TRANSACTIONS

Bluestone’s professionals have advised on some of the largest and most complex restructuring transactions of the past four decades across regions, products and industries, and have led mergers & acquisitions divestitures  transactions representing over $40 Billion of Enterprise Value.

Wild Rivers Water Park

Industry : Municipal Bond Financing
Value: $66mm
Status: Closed

SB Tactical

Industry : Strategic Advisory
Status: Closed

POSIGEN

Industry : Strategic Advisory
Status: Closed

Grunt Style

Industry : Two Equity financings and Strategic Advisory
Status: Closed

Neartek Inc.

Industry :Data Storage
Value: Undisclosed
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Neartek on its Sale to EMC Corp

Christiania Spirits Inc.

Industry : Distilled Spirits
Value: $5 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Christiania Spirits on its Sale to Sebastian Holdings

First Communications Inc.

Industry : Telecommunications
Value: $130 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to the Board of Directors of First Communications on the company’s Initial Public Offering on The London Stock Exchange

Precision Castparts Corp.

Industry :Aerospace Castings & Forgings
Value:$825 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Precision Castparts on its successful Public Tender Offer for Wyman-Gordon Company

Avaya Inc.

Industry :Telecommunications Equipment
Value: $440 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Avaya on its Successful Public High Yield Bond Offering

NCR Corp.

Industry :Data Warehousing / ATM & POS Equipment
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to NCR on its Successful Public Investment Grade Bond Offering

Microsoft Corp.

Industry :Enterprise Software
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Microsoft on series of Equity Derivative Transactions

Sun Microsystems Inc.

Industry :Enterprise Hardware & Software
Value: $500 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Sun Microsystems on its Successful Public Stock Buy-Back Tender Offer

Dell Inc.

Industry :Enterprise Hardware
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Dell on series of Equity Derivative Transactions

Kidde Inc.

Industry : Crane Maufacturer
Value:$52 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Kidde on its Acquisition of Coles Cranes Ltd

Calderburn PLC

Industry : Office Furniture
Value:$60 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Calderburn on its Acquisition of Neville Johnson Limited

Stratus Technologies Inc.

Industry :Faultless Servers
Value: $115 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Stratus and Investcorp on a Private Equity Financing, including Compaq Corp.

Amkor Technology Inc.

Industry :Semiconductors
Value: $580 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Amkor on its Acquisition of K4 Semiconductor from Anam Semiconductor Inc.

Alpha Airports Group PLC

Industry :Airline In-flight Catering
Value:$155 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Alpha on its divestiture of DynAir to SAirGroup

EMAP PLC

Industry : Media - Magazines
Value: $1.5 billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to EMAP on its Successful Public Tender Offer for The Peterson Companies Inc.

State of the Art Inc.

Industry :Enterprise Software
Value:$260 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to State of the Art on its sale to Sage Group PLC by wayof a Public Stock Tender Offer

Lindt & Sprungli A.G.

Industry :Luxury Chocolate
Value: $130 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Lindt & Sprungli on its Acquisition of Ghiradelli Chocololate Co. from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst

Krupp Hoesch AutomotiveGmbh

Industry :Auto Parts
Value:$180 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Krupp Hoesch on its Acquisition of Fabco from Caradon PLC

Alpha Airports Group Plc

Industry : Airline In-flight Catering
Value:$122 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Alpha Airports on its Acquisition of DynAir Corporation from Dyn Corp Inc.

Olsten Corporation

Industry :French Staffing Services
Value:$220 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Olsten on its Acquisition of Sogica S.A.

Rieter Holding A.G.

Industry : Auto Parts
Value: $185 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Rieter Holding on its Acquisition of Globe Industries Inc.

Virtuality Group PLC

Industry :Virtual Reality Software & Hardware
Value: Undisclosed
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Virtuality Group on the Sale of a Strategic Shareholding to Phillips N.V.

Vickers PLC

Industry : Automotive Engineering
Value: $404 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Vickers on its Acquisition of Cosworth Engineering

Johnson Controls Inc

Industry :Facilities Management Services
Value:$108 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Amkor on its Acquisition of Procord PLC

Alenn McGuire & Partners

Industry : Specialty Packaging
Value: $100 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Allen McGuire on its divestiture of Propharmapak to MY Group PLC

Wassall PLC

Industry :Cable Manufacturer
Value: $505 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Wassall on its successful Public Tender Offer for General Cable, Inc.

Onex Corporation

Industry : In-flight Catering
Value: $310 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Onex on the merger of its subsidiary company, Sky Chefs Inc. with LSG Lufthansa Service Gmbh to form LSG Sky Chefs

Continental Corporation

Industry :Re-insurance
Value: $155 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Continental on its divestiture of Unionamerica Limited to a Private Investor Group

Wassall PLC

Industry : Specialty Chemicals
Value: $155 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Wassall on its Acquisition of DAP, Inc. from USG Corporation

Fitch Lovell PLC

Industry :Food Distribution
Value: $2.1 Billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Fitch Lovell on its Public Merger with Bookers PLC

Brittania Arrow PLC

Industry : Asset Management
Value:$800 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Brittania Arrow in its Successful Defense against a Hostile Public Tender Offer from Guiness Peat PLC

DRG PLC

Industry : Stationary & Packaging
Value:$2.1 Billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to DRG on its Successful Defense of the Hostile Public Tender Offer by Pembridge

Thorn EMI PLC

Industry : Consumer Electrical Equipment
Value:$102 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Thorn EMI on its Divestiture of Kenwood to a Private Equity Sponsored Company led by Tim Parker

General Motors, Avis Inc. &D’Ieteren

Industry :
Value:$1.7 Billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to the Consortium on its Successful Leveraged Public Tender Offer for Avis Europe PLC

Howson Algraphy Limited

Industry : Printing Machinery
Value:$514 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Howson Allgraphy on its Sale to E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company

ComfortoGmbh

Industry : Office Furniture
Value:$580 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Comforto on its sale to Haworth Inc.

Parkway PLC

Industry : Advertising Agency
Value:$67 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Parkway on the Agreed Public Tender Offer by Wace PLC

Ibstock Johnson PLC

Industry : Portuguese Paper Mills
Value:$205 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Ibstock Johnson on its Agreed Public Tender Offer for Eucalyptus Pulp Mills

Canadian National

Industry : Luxury Hotels
Value:$253 million
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Canadian National on its Divestiture of CN Hotels to Canadian Pacific

Campbell Red Lake

Industry : Gold Mining
Value:$6.0 Billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Campbell Red Lake on its 3-way Public Stock Merger, with Placer Gold and Dome, to form Placer Dome

Stock Conversion PLC

Industry : Commercial Real Estate
Value:$1.1 Billion
Status: Closed
Financial advisor to Stock Conversion on its Agreed Public Tender Offer from Peninsular & Oriental Group PLC

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