Special Situations Calendar

APRIL 20

FirstGroup plc acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc. stockholders meeting

APRIL 23

Midnight ET: Cisco Systems, Inc. $57 per share tender offer for WebEx Communications, Inc. ends

APRIL 24

5 p.m. ET Whole Foods Market, Inc. tender offer for Wild Oats Markets, Inc. ends

APRIL 25

5 p.m. ET: Diamond Resorts LLC tender offer for Sunterra Corp. ends

APRIL 30

5:30 A.M. ET Subsequent offering period ends in Singapore Technologies Semiconductors Pte. Ltd. tender offer for STATS ChipPAC.

APRIL

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. acquisition of Valera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 12

Expected closing: April 30

MAY 3

Special meeting of K&F Industries Holdings, Inc. shareholders to vote on proposed merger with Meggitt-USA, Inc., wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Meggitt plc

MAY 8

Midnight ET: Xerox Corp. tender offer for Global Imaging Systems ends

MAY 16

AirTran Holdings, Inc. tender for Midwest Air Group Inc. ends

MAY 17

Midnight ET: KLA-Tencor tender offer for Therma-Wave expires

MAY 18

Midnight ET: Carl Icahn affiliates tender for WCI Communities, Inc. ends

Atmel Corp. special meeting called by former chief executive officer George Perlegos

MAY 30

Special meeting of Steel Technologies Inc. shareholders to vote on proposed merger with subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

MAY

New Wave Group AB (publ) acquisition of Cutter & Buck Inc.

Announced: April 12

Expected closing: By the end of May

Xerox Corp. acquisition of Global Imaging Systems, Inc.

Announced: April 2

Expected closing: May

JUNE 1

CheckFree Corp. acquisition of Corillian Corp.

Announced: Feb. 14

Expected close: June 1

SECOND QUARTER 2007

Kelso & Co., GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, ValueAct Capital and Parthenon Capital acquisition of Adesa, Inc.

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Quest Diagnostics Inc. acquisition of AmeriPath, Inc.

Announced: April 16

Expected closing: Second quarter

KEG Holdings, Inc. acquisition of Applied Innovation Inc.

Announced: Feb. 23

Expected closing: Second quarter

Beckman Coulter, Inc. acquisition of Biosite Inc.

Announced: March 26

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Appleseed's Topco, Inc. acquisition of Blair Corp.

Announced: Jan. 23

Expected closing: First half 2007

Oakmont Acquisition Corp. acquisition of Brooke Credit Corp.

Announced: Feb. 8

Expected closing: Spring 2007

KCPC Holdings, Inc. acquisition of Central Parking Corp.

Announced: Feb. 21

Expected closing: Second quarter

Management, Sterling Capital Partners, Citigroup Private Equity acquisition of Educate, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 29

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Cegedim SA acquisition of Dendrite International, Inc.

Announced: March 2

Expected closing: Within a few months

Thoma Cressey Bravo acquisition of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.

Announced: April 6

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC acquisition of Fieldstone Investment Corp.

Announced: Feb. 16

Transaction closing: Second quarter of 2007

Western Refining, Inc. acquisition of Giant Industries, Inc.

Announced: Aug. 28, 2006

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. acquisition of Horizon Health Corp.

Announced: Dec. 21

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

Apex Partners funds and Morgan Stanley Principal Investments acquisition of Hub International Ltd.

Announcement: Feb. 26

Expected closing: Second quarter

Protection One, Inc. merger with Integrated Alarm Services Group, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 21

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

Apollo Investment Corp. acquisition of Innkeepers USA Trust

Announced: April 15

Expected closing: Second quarter

Meggitt-USA, Inc. acquisition of K&F Industries Holdings, Inc.

Announced: March 6

Expected closing: Second quarter

Caritor, Inc. acquisition of Keane, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 7

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

BFC Financial Corp.'s acquisition of Levitt Corp.

Announced: Jan. 31

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. acquisition of Longview Fibre Co.

Announced: Feb. 5

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Pitney Bowes Inc. acquisition of MapInfo Corp.

Announced: March 15

Expected closing: Second quarter

Chittenden Corp. acquisition of Merrill Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 19

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Renova Media Enterprises Ltd. acquisition of Moscow CableCom Corp.

Announced: Feb. 22

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Centro Properties Group acquisition of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 28

Expected closing: Second quarter

Hindalco Industries Ltd. acquisition of Novelis Inc.

Announced: Feb. 12

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Teekay Shipping Corp. and A/S Dampskibsselskabet TORM acquisition of OMI Corp.

Announced: April 17

Expected closing: Second quarter

Smithfield Foods, Inc. acquisition of Premium Standard Farms

Announced: Feb. 23

J-M Manufacturing Corp. acquisition of PW Eagle, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 16

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group acquisition of Sabre Holdings

Announced: Dec. 12

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

Apollo Management LP acquisition of Smart & Final Inc.

Announced: Feb. 20

Expected closing: Second quarter

Agilent Technologies Inc. acquisition of Stratagene Corp.

Announced: April 6

Expected closing: Within 90 days

Carlyle Group's acquisition of Synagro Technologies, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 29

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Jerry Moyes and family's acquisition of Swift Transportation Co., Inc.

Announced: Nov. 6, 2006

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2007

Equifax, Inc. acquisition of TALX Corp.

Announced: Feb. 14

Expected closing: Second or early third quarter of 2007

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe acquisition of United Surgical Partners International, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 8

Expected closing: Second quarter 2007

GS Capital Partners acquisition of USI Holdings Corp.

Announced: Jan. 16

Expected closing: Second quarter

Software AG acquisition of webMethods, Inc.

Announced: April 18

Expected closing: Second quarter

Verint Systems Inc. acquisition of Witness Systems, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 12

Expected closing: Second quarter

THIRD QUARTER 2007

Blackstone Group-led acquisition of Biomet, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 18, 2006

Expected closing: By Oct. 31

Roche acquisition of BioVeris Corp.

Announced: April 4

Expected closing: Third quarter

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. merger with Bowater Inc.

Announced: Jan. 29

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2007

Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI, LP acquisition of Catalina Marketing Corp.

Announced: April 17

Expected closing: Third quarter

Renasant Corp. acquisition of Capital Bancorp, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 5

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2007

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP acquisition of Dollar General Corp.

Announced: March 12

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2007

Integra Telecom, Inc. acquisition of Eschelon Telecom, Inc.

Announced: March 20

Expected closing: Third quarter

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. acquisition of First Data Corp.

Announced: April 2

Expected closing: Third quarter

Formation Capital, LLC, JER Partners acquisition of Genesis HealthCare Corp.

Announced: Jan. 16

Expected closing: Late August

American Financial Group, Inc. acquisition of Great American Financial Resources, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 22

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2007

Merrill Lynch acquisition of First Republic Bank

Announced: Jan. 29

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2007

State Street Corp. acquisition of Investors Financial Services Corp.

Announced: Feb. 5

Expected closing: By the third quarter of 2007

GE Capital Solutions acquisition of PHH Corp.

Announced: March 15

Expected closing: Third quarter

Macquarie Bank Ltd. and Kaupthing Bank hf acquisition of Spirit Finance Corp.

Announced: March 13

Expected closing: Third quarter

Tornante Co., LLC and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC acquisition of Topps Co., Inc.

Announced: March 6

Expected closing: Third quarter

Community Health Systems, Inc. acquisition of Triad Hospitals, Inc.

Announced: March 19

Expected closing: Third quarter

Hanover Compressor Co. and Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. merger of equals

Announced: Feb. 5

Expected closing: Third quarter 2007

Management, One Equity Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Rho Ventures acquisition of Vertrue Inc.

Announced: March 22

Expected closing: Third quarter

Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. acquisition of Winston Hotels, Inc.

Announced: April 3

Expected closing: Third quarter

FOURTH QUARTER 2007

MGIC Investment Corp. and Radian Group Inc. merger

Announced: Feb. 6

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2007

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. merger of equals.

Announced: Feb. 20

Expected closing: By Dec. 31, 2007

SECOND HALF 2007

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA acquisition of Compass Bancshares, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 16

Transaction closing: Second half of 2007

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. acquisition of Pathmark Stores, Inc.

Announced: March 5

Expected closing: Second half of 2007

M & F Worldwide Corp. acquisition of John H. Harland Co.

Announced: Dec. 20

Expected closing: Second half 2007

ON THE HORIZON

Farallon Capital affiliate acquisition of Affordable Residential Communities Inc. manufactured home community business

Announce: April 17

Expected closing: By the end of 2007

Great Plains Energy Inc. acquisition of Aquila, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 7

Expected closing: Within one year

Coral Energy Holding, LP acquisition of Avista Energy, Inc.

Announce: April 17

Expected closing: Second or third quarter of 2007

Apollo Management, LP acquisition of Claire's Stores, Inc.

Announcement: March 20

Expected closing: Upon approvals

CRX Acquisition Ltd. acquisition of The Cronos Group

Announced: Feb. 28

Expected closing: Summer 2007

EGL management, Centerbridge Partners, LP and Woodbridge Co. Ltd. acquisition of EGL, Inc .

Announced: March 1

Expected closing: Second or third quarter of 2007

Cascade Investment, LLC, Kingdom Hotels International, Isadore Sharp acquisition of Four Seasons Hotels, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 12

Expected closing: Upon approvals

BTP Acquisition Co., LLC acquisition of Image Entertainment, Inc.

Announced: March 30

Expected closing: By July 31

American Real Estate Partners, LP acquisition of Lear Corp.

Announced: Feb. 9

Expected closing: Upon approvals and closing conditions

FairPoint Communications, Inc. acquisition of Verizon Communications Inc. New England wireline operations

Announced: Jan. 16

Expected closing: Within 12 months

Vulcan Materials Co. acquisition of Florida Rock Industries Inc.

Announced: Feb. 20

Expected closing: Mid-2007

Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group acquisition of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 19, 2006

Expected closing: In one year

Forest Oil Corp. acquisition of The Houston Exploration Co.

Announced: Jan. 8

Expected closing: Upon approvals

NBC Universal, Inc. and Citadel LP tender for Ion Media Networks, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 18

Tender deadline: To be determined

Quanta Services, Inc. acquisition of InfraSource Services, Inc.

Announced: March 19

Expected closing: Upon approvals

FirstGroup plc acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 9

Expected closing: Upon approvals and closing conditions

U.S. Steel Corp. acquisition of Lone Star Technologies, Inc.

Announced: March 29

Expected closing: Second or third quarter of 2007

Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. acquisition of Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc.

Announced: March 23

Expected closing: By the end of 2007

Avery Dennison Corp. acquisition of Paxar Corp.

Announced: March 23

Expected closing: By the end of 2007

Palisade Capital Management, LLC, Palisade Concentrated Equity Partnership, LP acquisition of Refac Optical Group

Announced: Feb. 26

Expected closing: Upon approvals

Cap Rock Holding Corp. acquisition of Semco Energy, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 23

Expected closing: Upon approvals

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. acquisition of The ServiceMaster Co.

Announced: March 19

Expected closing: Upon approvals

UnitedHealth Group acquisition of Sierra Health Services, Inc.

Announced: March 12

Expected closing: By the end of 2007

J.C. Flowers & Co.-led investor group acquisition of SLM Corp.

Announced: April 15

Expected closing: By the end of 2007

Fertitta Colony Partners LLC acquisition of Station Casinos, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 26

Expected closing: Within six to nine months

Hercules Offshore, Inc. acquisition of Todco

Announced: March 19

Expected closing: Mid-2007

CCMP Capital Advisors and GS Capital Partners acquisition of Triad Hospitals, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 5

Expected closing: Upon approvals

American International Group acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Group

Announcement: Jan. 24

Expected closing: To be determined

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