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Target: Prestone Products, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Rank Group / UCI Holdings Limited
Counterparty: Centerbridge Partners L.P./KIK Custom Products, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $230 million
Closing Date: April 1, 2016
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Hickory Farms
Owner/Parent: Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Counterparty: Modjule, LLC and Private Co-Investors
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 18, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Stonewall Kitchen
Counterparty: Centre Partners
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 24, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Orange Glo International, Inc.
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $325.0 million
Closing Date: August 7, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Method Products, Inc.
Owner/Parent: San Francisco Equity Partners, Simon Equity
Counterparty: Ecover Belgium NV
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 31, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: CNS, Inc.
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline plc
Segment: Personal Care, OTC & Cosmetics
Transaction Value: $507.0 million
Closing Date: December 19, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Airborne
Counterparty: GF Capital Private Equity Fund, LP
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 7, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Airborne
Counterparty: GF Capital Private Equity Fund, LP
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value:$150.0 million
Closing Date: March 30, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Macaw Holdings Limited
Owner/Parent: Cott Beverages, Ltd.
Counterparty: Macaw Holdings Limited
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: $135.0 million
Closing Date: August 10, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Dermoplast
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Moberg Pharma
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 31, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: e.p.t.
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: NFI Consumer Products
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 29, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: New Skin, Pedia Care, Fiber Choice
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Moberg Pharma
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 30, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Bonine
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Wellspring Pharmaceutical Corporation, Sentinel Capital Partners
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 3, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Hydralyte
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Hydration Pharmaceuticals Trust of Victoria, Australia
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $50.0 million
Closing Date: May 1, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Care Pharmaceuticals
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Care Pharmaceuticals
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 1, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Debrox, Gly-Oxide
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline, Plc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $45.0 million
Closing Date: April 2, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Public Company
Counterparty: Genomma Labs
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $1988.0 million
Closing Date: March 30, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Dramamine
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $76.0 million
Closing Date: January 6, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Efferdent, Effergrip, Luden’s, PediaCare, NasalCrom
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Blacksmith Brands Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $190.0 million
Closing Date: November 1, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: The Doctor’s Nightguard, Brush Picks, Orapik
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Dental Concepts, LLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $30.5 million
Closing Date: November 14, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Little Remedies
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $49.3 million
Closing Date: October 6, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Taylor
Counterparty: Centre Partners Management LLC
Segment: Retail, Distribution & Services
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 8, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Counterparty: Salter Housewares Ltd.
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 31, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Counterparty: Taylor Precision Products, LP
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 9, 2002
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brands: Honeywell, Vicks, Braun
Owner/Parent: Centre Partners
Counterparty: Helen of Troy Limited
Segment: Personal Care, OTC & Cosmetics
Transaction Value: $260.0 million
Closing Date: December 13, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Owner/Parent: Allied Capital Corporation
Counterparty: J.W. Childs Associates, LP/ Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Segment: Retail, Distribution & Services
Transaction Value: $1,050.0 million
Closing Date: March 29, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Owner/Parent: J.W. Childs Associates, LP/BAML Capital Partners
Counterparty: Apax Partners
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Ogilvie
Owner/Parent: Helen of Troy
Counterparty: Ascendia
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 13, 2008
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Curad
Client: Beiersdorf AG
Counterparty: Medline Industries, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 27, 20017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Beiersdorf AG
Owner/Parent: Beiersdorf AG
Counterparty: 3M Company
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 16, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brands: Rain X, Gumout, Black Magic, Fix-A-Flat, Blue Coral, Slick 50
Owner/Parent: Royal Dutch Shell
Counterparty: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Segment: Household Products & DIY
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 8, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Auto Expressions
Owner/Parent: Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Counterparty: Kraco Enterprises LLC
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 30, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Simply Saline®
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Segment: Health & Beauty
Transaction Value: $70.0 million
Closing Date: June 4, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brands: Contac, Vivarin
Counterparty: Meda AB
Segment: Personal Care, OTC & Cosmetics
Transaction Value: $27.0 million
Closing Date: January 3, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brands: Feosol, Geritol, Palafer
Counterparty: Meda AB
Transaction Value: $34.0 million
Closing Date: December 13, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Sunny Delight (Western Europe)
Owner/Parent: J.W. Childs Associates, LP
Counterparty: Orangina Schweppes Group
Segment: Food & Beverages
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 1, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Owner/Parent: JW Childs
Counterparty: Orangina Schweppes Group
Transaction Value: ?
Closing Date: June 1, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor?
Owner/Parent: The Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.
Counterparty: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Segment: Retail, Distribution & Services
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 11, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Freshlike
Owner/Parent: Vestar Capital Partners
Counterparty: Allen Canning Company
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 30, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Brand: Woolite Rug & Upholstery Cleaner®
Counterparty: Playtex Products, Inc
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $62.0 million
Closing Date: November 2, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Handstands
Owner/Parent: Trivest
Counterparty: Energizer, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $340.0 million
Closing Date: July 1, 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: California Scents
Client: Handstands
Owner/Parent: Trivest
Counterparty: California Scents
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 2, 2015
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: California Scents
Owner/Parent: American Covers, Inc.
Counterparty: Trivest Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 7, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
CLIENT: Vornado Air, LLC
Counterparty: McCarthy Capital Corporation
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 30, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Owner/Parent: Allied Capital Corporation
Counterparty: J.W. Childs Associates, LP/ Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Segment: Retail, Distribution & Services
Transaction Value: $1,050.0 million
Closing Date: March 29, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Owner/Parent: J.W. Childs Associates, LP/BAML Capital Partners
Counterparty: Apax Partners
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: DenTek Oral Care, Inc.
Owner/Parent: TSG Consumer Partners LLC
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $225 million
Closing Date: February 8, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
TARGET:USA Detergents, Inc
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $120.0 Million
Closing Date: May 21, 2001
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Wells Vehicle Electronics
Owner/Parent: UCI Holdings Limited / Rank Group
Counterparty: NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $257.5 million
Closing Date: July 1, 2015
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Niagara Spray Starch
Owner/Parent: Phoenix Brands LLC./Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
Counterparty: Faultless Starch Company
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 5, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc.
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 19, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Wellgate Products, LLC
Counterparty: Lil’Drug Store Products, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: January 31, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Quickie Manufacturing Corp.
Owner/Parent: Centre Partners Management, LLC
Counterparty: Jarden Corporation
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Quickie Manufacturing Corp.
Counterparty: Centre Partners Management LLC
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 23, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Counterparty: H.I.G. Capital
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $75.2 million
Closing Date: February 18, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor