Banking & finance quarterly M&A report.An article about February L.A. County mergers and acquisitions is on page 30 BUSINESS SERVICES Seller: AECOM AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) AECOM Architectural and Engineering Company Technology Corp. (Los Angeles) Business: Provides architectural and engineering services Buyer: Whitney & Co. (Stamford, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: SunAmerica Ventures (Los Angeles); Altamira Financial Services, Inc. (Toronto, ON); Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc. (New York, NY); Focus Ventures (Palo Alto, CA); insight Venture Partners (New York, NY); Integral Capital Partners (Menlo Park, CA); Munder Capital Management (Birmingham, MI); Propulsion Ventures Inc. (Montreal, QC); Sierra Ventures (Menlo Park, CA); and Voyager Capital (Seattle, WA) sold SeeCommerce (Palo Alto, CA) Business: Provides supply chain management solutions Buyer: Teradata Corporation (Dayton, OH) Deal Value: ND Seller: Rustic Canyon Group (Santa Monica); Shelter Capital Partners (Los Angeles); The TCW Group, Inc. (Los Angeles) Baker Capital (New York, NY); Cipio Partners GmbH (Munich, Germany); LGT Capital Partners AG (Switzerland); MC Financial Services Ltd. (New York, NY); MIC Capital, LLC (New York, NY); Mitsubishi Corp. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :8058) (Tokyo, Japan); Star Ventures Management GmbH (Munich, Germany); and sold RiverOne, Inc. (Irvine, CA) Business: Provides supply chain management software Buyer: 12 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO ITWO I2 Technologies (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) (Dallas, TX) Deal Value: ND Seller: Dematco Corp. (Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland) Business: Digitizes securities into electronic form Buyer: Advanced Media Training, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AMTN AMTN Australian Materials Technology Network ) (Encino) Deal Value: $8.08 Million Seller: Eagle High Reach Equipment, Inc. (La Mirada) Business: Provides equipment rental services Buyer: H&E Equipment Services LLC (Nasdaq:HEES HEES H&E Equipment Services ) (Baton Rouge, LA) Deal Value: $59.9 Million Seller: H&R Accounts, Inc. (Moline, IL) Business: Provides revenue recovery, accounts receivables management and training services Buyer: Pacific Onset Capital LLC (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: ND Seller: Moore Clayton and Company Inc. (Malibu) Business: Provides strategic and financial advisory and investment services Buyer: IFEX IFEX International Freedom of Expression Exchange IFEX International Forum of Export & Marketing Executives in the Elevator Industry (International Association of Elevator Engineers; UK) Innovation Finance and Equity Exchange NV (DB:IFQ1) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Deal Value: ND Seller: KwikSystems LLC (Los Angeles) Business: Provides Point-of-Sale Activation systems, tracking, and reporting Buyer: InComm (Atlanta, GA) Deal Value: ND Seller: Markette Systems Corp. (Sammamish, WA) Business: Provides hosted call-tracking and marketing-automation solutions Buyer: CallSource, Inc. (Westlake Village) Deal Value: ND Seller: Morlin Management Corporation (Los Angeles) Business: Provides facility and real estate management services Buyer: Engstrom Realty Fund, LLC, Morlin Asset Management, LP (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Payroll Perfect, Inc. (Palmdale) Business: Provides payroll services Buyer: TimePlus Payroll, Inc. (Roswell, GA) Deal Value: ND Seller: Vista Equity Partners (San Francisco, CA) sold SER Ser serine. Ser abbr. serine SER smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Ser serine. Systems, Inc. (Dulles, VA) Business: Provides contact center software solutions Buyer: Gores Technology Group, LLC (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: TRAMS, Inc. (Los Angeles) Business: Provides mid- and back-office solutions and marketing services for travel agenacies Buyer: Sabre Holdings Corp. (Fort Worth, TX) through Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network (STN) is the line of technology developed by Sabre Inc. that services travel agencies directly. Sabre Travel Network began when the Sabre Computer reservations system was installed in Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1960. (Fort Worth, TX) Deal Value: ND Seller: American Overseas Air Freight Inc. (El Segundo) Business: International freight forwarder Buyer: Schneider Logistics, Inc. (Green Bay, WI) Deal Value: ND CONSUMER Seller: Breeder's Choice Pet Foods Inc. (Irwindale) Business: Manufactures premium all-natural pet foods Buyer: Central Garden & Pet Co. (Nasdaq:CENT) (Walnut Creek, CA) Deal Value: $25 Million Seller: Federated Department Stores Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) sold 15 Federated Department Stores (West Covina; Culver City; Arcadia, et al) Business: Retail department stores Buyer: Westfield Group (ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange : WDC) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: 12 stores plus $18.5 Million Seller: G+G Retail, Inc. (Foothills, CA) Business: Retailer of women's clothing Buyer: BCBG BCBG Bon Chic Bon Genre Max Azria Group Inc. (Vernon) Deal Value: $45 Million Seller: Jas D. Easton, Inc. (Van Nuys) sold Easton Sports, Inc. (Van Nuys) Business: Designs, manufactures and distributes of sporting equipment Buyer: Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc. (Irving, TX) Deal Value: $385 Million Seller: Oliver Peoples Inc. (Los Angeles) Business: Retailer of branded luxury eyewear Buyer: Oakley Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :00) (Foothill Ranch, CA) Deal Value: $55.7 Million Seller: Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C. (Deerfield, IL) and Svoboda, Collins, L.L.C. (Chicago, IL) sold Four Wheel Drive Hardware, Inc. (Columbiana, OH) Business: Catalog and internet retailer of Jeep aftermarket parts and accessories Buyer: Transamerican Auto Parts Co, Inc. (Compton) Deal Value: ND Seller: Pharmaspritz Corp. (DE) Business: Manufactures herbal appetite suppressants Buyer: Innovation Holdings, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :IVHN) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: SupportPlus Europe BV (The Netherlands) Business: Sources and distributes consumer electronics Buyer: Commodore International Corp. (OTC:CDRL CDRL Contract Data Requirements List (DoD) CDRL Contract Deliverables Requirements List CDRL Contract Data Requirement Line CDRL Contract Documents Requirements List ) (Century City) Deal Value: ND Seller: Marmalade LLC (Santa Monica) Business: Operates casual dining restaurants Buyer: Parallel Investment Partners (Dallas, TX) Deal Value: ND Seller: Imperial Toy Corporation (Los Angeles) Business: Manufacturer and distributor of toys and fashion accessories Buyer: Peter Tiger and Art Hirsch (NA) Deal Value: ND ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Seller: JMG Exploration Inc. (PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. :JMG) (Pasadena) Business: Engages in oil and gas exploration Buyer: JED Oil Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :JDO) (Calgary, AB) Deal Value: $41.98 Million Seller: K2M Mobile Treatment Services, Inc. (Long Beach) Business: Provider of mobile wastewater treatment services Buyer: General Environmental Management Inc. (OTCBB:GEVM) (Pomona) Deal Value: $1.5 Million Seller: Natomas Central Mutual Water (Rio Linda, CA) sold California Water Rights Business: Water rights Buyer: American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) (San Dimas) Deal Value: $12.5 Million HEALTHCARE Seller: Neuroscience Therapy Corporation (OTCPK:NPYC) (San Dimas) Business: Provides pain management Buyer: Alpaca alpaca (ălpăk`ə), partially domesticated South American mammal, Lama pacos, of the camel family. Genetic studies show that it is a descendant of the vicuña. Enterprises Ltd. (PK: ALAE a·lae n. Plural of ala. ) (West Vancover, BC) Deal Value: ND Seller: AMF Support Surfaces, Inc. (Corona, CA) Business: Manufactures devices for the treatment and prevention of ulcers Buyer: Anodyne anodyne /an·o·dyne/ (an´ah-din) 1. relieving pain. 2. a medicine that eases pain. an·o·dyne n. An agent that relieves pain. Medical Device, Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Coastal Radiation Oncology Medical Group, Inc. (Santa Maria) Business: Provides radiation therapy for cancer patients Buyer: OnCure Medical Corp. (OTCPK:ONCJ) (Newport Beach, CA) Deal Value: ND Seller: DaVita inc. (NYSE:DVA) (El Segundo) sold Kilmarnock Dialysis Center (Kilmarnock, VA) Business: Dialysis center Buyer: Dialysis Corp. of America (Nasdaq:DCAI DCAI Disabled Citizens Alliance for Independence (Viburnum, MO) DCAI Defense Contract Audit Institute DCAI Defense Communications Agency Instruction ) (Linthicum, MD) Deal Value: ND Seller: Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Inc. (Beverly Hills) and DDJ Capital Management, LLC (Wellesley, MA) and sold Spectrum Dental, Inc. (El Segundo) Business: Provides professional tooth whitening Buyer: American Medical Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:ADLI) (Corpus Christi, TX) Deal Value: $93.2 Million Seller: DW Healthcare Partners (Salt Lake City, UT) sold Genesis Technology Partners LLC (San Dimas) Business: Provides asset and technology management solutions to hospitals and integrated health systems Buyer: Masterplan, Inc. (Chatsworth) Deal Value: ND Seller: Premier Health Services, LLC (Boca Raton, FL) Business: Provides diagnostic testing services Buyer: Banyan Corp. (OTCBB:BANY) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $2.23 Million Seller: SenTech Medical Systems, Inc. (Coral Springs, FL) Business: Manufactures support surfaces for the wound care industry Buyer: Anodyne Medical Device, Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: SoftNet Technology Corp. (OTCBB:STTC STTC Space-Time Trellis Coding STTC Simulation & Training Technology Center (US Army RDECOM lab) STTC Sunrise Table Tennis Club STTC Sheppard Technical Training Center STTC Singing to the Choir STTC Soldering Technology Transfer Center ) (Cranford, NJ) sold Solutions Technology Inc. (Cranford, NJ) Business: Develops biometric identification solutions Buyer: Integrity Time, Inc. (Signal Hill) Deal Value: $0.1 Million Seller: The Institute of Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery (Fountain Valley, CA) Business: Provides cosmetic and reconstructive surgery Buyer: Healtheuniverse Inc. (OTCPK:HLUN) (Covina) Deal Value: ND Seller: West Coast Analytical Services Inc. (Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. ) Business: Chemical testing laboratory Buyer: Bodycote Materials Testing Group Ltd. (United Kingdom) Deal Value: ND INDUSTRIAL Seller: Adams Rite Manufacturing Co. (Pomona) Business: Manufactures aluminum door, mechanical and electrical security products Buyer: Assa Abloy AB (OM:ASSAB) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deal Value: ND Seller: Flat Rock Metal Processing LLC (Flat Rock, MI) Business: Provides steel processing services Buyer: Reliance Steel & Aluminum CD. (NYSE:RS) (Los Angeles) through Precision Strip Inc. (Minster, OH) Deal Value: ND Seller: Mercury Plastics, Inc. (City of Industry) sold Bowling Green Facility (Bowling Green, KY) Business: Manufactures extruded and cast flexible packaging solutions Buyer: AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:AEPI) (South Hackensack, NJ) Deal Value: ND Seller: Ontic (language) Ontic - Object-oriented language for an inference system with a Lisp-like appearance, but based on set theory. ["Ontic: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics", D.A. McAllester, MIT Press 1989]. Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. (Chatsworth) Business: Manufactures components and assemblies for the aerospace industry Buyer: BBA Group plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :BBA) (London, England) Deal Value: $65 Million Seller: Orad Group (Holon, Israel) Business: Manages command and control, traffic management, and electronic systems security projects Buyer: Shamrock Holdings, Inc. (Burbank) Deal Value: $10 Million Seller: TUI AG (DB:TUI1) (Hannover, Germany) sold PNA Group (Atlanta, GA) Business: Steel processing and distribution Buyer: Platinum Equity, LLC (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: ND MEDIA Seller: Christian.TV (Tulsa, OK) Business: Provides Christian internet broadcast services Buyer: Gener8Xion Entertainment Inc. (OTCBB:GNXE) (Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: DVS Intelestream LLC (Burbank) Business: Provides software and technical services to television and movie studios Buyer: Allied Capital Corp. (NYSE:ALD ALD abbr. adrenoleukodystrophy ALD, n.pr See adrenoleukodystrophy. ALD aldolase. ) (Washington, DC) Deal Value: $28.5 Million Seller: MRG Entertainment, Inc. (Santa Monica) Business: Produces and distributes films Buyer: New Frontier Media Inc. (Nasdaq:NOOF NOOF No Order on File (retail) ) (Boulder, CO) Beal Value: $20 Million Seller: Radiovisa (Sherman Oaks) sold KMXE-AM 830 (Los Angeles) Business: Spanish format radio station Buyer: Arte Moreno and Private Investors (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $42 Million Seller: The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) (Burbank) sold ABC Radio Networks, Inc. (New York, NY) Business: Operator of radio stations across the U.S. Buyer: Citadel Broadcasting Corp. (NYSE:CDI) (Las Vegas, NV) Deal Value: $2.7 Billion Seller: TMP Directional Marketing, LLC (White Plains, NY) sold Moving.com, Inc. (Beaverton, OR) Business: Provides online relocation services Buyer: Move, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMS) (Westlake Village) Deal Value: $8.93 Million Seller: Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc. (Atlanta, GA) sold Turner South (Atlanta, GA) Business: Provides sports and entertainment network services Buyer: Fox Cable Network Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Witko Broadcasting LLC (TX) sold KBOC-FM (Bridgeport, TX) Business: Country format radio station Buyer: Entravision Communications Corp. (Santa Monica) Deal Value: ND Seller: BMX MUSIC, Inc. (BNP BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide Physiology A 32-residue peptide hormone produced predominantly in the ventricles, secreted in response to fluid overload–eg, CHF. See Atrial natriuretic peptide. Parabias) (Los Angeles) sold BMX Inflight (Orange, CA) Business: Provides inflight audio and video entertainment Buyer: Spafax Airline Network Limited (London, England) Deal Value: ND REAL ESTATE Seller: AEW Capital Management Inc. (Los Angeles) sold six senior living facilities (CA, OH, WA) Business: Senior living facilities Buyer: Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:BKD) (Chicago, IL) Deal Value: $209.5 Million Seller: Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Westwood (Los Angeles) Business: Hotel Buyer: Behringer Harvard Funds (Addison, TX) and Behringer Harvard Strategic Opportunity Fund I LP (Addison, TX) Deal Value: ND Seller: Evergreen Realty Group, LLC (Pasadena) sold Victoria Business Park (Long Beach) Business: Office space Buyer: Granite Peak Partners (Santa Barbara, CA) Deal Value: $12.45 Million Seller: HOB Entertainment, Inc. (Los Angeles) sold House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically Hotel and Marina City retail space (Chicago, IL) Business: Hotel, retail stores, and parking facilities Buyer: LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) (Bethesda, MD) Deal Value: $114.5 Million Seller: LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE:LTC) (Malibu) sold four Assisted Living Properties (Westlake Village) Business: Assisted living properties Buyer: Sunwest Management Inc. (Salem, OR) Deal Value: $58.5 Million TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Seller: Answerbag, Inc. (Walnut Creek, CA) Business: Consumer information website Buyer: InfoSearch Media Inc. (OTCBB:ISHM ISHM InfoSearch Media, Inc. (stock symbol) ISHM International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics ISHM Integrated Systems Health Management ISHM International Society for the History of Medicine (Paris, France) ) (Marina Del Rey) Deal Value: ND Seller: Charismatix Ltd. & Co. KG (Schwerte, Germany) Business: European mobile game developer Deal Value: ND Seller: Maxdem Inc. (San Dimas) sold US Patents (San Dimas) Business: Patent applications Buyer: Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. ) (Cambridge, England) Deal Value: ND Seller: Northrop Grumman Corp. (Los Angeles) sold Litton Interconnect Technologies (Springfield, MO) Business: Supplier of interconnect solutions Buyer: Simclar, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMC SIMC Semiconducting and Insulating Materials Conference SIMC Securities Industry Middleware Council SIMC Société Internationale de Musique Contemporaine (French: International Society for Contemporary Music) ) (Dunfermline, Scotland) Deal Value: $16 Million Seller: P_CE, Inc. (Los Angeles) Business: Manufactures and markets computer workstations Buyer: ParaFin Corp. (OTCBB:PFNC) (Palm Springs, CA) Deal Value: ND Seller: Telenational Communications, Inc. (Omaha, NE) Business: Provides long distance services Buyer: Rapid Link Inc. (OTCBB:RPID RPID Rich Presence Information Data ) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $4.57 Million |
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