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Transaction Experience
 

Our bankers have completed numerous mergers & acquisitions, strategic advisory assignments, private placements, public equity and debt offerings, and restructurings.

 
Equity and Debt Capital Raising
    Private placement agent, $25 million of Senior Notes for Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ: APOG), a manufacturer of specialty glass products

    Lead book-running manager, $300 million Senior Convertible Contingent Debt Securities offering for Apogent Technologies (NYSE: AOT), a leading manufacturer of clinical diagnostics and life sciences instruments

    Sole book-running manager of both a $72 million IPO and a $87 million secondary offering for Boron, LePore & Associates (formerly NASDAQ: BLPG), a provider of outsourced promotional, marketing, and educational services to pharmaceutical companies

    Sole manager, $13 million IPO to the medical providers of Cincinnati-based ChoiceCare, a provider of health care insurance products and now a subsidiary of Humana (NYSE: HUM)

    Financial advisor to Cincinnati-based Cincom Systems, an ERP software provider, in connection with the arrangement of a $25 million term loan and revolving line of credit

    Awarded lead book-running mandate, $40 million IPO for eMed Technologies, an internet services, software and communications infrastructure company serving radiology professionals

    Dealer manager, $60 million exchange offering for partnership interests of Greenwood Resources (formerly NASDAQ: GRRL), an oil and gas exploration and production company

    Co-manager, $23 million secondary offering for Guaranty National (formerly NASDAQ: GNIC), a property and casualty specialty lines insurance carrier

    Sole book-running manager, $200 million senior notes offering for Hanger Orthopedic Group (NYSE: HGR), the largest owner and operator of orthotic and prosthetic patient care centers in the U.S.

    Financial advisor to Cincinnati-based HealthPro Brands, the marketer of Fit™ fruit and vegetable wash, in connection with the arrangement of its Series A private equity financing

    Co-manager, $48 million IPO for Cincinnati-based LanVision Systems (NASDAQ: LANV), a provider of healthcare information access systems

    Lead manager, IPO for Le Peep Restaurants (formerly NASDAQ: LPEP), a restaurant chain specializing in breakfast, brunch and lunch specialties

    Lead arranger, $175 million senior secured credit facility for National Nephrology Associates, a private dialysis company

    Lead manager, $375 million senior subordinated notes offering for Omnicare (NYSE: OCR), the nation's largest independent provider of pharmaceuticals and related pharmacy services to long-term health care institutions

    Syndication agent on Omnicare's $495 million credit facility

    Lead book-running manager, $200 million senior subordinated notes offering for Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI), a leading distributor of name brand medical and surgical supplies

    Lead manager, $16 million IPO for Ports of Call (formerly NASDAQ: POCI), an arranger of travel packages and operator of aircraft for its Ports-of-Call Travel Club

    Co-manager, $258 million secondary offering for NS Group (NYSE: NSS), a manufacturer of steel tubular products for the energy industry

    Lead book-running manager, $150 million senior notes for Res-Care (NASDAQ: RSCR), the nation’s largest private provider of residential, training, educational and support services to populations with special needs

    Lead manager, $40 million convertible preferred stock for Indianapolis-based Signature Inns, a developer and manager of Signature Inns branded hotels

    Private placement agent of the Series D private equity financing for Teamshare, a provider of web-based, workflow-centric software applications

    Co-lead manager, $100 million secondary offering for Wesley Jessen Visioncare (formerly NASDAQ: WJCO), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty soft contact lenses