| Oct 5, 2009 |
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| IPOs |
 |  | This Week's IPOs: Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. ...Education Management Corporation ...Shanda Games Limited ...Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ...Select Medical Holdings Corporation ...Vitacost.com, Inc. ...And A123 Systems, Inc. |
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| Mergers |
| | This Week's Mergers: Cisco to Buy Tandberg ...Xerox to Acquire ACS ...Dell to Purchase Perot Systems ...Unilever to Acquire Personal Products Unit of Sara Lee ...Abbott Labs to Acquire Unit of Solvay ...And Inverness Medical Innovations to Buy Free & Clear |
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| Industries in this issue |
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| Talecris Biotherapeutics is a global biotherapeutic and biotechnology company that discovers, develops, and produces critical care treatments for people with life-threatening disorders. Talecris headquarters is located in the biotech hub of Research Triangle Park, N.C., with additional regional headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Location: |
Reasearch Triangle Park, NC |
| Empoyees: |
4,763 |
| Date: |
9/28/2009 |
| NASDAQ: |
TLCR |
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| Education Management is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, with a total of 92 primary locations in 28 U.S. states and Canada. The company offers academic programs to students through campus-based and online instruction. |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Empoyees: |
11,300 |
| Date: |
9/28/2009 |
| NASDAQ: |
EDMC |
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| Shanda Games Limited is the online video game company of Shanda Entertainment, a leading Chinese interactive entertainment company. The company makes a variety of role-playing and other games. |
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Shanghai, China |
| Empoyees: |
1,407 |
| Date: |
9/24/2009 |
| NASDAQ: |
GAME |
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| Echo Global Logisitics is a leading provider of technology-enabled business process outsourcing serving the transportation and logistics needs of its clients. Echo's proprietary technology platform compiles and analyzes data from a diversified network of more than 16,000 transportation providers to serve its clients' shipping needs and optimize their freight management. The company procures transportation and provides logistics services and solutions across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing and consumer products. |
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Chicago, IL |
| Empoyees: |
553 |
| Date: |
9/28/2009 |
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ECHO |
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| Select Medical Holdings Corporation is the parent company of Select Medical Corporation, a leading provider of specialty health care. The company currently operates 92 specialty hospitals, approximately 948 outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and also provides medical rehabilitation services on a contract basis at nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living and senior care centers, schools, private homes, and worksites. |
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Mechanicsburg, PA |
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21,300 |
| Date: |
9/24/2009 |
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SEM |
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| Vitacost.com is an online retailer offering dietary supplements, health foods, and personal care items at a discount. The company also sells its own brand of nutritional products. |
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Boca Raton, FL |
| Empoyees: |
100 |
| Date: |
9/23/2009 |
| NASDAQ: |
VITC |
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| A123 Systems develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid services, and consumer markets. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Massachusetts, A123 Systems' proprietary nanoscale electrode technology is built on initial developments from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Watertown, MA |
| Empoyees: |
1,160 |
| Date: |
9/24/2009 |
| NASDAQ: |
AONE |
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| M&A - Business Services |
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Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA |
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Tandberg ASA, Lysaker, Norway |
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| Computer networking equipment maker Cisco Systems has agreed to buy Tandberg, a provider of video-conferencing systems. Cisco will pay approximately $3 billion for the Norway-based company in order to enhance its tele presence, an area that Cisco indicates is its fastest growing product line ever. |
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October 1, 2009 |
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| M&A - Business Services |
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Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT |
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Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Dallas, TX |
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| Document management giant Xerox will acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a $6.4 billion deal. The move is expected to triple Xerox's services revenue at a time when the company has been impacted by declining sales of copiers and printers. |
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September 28, 2009 |
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| M&A - Information Technology Services |
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Dell Inc., Round Rock, TX |
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Perot Systems Corporation, Plano, TX |
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| In its biggest deal ever, computer maker Dell will buy Perot Systems, the technology services company founded by billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot, for $3.9 billion. The acquisition will allow Dell to move beyond its traditional business and better compete with rivals like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. |
| The Wall Street Journal, |
September 22, 2009 |
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| M&A - Personal Care Products |
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Unilever plc, London, UK |
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Sara Lee Corporation (Business Unit), Downers Grove, IL |
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| Unilever, the company known for personal care items marketed under the brand names Dove, Lifebuoy, Pond's, Lux, and Vaseline, among others, will acquire the body care products unit of Sara Lee Corporation, which includes Sanex bath and shower products, as well as the company's European line of detergents. Unilever will pay $1.88 billion for the business. |
| Chicago Tribune, |
September 26, 2009 |
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| M&A - Pharmaceuticals |
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Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL |
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Solvay SA (Business Unit), Brussels, Belgium |
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| Abbott Laboratories, a global health care and medical research company, will acquire the pharmaceuticals unit of Belgium's Solvay SA for approximately $6.6 billion in cash. If specific sales goals are reached, the deal will amount to around $7 billion. The acquisition will give Abbott complete global rights to the cholesterol drugs TriCor and Trilipix. Abbott currently markets the drugs in the U.S. and pays Solvay royalties on sales. |
| Reuters, |
September 14, 2009 |
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| M&A - Specialized Health Care Services |
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Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Waltham, MA |
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Free & Clear, Inc., Seattle, WA |
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| Inverness Medical Innovations, a medical diagnostics company, will acquire Free & Clear, a provider of programs to help people address chronic diseases. Inverness will initially pay $100 million for Free & Clear, with up to another $30 million possible in contingency payments. |
| Forbes, |
September 21, 2009 |
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