2006 Financing Awards
Winners
of The Inaugural Middle Market Financing Awards Named at Chicago
Gala
Top
Deals and Professionals Honored for Financing
Excellence
Chicago, June 20, 2006 –
In front of a sold-out crowd of financing professionals, The
M&A Advisor announced the winners of The Inaugural
Middle Market Financing Awards, chosen from 73 finalists in 13
different categories. The Awards are a tribute to outstanding
achievements in the middle market financing industry in 2005 and
2006. The winners were announced at a formal awards dinner at the
close of The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual
Conference on Tuesday, June 20 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago,
Illinois. Master of Ceremonies Rick Santelli of CNBC announced the
winners “Academy-Award”-style amid jubilant celebrations and
heartfelt acceptance speeches from the recipients.
“The enthusiasm displayed
by the firms which nominated these transactions tells us that these
financing professionals are aware of the impact their activities
have in the marketplace. The fact that our very first Awards Dinner
was attended by over 250 people underscores our feeling that the
participants in the middle market financing industry know how vital
it is to the overall health of the economy,” says Roger Aguinaldo,
Publisher and CEO of The M&A Advisor.
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The list of winners and finalists begins on the next page. Five (5) pages follow.
The winners and finalists
of The Inaugural Middle Market Financing Awards
are:
Financing Principal of
the Year
PNC Financial Services
Group
Runners-up:
Financial Technology Partners LP / FTP Securities LLC
Allied Capital Corp.
Peterson Partners
Arlington Capital
Partners
Financing Agent of the
Year
Houlihan Lokey Howard
& Zukin
Runners-up:
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
Lincoln International LLC
Brown Gibbons Lang &
Co.
Professional of the
Year
Steve McLaughlin
nominated by
Financial Technology Partners LLC
Runners-up:
Raymond Kane
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Scott Waxler
nominated by Lockebridge, LLC
Forrest B. Patterson
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Cynthia M. Krus and Steven B. Boehm
nominated by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Robert W. D’Loren
nominated by UCC Capital Corp.
Gary I. Levenstein
nominated by
Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Financing Deal of the
Year – Debt
Financing of Blair Corp.
nominated by
PNC Financial Services Group
Runners-up:
Investment Technology Group’s Acquisition of The MacGregor Group
nominated by Financial Technology Partners LLC
Petters-Polaroid Financing
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Integrated Solutions, Inc.
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Turf Care Supply Corp.
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Aquion Water Treatment Products, LLC Senior Subordinated Note
nominated by Smith Whiley & Co. (Pelham Fund)
Sale of Debt and warrants by IdleAire Technologies Corp
nominated by
Holland & Knight LLP
Financing Deal of the
Year - Equity
Regal Beloit Corporation
nominated by
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
Runners-up:
Tim Hortons IPO
nominated by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Liquidnet $250,000,000 Private Placement
nominated by Financial Technology Partners LLC
DnB NOR ASA’s sale of an interest in Arapar S.A.
nominated by Fredericks Michael & Co.
Making Memories
nominated by Peterson Partners, Inc.
Voss Bottled Water
nominated by TSG Consumer Partners
TransTechnology Corporation, Private Placement
nominated by
Wells Fargo Securities
Financing Deal of the
Year - Mixed
SP Industries, Inc.
nominated by
Lincoln International LLC
Runners-up:
Dune Capital Management / Dune Entertainment LLC
nominated by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Network Hardware Resale
nominated by Allied Capital Corporation
Sale of Hughes Network Systems
nominated by Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.
Forsythe Technology, Inc.
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
SP Industries, Inc.
nominated by Lincoln International LLC
Iconix Brand Group’s Acquisition of Rampage Brand
nominated by UCC Capital Corporation
Robert Rothschild Berry Farm, Inc.
nominated by
Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett,
P.C.
Computers and
IT
Network Hardware Resale
nominated by
Allied Capital Corporation
Runners-up:
Sale of Apogen Technologies, Inc. to Qinetiq
nominated by Arlington Capital Partners
Sale of Hughes Network Systems
nominated by Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Summit Partners' Investment in Actix Limited
nominated by Summit Partners
Summit Partners' investment in SafeBoot
nominated by
Summit Partners
Consumer
Aquion Water Treatment Products, LLC Senior Subordinated Note
nominated by
Smith Whiley & Co. (Pelham Fund)
Runners-up:
Making Memories
nominated by Peterson Partners, Inc.
Turf Care Supply Corp.
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Voss Bottled Water
nominated by TSG Consumer Partners
Robert Rothschild Berry Farm, Inc.
nominated by
Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett,
P.C.
Financial
Services
Dune Capital Management / Dune Entertainment LLC
nominated by
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Runners-up:
Liquidnet $250,000,000 Private Placement
nominated by Financial Technology Partners LLC
Verifone IPO
nominated by Financial Technology Partners LLC
Creditex placement
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Summit Partners' investment in Focus Financial
nominated by
Summit Partners
Healthcare-Biotech
PRACS Institute, Ltd.
nominated by
Brown Gibbons Lang & Co.
Runners-up:
SP Industries, Inc.
nominated by Lincoln International LLC
Precision Medical Engineering, Inc., RF Medical Devices, Inc., Neurotherm Inc.
nominated by Lockebridge, LLC
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
nominated by Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
American Medical Instrument Holdings, Inc.
nominated by Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Manufacturing
TransTechnology Corporation, Private Placement
nominated by
Wells Fargo Securities
Runners-up:
Resco
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Al-jon Manufacturing, LLC
nominated by Republic Financial Corporation
Regal Beloit Corporation
nominated by Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
Alpine Engineered Products, Inc. (purchase and subsequent sale)
nominated by
Stonebridge Partners
Retail &
Distribution
Ziebart International
nominated by
O’Keefe and Associates, LLC
Runners-up:
Tim Hortons IPO
nominated by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Shari’s Restaurants
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and Magnetar Capital LLC
Blair Corp
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
Au Bon Pain management buyout
nominated by
PNC Mezzanine Capital
Services
Sale of Debt and warrants by IdleAire Technologies Corp
nominated by
Holland & Knight LLP
Runners-up:
Forsythe Technology, Inc.
nominated by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Spin-off by Cenveo, Inc. of Supremex Inc.
nominated by Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Acquisition of Conversent Communications, Inc. by CTC
nominated by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Integrated Solutions, Inc.
nominated by PNC Financial Services Group
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