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The tombstones below commemorate selected mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and other corporate finance assignments completed by Versailles Group.

As a long-standing Boston investment bank focused on middle-market companies, Versailles Group has advised clients across a range of industries, transaction types, and market cycles.

Discretion is central to our work, and we are not at liberty to disclose the details of every closed transaction. The tombstones shown here represent a broad cross-section of transactions completed by Versailles Group.

 

REPRESENTATIVE M&A TOMBSTONES

  • Transaction tombstone for SuperMedia Inc.’s sale of Inceptor, Inc. to Didit.com LLC, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to SuperMedia LLC.
  • Transaction tombstone for Taima Corporation’s acquisition by Convergys Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Taima
  • Transaction tombstone for Texas Instruments Incorporated’s sale of its Process Systems Division to GSE Systems, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Texas Instruments.
  • Transaction tombstone for Kenfil Inc.’s acquisition by Grubstein Holdings, Ltd., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Grubstein Holdings.
  • Transaction tombstone for The Charlton Group, Inc.’s acquisition by iPacesetters, LLC, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to The Charlton Group.
  • Transaction tombstone for The Plessey Company’s sale of Plessey Peripheral Systems businesses in the USA, UK, and Canada to Distributed Logic Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Plessey.
  • Transaction tombstone for Drew Industries Incorporated’s sale of White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corp. to R.D. Werner Co., Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Drew Industries.
  • Transaction tombstone for General Automation, Inc.’s sale of Parallel Computers, Inc. to Integrated Micro Products, Ltd. of Cornett, England, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to General Automation.
  • Transaction tombstone for Bedford Software Limited’s acquisition by Computer Associates International, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Bedford Software.
  • Transaction tombstone for Lynwood Scientific Developments Limited’s acquisition by North Atlantic Industries, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Lynwood.
  • Transaction tombstone for Layered, Inc., owned by Mr. Paul Allen, in its acquisition by Peachtree Software, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Layered, Inc.
  • Transaction tombstone for Kenfil Inc.’s acquisition by AmeriQuest Technologies, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Kenfil Inc.
  • Transaction tombstone for Suncoast Fire and Safety Equipment Company’s acquisition by Cintas Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Suncoast.
  • Transaction tombstone for Datarange Communications plc’s acquisition by SFA, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Datarange.
  • Transaction tombstone for The PSC Communications Group Inc.’s acquisition by MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to PSC Communications Group.
  • Transaction tombstone for BISS Limited’s acquisition by Wang Laboratories, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to BISS Limited.
  • Transaction tombstone for NYNEX Corporation’s sale of its Communications & Information Solutions Group (“CISG”) to Keane Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to NYNEX.
  • Transaction tombstone for Mine Safety Appliances Co.’s sale of Baseline Industries, Inc. to Questar Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Mine Safety Appliances.
  • Transaction tombstone for APAX Partners & Co. Ltd.’s sale of HTEC Ltd. to HTEC’s management, 3i plc, and Gresham Trust plc, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to HTEC Ltd.
  • Transaction tombstone for NYNEX Corporation’s sale of NYNEX DPI Company to IBM New Zealand Limited, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to NYNEX.
  • Transaction tombstone for ODYSYS S.A.’s recapitalization by Patricia International S.A., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to ODYSYS S.A.
  • Transaction tombstone for Mine Safety Appliances Co.’s sale of Merrillville Service Center to Safety Today, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Mine Safety Appliances.
  • Transaction tombstone for Questar Corporation’s sale of Questar Baseline Industries, Incorporated to MOCON Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Questar Corporation.
  • Transaction tombstone for The Datentechnik Group’s acquisition by Italtel Società Italiana Telecomunicazioni S.p.A., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to The Datentechnik Group.
  • Transaction tombstone for Logica plc’s sale of its Asset/Liability Management Division to Advanced Banking Solutions Ltd., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Logica plc.
  • Transaction tombstone for Maltbie Inc.’s acquisition by Kubik Incorporated, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Maltbie.
  • Transaction tombstone for 3i plc’s sale of Specialix Ltd. to Perle Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ), with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to 3i plc and Specialix.
  • Transaction tombstone for Accentus Inc.’s acquisition by High Road Capital Partners, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Accentus.
  • Transaction tombstone for Sunrise International S.A.’s sale of a majority of the assets of Arcadia Green Inc. to Centex Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Sunrise/Arcadia Green.
  • Transaction tombstone for Kenneth Crosby’s acquisition by DXP Enterprises, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Kenneth Crosby.
  • Transaction tombstone for BEZ Systems, Inc.’s acquisition by Compuware Corporation, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to BEZ Systems.
  • Transaction tombstone for SuperMedia Inc.’s sale of SwitchBoard.com to WhitePages, Inc., with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to SuperMedia LLC.
  • Transaction tombstone for Brapenta Electronica Limitada’s acquisition by Illinois Tool Works’ Loma Systems, with Versailles Group, Ltd. acting as financial advisor to Brapenta Electronica Limitada.
  • <h2>M&A Knowledge Built Through Completed Transactions</h2>

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    M&A Knowledge is developed through execution. Versailles Group’s transaction experience spans domestic and international assignments, privately held companies, corporate divestitures, and strategic buyers. While discretion limits the details we can disclose, these tombstones represent a broad cross-section of the firm’s completed work.
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