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AnalogicTech Inc. (Nasdaq: AATI) has acquired the power management analog business of China-based IPCore Technologies Corp., including subsidiary AP Semi and certain related assets. The deal is valued at $21.5 million in cash. IPCore backers include 3i Group, Pacific Venture Partners and Walden International. www.analogictech.com www.ipcoreinc.com
Clifton House Acquisition Ltd. has sold The Expanded Metal Company Ltd. (EMCO), a UK-based supplier of expanded metal mesh components and finished goods, to Gibraltar Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: ROCK). No financial terms were disclosed, except that EMCO has annual sales of approximately $62 million. www.gibraltar1.com
HealthMedia Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of online behavior change interventions, has acquired MySelfHelp.com, a provider of online behavioral health interventions, including programs for depression and insomnia. No financial terms were disclosed. HealthMedia has raised over $13 million in VC funding from firms like Chrysalis Ventures, Avalon Ventures, the Princeton Fund and Arboretum Ventures. […]
Buffets Inc., an Egan, Minn.-based portfolio company of Caxton-Iseman Capital, has completed its $16.25 per share acquisition of Ryan's Restaurant Group Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: RYAN). Leverage for the deal was arranged by Credit Suisse Securities, UBS Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co., which resulted in a full refinancing of Buffets' and Ryan's existing debt; and […]
GlobalStar Inc., a Milpitas, Calif.-based provider of voice and data communications services via satellite, priced 7.5 million common shares at $17 per share, for an IPO take of approximately $127.5 million. The company had been planning to price 6.5 million shares between $16 and $18 per share. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker […]
MobiTV Inc., an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of mobile and broadband television and music services, has raised $30 million in additional Series C funding. The total round now comes in at $100 million, with a post-money valuation in excess of $400 million. Adobe Systems and Hearst Corp. came in as new backers, while existing shareholders include […]
Allot Communications Ltd., an Israel-based provider of broadband service optimization solutions using DPI technology, has filed for an IPO of 6.5 million ordinary shares to be sold at between $9 and $11 per share. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol ALLT, with Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank Securities serving as co-lead […]
Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) has retained Goldman Sachs to evaluate “various strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.” One such alternative could be an $18.5 billion buyout, with interested firms including Blackstone, KKR, Providence Equity Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners. www.clearchannel.com Apax Partners France has agreed to acquire Telenor Satellite Services from Telenor (Nasdaq: […]
The Blackstone Group and PAI Partners have agreed to buy UK-based biscuits maker United Biscuits from Cinven and MidOcean Partners. The deal is valued at just over ₤1.6 billion, and gives United Biscuits an enterprise value of around ₤2.4 billion. Blackstone had been considered the leading bidder for several weeks, after a Premier Foods-led group […]