The transactions highlighted below are representative of Greenhill engagements. In addition, the Firm has completed many engagements that were not publicly-disclosed.
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Go Fly Ltd
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(majority owned by 3i plc)
Advised Go Fly, Europe’s No. 3 no-frills airline, on its sale to easyJet. The acquisition created Europe’s largest low cost airline.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Advised Bethlehem Steel Corp., the United States third largest steel producer, in connection with its Chapter 11 proceedings and eventual sale to International Steel
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Westvaco Corporation
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Advised Westvaco Corporation, a packaging and paper products company, on its merger-of-equals with The Mead Corporation
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Kymata Ltd.
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Advised Kymata Ltd, the Scottish manufacturer of optical components, on its sale to Alcatel Optronics of France.
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Sterling Chemicals
Advised Sterling Chemicals in connection with its Chapter 11 proceedings
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Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
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Advised EDS on its acquisition of SDRC, a developer of enterprise-wide product data management software
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Unigraphics Solutions Inc.
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(14%)
Advised EDS on its acquisition of the outstanding publicly held shares (14%) of Unigraphics Solutions, a provider of product data management software
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GKN plc
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(Industrial Services)
Advised Brambles on its merger with the industrial services division of GKN under a dual listed companies structure
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Cable & Wireless Optus Limited
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, 52.5% subsidiary of Cable and Wireless plc Advised C&W on the sale of its 52.5% owned Australian subsidiary, Cable & Wireless Optus, to SingTel
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AerFi Group plc
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Advised AerFi on its sale to debis AirFinance .
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Dorling Kindersley plc
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Advised Dorling Kindersley, a leading and innovative book publisher, on the sale of the company to Pearson in an all cash transaction.
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Shorewood Packaging Corporation
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Advised Shorewood on its successful hostile takeover defense from Chesapeake Corp., achieving a $21.00 friendly cash offer from an original $17.25 hostile bid.
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AMFM, Inc.
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Advised AMFM on the sale of the company to Clear Channel Communications to form the largest US radio company
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One2One
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(joint venture between Cable and Wireless plc and Media One)
Strategic advice to C&W in connection with the sale of One2One, a UK mobile phone operator, 50% owned by C&W and 50% owned by Media One
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Mirror Group PLC
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Advised Trinity on its merger with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher
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Alta Vista Company
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(Compaq Computer Corp.) Advised Compaq Computer Corporation on the sale of an 83% stake in the Alta Vista Company for a combination of CMGI common equity, preferred stock and a note
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M&G Group plc
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Advised M&G Group on the sale of the company for cash to Prudential, the United Kingdom’s largest life insurer and fund manager.
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iMCI
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, MCI’s Internet Business
Advised C&W on the financing of its iMCI acquisition via the largest equity primary placement to date in the London market
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Olsy SpA (Olivetti SpA)
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Advised Wang on its acquisition of Olsy, the systems and solutions division of Olivetti, for a combination of cash and securities.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
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Advised Compaq on the purchase, for cash and stock, of Digital, a maker of PCs and high performance servers and a provider of enterprise solutions and multi-vendor services. The acquisition is the largest technology transaction to date and creates the second largest enterprise computing company in the world
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Tandem Computers Inc.
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Advised Compaq on the purchase, for stock, of Tandem, a maker of fault-tolerant server and hardware products
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Robertson Stephens & Company
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Advised Robertson, Stephens & Co. on the sale of 100% of this privately-held securities firm to BankAmerica in a friendly all-cash transaction.
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Viacom Inc.
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- various radio assets
Advised Chancellor in the purchase of Viacom’s radio assets