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Daniel R. Wotman & Associates, LLC
has conducted all phases of transactions and offerings, from negotiating and
drafting agreements, registration statements and proxy statements, obtaining
approvals from federal and state regulatory authorities to conduct of
complex and lengthy closings. Areas: stock and asset acquisitions, leveraged
buyouts, equity, debenture and limited partnership public and private
offerings, going private, hostile tender offers, proxy contests, contested
mergers, industrial development, mortgage revenue and State of Israel bond
offerings, formation of insurance companies, entertainment contracts.
Representative Transactions
- Defense of Peabody International Corporation ("Peabody") from hostile
takeover attempt by Victor Posner ("Posner") resulting in five year
standstill agreement and sale of stock interest by Posner; Reverse
Triangular Merger among The Pullman Company, a subsidiary of Allied-Signal,
Peabody and PTC Acquisition Inc. (Valued at $150,000,000) (Wall St. J.,
Sept. 25, 1985, at 1, col. 2).
- Financing by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of leveraged
buyout of Modernfold Division of American Standard Inc. by Stockholders of
Wesray Capital Corp. (Valued at $19,000,000).
- Leveraged Buyout of Food Ecology Group of Kane-Miller Corporation
("Kane-Miller") by The Ira J. Hechler Group and Management of Kane-Miller
and Food Ecology Group (Valued at $70,000,000).
- Leveraged Buyout of Brinlaw Manufacturing Company, Inc., DGP Unlimited
and Kidz for Less, Inc. (collectively, Brinlaw) by The Ira J. Hechler Group
and Management of Brinlaw (Valued at $16,000,000).
- Acquisition of Radio Stations from Doubleday Broadcasting Company, Inc.
and Metromedia Inc. by The Sillerman Communications Group, Inc. (Valued at
$40,000,000).
- Acquisition of Stock of The Ziff Company, Inc. by The Albert Fisher
Group PLC (Valued at $20,000,000).
- Acquisition of Assets of Long Island Sound Systems, Inc. by
Telecommunications Specialists, Inc. (Valued at $2,775,000).
- Acquisition of Stock of McMillen, Inc. by management of McMillen
Brothers (Valued at $1,200,000).
- Going Private Transaction and Self Tender Offer by American Bakeries
Company for all outstanding shares of its Cumulative Prior Preferred Stock,
$1.80 Series (Valued at $1,000,000).
- Issuance of $1,600,000 Principal Amount of New York City Industrial
Development Agency Industrial Revenue Bonds (1985 Seybert-Nicholas Printing
Corp./Kenner Printing Co., Inc. Project).
- Issuance of $1,800,000 Principal Amount of Town of Hempstead Industrial
Development Agency Industrial Revenue Bonds (1985 Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc.
Project).
- Issuance of $850,000 Principal Amount of New York City Industrial
Development Agency Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (1985 AABCO Sheet
Metal Co., Inc. Project).
- Issuance of Canadian $15,000,000 Guaranteed Notes of Yamaha
International Corporation due 1992, guaranteed by The Fuji Bank, Limited.
- Financing by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Acquisition of
Stock of Avenue Bank and Trust Company of Oak Park, Avenue Bank Northwest,
Avenue Bank of Elk Grove and The Northlake Bank by First Colonial Bankshares
Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (Valued at $8,000,000).
- Proxy Contest by John V. Winfield for Election of Dissident Slate of
Trustees of Mutual Real Estate Investment Trust.
- Hostile Tender Offer by Sol Goldman and J.J.J. Financial Associates to
purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock of J.W. Mays, Inc.
- Hostile Tender Offer by Sol Goldman to purchase all outstanding shares
of Common Stock of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street Corp. (Chanin Building).
- Representation of Interstate Properties in connection with Hostile
Takeover Battles with undisclosable targets.
- Bid for acquisition of Nathan's Famous, Inc. by undisclosable Investor
Group.
- Hostile Tender Officer by Donald Trump to purchase all outstanding
shares of Common Stock of Resorts International, Inc.
- Public Offering of $150,000,000 Principal Amount of State of New York
Mortgage Agency Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Third Series.
- Public Offering of $200,000,000 Principal Amount of State of Israel
Third Variable Rate Issue Bonds (Minimum interest 7.50%).
- Public Offering of $20,000,000 Principal Amount of S.E. Nichols Inc.
14-7/8% First Senior Subordinated Debentures due 1999.
- Initial Public Offering of Common Stock of Brown Transportation
Corporation.
- Private Offering of Units of Limited Partnership Interest in STV
Associates, a Limited Partnership, a New York limited partnership to conduct
research and development of Satellite Transfer Vehicles (Valued at
$12,000,000).
- Representation of United States Trust Company of New York in connection
with Public Offering of $165,000,000 principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Deferred Interest Debentures due 2006 to finance, in part, acquisition of
assets of Metromedia Radio Division of Metromedia Broadcasting Company by
Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation.
- Formation of Premium Finance Program for River Oaks Life Insurance
Company.
- Formation of New York Life Insurance Company for Dai-Ichi Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
- Formation of Bankruptcy and Mortgage Brokerage Divisions of Commonwealth
Associates, Investment Banking Company.
- Representation of Shareholders in Purchases of Substantial Stock
Interests in Small Closely Held Companies.
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