Acquirer: The Blackstone Group
Rank Value: $2.7B
Target Description: Owns and operates amusement parks.
Patriot Capital Funding Inc.
Acquirer: Prospect Capital Corp.
Rank Value: $194M
Target Description: Operates a closed-end investment fund.
Turnpike Global Technologies Inc.
Acquirer: XATA Corp.
Rank Value: $20M
Target Description: Provides fleet operations solutions and services.
Notes: XATA is owned by Trident Capital.
Altec Lansing Technologies Inc.
Acquirer: Audio Technology
Rank Value: $18M
Target Description: Makes speaker systems for personal computers.
Notes: Audio Technology is owned by Prophet Equity.
Reed Business Information’s US Magazine Publications
Acquirer: Wicks Group of Cos.’ NewBay Media
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: The assets comprise three magazine publications: Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News; and This Week in Consumer Electronics.
Victor Oolitic Stone Co.
Acquirer: Resilience Capital Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Wholesales dimensional limestone.
Emergency Physicians of Naples
Acquirer: TeamHealth Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides outsourced physician services.
Notes: TeamHealth is owned by The Blackstone Group
Gordon Ramsay at the London
Acquirer: The Blackstone Group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates a restaurant.
Aurora Biotechnologies
Acquirer: Nexus Biosystems Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes microplates for use in sample storage, high-throughput screening and cellular imaging.
Notes: Nexus Biosystems is owned by Telegraph Hill Partners
Henderson Enterprises Inc.
Acquirer: A consortium that includes Cameron Holdings Corp., Henderson Enterprises Inc.’s management and Bush O’Donnell & Co. Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes heavy-duty truck equipment.
Blackwell Book Services North America
Acquirer: Baker & Taylor Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides online bookshop services.
Notes: Baker & Taylor is owned by Castle Harlan
Career Quest Learning Centers Inc
Acquirer: Sverica International
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates career colleges.