Special Situations Calendar

October 9

• 10 a.m. ET: Danvers Bancorp, Inc.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Beverly National Corp.

October 13

• 5 p.m. ET: Cardiome Pharma Corp.: modified Dutch auction tender offer ends

• Midnight ET: Advent International Corp.: subsequent offering period for shares of Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. ends

• Midnight ET: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.: tender offer for Sepracor, Inc. ends

October 19

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

October 20

• 10 a.m. ET: Hiland Partners, LP: special meeting of unitholders to vote on going-private transaction with affiliates of Harold Hamm

• 11:30 a.m. ET: Hiland Holdings GP, LP: special meeting of unitholders to vote on going-private transaction with affiliates of Harold Hamm.

October 21

• Midnight ET: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.: tender offer for Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. ends

October 22

• 9 a.m. ET: Chesapeake Utilities Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Florida Public Utilities Co.

• 11 a.m. ET: Florida Public Utilities Co.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

• Midnight ET: Adobe Systems Inc.: tender offer for Omniture, Inc. ends

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

• Texas Industries, Inc.: annual meeting of shareholders

October 23

• 9:30 a.m. ET: HLTH Corp.: annual meeting of stockholders and vote on merger with WebMD Health Corp.

• 9:30 a.m. ET: WebMD Health Corp.: annual meeting of stockholders and vote on merger with HLTH Corp.

• Midnight ET: Apollo Global Management, LLC: tender offer for Parallel Petroleum Corp. ends

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

October 27

• 9 a.m. ET: Frontier Communications Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on merger with New Communications Holdings Inc., a Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary

• Midnight ET: American Securities LLC: tender offer for GenTek Inc. ends

November 20

• Terra Industries Inc.: annual meeting of shareholders

November 25

• EnCana Corp.: special meeting of shareholders to vote on splitting company into EnCana (GasCo) and Cenovus Energy Inc.

November 30

• BreitBurn Energy Partners LP: annual meeting of shareholders

December 31

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

FOURTH QUARTER 2009

• Avocent Corp.: acquisition by Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: Oct. 6

Expected closing: On or before Jan. 1

• Beverly National Corp.: acquisition by Danvers Bancorp, Inc.

Announced: June 17

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• 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

• Cowen Group, Inc.: acquisition by Ramius LLC

Announced: June 4

Expected closing: Nov. 2

• D&E Communications, Inc.: acquisition by Windstream Corp.

Announced: May 11

Expected closing: Dec. 9

• Florida Public Utilities Co.: acquisition by Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

Announced: April 20

Expected closing: Oct. 29

• Genesis Lease Ltd.: acquisition by AerCap Holdings NV

Announced: Sept. 18

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Hiland Partners, LP and Hiland Holdings GP, LP: acquisition by Harold Hamm

Announced: June 1

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Intellon Corp.: acquisition by Atheros Communications, Inc.

Announced: Sept. 8

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

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

Announced: Sept. 9

Expected closing: Nov. 14

• Liberty Entertainment, Inc.: acquisition by DirecTV Group, Inc.

Announced: May 4

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• 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

• MSC.Software Corp.: acquisition by Symphony Technology Group

Announced: July 8

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Natco Group Inc.: acquisition by Cameron International Corp.

Announced: June 2

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Nyfix, Inc.: acquisition by NYSE Euronext, Inc.

Announced: Aug. 27

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Omniture, Inc.: acquisition by Adobe Systems Inc.

Announced: Sept. 15

Expected closing: Fourth quarter 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

• Sepracor Inc.: acquisition by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Announced: Sept. 3

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Specialty Underwriters' Alliance, Inc.: acquisition by Tower Group, Inc.

Announced: June 22

Expected closing: End 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

• Tween Brands, Inc.: acquisition by Dress Barn, Inc.

Announced: June 25

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009

• Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.: acquisition by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Announced: July 28

Expected closing: Fourth quarter of 2009 or early 2010

• Voyager Learning Co.: acquisition by Cambium Learning, Inc.

Announced: June 22

Expected closing: October

• 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

• Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.: acquisition by Covidien plc

Announced: Sept. 28

Expected closing: By end of 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

• HLTH Corp.: acquisition by WebMD Health Corp.

Announced: June 18

Expected closing: Third or fourth quarter of 2009

• 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

• 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

• Wyeth: acquisition by Pfizer, Inc.

Announced: Jan. 26, 2009

Expected closing: End of the third quarter or during the fourth quarter of 2009

FIRST QUARTER 2010

• Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.: Xerox Corp.

Announced: Sept. 28

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

ON THE HORIZON

• 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

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.: acquisition by Advent International Corp.

Announced: Aug. 24

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• GenTek Inc.: acquisition by American Securities LLC

Announced: Sept. 28

Expected closing: Upon approvals

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

Announced: July 13

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

Announced: Aug. 31

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.: acquisition by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

Announced: Sept. 18

Expected closing: Upon approvals

• Parallel Petroleum Corp.: acquisition by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC

Announced: Sept. 15

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

Expected closing: Upon approvals

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