Special Situations Calendar

December 16

• 5 p.m. ET: Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.: subsequent offer for common units of OSG America LP ends

• Midnight ET: Biogen Idec Inc.: tender offer for Facet Biotech Corp. ends

December 17

• Midnight ET: Applied Materials, Inc.: tender offer for Semitool, Inc. ends

• Midnight ET: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.: exchange offer for Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. ends

December 18

• 9 a.m. ET: Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.

• 10 a.m. ET: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.: special meeting to vote on merger with Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.

• 11:59 p.m. ET: Opportunity Investment Fund I, LLC: tender offer for Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. ends

• Midnight ET: Agrium Inc.: tender offer for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. ends

• Midnight ET: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.: modified Dutch auction tender offer ends

• Midnight ET: KPN BV: cash tender offer for iBasis, Inc. ends

December 23

• 5 p.m. ET: Maxygen, Inc.: modified Dutch auction tender offer ends

December 31

• 11 a.m. ET: IPC Holdings, Ltd.: special general meeting of shareholders

• Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.: annual meeting of shareholders

January 5

• 8:30 a.m. ET: Agilysys, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on MAK Capital Fund, LP and Paloma International LP increasing their ownership to more than 20%

January 8

• Noon ET: Live Nation, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.

• Noon ET: Ticketmaster, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Live Nation, Inc.

January 11

• Midnight ET: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.: tender offer for Diedrich Coffee, Inc. ends

January 29

• Midnight ET: Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.: exchange offer for Diedrich Coffee, Inc. ends

February 8

• 11:30 a.m. ET: IMS Health Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc.

February 11

• 10 a.m. ET: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

June 15

• USA Technologies, Inc.: annual meeting of shareholders

FOURTH QUARTER 2009

• Avocent Corp.: acquisition by Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: Oct. 6

Expected closing: On or before Jan. 1

• Centennial Communications Corp.: acquisition by AT&T Inc.

Announced: Nov. 7, 2008

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.: acquisition by Advanced Technology Investment Co. LLC

Announced: Sept. 8

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Diedrich Coffee, Inc.: acquisition by Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 2

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Financial Federal Corp.: acquisition by People's United Financial, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 23

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Genesis Lease Ltd.: acquisition by AerCap Holdings NV

Announced: Sept. 18

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.: acquisition by Prospect Acquisition Corp.

Announced: Sept. 9

Expected closing: Nov. 14

• MDS Inc.'s Analytical Technologies business: acquisition by Danaher Corp.

Announced: Sept. 2

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Merix Corp.: acquisition by Viasystems Group, Inc.

Announced: Oct. 6

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.: acquisition by Prospect Capital Corp.

Announced: Aug. 3

Expected closing: Within 60 days

• Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.: acquisition by Platinum Equity, LLC affiliates

Announced: Sept. 25

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Schering-Plough Corp.: acquisition by Merck & Co., Inc.

Announced: March 9, 2009

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Teppco Partners LP: acquisition by Enterprise Products Partners LP

Announced: June 29

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Trimeris, Inc.: acquisition by Arigene Co., Ltd.

Announced: Oct. 2

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.: merger of equals with Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.

Announced: June 29

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

SECOND HALF 2009

• BJ Services Co.: acquisition by Baker Hughes Inc.

Announced: Aug. 31

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC: acquisition of 49.99% stake by Ιlectricitι de France SA

Announced: Dec. 17, 2008

Expected closing: Six to nine months

• Pamrapo Bancorp, Inc.: acquisition by BCB Bancorp, Inc.

Announced: June 30

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Quest Resource Corp., Quest Energy Partners, LP, Quest Midstream Partners, LP recombination

Announced: July 6

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Semitool, Inc.: acquisition by Applied Materials, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 17

Expected closing: End of 2009

• Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.: acquisition by Live Nation, Inc.

Announced: Feb. 10, 2009

Expected closing: Second half of 2009

• Varian, Inc.: acquisition by Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Announced: July 27

Expected closing: End of 2009

FIRST QUARTER 2010

• Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.: Xerox Corp.

Announced: Sept. 28

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Allied Capital Corp.: acquisition by Ares Capital Corp.

Announced: Oct. 26

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Allion Healthcare, Inc.: acquisition by H.I.G. Capital, LLC

Announced: Oct. 19

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.: acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Announced: Nov. 3

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• California Micro Devices Corp.: acquisition by ON Semiconductor Corp.

Announced: Dec. 14

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Diedrich Coffee, Inc.: acquisition by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 8

Expected closing: Early 2010

• Encore Acquisition Co.: acquisition by Denbury Resources Inc.

Announced: Nov. 2

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Harleysville National Corp.: acquisition by First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

Announced: July 27

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• IMS Health Inc.: acquisition by TPG Capital and CPP Investment Board

Announced: Nov. 5

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• JDA Software Group, Inc.: acquisition by i2 Technologies, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 5

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• MPS Group, Inc.: acquisition by Adecco SA

Announced: Oct. 20

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• QuadraMed Corp.: acquisition by Francisco Partners

Announced: Dec. 8

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Switch & Data Facilities Co., Inc.: acquisition by Equinix, Inc.

Announced: Oct. 21

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Waste Services, Inc.: acquisition by IESI-BFC Ltd.

Announced: Nov. 11

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

• Zilog, Inc.: acquisition by IXYS Corp.

Announced: Dec. 7

Expected closing: First quarter of 2010

SECOND QUARTER 2010

• Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.: acquisition by Technology Resource Holdings, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 13

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2010

• Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.: spinoff of Vishay Precision Group, Inc.

Announced: Oct. 27

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2010

• XTO Energy Inc.: acquisition by Exxon Mobil Corp.

Announced: Dec. 14

Expected closing: Second quarter of 2010

FIRST HALF 2010

• 3Com Corp.: acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Co.

Announced: Nov. 11

Expected closing: First half of 2010

• Black & Decker Corp.: acquisition by Stanley Works

Announced: Nov. 2

Expected closing: First half of 2010

• ICO, Inc.: acquisition by A. Schulman, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 3

Expected closing: Spring of 2010

• Landry's Restaurants, Inc.: acquisition by Tilman J. Fertitta

Announced: Nov. 3

Expected closing: First half of 2010

• Starent Networks Corp.: acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: Oct. 13

Expected closing: First half of 2010

• Youbet.com, Inc.: acquisition by Churchill Downs, Inc.

Announced: Nov. 12

Expected closing: First or second quarter of 2010

ON THE HORIZON

• 012 Smile Communications Ltd.: acquisition by Ampal-American Israel Corp.

Announced: Nov. 16

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• BPW Acquisition Corp.: acquisition by Talbots, Inc.

Announced: Dec. 8

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Cano Petroleum, Inc.: acquisition by Resaca Exploitation, Inc.

Announced: Sept. 30

Expected closing: Three to five months

• Central Jersey Bancorp: acquisition by OceanFirst Financial Corp.

Announced: May 27, 2009

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• iBasis, Inc.: acquisition of remaining interest by KPN NV

Announced: July 13

• Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.: acquisition by Windstream Corp.

Announced: Nov. 24

Expected closing: Mid-2010

• Marvel Entertainment, Inc.: acquisition by Walt Disney Co.

Announced: Aug. 31

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• PepsiAmericas, Inc.: acquisition by PepsiCo, Inc.

Announced: Aug. 4

Expected closing: Late 2009 or early 2010

• Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.: acquisition by PepsiCo, Inc.

Announced: Aug. 4

Expected closing: Late 2009 or early 2010

• Perot Systems Corp.: acquisition by Dell Inc.

Announced: Sept. 21

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009 or first quarter of 2010

• Republic First Bancorp Inc.: acquisition by Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp Inc.

Announced: Nov. 10, 2008

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Sun Microsystems, Inc.: acquisition by Oracle Corp.

Announced: April 20, 2009

Expected closing: Upon approvals

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