Who’s Who in Mergers & Acquisitions

DEUTSCHE BANK Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Advisory Group 60 Wall Street, 45th Floor New York, NY 10005 Contact Persons for New Business Monte Koch, U.S. Head of M&A Phone:212-250-0285 Donald Johnston, European Head of M&A Phone:011-44-20-7545-7007 Recent Significant Transactions Westfield Holdings Advisor on the proposed US$20bn merger of Westfield Trust, Westfield America Trust and Westfield Holdings to create the world’s largest listed retail property group. The combined company, to be known as Westfield Group, will have US$34bn of property assets and interest in 123 shopping centers with 19,500 retailers in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and United Kingdom. MGM Mirage Advisor on the proposed US$7.9bn acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group. The combination will bring together two leading gaming resort operators to form a highly diversified hospitality company appealing to a broad spectrum of the leisure and business travel and event markets. Apollo Advisors Advisor to an Investor Group comprised of Apollo, The Blackstone Group, and Goldman Sachs Capital on the US$4.2bn acquisition of Ondeo Nalco. Ondeo Nalco is the world leader in providing water treatment, and process chemicals and services to companies in the general industrial, institutional, pulp and paper, and energy sectors. Blackstone Group Advisor on the US$3.8bn acquisition of Celanese, the largest maker of acetic acid used in adhesives. MG Technologies Advisor on the proposed US$2.7bn divestiture of Dynamit Nobel, excluding its plastics business, to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Dynamit Nobel is comprised of five businesses: Advanced Ceramics, Specialty Chemicals, Pigments, Custom Synthesis and Plastics. Cogentrix Advisor on the US$2.4bn sale of the company to Goldman Sachs. The acquisition added 26 plants and approximately 3,300 megwatts to the Goldman Sachs power portfolio. Jean Coutu Advisor on the proposed US$2.4bn of 1,541 Eckerd retail stores from J.C. Penney. This acquisition represents the second largest transaction in the retail sector over the past five years. Noveon International Advisor on the US$1.8bn sale of the company to Lubrizol Corporation. Noveon is a leading global producer and marketer of technologically advanced specialty chemicals for a broad range of consumer and industrial applications. Yellow Corporation Advisor on the US$1.5bn acquisition of Roadway. The combined company, which will be known as Yellow-Roadway, will be one of the largest services providers in the world. Jefferies & Company, Inc. 520 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 284-2550 www.jefco.com Contact Persons for New M&A Business: Gregg H. Feinstein, Managing Director and Director of Mergers & Acquisitions (212) 284-2522 [email protected] Randal V. Stephenson, Senior Vice President (212) 284-2570 [email protected] Jefferies Quarterdeck, a division of Jefferies, focused on Aerospace, Defense and Government IT Jon Kutler, President and CEO 310-481-0070 [email protected] Broadview, a division of Jefferies, focused on Information Technology, Communications, Digital Media, and Medical Devices Paul Deninger, Chairman 781-890-5500 [email protected] Alec Ellison, President 212-284-8110 [email protected] Recent Significant Transactions (clients in bold): $239 million pending acquisition of Marimba Inc., a systems management software company, by BMC Software (announced) Sale pending of The Warnick Company to an affiliate of Veritas Capital Fund II, LP (announced) The acquisition of Candle Corporation, a systems management software company, by IBM (April 2004) LSI Logic’s acquisition of Velio Communications, a provider of switching ASSPs and ASICs (April 2004) Acquisition of Kelkoo SA, Europe’s leading Internet shopping comparison service by Yahoo! for 475 million euros (April 2004) Sale of Workflow Management Inc. for $225 million to investor group of Perseus Capital and The Renaissance Group (April 2004) $2.6 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group by investor group Edgar Bronfman, Thomas H. Lee, and Bain Capital (March 2004) Sale of Sweetheart Cup Corporation to Solo Cup Company for $890 million (March 2004) Lightbridge Inc.’s purchase of Authorize.net, an online payment solutions provider, from Infospace for $82 million (March 2004) Acquisition of Indentix Public Sector, Inc., a subsidiary of Indentix Incorporated, by Alion Science and Technology Corporation (February 2004) Sale of Good Guys, Inc. to CompUSA Inc. for $60 million (December 2003) Acquisition of Miltope Group, a producer of ruggedized computers and peripherals, by Vision Technologies Kinetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vision Technology Systems (December 2003) $807 million recapitalization of Samsonite Corporation by Bain Capital, Ares Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (July 2003) The Boeing Company’s divestiture of Boeing Corinth Division, supplier of wiring harnesses for aircraft, to Labinal, Inc., a SNECMA Group Company (June 2003) Acquisition of Creative Technology Incorporated by General Dynamics Corporation (March 2003) KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC. Specialists in Financial Services 787 Seventh Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10019 Phone:212-887-7777 Contact Persons for New Business: John G. Duffy, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Phone:212-887-7788 Fax:212-541-6668 E-Mail:[email protected] Andrew M. Senchak, Vice Chairman, President & Co-Head of Investment Banking Phone:212-887-7778 Fax:212-541-6999 E-Mail:[email protected] Peter J. Wirth, Executive Vice President & Co-Head of Investment Banking Phone:212-887-7799 Fax:212-541-6667 E-Mail:[email protected] Other Investment Bankers: Scott R. Anderson, Managing Director Phone:212-887-7771 E-Mail:[email protected] Donald W. Delson, Managing Director Phone:212-887-7776 E-Mail:[email protected] Craig R. McMahen, Managing Director Phone:212-887-7786 E-Mail:[email protected] Joseph H. Moeller, Managing Director Phone: 212-887-7787 E-Mail:[email protected] Kevin D. Spinner, Managing Director Phone: 212 887-7795 E-Mail:[email protected] Robert J. Stapleton, Managing Director Phone:212-887-7796 E-Mail:[email protected] Hartford, CT Office One Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 Phone:860-722-5900 Contact for New Business: Joseph Spalluto, Managing Director Fax:860-722-5996 E-Mail:[email protected] Columbus, OH Office 211 Bradenton Avenue Dublin, OH 43017 Phone:614-766-8400 Contact for New Business: Patricia McJoynt, Managing Director Fax:614-766-8406 E-Mail:[email protected] Chicago, IL Office 10 South Wacker Drive Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone:312-423-8200 Contacts for New Business: Steven Kent, Managing Director Fax:312-423-8232 E-Mail:[email protected] Charles Shomo, Managing Director Fax:312-423-8232 E-Mail:[email protected] San Francisco, CA Office 235 Pine Street Suite 1818 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone:415-591-5020 Contact for New Business: Alberto A. De Almeida, Jr., Managing Director Fax:415-782-5527 E-Mail:[email protected] Richmond, VA Office Three James Center 1051 East Cary Street Suite 1415 Richmond, VA 23219 Phone:804-643-4250 Contact for New Business: James C. Mabry, IV Fax:804-643-4253 E-Mail:[email protected] Recent Significant Transactions: GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York, NY Pending acquisition by North Fork Bancorporation, Inc., New York, NY for $6.33 Billion Staten Island Bancorp, Inc., Staten Island, NY Acquisition by Independence Community Bank Corp., Brooklyn, NY for $1.47 Billion North Fork Bancorporation, Inc., Melville, NY Acquisition of The Trust Company of New Jersey, Jersey City, NJ for $725.8 Million ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC. Milwaukee: 777 East Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone:888-224-7326 Chicago: 227 West Monroe Street Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone:800-799-5770 London: Mint House 77 Mansell Street London E1 8AF United Kingdom Phone:011 44 207 488 1212 Website: www.rwbaird.com Contact Persons for New Business Steven G. Booth, Head of Global M&A Phone:414-298-7661 John A. Fordham, Head of International M&A Phone:011 44 207 667 8438 Terrance P. Maxwell, Head of Investment Banking Phone:414-765-3529 Christopher C. McMahon, Head of U.S. M&A Phone:312-609-4983 James Wellesley Wesley, Head of UK Investment Banking Phone: 011 44 207 667 8251 M&A Transactions APW Ltd. divestiture of Wright Line LLC to an undisclosed purchaser (Undisclosed) Baird Holding Company Acquisition of Northwesten Mutual Life Insurance Company Ownership Position (Undisclosed) BHA Group Holdings, Inc. Sale to GE Energy (General Electric Co.) ($256 Million*) Biomet Inc. Acquisition of Interpore International Inc. ($265.6 Million) Brady Corporation Acquisition of EMED Co., Inc. ($190 Million) ESCO Technologies Inc. Sale of PTI Advanced Filtration Inc. and PTI Technologies Limited to domnick hunter group plc. ($18 Million) ESCO Technologies Inc. Sale of PTI S.p.A. to PTI S.p.A. Senior Management (Undisclosed) Gehl Company entered strategic alliance with Manitou (Undisclosed*) Littelfuse, Inc. Acquisition of Majority Ownership of Heinrich Industrie AG ($39.5 Million) Marshall Erdman & Associates, Inc. Sale to Baird Capital Partners and Lubar & Co. (Undisclosed) MAXRAD, Inc. Sale to PCTEL, Inc. ($20 Million) Molecular Devices Corporation Acquisition of Axon Instruments, Inc. ($107.4 Million) Morse plc Acquisition of Diagonal plc ($71.1 Million*) Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Sale of Anchor Glass, Burnes Picture Frame and Mirro Cookware to Global Home Products, LLC ($310 Million) Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Sale of Little Tikes Commercial Play Systems, Inc. to PlayPower, Inc. (Undisclosed) Pfleiderer Poles & Towers Sale to SIAG Tube & Tower GmbH, a subsidiary of Schaaf Industrie AG (Undisclosed) Qualis Automotive, L.L.C. Recapitalization led by Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company Inc. (Undisclosed) RC2 Corporation Acquisition of The First Years Inc. ($136.8 Million*) RC2 Corporation Acquisition of Playing Mantis, Inc. ($23.5 Million*) ReloAction Sale to Exult, Inc. (Undisclosed) Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Sale of CompuCom Systems, Inc. to Platinum Equity, LLC ($180.2 Million*) Service Zone Holdings, Inc. Sale to ClientLogic Corporation (Undisclosed) Thomas Industries Inc. Sale of interest in Genlyte Thomas Group LLC to The Genlyte Group Incorporated ($400 Million) U-Line Corporation Sale to Linsalata Capital Partners and Management (Undisclosed) Wireless Group PLC Acquisition of Forever Broadcasting PLC ($14.6 Million) WTC Industries, Inc. Sale to CUNO Incorporated ($110 Million) *Announced and pending Investment Bankers Specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions 50 U.S.-based and 25 European-based Investment Banking professionals Copyright 2004 Thomson Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.thomsonmedia.com http://www.majournal.com