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American Standard Companies' financial advisor for the Bath and Kitchen sale was Lazard. Skadden, Arps and Baker & McKenzie served as legal counsel. For Bain Capital, Bank of America, N.A. and Credit Suisse led the financing, Lehman Brothers acted as financial advisors, Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel, and PricewaterhouseCoopers provided transaction advisory services.
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NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BeautyBank, a division of the Estée Lauder Companies, unveiled actress Ashley Judd today as the personality representing their new skincare and cosmetics brand, American Beauty. The agreement establishes Judd as the spokesperson for the line, slated for a national launch in October 2004.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eWorld Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EWRL), announced today that the company has completed a 1 for 12,000 reverse split of its common shares. This restructuring was completed one day earlier than originally anticipated. As a result of the reverse split, the company is issuing 1 common share for each 12,000 shares held on the record date of January 15, 2008. Upon completion of this reverse split the company now has total of 445,000 outstanding common shares and total float of slightly less than that amount. The terms of the split will require all shareholders to turn in a physical certificate in order to receive their new shares.
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In other exit transactions, the report found that there were 136 merger- and-acquisition (M&A) transactions for European venture-backed companies in 2007, down from 218 completed in 2006 and the lowest annual total since 2000. By industry, 100 European IT companies completed M&A transactions in 2007, while 18 health care companies and 13 business, consumer and retail companies were sold.
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The companies that have best adapted their businesses report that setting goals, measuring performance, and assessing the degree of compliance are vital to the successful implementation of citizenship initiatives. The report describes how five of the most successful companies' reporting practices have been integrated into their firms:
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Companies are ... sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies. Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a regulated stock exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders.
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