M&A report--September 2005.BUSINESS SERVICES Seller: Aon Corp. sold Swett & Crawford Group Business: Wholesale insurance broker Buyer: BofA Capital Investors (Charlotte); Emerald Capital Group (Orlando); Hicks Muse Tate & Furst (Dallas) Deal Value: ND Seller: Apax Partners (London); Audax Management (Boston); Bantry Bay Bantry Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 21 mi (34 km) long and 4 mi (6.4 km) wide, Co. Cork, SW Republic of Ireland. It is one of Europe's best natural anchorages. At the head of the bay is Bantry. Ventures; Delphi Ventures (Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. ); GE Equity (Stamford); Leeds Equity Partners; Leeds Weld (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 ) sold Medsn (Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. ) Business: Online medical learning Buyer: Indegene Lifesystems Pvt. Ltd. (Bangalore, India) Deal Value: ND Seller: Auction Boulevard (Encino) Business: Online auction services Buyers: Net2auction (Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ) Deal Value: ND Seller: Capital International (Los Angeles) sold News Out of Home BV (Naarden, Netherlands) Business: Outdoor advertising services Buyer: News Corp. (New York) Deal Value: ND Seller: Cedars Bank (Los Angeles) Business: Community bank Buyer: First Community Bancorp (Rancho Santa Fe) Deal Value: $120 million Seller: Celtic Capital Corp. (Santa Monica) Business: Provides term loans Buyer: Discovery Bancorp (San Marcos) Deal Value: $6 million Seller: Delta Staffing Solutions (Baldwin Park) Business: Provides staffing services Buyer: Resolve Staffing (Tampa) Deal Value: ND Seller: ER Europe (Belgium) Business: Equipment leasing Seller: Electro Rent Corp. (Van Nuys) Deal Value: ND Seller: First Cash Card (Kelowna, Canada) Business: Provides debit cards Buyer: Relay Capital Corp. (West Hollywood) Deal Value: ND Seller: JP Morgan Chase & Co. (New York) sold Plexus Plexus - A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders <sanders@earth.com>. Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web. Version 3.0m 1994-07-22. Group (Los Angeles) Business: Consulting firm Buyers: Investment Technology Group (New York) Deal Value: $12 million Seller: Master Finance Europe (Luxembourg) Business: Wealth management services Buyer: Tally-Ho Ventures (Glendale) Deal Value: $4 million Seller: RMV RMV Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (German Public Transport) RMV Remove RMV Registry of Motor Vehicles RMV Real Market Value RMV Respiratory Minute Volume (Scuba diving) RMV Ribgrass Mosaic Virus Landscape & Maintenance (Loveland, CO) Business: Landscape services Buyer: ValleyCrest Cos. (Calabasas) Deal Value: NO Seller: Standard & Poor's (New York) sold S&P Corporate Value Consulting (New York) Business: Corporate finance services Buyer: Lovell Minnick Partners (Rolling Hills Estates); Vestar Capital Partners (New York) Deal Value: ND Seller: Texas Growth Fund (Dallas); Wingate Partners (Austin) sold ENSR ENSR European Network for SME Research International (Westford, MA) Business: Environmental services company Buyer: AECOM AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) AECOM Architectural and Engineering Company Technology Corp. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: VacationHomes.com (Mesa, AZ) Business: Advertise vacations homes Buyers: Internet Brands (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: Vamoose (San Francisco) Business: Search tool for vacation rental homes Buyer: Internet Brands (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND CONSUMER Seller: Pilgrim Fireplace Equipment Co. (Fairfield) Business: Manufacturer of iron hearthware Buyer: SilkRoad Resources (Pale Alto); Triton Pacific Capital Partners (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sara Lee Corp. (Chicago) sold Dim S.A. (Levallois-Perret, France) Business: Manufacturer of women's apparel Buyer: 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) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sara Lee Corp. (Chicago) sold Grupo Sans (Barcelona, Spain) Business: Manufacturer of undergarments Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sara Lee Corp. (Chicago) sold Pretty Polly (Nottinghamshire, UK) Business: Manufacturer of women's undergarments Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sara Lee Corp. (Chicago) sold Sara Lee Branded Apparel Italia s.r.l. Divisione Lovable (Rome) Business: Manufacturer of apparel Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Sara Lee Corp. (Chicago) sold Sara Lee Courtaulds (London) Business: Manufacturer of hosiery Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Huta Duna (Culver City) Business: Online retailer of baby products Buyer: BabyUniverse.com (Fort Lauderdale) Deal Value: $7 million Seller: Rampage Clothing Co. (Los Angeles) Business: Manufacturer of women's apparel 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. (New York) Deal Value: $46 million Seller: Claim Jumper Restaurants (Irvine) Business: Restaurants Buyer: Leonard Green & Partners (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Mossimo (Santa Monica) Business: Manufacturer of apparel Buyer: Mossimo (Santa Monica); Giannulli Mossimo (Santa Monica) Deal Value: $27 million Seller: Tennenbaum Capital Partners (Santa Monica) sold Party City Corp. (Rockaway, NJ) Business: Retail stores Buyer: AAH aah interj. Used to express pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy. intr.v. aahed, aah·ing, aahs To exclaim in pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy: Holdings Corp. (Boston) Deal Value: $361 million ENERGY Seller: Oil and Gas Prospect in Louisiana (Lafourche Parish, LA) Business: Oil and gas exploration Buyer: Vinoble (Malibu) Deal Value: ND FOOD & BEVERAGE Seller: Fulcrum fulcrum: see lever. Capital Group (Culver City) sold Senor Snacks (San Diego) Business: Manufacturer of candy and confectionaries Buyer: Nova USA (El Paso) Deal Value: ND Seller: Roncadin SpA (Rome) sold Ice Cream Business (Meduno, Italy) Business: Manufacturer of ice cream Buyer: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND HEALTH CARE Seller: Meritcare (Pittsburgh) sold Six Nursing Facilities (Pittsburgh) Business: Nursing care facilities Buyer: SnF Management (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND INDUSTRIAL Seller: American Technologies Group (Monrovia) Business: Water purification technology Buyer: North Texas Steel Co. (Fort Worth) Deal Value: $11 million Seller: Aragon Technologies (Van Nuys) Business: Mfg. laser sources Buyer: Sabeus (Calabasas) Deal Value: ND Seller: Autospecialty (Carson) sold Power Stop Brand (Carson) Business: Manufacturer of performance brake parts Buyer: Power Stop (Bedford Park, IL) Deal Value: ND Seller: Bi-Eau Pure (Saint-Bruno-De-Montarville, Canada) Business: Water vending machines Buyer: Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors (Los Angeles) sold Glacier Water Services (Vista) Deal Value: $1 million Seller: CBSi Holdings (Phoenix) Business: GPS mobile tracking systems Buyer: IPN IPN Instant Payment Notification (PayPal) IPN Instituto Politecnico Nacional (México) IPN Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis IPN Interplanetary Internet (JPL) Communications (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $2 million Seller: Microspray Delta S.p.A. (Milano, Italy) Business: Plastic injection molding Buyer: Saint-Gobain Calmar (City of Industry) Deal Value: ND Seller: Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles); OCM OCM Oracle Certified Master (database administrator certification) OCM Organization for Competitive Markets OCM Onondaga Cortland Madison (counties in New York) OCM Olympic Council of Malaysia Mezzanine Fund, LP; Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun Capital Management; Wellspring Capital Partners (New York) sold JW Aluminum Co. (Mount Holly, SC) Business: Manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminum products Buyer: Superior Plus Income Fund (Calgary, Canada) Deal Value: $350 million Seller: RBC RBC red blood cell. RBC or rbc abbr. red blood cell RBC, n See red blood cell count. RBC red blood cells; red blood (cell) count (see blood count). Southwest Products (Monrovia) Business: Manufacturer of bearings Buyer: RBC Bearings (Oxford, CT) Deal Value: $2 Seller: Reinhold Industries (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. ) sold NP Aerospace (Coventry, UK) Business: Manufacturer of thermostats and composite structures Buyer: The Carlyle Group (Washington, D.C.) Deal Value: $53 million Buyer: Shelby County Commission (Columbiana, AL) sold Wastewater System (Birmingham) Business: Water treatment Buyer: Southwest Water Co. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $9 million Seller: Summa Industries (Torrance) sold Plastron plastron skeletal structure protecting the abdomen of chelonians. Industries (Bensenville, IL) Business: Manufacturer of thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. parts Buyer: Investor Group (Texas) Deal Value: ND Seller: Windward Capital Partners (New York) sold HCC HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma (liver cancer) HCC Hertfordshire County Council (administrative region of south eastern England UK) HCC Harford Community College (Maryland) Industries (Rosemead) Business: Manufacturer of electronic devices Buyer: Ametek (Paoli, PA) Deal Value: $162 million Seller: Yamato Engineering (Whittier) sold Sailor Automation (Placentia) Business: Manufacturer of injection molding equipment Buyer: Sailor Pen Co. (Tokyo) Deal Value: ND MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Seller: Archer Entertainment Media Communications (Los Angeles) Business: Produces entertainment products Buyer: Fidelitas Management (Calgary, Canada) Deal Value: ND Seller: Gary Brokaw Productions (Culver City) Business: Film production services Buyer: Avenue Entertainment Group (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Earthnet Telecom (Santa Monica) Business: Multimedia television production Buyer: International Telecommunications (Santa Monica) Deal Value: ND Seller: Harlem Globetrotters International (Phoenix) Business: Basketball team Buyer: Shamrock Capital Growth (Burbank); Shamrock Holdings Deal Value: ND Seller: Indie Vision Films (Los Angeles) Business: Film production services Buyer: POD Channel (Las Vegas), a unit of OBN OBN Open Business Network OBN Open Broadcast Network (Bosnia & Herzegovina wide television network) OBN Ohio Board of Nursing OBN Open Bibliotheek Netwerk OBN Order of the Brown Nose OBN Ocean Basin Narrative OBN Off Board Navigation Holdings (Las Vegas) Deal Value: ND Seller: KFOX-AM (Torrance) Business: Radio station Buyer: Chagal Communications (Torrance) Deal Value: $23 million Seller: Kovas Communications (Ft. Wayne, FL) sold KDAC-AM / KLLK-FM (Fort Bragg) and KUKI-AM (Ukiah) Business: Radio stations Buyer: Bicoastal bi·coas·tal adj. 1. Relating to both the east and west coasts of the United States, as: a. Traveling frequently between coasts as part of a business or living arrangement: Media (Los Angeles) Deal Value: ND Seller: Media International Concepts (Los Angeles) Business: Advertising and production agency Buyer: MicroArt (Richmond Hills) Deal Value: ND Seller: Pappas Telecasting Cos. (Visalia) sold KVBE-FM (Fresno) Business: Radio station Buyer: Univision Communications (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $10 million REAL ESTATE Seller: 1920 East Maple Data Center (El Segundo) Business: Information storage facility Buyer: Equinix (Foster City) Deal Value: $35 million Seller: Colony Capital (Los Angeles) sold Hyatt Dulles (Herndon, VA) Business: Hotel Buyer: Ashford Hospitality Trust (Dallas) Deal Value: $73 million Seller: Lowe Enterprises (Los Angeles) sold Chevy Chase Pavilion (Washington, D.C.) Business: Commercial property Buyer: ING Groep NV-CVA (Amsterdam) Deal Value: $215 million Seller: Marbella Apartments (Los Angeles) Business: Apartment complex Buyer: Essex Property Trust (Palo Alto) Deal Value: $14 million Seller: Mission-Critical Data Center (El Segundo) Business: Commercial property Buyer: 365 Incorporated (San Francisco) Deal Value: ND Seller: Radiation Oncology radiation oncology n. The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers. radiation oncology Medical Group of Southern California (Los Angeles) sold two radiation cancer centers (Fountain Valley & Anaheim) Business: Operates cancer centers Buyer: OnCure Medical Corp. (Newport Beach) Deal Value: ND Seller: Wilshire Beverly Center (Beverly Hills) Business: Office and retail property Buyer: George Comfort & Sons (New York) Deal Value: ND TECHNOLOGY Seller: 20/20 Labs (Culver City) Business: Software and hardwear testing Buyer: iBeta (Aurora, CO) Deal Value: ND Seller: Carbon Twelve Pry (Chatswood, Australia) Business: Software and multimedia applications Buyer: BroadSoft (Gaithersburg, MD), partly owned by Tekelec (Calabasas) Deal Value: ND Seller: Digital Animation Media (Dublin) Business: Interactive games, films, IV series and videos Buyer: Valcom (Glendale) Deal Value: ND Seller: Eqvitec Partners (Helsinki, Finland) and Sitra (Helsinki, Finland) sold AWR-APLAC Oy (Helsinki, Finland) Business: Electronic design & analysis Buyer: Applied Wave Research (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: Kelley Technologies (Las Vegas) Business: IT Services Buyer: Network Installation Corp. (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $10 million Seller: News Corp. (New York); Redpoint Ventures (Menlo Park); VantagePoint Venture Partners (San Bruno) sold stakes in Intermix in·ter·mix tr. & intr.v. in·ter·mixed, in·ter·mix·ing, in·ter·mix·es To mix or become mixed together. [Back-formation from obsolete intermixt, from Latin Media (Los Angeles) Business: Internet marketing services Buyer: FreeMySpace (Los Angeles) Deal Value: $271 million Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold David Corp. (San Francisco) Business: Develop software Buyer: Halo Technology Holdings Halo Technology Holdings is a parent company of several long established technology sector companies. Halo changed its name and ticker symbol from Warp Technologies Holdings (WARP.OB) in 2006. (Greenwich, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold Foresight Software (Atlanta) Business: Customer interaction software Buyer: Halo Technology Holdings (Greenwich, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold Process Software Corp. (Framingham, MA) Business: Enterprise software applications Buyer: Halo Technology Holdings (Greenwich, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold Profit-Key International (Salem, NH) Business: Business-to-business software Buyer: Halo Technology Holdings (Greenwich, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Platinum Equity (Beverly Hills) sold Tesseract (San Francisco) Business: Human resources software Buyer: Halo Technology Holdings (Greenwich, CT) Deal Value: ND Seller: Post Advisory Group (Los Angeles) sold Peregrine Systems (San Diego) Business: Develop software Buyer: Hewlett-Packard Co. (Palo Alto) Deal Value: $503 million Seller: RealEstate ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. (Mission Viejo) Business: Provides online real estate advice Buyer: Internet Brands (El Segundo) Deal Value: ND Seller: Rocket Internetworking (Santa Monica) Business: Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. Buyer: International Telecommunications (Santa Monica) Deal Value: ND TELECOM Seller: J2 Global Communications j2 Global Communications (Nasdaq:JCOM) is a company based in Hollywood, California that offers messaging and communications services. Its most popular service is called "eFax", which allows users to send and receive faxes via the Internet. j2 was previously called JFAX. (Los Angeles) sold Oasis Semiconductor (Waltham, MA) Business: Manufacturer of system control solutions Buyer: Sigmatel (Austin, TX) Deal Value: $87 million Seller: Knight Fuller (Burbank) sold PayCell (Santa Barbara) Business: Mobile payment services Buyer: Opus International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Beverly Hills) Deal Value: $1 million TRANSPORTATION Seller: Nexus International Express (Gardena) Business: Freight forwarding services Buyer: Yes Logistics Corp. (Taiwan) Deal Value: ND |
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