Financial tombstone commemorating the sale of a majority stake in Advantage Sales & Marketing, headquartered in Irvine, California, to Apax Partners (a private equity firm headquartered in London). Advantage was advised in the transaction by Sewaya Segalas, based in New York.
Lab flask-themed custom Lucite recognizing the restructuring of Almatis, based in Frankfurt, Germany. Moelis & Company of New York City served as the company’s exclusive U.S. financial advisor.
Custom lucite dealtoy related to the acquisition of scientific supplies distributor VWR, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a New York-based private equity firm.
Lucite tombstone marking Bloomberg L.P.’s acquisition of BusinessWeek from The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., all based in New York. Evercore Partners advised McGraw-Hill in the transaction.
Crystal deal toy marking the merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR. Springfield, Massachusetts-based Northeast Utilities is New England’s largest utility. Headquartered in Boston, NSTAR is a provider of retail energy and natural gas. Barclays and Lazard served as financial advisors to Northeast Utilities.
Lucite deal toy marking a public offering by The Jones Group. headquartered in New York City, The Jones Group is an apparel designer, marketer, wholesaler, and retailer. J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, and Wells Fargo Securities served as joint book running managers in the transaction.
Lucite deal toy marking the acquisition of Dallas, Texas-based Movie Tavern by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity firm headquartered in New York City. Movie Tavern offers in-cinema dining in 7 states, and was advised in the transaction by Peter J. Solomon Company, also located in New York.
Wood and lucite deal toy commemorating the recapitalization of Traeger Wood Pellet Grills, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of grills, with Trilantic Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. Headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, Traeger was advised in the transaction by Duff & Phelps, also based in New York City.
