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Delaware Chancery denies United Rentals
specific performance
Sallie Mae buyout terminated
Harman buyout terminated;
Sponsors claim material adverse change
Lear
shareholders vote down increased
Icahn offer
Huntsman
accepts Apollo's competing offer
Buyers warn that Sallie Mae
may not close
Icahn affiliate boosts Lear offer
by 4.1%
Advanced Medical trumps Warburg deal for Bausch & Lomb
KKR
files for an IPO
Blackstone to buyout
Hilton Hotels for $20B
Och-Ziff
Capital (hedge fund manager) files for $2B IPO
BCE
(Bell Canada) in $48.5B buyout
Competing bidder makes
unsolicited tender offer
for Topps
GLG Partners
(UK) to go public in US by reverse merger with a SPAC
Harman
Int'l files preliminary proxy including stub equity option
VC Strine criticizes go shop process used in
Topps
buyout
Senate tax proposal targets
Blackstone IPO
Ceridian buyout
faces opposition from 14.9% holder
Sponsors raise offer for
Biomet;
Will use tender offer
Aeroflex
is sued over break-up fee payment
Clear Channel
buyers file registration statement for stub equity
Sponsors raise offer for
Laureate Education;
Will use tender offer
Private Equity Firms
Hyperlinked index of firms and their deals
Trends in financing
conditions
The trend of PE
sponsors acceding to reverse break-up fees continues. The
amount of these fees is often equated to the seller's break-up
fee. We survey
recent deals.
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Recent Opinions
United Rentals
In re Topps
Netsmart
LAMPERS
(Caremark)
SS&C Technology
ABRY Partners
In re TCI
In re Toys "R" Us
Cox Communications
Orman v Cullman
New Deals Announced
Countrywide/BofA
Cognos/IBM
Commerce Bancorp
Countrywide
Dow Jones
Sequa Corp
BCE
(Bell Canada)
HD Supply
Penn National Gaming
CKX
CDW
Alliance Data Systems
Chrysler
Cablevision
Bear Hugs - Unsolicited
Take-Two/Electronic Arts
Yahoo!/Microsoft
New Proxies Filed
CKX
Commerce Bancorp
Dow Jones
Penn National
Guitar Center
Sallie Mae
Alliance Data
CDW
First Data
Penn National
Dow Jones
Recently Completed
Alabama National
Cognos
Dow Jones
Harrahs
Sallie Mae
- terminated
Tribune
Lyondell
Manor Care
Sequa
Nuveen
Dobson
Alltel
Ceridian
Station Casinos
Bausch & Lomb
PolyMedica
Hilton Hotels
Avaya
Harman
- terminated
TXU
Guitar Center
First Data
Catalina Marketing
Clear Channel
Biomet
TOPPS
CDW
Acxiom
- terminated
Laureate Education
ServiceMaster
EGL
Aeroflex
Dollar General
Claire's Stores
OSI
Kronos
Kinder Morgan
USI Holdings
United Surgical
Adesa
SafeNet
Realogy
Sabre Holdings
Univision
Other Notable Deals
Fortress Group IPO
Harrah's
HCA
Freescale
Select Financings
Freescale
Univision
Education Management
Toys R Us
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