M&A Report--January 2006.BUSINESS SERVICES Seller: Americas Flood Services (Rancho Cordova) sold America's Flood Services, Flood Zone Determination Business (Rancho Cordova) Business: Provides flood determination services and insurance products Buyer: Nationwide TotalFlood Services (Los Angeles), a subsidiary of CTG Real Estate Information Services Deal Value: ND Seller: Arn Tellem Athlete Management Business (Los Angeles) Business: Operates a sports agency Buyer: Wasserman Media Group (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Arrowhead Research Corp.: NasdaqSC:ARWR (Pasadena) Business: Diversified nanotechnology company structured to commercialized products Buyer: Knott Partners (NY) and York Capital Management (NY) Beal Value: $19.6 million Seller: Broadspire, a Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) company, sold its NATLSCO Risk and Safety Division (IL) Business: Provides risk and safety consulting Buyer: Bureau Veritas (France) Deal Value: ND Seller: Clarke Directory Publications (Irwindale) Business: Publishes phone directories Buyer: Yellow Book USA (NY), a subsidiary of Yell Group plc:LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :YELL (U.K.) Beal Value: ND Seller: Parallel Investment Partners (TX) sold Personnel Concepts (Pomona) Business: Provides labor law compliance services Buyer: Brady Corp.: NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRC (WI) Beal Value: ND Seller: Rapid Text and its subsidiary The Transcription Company (Newport Beach) Business: Provides transcription and captioning services Buyer: PeopleSupport: NasdaqNM:PSPT PSPT Passport (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: SimpleCash Funding (WA) Business: Short-term working capital lender Buyer: ClickPay Solutions: OTCPK:CKPY (Pasadena) Deal Value: ND Seller: Vacation Connections (NJ) Business: Provides consumer promotion and marketing services Buyer: Stone Canyon Entertainment Corp. (West Hollywood) Beal Value: ND Seller: Valet Girls Valet Parking (Malibu) Business: Provides valet parking services Buyer: California Girls Valet Parking (Beverly Hills), a subsidiary of West Coast Valet Parking (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: ND CONSUMER Seller: Creative Design International (PA) Business: Develops, manufactures, and markets toys for children Buyer: JAKKS Pacific: NasdaqNM:JAKK (Malibu) Deal Value: $116.5 million Seller: NRG Motorsports (La Habra Heights) sold Boyd Coddington Wheels (La Habra Heights) Business: Designs and mfgs premium aluminum automobile wheels Buyer: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: ND Seller: Overland Trading Co. sold Steve's Shoes (KS) Business: Shoe retailer Buyer: Walking Company (Chatsworth), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Bid Dog Holdings, Inc.: NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BDOG (Santa Barbara) Deal Value: $4.2 million Seller: Sports Authority: NYSE:TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). (CO) Business: Operates sporting goods retail stores Buyer: Leonard Green & Partners (Los Angeles) and Sports Authority's senior management Deal Value: $1.3 billion Seller: Tennenbaum Capital Partners (Santa Monica) sold Water Pik Technologies: NYSE:PIK (Newport Beach) Business: Mfgs swimming pool equipment and personal health care products Buyer: Carlyle Group (D.C.) and Zodiac SA: ENXTPA:ZC (France) Deal Value: $380 million HEALTHCARE Seller: Avega Health Systems (El Segundo) Business: Provides business decision support solutions for healthcare organizations Buyer: MedAssets (GA) Deal Value: ND Seller: Boulevard Pharmacy (Encino) Business: Retail pharmacy Buyer: BioPharmetics: OTGPK:BCSM BCSM Basic Call State Model BCSM Boulder Center for Sports Medicine BCSM Boundary-Constrained Skeleton Minimization BCSM Brew City Street Machines BCSM Barton Creek Square Mall BCSM Bengali Cultural Society of Milwaukee BCSM Broadband Cable Service Management (North Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: Cape Health Plan (MI) and its parent HCLB Business: Operates as a health maintenance organization Buyer: Molina Healthcare: NYSE:MOH (Long Beach) Deal Value: $44 million Seller: CareMore Medical Group (Cerritos) sold the assets of CareMore Medical Enterprises Business: Managed healthcare provider Buyer: Crystal Cove Partners (NY) and J.P. Morgan Partners (NY) Deal Value: ND Seller: Coastal Hospitalists (FL) Business: Provides inpatient hospital care Buyer: IPC-The Hospitalist Company (North Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: Hospital Care Providers (FL) Business: Provides inpatient hospital care Buyer: IPC-The Hospitalist Company (North Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: Michigan Hospitalists, P.C. (MI) Business: Provides inpatient hospital care Buyer: IPC-The Hospitalist Company (North Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: NeoStem (Agoura Hills) Business: Offers autologous autologous /au·tol·o·gous/ (aw-tol´ah-gus) related to self; belonging to the same organism. au·tol·o·gous adj. 1. stem cell banking services Buyer: Phase III Medical: OTGBB:PHSM (NY) Deal Value: $0.43 million Seller: Park Associates (NY) sold 11 Waters Nursing Facilities (NY) Business: Nursing home facilities Buyer: ARBA Group (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. And Health Center (Sherman Oaks) Business: Operates as a not-for-profit regional hospital Buyer: Prime Healthcare Services Prime Healthcare Services (Prime) is a hospital management company in Southern California. Founded by Dr. Prem Reddy in 2001, it is based in Victorville and Chino in California. It currently owns and operates 8 acute care hospitals. Prime is expanding its portfolio rapidly. (Desert Valley) Deal Value: $25 million Seller: South Florida Inpatient Medical Specialists (FL) Business: Private practice hospitalist company Buyer: IPO--The Hospitalist Company (North Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: Universal Care (Signal Hill) sold its Health Plan Assets (Signal Hill) Business: Provides healthcare programs Buyer: Health Net: NYSE:HNT (Woodland Hills) Deal Value: $2 million INDUSTRIAL Seller: American Industries (OR) sold American Steel (OR) Business: Processes and distributes carbon steel products Buyer: Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.: NYSE:RS (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Capital International (Los Angeles), AMB Private Equity Partners Limited (South Africa), CitiCorp. (New York), Coronation Fund Managers: JSE JSE See: Johannesburg Stock Exchange :CML 1. CML - A query language. ["Towards a Knowledge Description Language", A. Borgida et al, in On Knowledge Base Management Systems, J. Mylopoulos et al eds, Springer 1986]. 2. CML - Concurrent ML. (South Africa), Ethos Private Equity (South Africa), Old Mutual Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited (South Africa), Rmb Corvest (South Africa), RMB Ventures (Australia), Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (New York), Transnet Pension Fund (South Africa) sold Waco International Limited (South Africa) Business: Mfg, rent, and sell formwork form·work n. The structure of boards that make up a form for pouring concrete in construction. , shoring, and scaffolding access equipment Buyer: CCMP CCMP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan CCMP Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol (IEEE 802.11I encryption algorithm) CCMP Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma CCMP Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals Capital Asia and J.P. Morgan Partners (NY) Deal Value: $1.2 billion Seller: CCL Plastic Packaging (Los Angeles), a subsidiary of CCL Industries (TSX:CCL.NVB) sold CCL Dispensing Systems (IL) Business: Mfgs dispensing closures Buyer: AptarGroup: NYSE:ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex (IL) Deal Value: $21 million Seller: GT Equipment Technologies (NH) Business: Designs and mfgs equipment used in mfg wafers, cells and solar modules Buyer: Angeleno Group (Los Angeles) and Gfi Energy Ventures (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Kelso & Company (NY) sold Earle M. Jorgensen Co.: NYSE:JOR (Lynwood) Business: Distributes metal bar and tubular products for manufacturing processes Buyer: Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.: NYSE:RS (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $934 million Seller: Moore, Clayton & Co., Investment Arm (Malibu) and Equus IIS: NYSE:EQS (TX) sold Champion Window Holdings (TX) Business: Mfgs and distributes aluminum and vinyl windows Buyer: Kenner Equities IV (NY) and Management Deal Value: $98.5 million Seller: Sciens Capital Partners (NY) sold Omniglow Corporation (MA) Business: Mfgs and sells chemical light products Buyer: Kline Hawkes & Co. (Los Angeles) and Oppenheimer Asset Management (NY) Deal Value: ND Seller: Solar Integrated Technologies: AIM:SIT.LN (Los Angeles) sold Dachland GmbH (Germany) Business: Mfgs and installs PhotoVoltaic (PV) roofing solutions Buyer: Dachland GmbH (Germany) Deal Value: ND MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Seller: Capitol Films (U.K.) Business: International film production, financing and distribution company Buyer: Entrepreneurs David Bergstein and Ronald N. Tutor (Los Angeles) and Mobius Pictures (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: DISCOP (Hungary) Business: Content and format market for television, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , mobile and broadband sectors in Central & Eastern Europe Buyer: National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE NATPE National Association of Television Programming Executives ) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Global Universal Film Group Ent (Studio City) Business: Film and book development and production Buyer: Silver Dollar Productions (NV), a subsidiary of LitFunding Corp.:OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :LFDG (NV) Deal Value: 1.5 million shares of LFDG convertible preferred stock Convertible Preferred Stock Preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Also known as "convertible preferred shares". Seller: Hanny Holdings: SEHK SEHK See: Stock Exchange of Hong Kong :275 (Hong Kong), Investor Capital Partners (Hong Kong) sold Memorex Products (Cerritos) Business: Mfgs, sells, and markets digital media and media accessories Buyer: Imation Corp.: NYSE:IMN (MN) Deal Value: $330 million Seller: High Moon Studios (Carlsbad) Business: Video game development company Buyer: Vivendi Universal Games (Los Angeles), a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal: ENXTPA:EX (Paris) Deal Value: ND Seller: Mach 8 (Santa Monica) sold the North American homevideo and video-on-demand distribution rights to its upcoming releases and 62 title library Business: Spanish-language title catalog Buyer: Lions Gate Entertainment
Deal Value: ND Seller: Octopi oc·to·pi n. A plural of octopus. (AZ) Business: Provides online game services Buyer: Skill Jam Technologies Corporation (Los Angeles), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FUN Technologies Plc: TSX:FUN (Canada) Deal Value: $6 million Seller: Pixar: NasdaqNM:PIXR (Emeryville) Business: Engages in the creation, development, and production of animated films Buyer: Walt Disney Co.: NYSE:DIS (Burbank) Deal Value: $7.4 million Seller: Riptide Entertainment (TX) Business: Develops and operates Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museums Buyer: Moore, Clayton & Co., Investment Arm (Malibu) and Equus II: NYSE:EQS (TX) acquired a 65% interest in Riptide Deal Value: ND Seller: Warner Bros. Entertainment (Glenwood) sold Warner Bros. Entertainment, Audio Post Facility (West Hollywood) Business: 37,000-square-foot audio post facility Buyer: Widget Post Production Company (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND REAL ESTATE Seller: Carlyle Group (D.C.) and Davidson Hotel (Memphis) sold Hilton Pasadena Hotel (Pasadena) Business: Operates a 296-room hotel Buyer: Amstar Group (CO) Deal Value: $65 million Seller: Castle & Cooke (Los Angeles) sold Harbor Court Hotel (MD) Business: Hotel and office complex Buyer: Hospitality Properties Trust: NYSE:HPT (MA) Deal Value: $78 million Seller: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts: TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :FHR FHR Fetal heart rate, see there (Canada) Business: Engages in the ownership and operation of hotels and resorts Buyer: Colony Capital (Los Angeles) Kingdom Hotels International (Saudi Arabia) Deal Value: $3.25 billion Seller: Grosvenor (U.K.) sold Valley River Center Valley River Center is a shopping mall located in Eugene, Oregon. As the largest shopping center south of Portland and north of San Francisco, this mall comprises over 130 local and national stores and restaurants. (OR) Business: 916,000 square foot super regional mall Buyer: Macerich Company: NYSE:MAC (Santa Monica) Deal Value: $187.5 million Seller: Hilton Hotels Corp.: NYSE:HLT HLT See: Highly leveraged transaction (Beverly Hills) and Forest City Ratner Companies (NY) sold Hilton Times Square (NY) Business: Mixed use hotel and office complex Buyer: Sunstone sun·stone n. See aventurine. Noun 1. sunstone - a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals aventurine Hotel Investors: NYSE:SHO (San Clemente) Deal Value: $242.5 million Seller: IKOMA CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. (Japan) Business: Provides commercial real estate services Buyer: CB Richard Ellis Group: NYSE:CBG CBG corticosteroid-binding globulin. (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: Kennedy Wilson: OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :KWIC KWIC - keyword in context (Beverly Hills) sold Kennedy Wilson Apartment Mgmt Division (Beverly Hills) Business: Provides property management services Buyer: Kenedix (Japan) Deal Value: $9 million Seller: Le Parc Suite Hotel (West Hollywood) Business: A 154-suite hotel Buyer: LaSalle Hotel Properties: NYSE:LHO (MD) Deal Value: $47 million Seller: Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management LLC is a US investment management corporation which operates a number of investment entities commonly known as hedge funds of approximately $40 Billion. (NY) sold The Cheshire Distribution Center (CT) Business: 527,000 square foot distribution center Buyer: Preferred Real Estate Investments (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide: NYSE:HOT (NY), Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (NY) sold The Westin Long Beach (Long Beach) Business: A 460-room hotel Buyer: Noble Investment Group (GA) and AEW Capital Management (MA) Deal Value: $88.4 million Seller: Terraces at Westside Premiere (Los Angeles) Business: 60-unit apartment community Buyer: Lowe Enterprises Investors (Los Angeles) and Sebren Development (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND TECHNOLOGY Seller: Dilithium Networks (Petaluma, CA) sold their Mobile Video and Multimedia Test Product lines Business: Provides mobile video and multimedia testing solutions Buyer: Ixia: NasdaqNM:XXIA (Calabasas) Deal Value: $5.1 million Seller: Econ Partners (TX) d/b/a Software Medium Business: Reseller of software licenses for information security and compliance services Buyer: En Pointe Technologies Sales: NASDAQ:ENPT (El Segundo) through its subsidiary En Pointe Technologies Sales Deal Value: ND Seller: Lexicore (NH) Business: Provides speech recognition solutions related to electronic healthcare records Buyer: AssistMed (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: National Healthcare Services (Long Beach) and United Communications Group (MD) sold CodeCorrect (WA) Business: Provides web-based coding tools for hospitals and physicians tools to hospitals and physicians Buyer: Accuro Healthcare Solutions (TX) Deal Value: ND Information provided by Goldsmith Agio AGIO, aggio. 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