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The Mergers Acquisitions of 1998
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Date Announced: 1/1/98
Date Closed: 1/1/98
Buyer: Poe & Brown Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Boynton Brothers & Co.
City/State: Chester, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: Diplomat Corp.
City/State: Stony Point, NY
Seller: Lew Magram Ltd.
City/State: Teaneck, NJ
Price: $10.68 million
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 1/5/98
Buyer: Commerce Bancorp Inc.
City/State: Cherry Hill, NJ
Seller: Reinhart (Joseph J.) & Associates
City/State: Cherry Hill, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 1/5/98
Buyer: StaffMark
City/State: Fayetteville, AR
Seller: Clinforce LLC
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: GATX Corp.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Seller: Clover Systems Inc.
City/State: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Arc Communications Inc.
City/State: Tinton Falls, NJ
Seller: The Navesink River Group Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: IMN Financial Corp.
City/State: Melville, NY
Seller: Jefferson Financial Corp.
City/State: Marlton, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: EA Industries Inc.
City/State: West Long Branch, NJ
Seller: Service Assembly Inc.
City/State: Wareham, MA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Desktop Data Inc.
City/State: Burlington, MA
Seller: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
Unit Sold: News Integration Unit
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Bisys Group Inc.
City/State: Little Falls, NJ
Seller: Synaxis Corp.
Unit Sold: Networking and
Groupware Services Business
City/State: Needham, MA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/23/98
Buyer: Philadelphia Suburban Corp.
City/State: Bryn Mawr, PA
Seller: West Chester Municipal Authority
Unit Sold: Water-Works Utility
City/State: West Chester, NJ
Price: $22.4 million
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/7/98
Buyer: Opinion Research Corp.
City/State: Skillman, NJ
Seller: Pro Tel Marketing Inc.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/7/98
Buyer: RCM Technologies Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: Northern Technical Services Inc.
City/State: Milwaukee, WI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Lynton Group Inc.
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Seller: General Electric Co.
Unit Sold: Magec Aviation Ltd.
City/State: Fairfield, CT
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/8/98
Date Closed: 1/8/98
Buyer: Ingersoll-Rand Co.
City/State: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Seller: Johnstone Pump Co.
City/State: Troy, MI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/9/98
Date Closed: 1/9/98
Buyer: Aligis Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: CHIRO Managed Care Network
City/State: Shrewsbury, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Saunders Karp & Megrue
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Sussex Technology Inc.
City/State: Sparta, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Public Service Enterprise
Group Inc.
City/State: Newark, NJ
Seller: Fluidics Inc.
City/State: Philadelphia, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Berliner Communications Inc.
City/State: Elmwood, NJ
Seller: Wireless Systems Consulting
City/State: Wayne, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Intek Diversified Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Wireless Plus Inc.
City/State: Hayward, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/14/98
Date Closed: 3/17/98
Buyer: Bank of New York Co. Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Mendham Capital Group Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: MEDIQ Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Price: $280.97 million
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: 1/15/98
Buyer: KTI Inc.
City/State: Guttenburg, NJ
Seller: Vel-A-Tran Recycling Inc.
City/State: Billerica, MA
Price: $1.1 million
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: 1/15/98
Buyer: GEAC Computer Corp Ltd.
City/State: Markham, ON, Canada
Seller: Princeton Network Systems Inc.
City/State: South Plainfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/16/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Clairidge Cinemas Inc.
Unit Sold: Clairidge Theatre
City/State: Montclair, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Armor Holdings Inc.
City/State: Jacksonville, FL
Seller: Low Voltage Systems
Technology Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: 1/20/98
Buyer: IKON Office Solutions Inc.
City/State: Wayne, PA
Seller: COPIFAX Inc.
City/State: Berlin, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: 1/20/98
Buyer: IKON Office Solutions Inc.
City/State: Wayne, PA
Seller: Command Services Corp.
City/State: Jersey City, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Erol”s Internet Inc.
City/State: Springfield, VA
Price: $83.5 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: UltraNet Communications Inc.
City/State: Marlborough, MA
Price: $27 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 1/21/98
Buyer: U.S.A. Floral Products Inc.
City/State: Washington, DC
Seller: Everflora Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: $8 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Seller: Kirke-Van Orsdel
Unit Sold: Computer Services Division
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 1/30/98
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Millburn Cinemas
City/State: Millburn, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/22/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Texas Instruments Inc.
City/State: Dallas, TX
Seller: Dialogic Corp.
Unit Sold: Spectron Microsystems
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/23/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Cookson Group PLC
City/State: London, England
Seller: Inverness Corp.
Unit Sold: Jewelry Division
City/State: Fair Lawn, NJ
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Vestcom International Inc.
City/State: Lyndhurst, NJ
Seller: Creative Data Services Inc
Unit Sold:Business Mail Express
City/State: St. Louis, MO
Price: $9.5 million
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Seller: MICA Accounting Software
City/State: Port Arthur, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Playtex Products Inc.
City/State: Westport, CT
Seller: Binky-Griptight Inc.
Unit Sold: Binky Pacifier Business
City/State: Wallington, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Sybron International Corp.
City/State: Milwaukee, WI
Seller: Cel-Line Associates Inc.
City/State: Newfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Vornado Realty Trust
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: International Home Foods Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Unilever NV
Unit Sold: Puritan
City/State: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Price: $39 million
Date Announced: 1/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Interchange Financial Services
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Jersey Bank For Savings
City/State: Montvale, NJ
Price: $15.02 million
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: 4/3/98
Buyer: Becton Dickinson & Co.
City/State: Franklin Lakes, NJ
Seller: BOC Group PLC
Unit Sold: Ohmeda Medical Devices
City/State: Windlesham, U.K.
Price: $452 million
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Suburban Propane Partners LP
City/State: Whippany, NJ
Seller: Steel Rulane Services Inc.
City/State: Hickory, NC
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Charming Shoppes Inc.
City/State: Bensalem, PA
Seller: Petrie Retail Inc.
Unit Sold: 28 Stores
City/State: Secaucus, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Allied Dairy Products Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Seller: Alpine Lace Brands Inc.
Unit Sold: MCT Dairies Inc.
City/State: Green Bay, WI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/2/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: United Artists Theatre Circuits
Unit Sold: Babylon Triplex/Manhasset Theaters
City/State: Englewood, CO.
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/3/98
Date Closed: 2/3/98
Buyer: Private Group
City/State: Flanders, NJ
Seller: DCI Telecommunications Inc.
Unit Sold: R&D Scientific Corp.
City/State: Stratford, CT
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 6/12/98
Buyer: Pharmacopeia Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Molecular Simulations Inc.
City/State: San Diego, CA
Price: $119.85 million
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 2/27/98
Buyer: Computer Horizons Corp.
City/State: Mountain Lakes, NJ
Seller: Princeton Softech Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Price: $49.14 million
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 2/4/98
Buyer: KTI Inc.
City/State: Guttenburg, NJ
Seller: Total Waste Management Corp.
City/State: Newington, NH
Price: $1.35 million
Date Announced: 2/5/98
Date Closed: 2/5/98
Buyer: First Sierra Financial Inc.
City/State: Houston, TX
Seller: Independent Capital Corp.
City/State: Rutherford, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/5/98
Date Closed: 2/5/98
Buyer: Pediatric Services Of America Inc.
City/State: Norcross, GA
Seller: Pediatric Nursing Service Inc.
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Stamato Cos
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Updike Brothers Inc.
City/State: Newcastle, WY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Circle M Vacuum Services Inc.
City/State: Lyons, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Hot Oil Plus Inc.
City/State: Caldwell, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/10/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: BankAtlantic Bancorp
City/State: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Ryan Beck & Co.
City/State: Livingston, NJ
Price: $34.6 million
Date Announced: 2/10/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Byron Preiss Multimedia Co. Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: New Century Education Corp.
City/State: Piscataway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: 2/11/98
Buyer: Pacific Aerospace &
Electronics Inc.
City/State: Wenatchee, WA
Seller: Balo Precision Parts Inc.
City/State: Butler, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: 3/9/98
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
City/State: Trenton, NJ
Seller: Gannett Foundation
Unit Sold: Saratogian
(The)/Community News
City/State: Arlington, VA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Johnson & Johnson
City/State: New Brunswick, NJ
Seller: IsoStent Inc.
City/State: Belmont, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: U.S. Industries Inc.
City/State: Iselin, NJ
Seller: Zurn Industries Inc.
City/State: Erie, PA
Price: $556.84 million
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Snyder Communications Inc.
City/State: Bethesda, MD
Seller: Health Products Research/
Healthcare Promotions
City/State: North Branch, NJ
Price: $76.1 million
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Continuum Healthcare
City/State: Springfield, PA
Seller: Doctor”s Urgent Care
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Republic Industries Inc.
City/State: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Midco Waste Systems
City/State: New Brunswick, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: General Chemical Group Inc.
City/State: Hampton, NH
Seller: Reheis Inc.
City/State: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Republic Industries Inc.
City/State: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Raritan Valley Disposal
City/State: Whitehouse, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: 6/3/98
Buyer: Silgan Holdings Inc.
City/State: Stamford, CT
Seller: Campbell Soup Co.
Unit Sold: Can Making Business
City/State: Camden, NJ
Price: $123 million
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Hilton Hotels Corp.
City/State: Beverly Hills, CA
Seller: Prudential Insurance Co/Mitsui Fudosan Co.
Unit Sold: Short Hills Hilton
City/State: Short Hills, NJ
Price: $90 million
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: 2/18/98
Buyer: MedQuist Inc.
City/State: Marlton, NJ
Seller: Medical Dictation Center Inc.
City/State: Detroit, MI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/19/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Axiom Inc.
City/State: Moorestown, NJ
Seller: Greendown Software Ltd.
City/State: Hampshire, England
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/19/98
Date Closed: 2/19/98
Buyer: Intrawest Corp.
City/State: Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Seller: Vernon Valley/Great Gorge
City/State: Sussex, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/20/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: ScanSource Inc.
City/State: Greenville, SC
Seller: CTI Authority Inc.
City/State: Cranford, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/24/98
Date Closed: 5/4/98
Buyer: Engelhard Corp.
City/State: Iselin, NJ
Seller: Mallinckrodt Inc.
Unit Sold: Chemical Catalyst Business
City/State: St. Louis, MO
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/24/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: Ficon Technology Inc.
City/State: Woodbridge, NJ
Seller: IOLink Inc.
City/State: Rochester, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/26/98
Date Closed: 2/26/98
Buyer: Gillespie
City/State: Lawrenceville, NJ
Seller: RAR & Associates
City/State: Short Hills, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/27/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Lancit Media Entertainment Ltd.
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: $8 million
Date Announced: 2/27/98
Date Closed: 2/27/98
Buyer: Wastemasters Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: Tri-State Waste Disposal Co. Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
City/State: Bristol, TN
Seller: Warner-Lambert Co.
Unit Sold: Selected Pharmaceutical Assets
City/State: Morris Plains, NJ
Price: $125 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/27/98
Buyer: Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc.
City/State: Old Bridge, NJ
Seller: Scientific-Atlanta Inc.
Unit Sold: Interdiction Business
City/State: Norcross, GA
Price: $19.91 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Level 8 Systems
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Momentum Software Corp.
City/State: Englewood, NJ
Price: $6.79 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/2/98
Buyer: United Natural Foods Inc.
City/State: Dayville, CT
Seller: Hershey Import Co. Inc.
City/State: Rahway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/30/98
Buyer: New York Health Care Inc.
City/State: Brooklyn, NY
Seller: Heart to Heart Health
Care Services Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Kellstrom Industries Inc.
City/State: Sunrise, FL
Seller: Integrated Technologies Corp.
City/State: Ridgeway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: First Data Corp.
City/State: Hackensack, NJ
Seller: FinDaTex Inc.
Unit Sold: FPS Services Inc.
City/State: Not Available, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: 3/3/98
Buyer: Oread Inc.
City/State: Lawrence, KS
Seller: Blis-Tech Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/4/98
Date Closed: 6/30/98
Buyer: First Union Corp.
City/State: Charlotte, NC
Seller: Money Store Inc.
City/State: Union, NJ
Price: $1992.76 million
Date Announced: 3/4/98
Date Closed: 3/4/98
Buyer: PrimeSource Corp.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: Joseph Genstein Inc.
City/State: Pittsburgh, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/5/98
Date Closed: 3/5/98
Buyer: NFO Worldwide Inc.
City/State: Greenwich, CT
Seller: Ross-Cooper-Lund
City/State: Teaneck, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/5/98
Date Closed: 3/5/98
Buyer: Raytel Medical Corp.
City/State: San Mateo, CA
Seller: Network Medical Services
Unit Sold: Cardiac Monitoring Business
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/5/98
Date Closed: 5/5/98
Buyer: Gilde Buy-Out Fund
City/State: Not Available, Netherlands
Seller: Campbell Soup Co.
Unit Sold: Continental Sweets
City/State: Camden, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/9/98
Date Closed: 7/21/98
Buyer: Synetic Inc.
City/State: Elmwood Park, NJ
Seller: Point Plastics Inc.
City/State: Petaluma, CA
Price: $86 million
Date Announced: 3/9/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Wastemasters Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: MiniMax Enterprises Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/10/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Sykes Enterprises Inc/
HealthPlan Services Corp.
City/State: Tampa, FL
Seller: Prudential Insurance
Co. Of America
Unit Sold: Prudential Service Bureau
City/State: Newark, NJ
Price: $50 million
Date Announced: 3/10/98
Date Closed: 5/18/98
Buyer: General Atronics Corp.
City/State: Wyndmoor, PA
Seller: Mikros Systems Corp.
Unit Sold: Government Unit
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/11/98
Date Closed: 4/14/98
Buyer: International Home Foods Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Grist Mill Co.
City/State: Lakeville, MN
Price: $108.3 million
Date Announced: 3/11/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: WasteMasters Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: Wood Management Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: $2.1 million
Date Announced: 3/11/98
Date Closed: 3/11/98
Buyer: Lucent Technologies Inc.
City/State: Murray Hill, NJ
Seller: TKM Communications Inc.
City/State: Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/12/98
Date Closed: 6/2/98
Buyer: Prudential Insurance
Co. of America
City/State: Newark, NJ
Seller: Merastar Insurance Co.
City/State: Chattanooga, TN
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/12/98
Date Closed: 3/12/98
Buyer: DRS Technologies Inc.
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Seller: Hadland Photonics Ltd.
City/State: Tring, England
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/12/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Metromedia International Group Inc.
City/State: East Rutherford, NJ
Seller: Mobile Telecom ZAO
City/State: Moscow, Russia
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/16/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Platinum Technology Inc.
City/State: Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Seller: Logic Works Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Price: $166.44 million
Date Announced: 3/17/98
Date Closed: 3/17/98
Buyer: Cantel Industries Inc.
City/State: Clifton, NJ
Seller: Chris Lutz Medical Inc.
City/State: Laguna Hills, CA
Price: $1.7 million
Date Announced: 3/17/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Mortgage Plus Equity
and Loan Holdings Corp.
City/State: Syosset, NY
Seller: Vertex Industries Inc.
Unit Sold: Computer Transceiver
Systems Inc.
City/State: Clifton, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/18/98
Date Closed: 4/2/98
Buyer: Butler International Inc.
City/State: Montvale, NJ
Seller: Norwood Computer Services Inc.
City/State: Hicksville, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/19/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Boron LePore & Associates Inc.
City/State: Fair Lawn, NJ
Seller: Strategic Implications
International Inc.
City/State: Vienna, VA
Price: $10.31 million
Date Announced: 3/19/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Proformix Systems Inc.
City/State: Branchburg, NJ
Seller: Vanity Software Publishing Corp.
City/State: Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: $1.07 million
Date Announced: 3/23/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Network Associates Inc.
City/State: Santa Clara, CA
Seller: Magic Solutions Inc.
City/State: Paramus, NJ
Price: $110 million
Date Announced: 3/23/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Osmonics Inc.
City/State: Minnetonka, MN
Seller: Membrex Corp.
City/State: Fairfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/23/98
Date Closed: 3/23/98
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Cobble Hill Cinema Inc.
Unit Sold: Cobble Hill Cinema
City/State: Brooklyn, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/24/98
Date Closed: 3/24/98
Buyer: RCM Technologies Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: Global Technology Solutions Inc.
City/State: Sacramento, CA
Price: $3.7 million
Date Announced: 3/25/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Bestfoods
City/State: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Seller: Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd.
Unit Sold: CPC Tongaat Foods
City/State: Tongaat, South Africa
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/26/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Americold Corp.
City/State: Portland, OR
Seller: Vornado Realty Trust/ Crescent Real Estate Equitie
Unit Sold: Freezer Services
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Price: $112 million
Date Announced: 3/26/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Vornado Realty Trust
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Hotel Properties Ltd.
Unit Sold: Hotel Pennsylvania
City/State: Not Available
Price: $22 million
Date Announced: 3/27/98
Date Closed: 6/15/98
Buyer: Vornado Realty Trust
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Freezer Services Inc.
City/State: Omaha, NE
Price: $107 million
Date Announced: 3/30/98
Date Closed: 3/30/98
Buyer: Applied Cellular Technology Inc.
City/State: Nixa, MO
Seller: Information Products Center Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/31/98
Date Closed: 8/17/98
Buyer: HUBCO Inc.
City/State: Mahwah, NJ
Seller: IBS Financial Corp.
City/State: Cherry Hill, NJ
Price: $172.41 million
Date Announced: 3/31/98
Date Closed: 8/24/98
Buyer: HUBCO Inc.
City/State: Mahwah, NJ
Seller: Dime Financial Corp.
City/State: Wallingford, CT
Price: $164.36 million
Date Announced: 3/31/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Saratoga Beverage Group Inc.
City/State: Saratoga Springs, NY
Seller: Fresh Juice Co. Inc (The)
City/State: Clark Township, NJ
Price: $24.25 million
Date Announced: 3/31/98
Date Closed: 3/31/98
Buyer: NUI Corp.
City/State: Bedminster, NJ
Seller: City of Port St. Lucie
Unit Sold: Propane Distribution Unit
City/State: Not Available, FL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/31/98
Date Closed: 3/31/98
Buyer: PVC Container Corp.
City/State: Eatontown, NJ
Seller: McKechnie Investments Inc.
Unit Sold: Plastic Container Business
City/State: Easley, SC
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Harvest Partners Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Home Care Industries
City/State: Clifton, NJ
Price: $53 million
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: RCM Technologies Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: Programming Resources
Unlimited Inc.
City/State: Devon, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Blue Grass Containment Inc.
City/State: Louisville, KY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Market Facts Inc.
City/State: Arlington Heights, IL
Seller: Tandem Research Associates Inc.
City/State: Mahwah, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: AlliedSignal Inc.
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Seller: Tensor Inc.
City/State: Austin, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: F A Carting Co.
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Eastern Environmental Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: United Container & Recycling Inc.
City/State: Waterford, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Richard Peterson & Son
City/State: Millville, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Minchoff Sanitation
City/State: Schuylkill Haven, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Berger Sanitation Services
City/State: Summer, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/1/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Eastern Environmental Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Crown Recycling Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/2/98
Date Closed: 6/1/98
Buyer: Intek Global Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Mobile Data Solutions Inc.
City/State: Garden Grove, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/2/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: NBTY Inc.
City/State: Bohemia, NY
Seller: Nutro Laboratories Inc.
City/State: South Plainfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/2/98
Date Closed: 4/2/98
Buyer: LANcomp
City/State: Piscataway, NJ
Seller: Myriad Network Service
City/State: Clearwater, FL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/3/98
Date Closed: 7/27/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental
Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Brambles Industries Ltd.
Unit Sold: Atlantic Waste Disposal Inc.
City/State: Sydney, Australia
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/6/98
Date Closed: 4/6/98
Buyer: Lucent Technologies Inc.
City/State: Murray Hill, NJ
Seller: Chip Express Corp.
City/State: Santa Clara, CA
Price: $10 million
Date Announced: 4/6/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Mark Solutions Inc.
City/State: Bloomfield, NJ
Seller: Computer Voice Dictation
Systems Inc.
City/State: Not Available, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/8/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: IDT Corp.
City/State: Hackensack, NJ
Seller: InterExchange
City/State: Piscataway, NJ
Price: $123.96 million
Date Announced: 4/8/98
Date Closed: 4/8/98
Buyer: Outdoor Systems Inc.
City/State: Phoenix, AZ
Seller: Philadelphia Outdoor
City/State: Merchantville, NJ
Price: $52.8 million
Date Announced: 4/8/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: DRS Technologies Inc.
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Seller: NAI Technologies Inc.
City/State: Huntington, NY
Price: $30.58 million
Date Announced: 4/13/98
Date Closed: 4/13/98
Buyer: Computer Associates
International Inc.
City/State: Islandia, NY
Seller: Data Systems & Software Inc.
Unit Sold: Professional Help Desk Unit
City/State: Mahwah, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/16/98
Date Closed: 4/16/98
Buyer: Comfort Systems USA Inc.
City/State: Houston, TX
Seller: Air Power
City/State: Ramsey, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/16/98
Date Closed: 4/16/98
Buyer: Cookson Group PLC
City/State: London, England
Seller: AlliedSignal Inc.
Unit Sold: European Laminates Business
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/20/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Lucent Technologies Inc.
City/State: Murray Hill, NJ
Seller: Optimay GmbH
City/State: Munich, Germany
Price: $65 million
Date Announced: 4/22/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Genesis Direct Inc.
City/State: Secaucus, NJ
Seller: Diplomat Corp.
Unit Sold: Biobottoms
City/State: Stony Point, NY
Price: $7.75 million
Date Announced: 4/22/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Aviation Industries Corp.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Seller: CITAmericas Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/23/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Chiquita Brands International Inc.
City/State: Cincinnati, OH
Seller: Campbell Soup Co.
Unit Sold: Australian Fresh
Mushroom Operations
City/State: Camden, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/27/98
Date Closed: 5/29/98
Buyer: Lucent Technologies Inc.
City/State: Murray Hill, NJ
Seller: Yurie Systems Inc.
City/State: Lanham, MD
Price: $886.08 million
Date Announced: 4/27/98
Date Closed: 4/27/98
Buyer: Fed Corp.
City/State: Hopewell, NJ
Seller: Telxon Corp.
Unit Sold: Virtual Vision Inc.
City/State: Akron, OH
Price: $5 million
Date Announced: 4/27/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Verum Staticon GmbH
City/State: Munich, Germany
Seller: Roberts Pharmaceutical Corp.
Unit Sold: VRG International
City/State: Eatontown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: MEDIQ Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: CH Industries Inc.
Unit Sold: CH Medical
City/State: Not Available, TX
Price: $50 million
Date Announced: 4/28/98
Date Closed: 4/28/98
Buyer: Cunningham Graphics
International Inc.
City/State: Jersey City, NJ
Seller: Roda Ltd.
City/State: London, England
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Big City Radio Inc.
City/State: Hawthorne, NY
Seller: Radio New Jersey Inc.
Unit Sold: WRNJ-FM
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 4/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Aspen Technology Inc.
City/State: Cambridge, MA
Seller: Chesapeake Decision Sciences Inc.
City/State: New Providence, NJ
Price: $135.14 million
Date Announced: 5/1/98
Date Closed: 6/5/98
Buyer: Maxnet Inc.
City/State: Englishtown, NJ
Seller: Intrasoft Ltd.
City/State: Melville, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/1/98
Date Closed: 5/1/98
Buyer: Winston Hotels Inc.
City/State: Raleigh, NC
Seller: Holiday Inn (Trinton Falls, NJ)
City/State: Tinton Falls, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/4/98
Date Closed: 5/4/98
Buyer: Warner-Lambert Co.
City/State: Morris Plains, NJ
Seller: gene/Networks
City/State: Alameda, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/4/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Interpool Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Container Applications International Inc.
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/5/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
City/State: London, England
Seller: Mona Industries Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/6/98
Date Closed: 6/18/98
Buyer: Anacomp Inc.
City/State: Indianapolis, IN
Seller: First Data Corp.
Unit Sold: First Image Management Co.
City/State: Hackensack, NJ
Price: $150 million
Date Announced: 5/7/98
Date Closed: 5/7/98
Buyer: Alpharma Inc.
City/State: Fort Lee, NJ
Seller: Hoechst AG
Unit Sold: Generic Drug Business
City/State: Not Available
Price: $200 million
Date Announced: 5/7/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: U.S. Industries Inc.
City/State: Iselin, NJ
Seller: Clark Manufacturing Inc.
Unit Sold: Sundance Spas
City/State: Not Available, CA
Price: $31.65 million
Date Announced: 5/11/98
Date Closed: 5/11/98
Buyer: American Home Products Corp.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Apollon Inc.
City/State: Malvern, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/12/98
Date Closed: 5/12/98
Buyer: First Data Corp.
City/State: Hackensack, NJ
Seller: United States Pension Services
City/State: Tampa, FL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/14/98
Date Closed: 6/19/98
Buyer: AlliedSignal Inc.
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Seller: Equitable Cos Inc.
Unit Sold: Pharmaceutical Fine
Chemicals SA
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/14/98
Date Closed: 5/14/98
Buyer: AlliedSignal Inc.
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Seller: Web Technologies Inc.
City/State: Oakville, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 5/18/98
Date Closed: 7/16/98
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
City/State: Trenton, NJ
Seller: Goodson Newspaper Group
Unit Sold: Pennsylvania, New York City and Ohio Newspapers
City/State: Trenton, NJ
Price: $300 million
Date Announced: 5/18/98
Date Closed: 5/18/98
Buyer: Axiom Inc.
City/State: Moorestown, NJ
Seller: Innovative Data Technology
City/State: San Diego, CA
Price: $6.8 million
Date Announced: 5/18/98
Date Closed: 5/18/98
Buyer: Banya Date Announced: 1/1/98
Date Closed: 1/1/98
Buyer: Poe & Brown Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Boynton Brothers & Co.
City/State: Chester, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: Diplomat Corp.
City/State: Stony Point, NY
Seller: Lew Magram Ltd.
City/State: Teaneck, NJ
Price: $10.68 million
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 1/5/98
Buyer: Commerce Bancorp Inc.
City/State: Cherry Hill, NJ
Seller: Reinhart (Joseph J.) & Associates
City/State: Cherry Hill, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/5/98
Date Closed: 1/5/98
Buyer: StaffMark
City/State: Fayetteville, AR
Seller: Clinforce LLC
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: GATX Corp.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Seller: Clover Systems Inc.
City/State: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Arc Communications Inc.
City/State: Tinton Falls, NJ
Seller: The Navesink River Group Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: IMN Financial Corp.
City/State: Melville, NY
Seller: Jefferson Financial Corp.
City/State: Marlton, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: EA Industries Inc.
City/State: West Long Branch, NJ
Seller: Service Assembly Inc.
City/State: Wareham, MA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Desktop Data Inc.
City/State: Burlington, MA
Seller: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
Unit Sold: News Integration Unit
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/6/98
Date Closed: 1/6/98
Buyer: Bisys Group Inc.
City/State: Little Falls, NJ
Seller: Synaxis Corp.
Unit Sold: Networking and
Groupware Services Business
City/State: Needham, MA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/23/98
Buyer: Philadelphia Suburban Corp.
City/State: Bryn Mawr, PA
Seller: West Chester Municipal Authority
Unit Sold: Water-Works Utility
City/State: West Chester, NJ
Price: $22.4 million
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/7/98
Buyer: Opinion Research Corp.
City/State: Skillman, NJ
Seller: Pro Tel Marketing Inc.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: 1/7/98
Buyer: RCM Technologies Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Seller: Northern Technical Services Inc.
City/State: Milwaukee, WI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/7/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Lynton Group Inc.
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Seller: General Electric Co.
Unit Sold: Magec Aviation Ltd.
City/State: Fairfield, CT
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/8/98
Date Closed: 1/8/98
Buyer: Ingersoll-Rand Co.
City/State: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Seller: Johnstone Pump Co.
City/State: Troy, MI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/9/98
Date Closed: 1/9/98
Buyer: Aligis Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: CHIRO Managed Care Network
City/State: Shrewsbury, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Saunders Karp & Megrue
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Sussex Technology Inc.
City/State: Sparta, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Public Service Enterprise
Group Inc.
City/State: Newark, NJ
Seller: Fluidics Inc.
City/State: Philadelphia, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: 1/13/98
Buyer: Berliner Communications Inc.
City/State: Elmwood, NJ
Seller: Wireless Systems Consulting
City/State: Wayne, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/13/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Intek Diversified Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Wireless Plus Inc.
City/State: Hayward, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/14/98
Date Closed: 3/17/98
Buyer: Bank of New York Co. Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Mendham Capital Group Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: MEDIQ Inc.
City/State: Pennsauken, NJ
Price: $280.97 million
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: 1/15/98
Buyer: KTI Inc.
City/State: Guttenburg, NJ
Seller: Vel-A-Tran Recycling Inc.
City/State: Billerica, MA
Price: $1.1 million
Date Announced: 1/15/98
Date Closed: 1/15/98
Buyer: GEAC Computer Corp Ltd.
City/State: Markham, ON, Canada
Seller: Princeton Network Systems Inc.
City/State: South Plainfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/16/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Clairidge Cinemas Inc.
Unit Sold: Clairidge Theatre
City/State: Montclair, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Armor Holdings Inc.
City/State: Jacksonville, FL
Seller: Low Voltage Systems
Technology Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: 1/20/98
Buyer: IKON Office Solutions Inc.
City/State: Wayne, PA
Seller: COPIFAX Inc.
City/State: Berlin, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/20/98
Date Closed: 1/20/98
Buyer: IKON Office Solutions Inc.
City/State: Wayne, PA
Seller: Command Services Corp.
City/State: Jersey City, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Erol”s Internet Inc.
City/State: Springfield, VA
Price: $83.5 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: UltraNet Communications Inc.
City/State: Marlborough, MA
Price: $27 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 1/21/98
Buyer: U.S.A. Floral Products Inc.
City/State: Washington, DC
Seller: Everflora Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: $8 million
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Seller: Kirke-Van Orsdel
Unit Sold: Computer Services Division
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/21/98
Date Closed: 1/30/98
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Millburn Cinemas
City/State: Millburn, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/22/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Texas Instruments Inc.
City/State: Dallas, TX
Seller: Dialogic Corp.
Unit Sold: Spectron Microsystems
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/23/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Cookson Group PLC
City/State: London, England
Seller: Inverness Corp.
Unit Sold: Jewelry Division
City/State: Fair Lawn, NJ
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Vestcom International Inc.
City/State: Lyndhurst, NJ
Seller: Creative Data Services Inc
Unit Sold:Business Mail Express
City/State: St. Louis, MO
Price: $9.5 million
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
City/State: Roseland, NJ
Seller: MICA Accounting Software
City/State: Port Arthur, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Playtex Products Inc.
City/State: Westport, CT
Seller: Binky-Griptight Inc.
Unit Sold: Binky Pacifier Business
City/State: Wallington, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: 1/26/98
Buyer: Sybron International Corp.
City/State: Milwaukee, WI
Seller: Cel-Line Associates Inc.
City/State: Newfield, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/26/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Vornado Realty Trust
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.
City/State: Chicago, IL
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: International Home Foods Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: Unilever NV
Unit Sold: Puritan
City/State: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Price: $39 million
Date Announced: 1/28/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Interchange Financial Services
City/State: Saddle Brook, NJ
Seller: Jersey Bank For Savings
City/State: Montvale, NJ
Price: $15.02 million
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: 4/3/98
Buyer: Becton Dickinson & Co.
City/State: Franklin Lakes, NJ
Seller: BOC Group PLC
Unit Sold: Ohmeda Medical Devices
City/State: Windlesham, U.K.
Price: $452 million
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Suburban Propane Partners LP
City/State: Whippany, NJ
Seller: Steel Rulane Services Inc.
City/State: Hickory, NC
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Charming Shoppes Inc.
City/State: Bensalem, PA
Seller: Petrie Retail Inc.
Unit Sold: 28 Stores
City/State: Secaucus, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 1/29/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Allied Dairy Products Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Seller: Alpine Lace Brands Inc.
Unit Sold: MCT Dairies Inc.
City/State: Green Bay, WI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/2/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Clearview Cinema Group Inc.
City/State: Madison, NJ
Seller: United Artists Theatre Circuits
Unit Sold: Babylon Triplex/Manhasset Theaters
City/State: Englewood, CO.
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/3/98
Date Closed: 2/3/98
Buyer: Private Group
City/State: Flanders, NJ
Seller: DCI Telecommunications Inc.
Unit Sold: R&D Scientific Corp.
City/State: Stratford, CT
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 6/12/98
Buyer: Pharmacopeia Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Molecular Simulations Inc.
City/State: San Diego, CA
Price: $119.85 million
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 2/27/98
Buyer: Computer Horizons Corp.
City/State: Mountain Lakes, NJ
Seller: Princeton Softech Inc.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Price: $49.14 million
Date Announced: 2/4/98
Date Closed: 2/4/98
Buyer: KTI Inc.
City/State: Guttenburg, NJ
Seller: Total Waste Management Corp.
City/State: Newington, NH
Price: $1.35 million
Date Announced: 2/5/98
Date Closed: 2/5/98
Buyer: First Sierra Financial Inc.
City/State: Houston, TX
Seller: Independent Capital Corp.
City/State: Rutherford, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/5/98
Date Closed: 2/5/98
Buyer: Pediatric Services Of America Inc.
City/State: Norcross, GA
Seller: Pediatric Nursing Service Inc.
City/State: Parsippany, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Eastern Environmental Services Inc.
City/State: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seller: Stamato Cos
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Updike Brothers Inc.
City/State: Newcastle, WY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Circle M Vacuum Services Inc.
City/State: Lyons, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/9/98
Date Closed: 2/9/98
Buyer: Key Energy Group Inc.
City/State: East Brunswick, NJ
Seller: Hot Oil Plus Inc.
City/State: Caldwell, TX
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/10/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: BankAtlantic Bancorp
City/State: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Ryan Beck & Co.
City/State: Livingston, NJ
Price: $34.6 million
Date Announced: 2/10/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Byron Preiss Multimedia Co. Inc.
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: New Century Education Corp.
City/State: Piscataway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: 2/11/98
Buyer: Pacific Aerospace &
Electronics Inc.
City/State: Wenatchee, WA
Seller: Balo Precision Parts Inc.
City/State: Butler, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: 3/9/98
Buyer: Journal Register Co.
City/State: Trenton, NJ
Seller: Gannett Foundation
Unit Sold: Saratogian
(The)/Community News
City/State: Arlington, VA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/11/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Johnson & Johnson
City/State: New Brunswick, NJ
Seller: IsoStent Inc.
City/State: Belmont, CA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: U.S. Industries Inc.
City/State: Iselin, NJ
Seller: Zurn Industries Inc.
City/State: Erie, PA
Price: $556.84 million
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Snyder Communications Inc.
City/State: Bethesda, MD
Seller: Health Products Research/
Healthcare Promotions
City/State: North Branch, NJ
Price: $76.1 million
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Continuum Healthcare
City/State: Springfield, PA
Seller: Doctor”s Urgent Care
City/State: Morristown, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Republic Industries Inc.
City/State: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Midco Waste Systems
City/State: New Brunswick, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: General Chemical Group Inc.
City/State: Hampton, NH
Seller: Reheis Inc.
City/State: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/17/98
Date Closed: 2/17/98
Buyer: Republic Industries Inc.
City/State: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Seller: Raritan Valley Disposal
City/State: Whitehouse, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: 6/3/98
Buyer: Silgan Holdings Inc.
City/State: Stamford, CT
Seller: Campbell Soup Co.
Unit Sold: Can Making Business
City/State: Camden, NJ
Price: $123 million
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Hilton Hotels Corp.
City/State: Beverly Hills, CA
Seller: Prudential Insurance Co/Mitsui Fudosan Co.
Unit Sold: Short Hills Hilton
City/State: Short Hills, NJ
Price: $90 million
Date Announced: 2/18/98
Date Closed: 2/18/98
Buyer: MedQuist Inc.
City/State: Marlton, NJ
Seller: Medical Dictation Center Inc.
City/State: Detroit, MI
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/19/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Axiom Inc.
City/State: Moorestown, NJ
Seller: Greendown Software Ltd.
City/State: Hampshire, England
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/19/98
Date Closed: 2/19/98
Buyer: Intrawest Corp.
City/State: Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Seller: Vernon Valley/Great Gorge
City/State: Sussex, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/20/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: ScanSource Inc.
City/State: Greenville, SC
Seller: CTI Authority Inc.
City/State: Cranford, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/24/98
Date Closed: 5/4/98
Buyer: Engelhard Corp.
City/State: Iselin, NJ
Seller: Mallinckrodt Inc.
Unit Sold: Chemical Catalyst Business
City/State: St. Louis, MO
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/24/98
Date Closed: 2/24/98
Buyer: Ficon Technology Inc.
City/State: Woodbridge, NJ
Seller: IOLink Inc.
City/State: Rochester, NY
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/26/98
Date Closed: 2/26/98
Buyer: Gillespie
City/State: Lawrenceville, NJ
Seller: RAR & Associates
City/State: Short Hills, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 2/27/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: RCN Corp.
City/State: Princeton, NJ
Seller: Lancit Media Entertainment Ltd.
City/State: New York City, NY
Price: $8 million
Date Announced: 2/27/98
Date Closed: 2/27/98
Buyer: Wastemasters Inc.
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Seller: Tri-State Waste Disposal Co. Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
City/State: Bristol, TN
Seller: Warner-Lambert Co.
Unit Sold: Selected Pharmaceutical Assets
City/State: Morris Plains, NJ
Price: $125 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/27/98
Buyer: Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc.
City/State: Old Bridge, NJ
Seller: Scientific-Atlanta Inc.
Unit Sold: Interdiction Business
City/State: Norcross, GA
Price: $19.91 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 4/1/98
Buyer: Level 8 Systems
City/State: New York City, NY
Seller: Momentum Software Corp.
City/State: Englewood, NJ
Price: $6.79 million
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/2/98
Buyer: United Natural Foods Inc.
City/State: Dayville, CT
Seller: Hershey Import Co. Inc.
City/State: Rahway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/2/98
Date Closed: 3/30/98
Buyer: New York Health Care Inc.
City/State: Brooklyn, NY
Seller: Heart to Heart Health
Care Services Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: Kellstrom Industries Inc.
City/State: Sunrise, FL
Seller: Integrated Technologies Corp.
City/State: Ridgeway, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: Not Available
Buyer: First Data Corp.
City/State: Hackensack, NJ
Seller: FinDaTex Inc.
Unit Sold: FPS Services Inc.
City/State: Not Available, PA
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/3/98
Date Closed: 3/3/98
Buyer: Oread Inc.
City/State: Lawrence, KS
Seller: Blis-Tech Inc.
City/State: Not Available, NJ
Price: Not Available
Date Announced: 3/4/98
Date Closed: 6/30/98
Buyer: First Union Corp.
City/State: Charlotte, NC
Seller: Money Store Inc.
City/State: Union, NJ
Price: $1992.76 million
Date Announced: 3/4/98
Date Closed:
