Pall Corporation*) |
Scomi Group Berhard |
Stock Purchase |
$22,000,000 |
2004 |
|
Ciphergen Biosystems |
Pall Corporation* |
Asset Purchase |
$32,000,000 |
2004 |
|
USFilter Corporation’s Filtration and Separations Group |
Pall Corporation* |
Stock Purchase |
$360,000,000 |
2002 |
|
Satair A/S |
Pall Corporation* |
Asset Purchase |
27,500,000 |
2005 |
|
Panametrics, Inc.* |
General Electric Company |
Stock Purchase |
$230,000,000 |
2002 |
|
Paperloop LLC*(CMM trade show) |
Pennwell Corporation |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Pekao Trading* |
U.S. Money Express |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
First Virtual Communications, Inc. |
RADvision Ltd.* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
R.M. Smythe & Company * |
Spink & Son Limited |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2008 |
|
SWWT, Inc. |
SanVision Technologies Inc. * |
Reverse Merger |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
SeraNova, Inc.* |
Silverline Technologies Ltd. |
Merger (stock) |
$125,000,000 |
2001 |
|
PictureTel Corporation (Multilink subsidiary) |
Spectel Ltd.* |
Asset Purchase |
$30,000,000 |
2000 |
|
Spectel plc * |
Avaya Inc. |
Stock Purchase |
103,000,000 |
2004 |
|
Startech Energy Inc.* |
ARC Energy Trust |
Take-Over Bid |
CAN$485,000,000 |
2001 |
|
Chr. Hansen A/S |
Symrise Inc. * |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2008 |
|
Tefensoft Inc.* |
Mercury Interactive Corporation |
Stock Purchase |
7,300,000 |
2006 |
|
The Sword Group Ltd. * |
Collaboration Technology, Inc. |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2008 |
|
Synergy, Inc. |
The Travel Company Limited* |
Stock Purchase |
Not Announced |
2005 |
|
Bartel’s Inc. |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$9,300,000 |
2000 |
|
Signa-Aldrich |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
Not Announced |
2002 |
|
Xtrana, Inc. |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$6,250,000 |
2001 |
|
Fitzgerald Industries |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$16,000,000 |
2004 |
|
Adaltis US, Inc. |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$3,000,000 |
2004 |
|
Research Diagnostics |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$4,000,000 |
2005 |
|
bioMérieux (Coagulation business) |
Trinity Biotech plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$51,900,000 |
2006 |
|
United Business Media plc (United Advertising Publications)* |
Trader Publishing Company |
Stock Purchase |
$520,000,000 |
2000 |
|
United Business Media plc (Visual Communications Group subsidiary)* |
Getty Images, Inc. |
Stock Purchase |
$220,000,000 |
2000 |
|
Allison-Fisher International, Inc. |
United Business Media plc * |
Merger (cash) |
$45,000,000 |
2001 |
|
Cozint Interactive Inc. |
United Business Media plc* |
Stock Purchase |
$10,500,000 |
2001 |
|
Informex trade show business |
United Business Media plc* |
Asset Purchase |
$24,000,000 |
2005 |
|
Norcom Networks Corp. |
Wireless Matrix Corp. |
Stock Purchase |
CAN$155,000,000 |
2001 |
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