Indiana's largest mergers and acquisitions of 2006.1 Biomet*--$10.8 billionAcquirer: Biomet Inc. private consortium, Warsaw Private group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. & Co. Target: Biomet Inc., Warsaw Reconstructive surgery reconstructive surgery n. Plastic surgery. reconstructive surgery, n surgery to rebuild a structure for functional or esthetic reasons. equipment, trauma devices, electrical bone growth stimulators 2 ADESA*--$2.5 billion Acquirer: ADESA Inc. private consortium, Private group led by Kelso & Co. GS Capital Partners, ValueAct Capital and Parthenon Capital Target: ADESA Inc., Carmel Operates automobile auctions 3 Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
Acquirer: Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis Health care and pharmaceutical products Target: ICOS Corp., Bothell, Wash. Proprietary pharmaceuticals for treatment of erectile dysfunction Erectile Dysfunction Definition Erectile dysfunction (ED), formerly known as impotence, is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse. and psoriasis inflammatory diseases 4 Windrose Medical Properties--$383 million Acquirer: Health Care REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). Inc., Toledo, Ohio Real estate investment trust Target: Windrose Medical Properties Trust, Indianapolis Real estate investment trust 5 Steel Dynamics--$370 million Acquirer: Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne Steel products Target: Roanoke Electric Steel Corp., Roanoke, Va. Steel products 6 Waterfield Group--$330 million Acquirer: Sky Financial Group Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2000 census, the population of Bowling Green was 29,636. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Commercial bank Target: Waterfield Group of Companies, Fort Wayne Financial services 7 Bank Calumet--$307 million Acquirer: First Midwest Bancorp Inc., Itasca, Ill. Commercial bank Target: Bank Calumet Calumet, region, United States Calumet (kăl`y  mĕt'), industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Inc., Hammond Commercial bank
8 First National Bank & Trust--$290 million Acquirer: Bank of Montreal “BMO” redirects here. For the mathematics competition, see British Mathematical Olympiad. Bank of Montreal/Banque de Montréal (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO) is Canada's fourth largest bank[1], and is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). , Montreal, Quebec Commercial bank Target: First National Bank & Trust (Indiana), Kokomo Commercial bank 9 Irwin Mortgage--$275 million Acquirer: FirstPlus Financial Group Inc., Dallas, Texas Banking and mortgage lending services Target: Irwin Mortgage subs. Irwin Financial Corp., Fishers Mortgage lending services 10 Emmis television stations--$259 million Acquirer: Blackstone Group and Montecito Broadcast Group Montecito Broadcast Group, LLC is an American holding company that operates television stations with most of its operations centered largely west of the Mississippi River. The company was founded in 1984 as SJL Broadcast Management, renaming itself in 1996 as (formerly SJL SJL Suomen Journalistiitto (Finland Journalist Association) Broadcast Group), Montecito, Calif. Television broadcasting Target: Three television stations owned by Emmis Communications Corp., Indianapolis Broadcast and print communications 11 Emmis television stations--$218 million Acquirer: Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Television stations and newspapers Target: Television station owned by Emmis Communications Corp., Indianapolis Broadcast and print communications 12 Banjo Corp.--$183 million Acquirer: IDEX IDEX International Development Exchange IDEX Imagery Data Exploitation System IDEX Imagery Digital Exploitation (system) IDEX Identifier of Explorer Corp., Northbrook, Ill. Industrial pumps and other engineering equipment Target: Banjo Corp., Crawfordsville Injection molding of glass reinforced polypropylene and liquid handling products 13 Rea MagnetWire--$125 million Acquirer: Rea MagnetWire Co. Inc., Fort Wayne Magnet and nonferrous wire products Target: Phelps Dodge Corp., Phoenix, Ariz. Magnet and nonferrous wire products 14 Franklin Electric--$121 million Acquirer: Franklin Electric Co. Inc., Bluffton Submersible submersible, small, mobile undersea research vessel capable of functioning in the ocean depths. Development of a great variety of submersibles during the later 1950s and 1960s came about as a result of improved technology and in response to a demonstrated need for electric motors, specialty motors and controls Target: Little Giant Pump Co., unit of Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh, Mich. Commercial and consumer pumps 15 Integra Bank Corp.*--$117 million Acquirer: Integra Bank Corp., Evansville Commercial bank Target: Prairie Financial Corp., Bridgeview, Ill. Commercial bank 16 Postle Aluminum*--$103 million Acquirer: Strength Capital Partners LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Birmingham, Mich. Venture capital Target: Postle Aluminum Co. LLC, Elkhart Aluminum components 17 Marsh Supermarkets--$88 million Acquirer: Sun Capital Partners Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. Private equity firm Target: Marsh Supermarkets Inc., Indianapolis Supermarkets 18 Brightpoint*--$88 million Acquirer: Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis Wireless communications equipment Target: CellStar Corp. U.S. and Latin American business, Coppell, Texas Logistic and distribution services 19 Michiana Telecasting--$85 million Acquirer: GrayTelevision Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Television broadcasting, wireless messaging, paging services, newspaper publishing Target: Michiana Telecasting Corp., unit of University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Television NDtv, or Notre Dame Television is a student television station funded by the University of Notre Dame that airs on Notre Dame campus cable channel 53. It broadcasts 24 hours and is entirely student-run. broadcasting station 20 All America Cables & Radio*--$80 million Acquirer: Trilogy International Partners LLC, Bellevue, Wash. Wireless fixed and mobile telephony services Target: All America Cables & Radio, unit of Centennial Communications Corp., Fort Wayne Wireless and broadband services 21 Performance Assessment Network--$75 million Acquirer: TALX Corp., St. Louis Software for human resources, employee benefits, employee payroll services Target: Performance Assessment Network Inc., Carmel Electronic-based psychometric testing and assessments 22 Schurz Communications--$75 million Acquirer: Schurz Communications Inc., South Bend Media services Target: Television stations owned by Media General Inc., Richmond, Va. Television stations 23 Noble Composites--$72 million Acquirer: Crane Co., Stamford, Conn. Engineered industrial products Target: Noble Composites Inc., Goshen Sidewalls for recreational vehicles 24 St. Joseph Capital-Old National*--$71 million Acquirer: Old National Bancorp, Evansville Commercial bank Target: St. Joseph Capital Corp., Mishawaka Commercial bank 25 Wabash National--$71 million Acquirer: Wabash National Corp., Lafayette Truck trailers Target: Transcraft Corp., Anna, Ill. Flatbed and drop deck trailers Source: FactSet Mergerstat LLC, a global provider of mergers and acquisitions information. * Indicates deal that had not closed by year-end. |
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