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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31-Jan-03
$NA
Target:
Charles Schwab Europe
Acquiror:
Barclays PLC
Advised The Charles Schwab Corporation on the sale of its British pound sterling brokerage business, to Barclays PLC.
29-Aug-02
$6.2 billion
Target:
Marconi plc
Advised the official committee of bondholders of Marconi, a leading telecom equipment provider, on the financial restructuring of Marconi's £4 billion of externally held financial indebtedness
18-Jan-02
$520 million
Target:
Thus plc
Advised THUS plc on its underwritten £275 million open offer, £90 million bank loan and demerger from its parent, ScottishPower
30-Jul-01
$117 million
Target:
Kymata Ltd.
Acquiror:
Alcatel Optronics
Advised Kymata Ltd, the Scottish manufacturer of optical components, on its sale to Alcatel Optronics of France.
23-May-01
$170 million
Target:
Unigraphics Solutions Inc.
Acquiror:
EDS Corp
(14%)
Advised EDS on its acquisition of the outstanding publicly held shares (14%) of Unigraphics Solutions, a provider of product data management software
23-May-01
$950 million
Target:
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
Acquiror:
EDS Corp
Advised EDS on its acquisition of SDRC, a developer of enterprise-wide product data management software
22-Sep-00
$750 million
Target:
AerFi Group plc
Acquiror:
debis AirFinance (subsidiary of Daimler Chrysler AG)
Advised AerFi on its sale to debis AirFinance .
29-Jun-99
$3.0 billion
Target:
Alta Vista Company
Acquiror:
CMGI Inc.
(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
01-Jun-99
$601 million
Target:
Aquarion Company
Acquiror:
Kelda Group plc
Advised Kelda Group (formerly Yorkshire Water) on the all-cash purchase of Aquarion Company, a US water utility group.
12-Mar-99
$3.1 billion
Target:
M&G Group plc
Acquiror:
Prudential Corp. plc
Advised M&G Group on the sale of the company for cash to Prudential, the United Kingdom’s largest life insurer and fund manager.
16-Jul-98
$1.5 billion
Target:
iMCI
Acquiror:
Cable and Wireless plc
, 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
02-Mar-98
$400 million
Target:
Olsy SpA (Olivetti SpA)
Acquiror:
Wang Laboratories Inc.
Advised Wang on its acquisition of Olsy, the systems and solutions division of Olivetti, for a combination of cash and securities.
26-Jan-98
$9.6 billion
Target:
Digital Equipment Corporation
Acquiror:
Compaq Computer Corporation
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
23-Jun-97
$4.4 billion
Target:
Tandem Computers Inc.
Acquiror:
Compaq Computer Corporation
Advised Compaq on the purchase, for stock, of Tandem, a maker of fault-tolerant server and hardware products
09-Jun-97
$540 million
Target:
Robertson Stephens & Company
Acquiror:
Bank America Corporation
Advised Robertson, Stephens & Co. on the sale of 100% of this privately-held securities firm to BankAmerica in a friendly all-cash transaction.