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January 27, 2004
Castle Harlan Signs Agreement To Sell American Achievement

NEW YORK, January 27, 2004 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private-equity investment firm, announced today it had signed a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company, American Achievement Corporation, a leader in the manufacture and sale of high…

September 23, 2003
Castle Harlan Announces It Has Closed Its Fourth Fund With $1.163 Billion

NEW YORK, September 23, 2003 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York merchant bank, announced today it has completed raising its fourth private-equity investment fund, Castle Harlan Partners IV, with capital commitments of $1.163 billion. The new fund is substantially…

April 22, 2003
Castle Harlan Affiliate Acquires Majority Stake In Australian Satellite TV Company; Offer for Balance of Public Shares to Begin Soon

SYDNEY, April 22, 2003 -- Australian private-equity investment firm Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty. Ltd. (CHAMP) announced today that the CHAMP I funds have completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Austar United Communications Limited (Austar) (ASX:AUN.AX), in…

April 22, 2003
Castle Harlan Affiliate Acquires Majority Stake In Australian Satellite TV Company; Offer for Balance of Public Shares to Begin Soon

SYDNEY, April 22, 2003 -- Australian private-equity investment firm Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty. Ltd. (CHAMP) announced today that the CHAMP I funds have completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Austar United Communications Limited (Austar) (ASX:AUN.AX), in…

April 15, 2003
Castle Harlan Fund Acquires Leading Maker Of Automotive Roof Racks, Towing Systems

NEW YORK, April 15, 2003 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York merchant bank, and Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC, (AAS) the leading manufacturer of automotive roof racks and towing systems in North America and Europe, announced today that a private-equity…

January 09, 2003
Castle Harlan Acquires Leading Company Producing Industrial Marking Devices

NEW YORK, January 9, 2003 - New York merchant bank Castle Harlan, Inc., announced today it had acquired Technifor, S.A., a global leader in the manufacture of marking devices for permanent product identification and tracing in a variety of industrial…

December 22, 2002
Castle Harlan Affiliate To Acquire Stake In Australian Satellite TV Company

SYDNEY, December 22, 2002 -- Australian private-equity investment firm Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty. Ltd. (CHAMP) announced that it is sponsoring, on behalf of the CHAMP I funds, a plan of reorganization for United Australia Pacific, Inc. (UAP), which…

December 22, 2002
Castle Harlan Affiliate To Acquire Stake In Australian Satellite TV Company

SYDNEY, December 22, 2002 -- Australian private-equity investment firm Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty. Ltd. (CHAMP) announced that it is sponsoring, on behalf of the CHAMP I funds, a plan of reorganization for United Australia Pacific, Inc. (UAP), which…

December 11, 2002
Castle Harlan Affiliate Acquires a Leading Diaper And Adult Incontinence Company In Australia

NEW YORK, December 11, 2002 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based private-equity investment firm, announced today that its Australian affiliate had completed the purchase of Australian Pacific Paper Products (APPP) from DSG International Limited (NasdaqNM: DSGIF) in a transaction…

September 16, 2002
Castle Harlan Agrees to Sell Ion Track to GE; Leader in Trace Substance Detection

GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York merchant bank, announced today they have signed an agreement under which GE will acquire Ion Track, Inc. Ion Track is a leading…

July 25, 2002
Morton's Reports Completion Of Merger with Castle Harlan

New Hyde Park, NY, July 25, 2002 - Morton's Restaurant Group (NYSE:MRG) today reported that it had completed its previously announced merger with affiliates of Castle Harlan. Allen J. Bernstein, President and Chief Executive Officer of Morton's said, "We are…

July 01, 2002
Carret Announces Acquisition Of Manchester Capital Corp.

New York, July 1, 2002 - Carret and Company, the New York-based money-management firm, announced today that it had acquired Manchester Capital Corporation, a New York money-management firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The two firms have very…

June 03, 2002
Denman Zirkle Named CEO Of Carret and Company

New York, June 3, 2002 - Carret and Company, Inc., the New York-based money-management firm, announced today the appointment of W. Denman Zirkle as its chief executive officer. Founded in 1963, the firm currently has approximately $2 billion in assets…

March 27, 2002
Morton's Restaurant Group Announces Definitive Merger Agreement To Be Acquired For $12.60 Per Share; Castle Harlan, Inc. To Lead Buyout

New Hyde Park, NY, March 27, 2002 - Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE:MRG) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Morton's by an affiliate of Castle Harlan, Inc., a New York…

January 07, 2002
Australian Affiliate of Castle Harlan Completes Purchase of Bradken Group

New York, January 7, 2002 - Castle Harlan, Inc. the New York-based private equity investment firm, announced today that its Australian affiliate had completed the purchase of the Bradken group from the Smorgon Steel Company in a transaction valued at…

November 13, 2001
Statia Terminals Group N.V. to Sell Subsidiaries to Kaneb Pipe Line Partners

Public Shareholders to Receive $18 per Share Tumbledown Dick Bay, St. Eustatius, N.A. November 13, 2001 - Marine terminal operator Statia Terminals Group N.V. ("Statia" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:STNV) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement under…

October 17, 2001
Despite Terrorist Attacks, Castle Harlan Closes Sale Of Worldwide Flight Services To French Company

New York, October 17, 2001 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based merchant bank, announced today that it had completed the sale of Worldwide Flight Services of Fort Worth, Texas, the world's leading independent provider of ground services to the…

August 22, 2001
Two New York Buyout Firms Complete Purchase Of McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants

New York, August 22, 2001 - Two New York-based private equity investment firms, Castle Harlan, Inc., and Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill and Co., Inc. (BRS), announced today they had completed their purchase of McCormick & Schmick's seafood restaurants from Avado Brands,…

June 28, 2001
Universal Compression Announces Pricing of Public Equity Offering

Houston, June 28, 2001 - Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UCO) today announced its public offering of 4.0 million shares of its common stock at a price of $28.50 per share, consisting of 1.33 million shares offered by the Company…

June 08, 2001
Two Buyout Firms Agree to Acquire McCormick & Schmick's Restaurants

NEW YORK, June 8, 2001 - Two New York-based private equity investment firms, Castle Harlan, Inc., and Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill and Co., Inc. (BRS), announced today they had jointly signed an agreement to buy McCormick & Schmick's seafood restaurants from…

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