Cobham plc has completed its acquisition of Argotek, Inc. (‘Argotek’), a privately owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Va., for consideration of $36.25 million, consisting of $26.25 million payable in cash and a seller’s note of $10 million.  The acquisition was completed on May 21, following receipt of approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in [...]

If it’s not enough that the stock market has rocked and rolled its way back from the mosh pit of despair to the main stage with a break dance that has left some of us breathless, then surely the recent results of the ACG- Thomson Mid-Year 2009 DealMaker’s survey should put some toes to tapping. [...]

The Ventura Group, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition by RTI International of MasiMax Resources, Inc., a communications and marketing firm based in Rockville, MD.  This acquisition allows RTI to expand its service offerings in the health communications sector.  Ventura Group, an investment bank serving middle market clients with offices in Pittsburgh and Boston, [...]

Harris Williams & Co. is pleased to announce the recapitalization of Blaschak Coal Corp. by Milestone Partners, company management and M&T Bank. Harris Williams & Co. acted as the exclusive advisor to Blaschak. The transaction was led by Jason Herzog from the firm’s Richmond office and Patrick Hanraty from the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Blaschak Coal Corp., [...]

Crayon Campus, Inc., based in Grand Prairie, Texas, is a provider of Christian-based child care and day care services to children ranging from infancy through preschool. The acquisition of Crayon Campus further expands the Mini-Skool Early Learning Centers, Inc. presence in the greater Dallas area. Mini-Skool is an operator of full and part-time specialized community [...]

by “Should Have Been There” guest blogger, Larry Blumsack, President, Zoka Institute
If you weren’t at the last Dealmakers Breakfast you missed one of the best tell-it-like-it-is speaker to address ACG Boston.  It was Professor Colin Blaydon the founding Director of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck Business School, Dartmouth College and [...]

Thanks once again to Bruce Rogovin from Wachovia Securities Wealth Management group for sending me the speech that prompted this blog.
In the world of Hyman Minsky, the noted post-Keynesian economist who wrote about speculative borrowing bubbles, the world can be divided into three types of borrowers:  hedge, speculative, and Ponzi borrowers.  The hedge borrowers presumably [...]

Harris Williams & Co. recently participated in an M&A case competition in the Boston area for M.B.A. students through the Association for Corporate Growth. Director Derek Swaim, Vice President Jay Hernandez, and Associate Eric Sifferlen acted as event chairs for the competition. Through the case analysis, Harris Williams & Co. was able to guide students [...]

Windjammer Capital Investors is pleased to announce the promotions of John Donahue to Principal and Chris Allen to Vice President.  Both John and Chris are located in Windjammer’s Waltham, Massachusetts office.
Most recently, John and Chris, along with Greg Bondick, Principal, played key roles throughout the entire investment process in Windjammer’s closing of the S.T. Specialty [...]

We have all heard buy on the rumor, sell on the news.  Well it would seem this is certainly true for the ammunition’s industry.  I read with some degree of interest that there was a nationwide shortage of ammo.  At first I wondered whether the “end of world” crazies had expanded their number or whether [...]