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Special Situations Calendar
DECEMBER 6
• Grubb & Ellis Co.: special meeting to vote on merger with NNN Realty Advisors, Inc.
• NNN Realty Advisors, Inc.: special meeting to vote on merger with Grubb & Ellis Co.
DECEMBER 10
• 3 p.m. ET: Andrew Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by CommScope, Inc.
DECEMBER 12
• 10 a.m. ET: Penn National Gaming, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and Centerbridge Partners, LP
DECEMBER 13
• 10 a.m. ET: Dow Jones & Co. special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by News Corp.
DECEMBER 14
• C-COR Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by Arris Group, Inc.
DECEMBER 17
• National Penn Bancshares, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition of KNBT Bancorp
DECEMBER 18
• Edo Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with ITT Corp. and its subsidiary
DECEMBER 20
• 11 a.m. ET: Datascope Corp.: annual meeting
DECEMBER 28
• Salton, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition of Applica Inc., an APN Holding Co. subsidiary
JANUARY 17
• 5 p.m. ET: Roche tender offer for Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. ends
FOURTH QUARTER 2007
• Alcan Inc.: acquisition by Rio Tinto
Announced: July 12
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Alliance Data Systems Corp.: acquisition by Blackstone Group
Announced: May 17
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Andrew Corp.: acquisition by CommScope, Inc.
Announced: June 27
Expected closing: By the end of 2007
• Applica Inc.: acquisition by Salton, Inc.
Announced: Oct. 2
Expected closing: Within three to four months
• ASE Test Ltd.: acquisition by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
Announced: Sept. 4
Expected closing: December 2007
• Avaya Inc.: acquisition by Silver Lake and TPG Capital
Announced: June 5
Expected closing: Fall of 2007
• Bolnisi Gold NL and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corp.: acquisition by Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.
Announced: May 3
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• CheckFree Corp.: acquisition by Fiserv, Inc.
Announced: Aug. 2
Expected closing: By Dec. 31
• Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Television Group: acquisition by Providence Equity Partners Inc.
Announced: April 20
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Coinmach Service Corp.: acquisition by Babcock & Brown affiliate
Announced: June 15
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Community Bank & Trust Co.: acquisition by Chittenden Corp.
Announced: June 4
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Dow Jones & Co.: acquisition by News Corp.
Announced: Aug. 1
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• East Penn Financial Corp.: acquisition by Harleysville National Corp.
Announced: May 16
Expected closing: Fall 2007
• Gateway, Inc.: acquisition by Acer Inc.
Announced: Aug. 27
Expected closing: By December 2007
• Genesco Inc.: acquisition by the Finish Line, Inc.
Announced: June 18
Expected closing: Fall of 2007
• HemoSense, Inc.: acquisition by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
Announced: Aug. 7
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Horizon Offshore, Inc.: acquisition by Cal Dive International, Inc.
Announced: June 12
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Hutchinson Telephone Co.: acquisition by New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
Announced: Aug. 6
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Image Entertainment, Inc.: acquisition by BTP Acquisition Co., LLC
Announced: March 30
Expected closing: Nov. 28
• Infocrossing, Inc.: acquisition by Wipro Technologies
Announced: Aug. 6
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• InfoSpace, Inc.'s online directory business: acquisition by Idearc Inc.
Announced: Sept. 17
Expected closing: End of 2007
• Manor Care, Inc.: acquisition by Carlyle Group
Announced: July 2
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Matritech, Inc. acquisition by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
Announced: Aug. 28
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc.: acquisition by Ecolab Inc.
Announced: Aug. 7
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Midwest Air Group Inc.: acquisition by TPG Capital, LP
Announced: Aug. 17
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• NNN Realty Advisors, Inc.: acquisition by Grubb & Ellis Co.
Announced: May 22
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc.
Announced: March 23
Expected closing: By the end of 2007
• Oglebay Norton Co.: acquisition by Carmeuse North America
Announced: Oct. 12
Expected closing: By end of year
• PHH Corp.: acquisition by GE Capital Solutions
Announced: March 15
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• Pathmark Stores, Inc.: acquisition by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.
Announced: March 5
Expected closing: December
• Partners Trust Financial Group, Inc.: acquisition by M&T Bank Corp.
Announced: July 19
Expected closing: Within six months
• PRA International: acquisition by Genstar Capital, LLC
Announced: July 25
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• PrimeWest Energy Trust: acquisition by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC
Announced: Sept. 24
Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2007
• Sequa Corp.: acquisition by the Carlyle Group
Announced: July 9
Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2007
• Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. merger
Announced: Feb. 20
Expected closing: By Dec. 31, 2007
• Synergy Financial Group, Inc.: acquisition by New Community Bancorp, Inc.
Announced: May 14
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• TierOne Corp.: acquisition by CapitalSource Inc.
Announced: May 18
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
• United Industrial Corp.: acquisition by Textron Inc.
Announced: Oct. 8
Expected closing: Fourth quarter
SECOND HALF 2007
• PVF Capital Corp.: acquisition by United Community Financial Corp.
Announced: July 24
Expected closing: By the end of 2007
• Sierra Health Services, Inc.: acquisition by UnitedHealth Group
Announced: March 12
Expected closing: By the end of 2007
• Transocean, Inc.: merger of equals with GlobalSantaFe Corp.
Announced: July 23
Expected closing: By the end of 2007
• U.S.B. Holding Co., Inc.: acquisition by KeyCorp
Announced: July 27
Expected closing: Within six months
ON THE HORIZON
• Aeroflex Inc.: acquisition by Veritas Capital
Announced: May 25
• Aquila, Inc.: acquisition by Great Plains Energy Inc.
Announced: Feb. 7
Expected closing: Within one year
• BEA Systems, Inc.: acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Announced: Oct. 12
• BGC Partners: acquisition by eSpeed, Inc.
Announced: May 30
Expected closing: Fourth quarter or first quarter of 2008
• Cablevision Systems Corp.: acquisition by the Dolan Family Group
Announced: May 2
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Carolina National Corp.: acquisition by First National Bancshares, Inc.
Announced: Aug. 27
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Commerce Group: acquisition by Mapfre SA
Announced: Oct. 31
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Energy East Corp.: acquisition by Iberdrola SA
Announced: June 25
Expected closing: 2008
• Factory Card & Party Outlet Corp.: acquisition by AAH Holding Corp.
Announced: Sept. 18
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• FairPoint Communications, Inc. acquisition of Verizon Communications Inc. New England wireline operations
Announced: Jan. 16
Expected closing: Within 12 months
• Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.: acquisition by Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group
Announced: Dec. 19, 2006
Expected closing: In one year
• InfoSpace, Inc.: acquisition of its mobile services business by Motricity
Announced: Oct. 15
Expected closing: Within 90 days
• Lyondell Chemical Co.: acquisition by Basell
Announced: July 17
Expected closing: Within the next several months
• Miramar Mining Corp.: acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp.
Announced: Oct. 9
• Myers Industries, Inc.: acquisition by GS Capital Partners
Announced: April 24
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Natrol, Inc.: acquisition by Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Announced: Nov. 19
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc.: acquisition by Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.
Announced: July 2
Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2007 or first quarter of 2008
• Peru Copper Inc.: acquisition by Aluminum Corp. of China
Announced: June 11
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Printronix, Inc.: acquisition by Vector Capital Corp.
Announced: Oct. 2
• SCPIE Holdings Inc.: acquisition by the Doctors Co.
Announced: Oct. 16
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• Spear & Jackson, Inc.: acquisition by United Pacific Industries Ltd.
Announced: June 25
Expected closing: Upon approvals
• United Rentals, Inc.: acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management, LP
Announced: July 23
Expected closing: Upon approvals
FIRST QUARTER 2008
• 3Com Corp.: acquisition by Bain Capital Partners, LLC
Announced: Sept. 28
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• Alabama National BanCorporation: acquisition by RBC Centura Banks, Inc.
Announced: Sept. 6
Expected closing: Early 2008
• American Financial Realty Trust: acquisition by Gramercy Capital Corp.
Announced: Nov. 5
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp.: acquisition by Galenica Group
Announced: Oct. 17
Expected closing: Jan. 3
• BCE Inc.: acquisition by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, affiliates of Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLP and others
Announced: June 30
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: acquisition by Nycomed US Inc.
Announced: Oct. 30
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Business Objects SA: acquisition by SAP AG
Announced: Oct. 8
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• C-COR Inc.: acquisition by Arris Group Inc.
Announced: Sept. 24
Expected closing: January 2008
• Canetic Resources Trust: acquisition by Penn West Energy Trust
Announced: Oct. 31
Expected closing: Mid-January 2008
• Chittenden Corp.: acquisition by People's United Financial, Inc.
Announced: June 27
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Christiana Bank & Trust Co.: acquisition by National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
Announced: June 25
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Cognos Inc.: acquisition by IBM Corp.
Announced: Nov. 12
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.: acquisition by Pfizer Inc.
Announced: Nov. 16
Expected closing: Early 2008
• Cumulus Media Inc.: acquisition by investor group led by Lewis Dickey and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Announced: July 23
Expected closing: Early 2008
• E-Z-EM, Inc.: acquisition by Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
Announced: Oct. 30
Expected closing: Early 2008
• EDO Corp.: acquisition by ITT Corp.
Announced: Sept. 18
Expected closing: Early 2008
• First Charter Corp.: acquisition by Fifth Third Bancorp
Announced: Aug. 16
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• First Consulting Group Inc.: acquisition by Computer Sciences Corp.
Announced: Oct. 31
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Goodman Global, Inc.: acquisition by Hellman & Freidman LLC affiliates
Announced: Oct. 22
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by First Niagara Financial Group Inc.
Announced: Sept. 10
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• KNBT Bancorp: acquisition by National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
Announced: Sept. 7
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc.: acquisition by MarkWest Energy Partners, LP
Announced: Sept. 6
Expected closing: Late 2007 or early 2008
• Metal Management, Inc.: acquisition by Sims Group Ltd.
Announced: Sept. 24
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.: acquisition by ISB Financial Corp.
Announced: Sept. 12
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• Navteq Corp.: acquisition by Nokia Corp.
Announced: Oct. 1
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• Pavilion Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by First Defiance Financial Corp.
Announced: Oct. 4
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• Peoples Community Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by Integra Bank Corp.
Announced: Sept. 13
Expected closing: First quarter 2008
• Radiation Therapy Services, Inc.: acquisition by Vestar Capital Partners
Announced: Oct. 19
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Renovis, Inc.: acquisition by Evotec AG
Announced: Sept. 19
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.: acquisition by Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.
Announced: Oct. 8
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Sterling Financial Corp.: acquisition by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Announced: July 19
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Tutogen Medical Inc.: acquisition by Regeneration Technologies Inc.
Announced: Nov. 13
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• US BioEnergy Corp.: acquisition by VeraSun Energy Corp.
Announced: Nov. 29
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Whidbey Island Bank: acquisition by Frontier Financial Corp.
Announced: Sept. 26
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
SECOND QUARTER 2008
• Covad Communications Group Inc.: acquisition by Platinum Equity
Announced: Oct. 28
Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008
• GB&T Bancshares, Inc.: SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Announced: Nov. 2
Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008
• Pharmion Corp.: acquisition by Celgene Corp.
Announced: Nov. 19
Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008
• Restoration Hardware, Inc.: acquisition by Catterton Partners affiliate
Announced: Nov. 8
Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008
FIRST HALF 2008
• Commerce Bank: acquisition by TD Bank Financial Group
Announced: Oct. 2
Expected closing: March or April 2008
• Genlyte Group Inc.: acquisition by Philips Holdings USA Inc.
Announced: Nov. 26
Expected closing: First quarter of 2008
• Greater Community Bancorp: acquisition by Oritani Financial Corp.
Announced: Nov. 14
Expected closing: By June 30, 2008
• The Midland Co.: acquisition by Munich Re
Announced: Oct. 17
Expected closing: First half of 2008
• Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc.: acquisition by Quest Resource Corp.
Announced: Oct. 16
Expected closing: First or second quarter of 2008
• Rural Cellular Corp.: acquisition by Verizon Wireless
Announced: July 30
Expected closing: First half of 2008
• SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc.: acquisition by T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Announced: Sept. 17
Expected closing: First half of 2008
• Visual Sciences, Inc.: acquisition by Omniture Inc.
Announced: Oct. 25
Expected closing: Early to mid 2008
SECOND HALF 2008
• Puget Energy Inc.: acquisition by consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
Announced: Oct. 26
Expected closing: Second half of 2008
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