The Polls Are Open!
Don’t miss your chance to vote for this year’s Deal of the Year awards! The editors of Buyouts Magazine are putting three categories up for online voting this year. The categories and their nominees are: Large-market Deal **DoubleClick (Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity) **Intelsat (Apax Partners, Apollo Management, Madison Dearborn Partners, Permira) **Norcross Safety Products Corp. (Odyssey Investment Partners) Mid-market Deal **American Public Education Group (ABS Capital) **AmeriCast Technologies Inc (Castle Harlan) **Anchor Drilling Fluids USA (American Capital) **The Cortland Companies (Cortec Group) **Wellness Pet Food (Catterton Partners) Small-market Deal **Specialty Coating Systems Inc (Bunker Hill) **Sterling Foods International (ICV Capital) **WCI Cable Inc. (Carlyle Group) You can find more details including return multiples, revenue growth and IRRs on each deal at the online voting site. Go ahead and cast your ballot right here.





