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Finalists Named in 3rd Annual Middle Market Financing AwardsTop Deals and Professionals will be honored June 9th in Chicago
New York, May 12, 2008 – The M&A Advisor has named 104 finalists in 21different categories in preparation for its annual tribute to the outstanding achievements in the middle market financing industry. The winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner on the evening of Monday, June 9 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. "We are truly astonished and gratified at the volume of nominations for these awards and the obvious enthusiasm behind them, given the current climate for credit and financing. The response demonstrates the importance of the middle market financing industry to the overall health of the economy." says Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and Publisher of The M&A Advisor. Among the organizations up for awards are PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Citi Capital Strategies, GE Healthcare Financial Services and Houlihan Lokey. A panel of judges from business schools, the financial press, the fields of banking, law and private equity will review the entries and select the winners. As with the Academy Awards, the winners will be revealed only on the evening of June 9th in Chicago. The awards gala is part of a two-day conference organized by The M&A Advisor to cover the intricacies of middle market financing and private equity. For more information, please call 718-997-7900 or visit us on the web at www.maadvisor.com. About the M&A Advisor Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been connecting professionals in the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing and related financial industries through its leading conferences and awards galas, M&A Alerts newsletter and online community. More information is available online at www.maadvisor.com, by calling 1-877-99-MERGE (1-877-996-3743) or emailing to info@maadvisor.com. * * * The list of finalists begins on the next pages. Five (5) pages follow. The M&A Advisor, LLC 108-18 Queens Blvd. 2nd Floor Forest Hills, NY 11375 Tel: 1-877-99-MERGE (1-877-996-3743)The finalists are:
Major Awards Sector Deal Awards: (Debt, Equity and/or Combination) Information Technology (includes internet, computers, etc)• Canopy Financial’s $15 mm Capital Raise Led by Granite Global Ventures
Financial Technology Partners • Minority Recapitalization of TradingScreen Financial Technology Partners • Sale of Refco’s 35% stake in Forex Capital Markets Financial Technology Partners • ViVOtech Financing Financial Technology Partners • Netik’s Acquisition of Capco Reference Data Services (CRDS) and Financing from Symphony Technology Group Marlin & Associates Media, Entertainment or Telecom• Gorilla Nation Media Received a Significant Investment from Great Hill Partners
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. • Cinemark Holdings IPO Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Healthcare/Life Sciences (pharmaceutical, biotech, etc)• Canopy Financial’s $15 mm Capital Raise Led by Granite Global Ventures
Financial Technology Partners • Acquisition Financing for Harden Healthcare to acquire Girling Healthcare
Houlihan Lokey • Cash Flow Financing of Aptuit, Inc. GE Healthcare Financial Services • Cash-flow based financing of NF Holdings Corporation ("Nursefinders")
GE Healthcare Financial Services • Senior and Second-Lien Financing for Life Generations, Healthcare Houlihan Lokey Energy (includes alternative energy, etc)• Middle-Market M&A Financing of WDC Exploration & Wells Citi Capital Strategies • MarkWest Energy Partners merger with parent company MarkWest Hydrocarbon
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution & Goods/Services (Below $100mm)• Senior and Second-Lien Financing of Oviso Manufacturing Houlihan Lokey • Minority Equity Recapitalization of AMPAM Parks Mechanical Houlihan Lokey • Asset-based debt financing and equity financing of SupplyOne
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. • Asset-based Financing of Gulf Coast Machine & Supply Company (Gulfco) The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. • Acquisition of Fischbein LLC Circle Peak Capital • Recapitalization of OMi Holdings, Inc. Allegiance Capital Corporation Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution & Goods/Services (Above $100mm)• Middle-Market M&A Financing of WDC Exploration & Wells Citi Capital Strategies • Acquisition Financing of Sprint Industrial Holdings Edgeview Partners
• Acquisition and Financing of Stabler Companies by New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. TM Capital Corp. • Acquisition by Rain Calcining Limited of CII Carbon, L.L.C. and related financing transactions Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP • Multi-tranche Financing of Atwood Mobile Products Insight Equity
• Dividend Recapitalization of Walker Group Holdings LLC, portfolio company of Insight Equity Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC\ Financial Services• ViVOtech Financing Financial Technology Partners • Canopy Financial’s $15 mm Capital Raise Led by Granite Global Ventures
Financial Technology Partners • Minority Recapitalization of TradingScreen Financial Technology Partners • Sale of Refco’s 35% stake in Forex Capital Markets Financial Technology Partners • Netik’s Acquisition of Capco Reference Data Services (CRDS) and Financing from Symphony Technology Group Marlin & Associates Retail Manufacturing/Distribution & Goods/Services
• Acquisition Financing of Michael’s Finer Meats & Seafoods Edgeview Partners • Recapitalization of Russell Newman, Ltd. GW Equity, LLC Firm of the Year Awards: Financing Firm of the Year
• Allied Capital • Golub Capital • PNC Investment Bank
• Citi Capital Strategies • Edgeview Partners • Harris Williams • Houlihan Lokey Boutique Investment Bank
• Allegiance Capital Corporation • Financial Technology Partners • Gordian Group, LLC • The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. • TM Capital Corp. Law Firm of the Year
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
• Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Financial Restructuring Advisor
• Alvarez & Marsal • Yorkville Advisors • Focus Management Group Private Equity Sponsor
• Circle Peak Capital • Insight Equity • Lone Star New Markets LP |