VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, announced today the completion of its acquisition by an entity controlled by investment funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP") and Providence Equity Partners Inc. ("Providence Equity").
VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- CDW Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC), a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, announced that its shareholders voted at a special meeting held today to approve the merger agreement providing for the acquisition of CDW by VH Holdings, Inc., which upon closing...
Byline: GREGORY MEYER As Tribune Co. put itself on the block last week, the man who assembled it was travelling in Spain. Now a special partner at private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, former Tribune Chairman and CEO John W. Madigan ...
Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners received antitrust approval from the Federal Trade Commission FTC for its proposed acquisition of the ... Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners received antitrust approval from the Federal Trade Commission FTC for its proposed acquisition of the Jefferson Smurfit Group PLC...
Last week Jefferson Smurfit Group PLC JSG, Dublin, Ireland, declared Madison Dearborn Partners' takeover offer unconditional. The order by the High Court of Ireland affecting the spin-off of JSG's shareholding in Smurfit-Stone Container Corp Last week Jefferson Smurfit Group...
Madison Dearborn Partners MDP, a private Chicago-based investment group, has formed Boise Cascade, LLC, a new company that came out of the old Boise Cascade Corp. Boise Cascade Corp. changed its name to OfficeMax Inc. and now operates its office Madison Dearborn Partners...
Former Tribune Chairman and CEO John W. Madigan left his post as special partner at private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, which is pondering a bid for the media company. Mr. Madigan, a board member at McCormick Tribune Foundation, will co-he Former Tribune Chairman and CEO John...
LOS ANGELES -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., today announced that the Federal Communications Commission FCC has approved its acquisition by Broadcasting Media Partners Inc. ("BMP"), an investor group that includes Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and...
Byline: MONEE FIELDS-WHITE CDW Corp. chief John Edwardson can't wait to escape the watchful eye of Wall Street. "They are looking at us on a very short-term basis, and it is sometimes difficult to do some of the things you need to...
Rural telephone company Citizens Communications Co., which is exploring a potential sale, is drawing bidding interest from a handful of big private investment firms, according to The Wall Street Journal. Carlyle Group Madison Dearborn Partners L.L. Rural telephone company Citizens Communications Co., which is...
PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Intelsat, Ltd., a global satellite communications leader providing services in over 200 countries and territories, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement that provides for the amalgamation under Bermuda law of Intelsat and a subsidiary of Zeus Holdings Limited ("Zeus"), a company formed by a consortium...
Byline: Mark Bruno NEW YORK - Call it merger madness or merger-mania. But don't call it a market top just yet. The first half of 2007 has quickly shattered some of the money management industry's previous high-water marks in M&A activity ...
Mittal ships staffers from NYC to Chicago Arcelor Mittal will close Arcelor's New York office this summer and move operations to Mittal's North American HQ in Chicago. The move is expected to add about 90 staffers to the 200-person office here. Ar Mittal...
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