Special Situations Calendar

JUNE 5

• Trane Inc.: special meeting of stockholders to vote on acquisition by Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd.

JUNE 9

• 5 p.m. ET: Tracinda Corp.: tender offer for Ford Motor Co. ends

• Midnight ET: Loews Corp.: tender offer for exchange of shares ends

JUNE 10

• 11 a.m. ET: GMH Communities Trust: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with American Campus Communities, Inc.

JUNE 11

• 11 a.m. ET: Maxim Crane Works Holdings, Inc.: special meeting to vote on merger with Platinum Equity Partners II, LP affiliates

JUNE 16

• 10 a.m. ET: Elron Electronics Industries Ltd.: tender offer for Given Imaging Ltd. ends

• 11:59 p.m. ET: Electronic Arts Inc.: tender offer for Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ends

JUNE 19

• Greater Community Bancorp: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Valley National Bancorp

JUNE 20

• 9 a.m. ET: Getty Images Inc.: shareholder meeting to vote on acquisition by Hellman & Friedman LLC

• Midnight ET: CBS Corp.: tender offer for CNET Networks, Inc. ends

JUNE 25

• Noon ET: Countrywide Financial Corp.: special meeting of stockholders to vote on merger with Bank of America Corp.

• Midnight ET: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.: tender offer for Kosan Biosciences Inc. ends

JUNE 26

• Midnight ET: OAO Severstal: tender offer for Esmark Inc. expires

JUNE 27

• Noon ET: ESS Technology, Inc.: annual meeting of stockholders to vote on acquisition by Imperium Partners Group, LLC affiliate

JUNE 30

• Noon ET: Golden Cycle Gold Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

• 1 p.m. ET: TriZetto Group Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by funds advised by Apax P

JULY 3

• Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by private equity investors

JULY 24

• MI Developments Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on reorganization proposal

SECOND QUARTER 2008

• Alliance Data Systems Corp.: acquisition by Blackstone Group

Announced: May 17, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Ansoft Corp.: acquisition by Ansys, Inc.

Announced: March 31

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• ASE Test Ltd.: acquisition by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

Announced: Sept. 4, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Bear Stearns Cos., Inc.: acquisition by JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Announced: March 16

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• BCE Inc.: acquisition by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, affiliates of Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLP and others

Announced: June 30, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc.: acquisition by Community Bankers Acquisition Corp.

Announced: Dec. 14

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• CHC Helicopter Corp.: acquisition by First Reserve Corp.

Announced: Feb. 22

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Claxson Interactive Group Inc.; acquisition by subsidiary/controlling shareholders

Announced: April 2

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: acquisition by Galderma Pharma SA

Announced: Feb. 26

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Cytogen Corp.: acquisition by EUSA Pharma Inc.

Announced: March 10

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc.: acquisition by Pfizer Inc.

Announced: Feb. 20

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• GB&T Bancshares, Inc.: SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 2, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Getty Images Inc.: acquisition by Hellman & Friedman LLC

Announced: Feb. 25

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Gibraltar Packaging Group, Inc.: acquisition by Rosmar Packaging Group, Inc.

Announced: March 14

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• GMH Communities Trust, military housing division: acquisition by Balfour Beatty plc

Announced: Feb. 12

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• GMH Communities Trust: American Campus Communities, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 12

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• IBT Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by S&T Bancorp, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 17

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.: acquisition by Warburg Pincus

Announced: Jan. 15

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Maxim Crane Works Holding, Inc.: acquisition by Platinum Equity Capital Partners II, LP

Announced: May 5

Expected closing: By June 30

• Merisel, Inc.: acquisition by American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

Announced: April 4

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• MFB Corp.: acquisition by MutualFirst Financial, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 8

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Moldflow Corp.: acquisition by Autodesk, Inc.

Announced: May 1

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Navteq Corp.: acquisition by Nokia Corp.

Announced: Oct. 1, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Nuclear Solutions, Inc.: acquisition by Inter-Americas, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 18

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Packeteer, Inc.: acquisition by Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Announced: April 21

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Performance Food Group Co.: acquisition by Vistar Corp.

Announced: Jan. 18

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Restoration Hardware, Inc.: acquisition by Catterton Partners affiliate

Announced: Nov. 8, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Shore Financial Corp.: acquisition by Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 9

Expected closing: By June 2

• Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. merger

Announced: Feb. 20, 2007

• Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc.: acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline

Announced: April 22

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

FIRST HALF 2008

• Activision Inc.: acquisition by Vivendi

Announced: Dec. 2

Expected closing: First half of 2008

• Dominion Homes, Inc.: acquisition by Angelo Gordon & Co., LP, Silver Point Capital, LP, BRC Properties, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 18

Expected closing: First half of 2008

• ESS Technology Inc.: acquisition by Imperium Partners Group, LLC

Announced: Feb. 22

Expected closing: Mid-2008

• Manatron, Inc.: acquisition by Thoma Cressey Brava

Announced: Jan. 15

Expected closing: By April 30

• Mobile Storage Group, Inc.: acquisition by Mobile Mini, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 22

Expected closing: June 2008

• MTC Technologies, Inc.: acquisition by BAE Systems Inc.

Announced: Dec. 24

Expected closing: First half of 2008

• NetManage, Inc.: acquisition by Micro Focus International plc

Announced: May 1

Expected closing: June 2008

• Rural Cellular Corp.: acquisition by Verizon Wireless

Announced: July 30, 2007

Expected closing: First half of 2008

• SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc.: acquisition by T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Announced: Sept. 17, 2007

Expected closing: First half of 2008

• Trane Inc.: acquisition by Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Announced: Dec. 17

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

• Whidbey Island Bank: acquisition by Frontier Financial Corp.

Announced: Sept. 26, 2007

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2008

THIRD QUARTER 2008

• Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.: acquisition by Misys Healthcare LLC

Announced: March 18

Expected closing: In four to six months

• Atari, Inc.: acquisition by Infogrames Entertainment SA

Announced: April 30

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Basic Energy Services, Inc.: acquisition by Grey Wolf, Inc.

Announced: April 21

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: acquisition by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Announced: March 31

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc.: acquisition by Stone Energy Corp.

Announced: April 30

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Clayton Holdings, Inc.: acquisition by Greenfield Partners, LLC affiliate

Announced: April 14

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• CNET Networks, Inc.: acquisition by CBS Corp.

Announced: May 15

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Countrywide Financial Corp.: acquisition by Bank of America Corp.

Announced: Jan. 11

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• DirecTV, Inc.: acquisition by 180 Connect Inc.

Announced: April 18

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• EP MedSystems, Inc.: acquisition by St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Announced: April 9

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• FTD Group, Inc.: acquisition by United Online, Inc.

Announced: April 30

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Greater Community Bancorp: acquisition by Valley National Bancorp

Announced: March 19

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Iomai Corp.: acquisition by Intercell AG

Announced: May 12

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Iron & Glass Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by F.N.B. Corp.

Announced: Feb. 15

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Kintera, Inc.: acquisition by Blackbaud, Inc.

Announced: May 29

Expected closing: July 2

• National Atlantic Holdings Corp.: acquisition by Palisades Safety and Insurance Association

Announced: March 13

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Optium Corp.: acquisition by Finisar Corp.

Announced: May 16

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• ProCentury Corp.: acquisition by Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 21

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

• Safeco Corp.: acquisition by Liberty Mutual Group

Announced: April 23

Expected closing: Third quarter of 2008

FOURTH QUARTER 2008

• Camco Financial Corp.: acquisition by First Place Financial Corp.

Announced: May 7

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2008

• DRS Technologies, Inc.: acquisition by Finmeccanica, SpA

Announced: May 12

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2008

• Nymex Holdings, Inc.: acquisition by CME Group, Inc.

Announced: March 17

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2008

• Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd.: acquisition by Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.

Announced: May 30

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2008

• Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by Harleysville National Corp.

Announced: May 21

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2008

SECOND HALF 2008

• China Water and Drinks, Inc.: acquisition by Heckmann Corp.

Announced: May 20

Expected closing: Fall of 2008

• Digimarc Corp.: acquisition by L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc.

Announced: March 24

Expected closing: Second half of 2008

• Electronic Data Systems Corp.: acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Corp.

Announced: May 13

Expected closing: Second half of 2008

• Jazz Technologies, Inc.: acquisition by Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

Announced: May 20

Expected closing: Second half of 2008

• Puget Energy Inc.: acquisition by consortium led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners

Announced: Oct. 26, 2007

Expected closing: Second half of 2008

• TriZetto Group, Inc.: acquisition by Apax Partners

Announced: April 11

Expected closing: Within four to six months

• Wendy's International, Inc.: acquisition by Triarc Cos., Inc.

Announced: April 24

Expected closing: Second half of 2008

ON THE HORIZON

• Aquila, Inc.: acquisition by Great Plains Energy Inc.

Announced: Feb. 7, 2007

Expected closing: Within one year

• Bronco Drilling Co., Inc.: acquisition by Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc.

Announced: Jan. 24

Expected closing: Mid-2008

• ChoicePoint Inc.: acquisition by Reed Elsevier

Announced: Feb. 21

Expected closing: Summer of 2008

• Commerce Group: acquisition by Mapfre SA

Announced: Oct. 31, 2007

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• CSK Auto Corp.: acquisition by O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

Announced: April 1

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Enliven Marketing Technologies Corp.: acquisition by DG FastChannel

Announced: May 8

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• First Charter Corp.: acquisition by Fifth Third Bancorp

Announced: Aug. 16, 2007

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.: acquisition by investors led by Gores Group, LLC, Mivtach Shamir Holdings Ltd., DGB Investments, Inc. and others

Announced: March 31

Expected closing: By September 2008

• Golden Cycle Gold Corp.: acquisition by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

Announced: Jan. 14

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• HLTH Corp.: acquisition by WebMD Health Corp.

Announced: Feb. 21

Expected closing: Second or third quarter of 2008

• Iomega Corp.: acquisition by EMC Corp.

Announced: April 8

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Kosan Biosciences Inc.: acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Announced: May 29

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Radyne Corp.: acquisition by Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Announced: May 12

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• SCPIE Holdings Inc.: acquisition by the Doctors Co.

Announced: Oct. 16, 2007

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• WCI Steel, Inc.: acquisition by OAO Severstal

Announced: May 16

Expected closing: Late in second quarter or early in third quarter of 2008

• Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.: acquisition by Mars, Inc.

Announced: April 28

Expected closing: Within six to 12 months

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