Specialty Manufacturing *

Target/Offeror Acquiror/Transaction Type Transaction Description
ASKO, INC. - SINTERMET, INC. SUBSIDIARY HITACHI METALS AMERICA, LTD. Financial advisor to ASKO, Inc. in the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SinterMet, Inc. to Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

BONNEY FORGE CORP. RECAPITALIZATION Financial advisor to Bonney Forge in the acquisition of equity interests held by private investors and its associated recapitalization.

CLOVERLEAF GROUP MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL Financial advisor to Matthews International and assisted in the negotiations of their acquisition of the assets of iDL, Inc. and Big Red Rooster, collectively known as the Cloverleaf Group.

CYCLOPS-CYTEMP POWDER PRODUCTS DYNAMET, INC. Financial advisor to Cyclops-Cytemp Powder Products and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to Dynamet.

DORMONT MANUFACTURING CO. REVENUE BOND OFFERING Manager to Dormont Manufacturing Company in their variable rate revenue bond offering of $2,000,000.

DUNDEE CEMENT HOLDERBANK FINANCIERE GLARIS LTD. Financial advisor to Holderbank Financiere Glaris Ltd. in the restructuring of its North American Cement Division and rendered a fairness opinion.

GENERAL CABLE REVOLVING CREDIT $65,000,000 revolving credit agreement.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. DEMAND NOTES Placement Agent of their variable rate demand notes offering of $358,000,000.

HALSTEAD INDUSTRIES MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. Financial advisor to Halstead and rendered fairness opinions regarding their sale to Mueller Industries, Inc.

INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC CORP. ISC ACQUISITION CORP. Financial advisor to ISC Acquisition Corporation in this going-private transaction.

INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC CORP. FLP VALUATION Completed a family limited partnership valuation for Industrial Scientific.

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP. CONVERTIBLE DEBT Manager to International Rectifier in their convertible debt offering of $23,100,000.

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP. CONVERTIBLE DEBT Manager to International Rectifier in their convertible debt offering of $57,500,000.

IPC COMMUNICATIONS COMMON STOCK Manager to IPC Communications in their common stock offering of $6,900,000.

LUKENS INC. – FLEX-O-LITE SUBSIDIARY JACKSON PRODUCTS Financial advisor to Lukens and assisted in the negotiations of their sale of their Flex-O-Lite subsidiary to Jackson Products.

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL REVOLVING CREDIT Financial advisor to Matthews International in their $125,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement.

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL COMMON STOCK Manager to Matthews International in their initial public offering of $19,320,000.

MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY ESTATE VALUATION Completed a valuation for estate purposes.

MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY – HAZCO SERVICES, INC. SUBSIDIARY TOTAL SAFETY, INC. Financial advisor to Mine Safety Appliances in the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hazco Services, Inc. to Total Safety, Inc.

NABCO, INC. MAIN STREET CAPITAL HOLDINGS Financial advisor to NABCO and assisted in negotiations of their sale, in a LBO transaction, to Main Street Capital Holdings.

NAPCO, INC. NORTEK, INC. Financial advisor to Napco and assisted in the negotiations and rendered a fairness opinion related to the sale to Nortek.

P.H. GLATFELTER COMPANY VOTING TRUST Financial advisor to The Glatfelter Family who formed a Voting Trust to hold shares of the P.H. Glatfelter Company.

POLYCOM HUNTSMAN, INC. SPARTECH CORPORATION Financial advisor to Polycom Huntsman and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to Spartech Corporation.

PQ CORPORATION SENIOR NOTES Manager to The PQ Corporation in their senior notes offering of $30,000,000.

RAVENS METAL PRODUCTS J. POLLOCK & CO. Financial advisor to Ravens Metal Products and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to J. Pollock & Co.

SALEM CORPORATION ITAM TECHINT ITALIMPIANTI Financial advisor to Salem Corporation and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to Itam Techint Italimpianti.

SCOTSMAN, INC. WILLIAMS, INC. Financial advisor to Scotsman, Inc. and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to Williams, Inc.

SILTEC COMMON STOCK Manager to Siltec in their $7,500,000 common stock offering.

STEEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. SENIOR NOTES Placement Agent to Steel Technologies in their $40,000,000 senior notes offering.

SUPREX CORP. ISCO, INC. Financial advisor to Suprex and assisted in the negotiations of the sale of their assets to Isco, Inc.

THE YORK GROUP MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL Financial advisor to Matthews International and assisted in the negotiations of their Acquisition of the stock of The York Group.

THE YORK GROUP – COMMEMORATIVE PRODUCTS DIVISION MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL Financial advisor to Matthews International and assisted in the negotiations of their acquisition of The Commemorative Products Division of The York Group.

THERMAL INDUSTRIES, INC. H.I.G. GROUP Financial advisor to Thermal Industries Incorporated, rendered a fairness opinion and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to H.I.G. Group.

TRUSCO TANK, INC. ASTROTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP. Financial advisor to Astrotech International in their acquisition of the stock of Trusco Tank, Inc.

TUSCARORA INC. SCA PACKAGING Financial advisor to Tuscarora, rendered a fairness opinion and assisted in the negotiations of their sale to SCA Packaging of Belgium.

TUSCARORA INC. TAKEOVER DEFENSE Takeover defense advisory to Tuscarora.

WEYERHAEUSER CO. REVENUE BOND Manager to Weyerhaeuser in their refunding revenue bond offering of $55,000,000.

*Transactions completed by Raptor Partners’ professionals, including those completed at other firms.

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