2001 M&A Transactions

Flora & Fauna manufactures brass, bronze and aluminum Garden Accents that are distributed via gift shops, garden centers and specialty retailers throughout North America.

Whitehall Products
Company
Consumer Products
Montague, Michigan
www.whitehallproducts.com

Trident Public Risk Solutions provides insurance products and risk management solutions for public-sector entities such as counties, municipalities, schools, special districts, and governmental inter-local pools. Its product lines include general liability, automobile liability and physical damage, property, inland marine, crime, public officials’ liability, educators’ legal liability, employment practices liability, law enforcement liability, and umbrella liability. It operates through a distribution network of national brokerages and local agencies. Trident Public Risk Solutions was formed in 2000 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.

Argo Group
Company
Insurance
Pembroke, Bermuda
www.argolimited.com

Hudson Products Corp. is a provider of heat transfer solutions firms providing air-cooled heat exchangers and axial-flow fans to some of the largest processors in the petroleum, natural gas, power generation, petrochemical and chemical industries.

Madison Industries
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Chicago, Illinois
www.madison.net

BWXT
Company
Defense
Lynchburg, Virginia
www.bwxt.com

Neonatal Physician Group is a provider of physician group practice that specializes in newborn care.

Pediatrix Medical Group
Company
Healthcare Services
Sunrise, Florida

Independent Financial Network functions of a commercial bank: commercial, real estate, and installment loans; equipment leasing; checking and savings accounts; collection, and escrow services, and safe deposit facilities.

Umpqua Bank
Company
Financial Services
Portland, Oregon
www.umpquabank.com
Advisors: Foster Garvey , D.A. Davidson

Eurofresh is a year-round producer of hydroponically grown, pesticide-free, premium greenhouse tomatoes. Founded in 1990, Eurofresh has one of the most experienced management teams in the industry and is a leader in the North American hydroponic greenhouse tomato market. The Company currently produces beefsteak tomatoes and tomatoes-on-the-vine which are sold directly to supermarkets as well as wholesale distributors.

BRS
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.brs.com

First Omni Mortgage Lending was a nationally licensed mortgage banking company. First Omni generated and closed nearly half a billion dollars in residential mortgages annually. The First Omni platform also included a complete in-house underwriting department to provide warehousing and bundling services for loans closed by the company.

Envoy Mortgage
Company
Financial Services
Houston, Texas
www.envoymortgage.com

Blue Equity
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Louisville, Kentucky
www.blueequity.com

Old Lyme Insurance Company of Rhode Island, Inc. operates as an insurance broker.

Fairfax
Company
Insurance
Toronto, Ontario
www.fairfax.ca

HUB International
Company
Insurance
Chicago, Illinois
www.hubinternational.com

Heuliez Aéronautique is a manufacturer of buses and offers diesel and hybrid buses.

Irisbus Holding S.L.
Company
Information Technology
Catalonia, Spain

Marathon Oil is an international oil exploration and production company. Marathon has net proved reserves of more then 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent across North America, Europe and Africa. Marathon Oil was formed in 1887 and is based in Houston, Texas.

U. S. Steel
Company
Metals/Mining
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.ussteel.com

Webcenter Unique ASA is a provider of software applications to Norwegian municipalities and local authorities, with installed software to more than 280 of the 433 municipalities. Webcenter Unique is also the major provider of corporate portals in the Norwegian market.

Norvestor Equity AS
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Oslo, Norway
www.norvestor.no

Elastic Networks is a broadband leader in first-mile Ethernet access solutions, deploying its patented EtherLoop technology across a variety of products and high-speed multi-media applications.

Paradyne Networks, Inc.
Company
Communications
Largo, Florida

Linn-Benton Bank is a provider of banking services with five Oregon branches in Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Tangent.

Umpqua Bank
Company
Financial Services
Portland, Oregon
www.umpquabank.com
Advisors: Foster Garvey , Columbus Merchant Banking

Cawse provides nickel/cobalt Literate Operation in Western Australia.

Vectra
Company
Chemicals
Cleveland, Ohio
www.vectraco.com

Pernod Ricard Winemakers Spain, S.A. produces and exports wines in Spain.

Allied Domecq Ltd
Company
Beverages
Bristol, United Kingdom

MedicaLogic, Inc. - Portal Assets includes online medical professionals and consumers integration of assets.

HLTH Corp.
Company
Information Services
Elmwood Park, New Jersey
www.healtheon.com

MedicaLogic, Inc.
Company
Software
Hillsboro, Oregon