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2009 Recent Transactions - Advisory


Announcement DateStatusTransaction Transaction Value (millions)
Nov 17, 2009 Closed Advised J.F. Lehman & Company on its sale of Atlantic Inertial Systems to Goodrich Corporation $375
Nov 5, 2009 Closed Advised TPG Capital and the CPP Investment Board on their acquisition of IMS Health Inc. $5,081
Nov 5, 2009 Closed Advised First Philippines Holdings Corporation on the sale of its remaining 13.4% stake in Manila Electric Company to Metro Pacific Investments Corporation PhP 22,400
Nov 3, 2009 Closed Advised Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. on its sale to Berkshire Hathaway $35,590
Nov 2, 2009 Closed Advised YRC Worldwide Inc. convertible noteholders on the conversion of their debt into the majority of the equity $390
Oct 23, 2009 Closed Advised ION Geophysical on its JV and refinancing transactions with BGP/CNPC NA
Oct 13, 2009 Closed Advised The McGraw-Hill Companies on its sale of BusinessWeek to Bloomberg L.P. NA
Oct 5, 2009 Closed Evercore rendered a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of Exterran Holdings, Inc. with respect to its sale of assets to Exterran Partners, L.P. $144
Sep 28, 2009 Closed Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. on the sale to Xerox Corporation $7,976
Aug 27, 2009 Closed

Advised NYFIX Inc. on its sale to NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange

$102
Jul 30, 2009 Closed Advised sanofi-aventis on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Merial from Merck, and on its being granted an option to cause the future combination of Merial and Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health $4,000
Jul 29, 2009 Closed Advised Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. on its tender offer to acquire the outstanding publicly held common unites of its majority owned subsidiary, OSG America L.P. $56
Jul 24, 2009 Closed Advised Hearst Corporation on its acquisition of an additional 20% stake in Fitch Inc from Fimilac SA, raising its ownership to 40% €300
Jul 9, 2009 Closed Advised on the sale of a 25% stake in Primlead, DryShips Inc.'s offshore drilling rig unit, to DryShips Inc. $330
Jun 1, 2009 Closed Advised EMC Corporation on its acquisition of Data Domain, Inc. $2,121
Jun 1, 2009 Closed Advised General Motors Corporation on its sale of its principal operating assets pursuant to §363 of the bankruptcy code $61,159
May 14, 2009 Closed

Advised MGM Mirage on a $2.7bn capital raise, amendment to its $7.0bn credit facility and facilitation of final funding for its CityCenter joint venture with Dubai World

$2,700
May 13, 2009 Closed

Advised Frontier Communications on its acquisition of approximately 4.8 million access lines from Verizon

$8,583
May 6, 2009 Closed Advised ANGEL Learning, Inc. on its sale to Blackboard, Inc. $95
Mar 30, 2009 Closed Advised LoopNet, Inc. in connection with its sale of $50 million of convertible preferred stock $50
Mar 30, 2009 Closed Provided a fairness opinion in connection with infoGROUP Inc.'s sale of Macro International $155
Mar 18, 2009 Closed Advised The Copley Press, Inc. on its sale of The San Diego Union-Tribune NA
Feb 15, 2009 Closed Advised Sirius XM Radio on a two-phase capital investment made by Liberty Media $530
Feb 5, 2009 Closed Advised Swiss Reinsurance Company on its capital raise from Berkshire Hathaway SFr 3,000
Jan 26, 2009 Closed Advised Wyeth on its sale to Pfizer $64,623