M&A report--April 2006.BUSINESS SERVICES Seller: Tape Laboratories (Los Angeles) Business: Provides tape backup, archive, recovery, other services Buyer: Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTCPK:CRDS CRDS Contribution pour Le Remboursement de la Dette Sociale (French: Social Debt Repayment Contribution) CRDS Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy CRDS Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies ) (Austin) Deal Value: $4.6 million plus 1 million shares of Crossroads common stock Seller: US Temp Services sold five offices including Burbank, Montebello, Stockton, Colorado Springs, & Las Vegas Business: Provides temporary staffing solutions Buyer: Accountabilities Inc.(OTCPK:ACBT ACBT Australian College of Business and Technology ACBT Air Combat Training ACBT ABMP Certified Bodywork Therapist ) (Manalapan, NJ) Deal Value: ND Seller: Blue Chip Venture Company (Cincinnati), Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (San Francisco), Sequoia Capital Partners (Menlo Park, CA) sold Market Wire, Inc. (El Segundo) Business: Distributes press releases and material news Buyer: CCNMatthews (Toronto, ON) a subsidiary of PIMS PIMS Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences PIMS Penalty Minutes (hockey) PIMS Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences PIMS Profit Impact of Market Strategy PIMS Project Information Management System Holdings Ltd (London) Deal Value: ND Seller: UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer Corp. (Elk Cove Village, IL) sold MyPoints.com, Inc. (San Francisco) Business: Provides member-driven Internet marketing services Buyer: United Online, Inc. (Woodland Hills) Deal Value: $57.179 million Seller: Giuliani Capital Advisors (New York) sold its San Francisco Operations Business: Provides investment banking services Buyer: Imperial Capital LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: ND Seller: 3D/International Inc (Houston) Business: Provides consulting services for buildings and their systems Buyer: Parsons Commercial Technology Group (Charlotte, NC) a subsidiary of Parsons Corp. (Pasadena) Deal Value: ND Seller: Advantage Investment Strategies, Inc. (Irvine) Business: NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). member broker-dealer Buyer: ISSG ISSG Invasive Species Specialist Group (IUCN) ISSG In-Situ Steam Generation ISSG Information Strategy Steering Group ISSG Internet Services Study Group ISSG Illustrated Shipboard Shopping Guide ISSG Intelligence Support Steering Group , Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ISGI ISGI International Service for Geomagnetic Indices )(Van Nuys) Deal Value: $10.69 million Seller: Bounce Event Marketing (Santa Monica) Business: Provides marketing services Buyer: Anschutz Entertainment Group The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. The company owns or operates several major entertainment/sporting venues, including Staples Center and The Home Depot Center and beginning in , Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Intervisual Communications (Santa Monica) Business: Provides dimentional print & promotions services Buyer: Structural Graphics LLC (Essex, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Ktesios SpA (Italy) Business: Provides vendor management services Buyer: Oakwood Capital Holdings LLC (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: O'Grady Meyers (Torrance) Business: Provides interactive marketing services Buyer: Meredith Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MDP MDP Mot de Passe (French: Password) MDP Markov Decision Process (artificial intelligence) MDP Management Development Program MDP methylene diphosphonate MDP Millennium Democratic Party ) (Des Moines) Deal Value: ND Seller: Retail supply division of a textile corporation (Canada) Business: Provides textiles to retail stores Buyer: Veltex Corp. (OTCPK:VLXC) (City of Industry) Deal Value: ND Seller: GFI Energy Ventures (Los Angeles) sold Genscape, Inc. (Louisville, KY) Business: Provides information to energy trading markets Buyer: DMG Information, Inc. (Stamford, CT) a subsidiary of Daily Mail & General Trust (London) Deal Value: $196 million Seller: IT Spire (Indianapolis) Business: Provides IT consulting and staffing Buyer: Surrex Solutions Corp. (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND CONSUMER Seller: Heritage Partners (Boston) sold PureBeauty (Encino) Business: Provides salon and spa services Buyer: Cameron Capital Corporation (Toronto) Deal Value: ND Seller: The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) (New York) sold its Stila brand Business: Color cosmetics makeup-artist brand Buyer: Stila Corp. (Los Angeles) a affiliate company of Sun Capital Partners Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) Deal Value: ND Seller: Mossimo, 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 :MOSS) (Santa Monica) Business: Manufactures branded apparel and related products Buyer: iconix Brand Group Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company that licenses brands to retailers and manufacturers primarily in the apparel, footwear, and apparel accessory industries. Its brands are available in such stores as Kohl's, Kmart, Sears, Macy's, Mervyn's and JC Penney. , Inc. (New York) Deal Value: $100.5 million Seller: Rancho Bank San Dimas (OTCBB:RBSD RBSD Reality-Based Self-Defense RBSD Reliability-Based Syndrome Decoding ) (San Dimas) Business: Provides consumer banking services Buyer: Vineyard National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VNBC VNBC Vineyard National Bancorp ) (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Deal Value: $57.7 million Seller: Diversified Marine Products (Los Angeles) Business: Distributes marine parts and accessories Buyer: Brunswick Boat Group (Knoxville, TN) a subsidiary of Brunswick Corp. (Lake Forest, IL) Deal Value: ND Seller: Microwave Roasters Inc. (Selma, AL) Business: Produces branded microwave snacks Buyer: Pop N Go Inc. (OTCBB:POPN) (Whittier) Deal Value: ND Seller: Wikitravel (Montreal) Business: Provides online worldwide travel information Buyer: Internet Brands, Inc. (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: World66 (Amsterdam) Business: Provides online worldwide travel information Buyer: Internet Brands, Inc. (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND ENEMY Seller: Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Los Angeles), Vintage Petroluem LLC (Tulsa, OK) sold four shale gas prospects in Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, & New York Business: Prospective natural gas basins. Buyer: Bankers Petroleum (US) Inc. a subsidiary of Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:BNK, AIM:BNK) (Calgary) Deal Value: $30.48 million Seller: Apex Oil Company, Inc. (Clayton, MO) sold Edgington Oil Company (Long Beach) Business: Heavy crude refinery Buyer: Alon USA Energy Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) (Dallas) Deal Value: $52 million Seller: Gas & Oil Technologies (Monrovia) & Western States International (Monrovia) sold The Kern Front Field (Bakersfield) Business: California oil and gas property including 180 wells Buyer: Tearlach Resources Ltd. (TSXV:TEA) (Vancouver) Deal Value: $1.41 million Seller: Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors (Los Angeles) sold Profico Energy Management (Saskatchewan) Business: Natural gas prospects Buyer: Focus Energy Trust (TSX:FET FET: see transistor. (Field Effect Transistor) One of two major categories of transistor; the other is bipolar. FETs use a gate element that, when charged, creates an electromagnetic field that changes the conductivity of a silicon .UN) (Calgary) Deal Value: $1.42 billion Seller: Paramount Petroleum Corporation (Paramount) Business: Heavy crude refinery & asphalt products Buyer: Alon USA Energy Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) (Dallas) Deal Value: $407 million Seller: Powersource Corp. (OTCPK:PSRE PSRE Public Sector Research Establishments (Department of Trade and Industry, UK) PSRE Propulsion System Rocket Engine PSRE Postal Stationery Registered Envelope ) (Los Angeles) Business: Provides electric services Buyer: Sure Trace Security Corp. (Philadelphia, PA) Deal Value: ND HEALTH CARE Seller: Caltius Capital Management (Los Angeles), ABS Capital Partners (Baltimore), Mayfield Fund (Menlo Park, CA), Oak Investment Partners (Paid Alto, CA) & Salix Ventures (Nashville) sold Early Phase Clinical Research Business Unit of Radiant Research Inc. (Bellevue, WA) Business: Provides clinical pharmacology research Buyer: Covance Clinical Research Unit, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) Deal Value: $65 million Seller: Diagnostic Products Corp. (NYSE:DP) (Los Angeles) Business: Provides immunodiagnostic immunodiagnostic pertaining to diagnosis by immune reactions. solutions Buyer: Siemens Medical Solutions Siemens Medical Solutions (Siemens Med) is a supplier to the healthcare industry, and is headquartered in Erlangen, Germany. Its U.S. division, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., is a Delaware corporation, with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. USA, Inc. (Malvern, PA) a subsidiary of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) (Germany) Deal Value: $1.9 billion Seller: Leucadia Technologies (Carlsbad, CA) Business: Provides molecular diagnostics Buyer: IRIS International, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRIS) (Chatsworth) Deal Value: $10.1 million Seller: Radiation therapy treatment facility (Santa Monica) Business: Radiation treatment facility Buyer: Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTSX) (Fort Myers, FL) Deal Value: $11.9 million Seller: SheerVision, Inc. (Rolling Hills Estates) Business: Provides surgical loupes and light sources Buyer: Clean Water Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:CTWW) (Tarpon Springs, FL) Deal Value: $690,000 INDUSTRIAL 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. (Los Angeles) sold Acorn Products, Inc. (Columbus, OH) Business: Manufactures hoes, rakes, and long-handle tools. Buyer: Ames True Temper, Inc. (Camp Hill, PA) a portfolio company of Castle Harlan (New York) Deal Value: $44.5 million Seller: Praxair Inc. (NYSE:PX) (Danbury, CT) sold Aviation Services Division of Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis) Business: Repairs aviation engine & airframe components Buyer: Skyview Capital (Beverly Hills) & Gridiron Capital (New Canaan, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (PAR:SGO) (France) sold Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc. (City of Industry) Business: Manufactures plastic dispensing & spraying systems Buyer: MeadWestvaco Corp. (NYSE:MWV) (Stamford, CT) Deal Value: $710 million Seller: Goodrich Corp. (NYSE:GR) (Charlotte, NC) sold Turbomachinery Products Business (Chandler, AZ) Business: Mfgs components & assemblies for aircraft & gas turbine engines Buyer: Turbo Machinery Products (Chandler, AZ) a portfolio company of Admiralty Partners, Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $83 million Seller: Nasco Aircraft Brake (Gardena) Business: Provides aircraft wheel and brake components Buyer: K&F Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KFI) (White Plains, NY) Deal Value: $19 million Seller: Panavision Inc. (OTCPK:PVIS PVIS Palos Verdes Intermediate School (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) PVIS Portable Vehicle Immobilization System (US Army) PVIS ProzessVISualisierung (Germany) ) (Woodland Hills) Business: Mfgs high-precision film and camera systems Buyer: MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings (NYSE:MFW) (New York) Deal Value: $11.7 million Seller: Techna-West Engineering ltd. (Edmonton) Business: Provides engineering services Buyer: Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), a publicly traded company with annual revenues approaching $7 billion, provides professional technical services. Headquartered in Pasadena, CA, Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple , Inc. (NYSE:JEC) (Pasadena) Deal Value: ND MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Seller. Frontenac Company (Chicago) sold 101 Communications (Chatsworth) Business: Provides print & online magazines, newsletters, & conferences. Buyer: 1105 Media, Inc. (Chatsworth) a portfolio company of Neal Vitale (Los Angeles), Alta Communications (Boston), and Nautic Partners (Providence, RI) Deal Value: $75 million Seller: Billian Publishing (Atlanta) & Trans World Publishing (Atlanta) sold Art & Antiques Magazine (Atlanta) Business: Magazine targeted to the affluent collector Buyer: CurtCo Publishing (Malibu) Deal Value: ND Seller: Silverstar Holdings Ltd. (NasdaqSC:SSTR SSTR Somatostatin Receptor SSTR Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction SSTR Solid State Track Recorder SSTR Small Business Technology Transfer Program SSTR Senior Staff Technical Representative ) (Boca Raton, FL) sold Fantasy Sports, Inc. (York, PA) Business: Provides fantasy sports games Buyer: SkillJam Technologies Corporation (Beverly Hills) a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc. (TSX:FUN; AIM:FUN) (Toronto) Deal Value: $3.85 million Seller: Canal Plus SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. (ENXTPA:AN) (Paris) sold Paris Saint Germain Football Club (Paris) Business: Soccer team Buyer: Colony Capital (Los Angeles), Butler Capital Partners Butler Capital Partners is an investment fund founded in 1990 by French businessman Walter Butler. External links
Deal Value: $49.72 million Seller: NBC Universal (Universal City) sold WNCN (Raleigh, NC), WCMH WCMH Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital (Decorah, Iowa) (Columbus, OH), WVTM (Birmingham, AL), and WJAR (Providence, RI) Business: Television stations Buyer: Media General, Inc. (NYSE:MEG)(Richmond, VA) Deal Value: $600 million Seller: El Directorio (Los Angeles) Business: A Los Angeles Spanish Yellow Pages directory Buyer: Enlace Spanish Yellow Pages (Louisville, KY) a division of Colbalt Publishing (Hartford, CT) a subsidiary of Blue Equity LLC (Louisville, KY) Deal Value: ND Seller: Jill Kelly Productions (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :JKXJ.PK) (North Hollywood) Business: Film library Buyer: Penthouse Magazine (New York) a subsidiary of Penthouse Media Group, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) Deal Value: $1.77 million Seller: Stevens Publishing Corporation (Dallas) Business: Provides print & online information to the public Buyer: 1105 Media, Inc. (Chatsworth) a portfolio company of Neal Vitale (Los Angeles), Alta Communications (Boston), and Nautic Partners (Providence, RI) Deal Value: ND REAL ESTATE Seller: Mosquito Blue Resort & Mosquito Beach Resort (Playa Del Carmen Playa del Carmen is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north east of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located at 20.62° North, 87.07° West. The city is the seat of the Solidaridad municipality. , Mexico) Business: Upscale resorts on the Riviera Maya Buyer: Kor Hotel Group (Los Angeles) a subsidiary of The Kor Group (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Radisson Los Angeles Westside (Culver City) Business: A 386-room hotel Buyer: The Carlyle Group LLC (Washington, DC) Deal Value: ND Seller: Wyndham Westshore Hotel (Tampa) Business: A 322-room hotel Buyer: Lowe Enterprises, Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Alfa Capital Partners (Moscow) sold Noble Gibbons (Moscow) Business: Provides real estate services Buyer: 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. Group Inc. (NYSE:CBG CBG corticosteroid-binding globulin. ) (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Austin Adams Ltd. (Southampton, UK) Business: Provides agency work, land development, & professional services Buyer: CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Seller: FilmStew International (Hollywood) sold Digital Booking Systems (Hollywood) Business: Online film management tool Buyer: DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI DTSI Defense Trade Security Initiative DTSI Digital Twin Spark Ignition DTSI Datron/Transco Systems Incorporated DTSI DataTel Solutions, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) ) (Agoura Hills) Deal Value: ND Seller: Elite Information Group (Los Angeles) a subsidiary of The Thomson Corp. (Stamford, CT) sold Law Manager Inc. (Conshohocken, PA) Business: Provides legal matter management software Buyer: Bridgeway, Inc. (Houston) Deal Value: ND Seller: Globespan Capital Partners (Paid Alto, CA), Mobius Venture Capital (Paid Alto, CA) sold Sendia Corp. (Santa Monica) Business: Provides wireless technology Buyer: Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) (San Francisco) Deal Value: $15 million Seller: Sieena Software SA de CV (Mexico) Business: Provides software development services Buyer: Venice Consulting Group (Venice) Deal Value: ND Seller: StarVox Communications (San Jose) Business: Provides traditional voice and voice over IP services Buyer: U.S. Wireless Data (Los Angeles) a portfolio company of Trinad Capital (New York) Deal Value: ND Seller: Uprizer, Inc. (Los Angeles) Business: Provides IT consulting and networking services Buyer: ICR Systems Inc (OTCPK:ICRT ICRT Intracoronary radiation therapy Cardiology An investigational therapy for preventing in-stent restenosis. See Beta-Cath™ system, START trial. ) (Ocoee, FL) Deal Value: ND Seller: Highend Network Inc. (Los Angeles) sold HighendCareers.com (Los Angeles) Business: Provides online employment searching & recruiting Buyer: CreativeHeads, Inc. (Manhattan Beach Deal Value: ND Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold Telpar Distribution Business of Peak Technologies (Columbia, MD) Business: Provides automatic id and data capture and point of sale software Buyer: SYNNEX Corp. (NYSE:SNX) (Fremont, CA) Deal Value: $5 million Seller: Relevant Business Systems (San Ramon, CA) Business: Provides enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. software solutions Buyer: Intuitive Manufacturing Systems (Kirkland, WA) a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: SGT Ventures (OTCPK:SGVN) (Santa Monica) sold SGT Acquisition Co. (Santa Monica) Business: Provides technology-based security solutions Buyer: Safeguard Technology International (Redondo Beach) a subsidiary of CorpHQ, Inc. (OTCPK:COHQ)(Redondo Beach) Deal Value: ND Seller: Xero Mobile, Inc. (OTCPK:XRMB) (Beverly Hills) Business: Provides mobile communications with required advertising Buyer: Desi TV, Inc. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND ND = Not disclosed Information provided by Goldsmith Agio AGIO, aggio. This term is used to denote the difference of price between the value of bank notes and nominal money, and the coin of the country. Encyc. Helms Goldsmith Agio Helms is a national investment banking firm specializing in providing merger and acquisition, private placement of debt and equity, valuation and fairness opinions and distressed advisory and restructuring services to all middle-market businesses. All data is provided by Goldsmith Agio Helms from sources deemed reliable. The firm can be contacted at (310) 551-4111. |
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