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	Pierre Foods Sold to Madison Dearborn Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MDP, based in Chicago, is one of the largest and most experienced private equity investment firms in the United States.
		MDP has approximately $8 billion of equity capital under management and makes new investments through its most recent fund, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., a $4 billion investment fund raised in 2001.
		MDP focuses on management buyout transactions and other private equity investments across a broad spectrum of industries, including basic industries (such as energy and power, paper, packaging, and general manufacturing), communications, consumer, financial services and health care.
	www.forrelease.com /D20040713/cltu045.P1.07132004114849.28715.html (594 words)

	Madison River Communications
		Madison River Communications is an established and growing provider of integrated communications services and solutions with operations in the Gulf Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and Midwestern regions of the United States.
		Since its inception, Madison River's strategy has been to acquire rural telephone companies and expand its operations as a competitive local exchange carrier in nearby cities and along its 2,750 route mile fiber optic network.
		Madison River Communications was founded in April 1996 by a management team led by J. Stephen Vanderwoude, former President and Chief Operating Officer of Centel Corporation and former President of the Local Telecom Division of Sprint Corporation.
	www.emadisonriver.com /about (256 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Madison
		They are Holly Madison, 25, who pronounces herself "Hef's No. 1 girlfriend" and treats the role as her job; well-educated Bridget Marquardt, 31, who is working on a second master's, in broadcast journalism; and Kendra Wilkinson, 20, dedicated to sports and mastering massage therapy...
		Madison Blue, found lying on the side of Highway 1, led animal control personnel to think that he was hit by a car.
		Surviving great-grandchildren are Joshua DeWitt, Lyssa Reynolds, Brandon and Keagan DeWitt, Zachary and Madison Mikkelson, Lauren and Marissa Helgeson, Taylor, Ethan, Leah, and Camille Dahlquist, Paris and Aspen Foster, Mason Viner-Potts, Emma Baum, Lily and Walker Mikkelson, and great-great-grandchild, Nickolai Reynolds.
	travel.surfwax.com /files/Madison_Travel.html (4476 words)

	Direct Equity Partners, New Investment Group, to Back DMers
		Gruppo, Levey Holding Co., and Madison Dearborn Partners, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, have launched a $100 million specialty private equity fund, Direct Equity Partners, to invest capital in direct marketing and e-commerce companies.
		The fund was designed to capitalize on the rapid convergence of the traditional DM and e-commerce industries, and has plans to invest in a broad range of both DM companies eager to gain a foothold in the dot-com world and dot-coms who recognize the need for traditional DM expertise.
		Madison Dearborn, which committed the $100 million in capital to the fund, currently holds approximately $4 billion in assets under its management.
	directmag.com /news/marketing_direct_equity_partners/index.html (819 words)

	Williams Energy Partners Announces Buyer of General Partner Interest [Williams News Release] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison Dearborn Partners, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and largest private equity investment firms in the country with approximately $8 billion of assets under management.
		Madison Dearborn focuses on investments in several specific industries including natural resources, communications, consumer, health care and financial services.
		“Madison Dearborn Partners is delighted to be acquiring a substantial interest in an industry leader with an outstanding management group,” said Justin S. Huscher, managing director of Madison Dearborn.
	www.mmplp.com /news/2003/20030421_430.htm (1197 words)

	Tenneco Sells Containerboard Business to Madison Dearborn Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc. (MDP), headquartered in Chicago, Ill., is a leading private equity investment firm with approximately $4 billion of assets under management.
		MDP focuses on investments in several specific industries including natural resources, communications, consumer, health care, and financial services.
		This combination is consistent with MDP's investment objective of acquiring industry leaders in partnership with outstanding and committed management teams," said Samuel M. Mencoff, MDP's Managing Director.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/19990126/press002871.html (928 words)

	PaperAge Magazine News - Madison Dearborn Partners to Buy Ireland's JSG
		Madison Dearborn Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, said today that the buyout represents a 38 percent premium to what Jefferson Smurfit's shares were trading for on May 1, the last business day before the Irish company announced it had received a takeover offer.
		As part of the deal, Madison Dearborn would spin off Jefferson Smurfit's 29.3 percent stake in Chicago-based Smurfit Stone Container Corp., one of the largest U.S. makers of packaging and corrugated containers.
		Madison Dearborn chairman John Canning said the acquisition was his firm's fifth and largest in the paper industry.
	www.paperage.com /news/06_17_2002jsg.html (301 words)

	RCSH Investment Agreement with Dearborn Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"We are proud to welcome Madison Dearborn Partners, as the majority shareholder, to the Ruth’s Chris Steak House family," stated William L. Hyde, Jr., President and CEO of Ruth’s Chris Steak House.
		Madison Dearborn is a private equity firm based in Chicago, which invests primarily in management buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity transactions.
		Madison Dearborn manages approximately $4 billion of capital focusing on investments in specific sectors, including consumer, industrial, communications, natural resources, and health care services.
	vdesign.com /ruthschris/news_pr/pr990719hb.htm (391 words)

	Fleet Equity Partners - WildStreet.com Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Raymond Mathieu is the CFO of Providence Equity Partners and has been with the firm since its founding...
		Prior to joining Weston Presidio, Jonathan was an Associate at Fleet Equity Partners (Nautic Partners), a $1.7 billion private equity firm where he focused on...
		Nautic Partners is the independent successor to Fleet Equity Partners, a private equity affiliate of FleetBoston Financial since 1986.
	www.wildstreet.com /finance/Fleet+Equity+Partners+.html (594 words)

	PeopleFirst.com Closes $36.5 Million in Venture Capital; Equity Infusion to Expand Business
		Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a leading private equity investment firm with more than $4 billion of assets under management.
		Headquartered in Chicago, MDP invests primarily in venture capital, growth equity, management buyouts, and recapitalization transactions and focuses on investments in several specific industries including financial services, communications, natural resource and basic industries, consumer, health care and industrial.
		Venture Partners manages a group of funds that invest in emerging growth companies within the information technology and healthcare industries, primarily in the United States.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/20000314/press010299.html (848 words)

	Madison - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison remained the metro area with the lowest unemployment rate in August at 2.5 percent, the same as in July.
		Madison County judges choose to hear cases whose connection to the county is at best tenuous.
		Madison County voters will decide next week whether to raise their property taxes to keep afloat the two county nursing homes, which are running in the red.
	news.daylightonline.com /Madison.html (4513 words)

	Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC: No Action, Interpretive and/or Exemptive Letter of July 9, 2002, 2002
		Purchaser's Offer was subject to the satisfaction of the pre-conditions: (i) that the Board of Directors of the Company recommend to the Company's shareholders that they accept the Offer; and (ii) that certain stockholders of the Company agree to tender all of their Company Shares and/or Company ADSs in the Offer.
		Based on the advice of Irish counsel to MDP, we believe that the Takeover Rules are substantially the same as The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "City Code") in the United Kingdom, although the Irish regulatory scheme is statutory and not a voluntary code as in the United Kingdom.
		MDP is only seeking such irrevocable undertakings from directors and/or executive officers of the Company in respect of their beneficial holdings of Company Shares and such irrevocable undertakings do not contemplate that the grantor receive any additional compensation than that to be paid in the Offer.
	www.sec.gov /divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/madisond070902.htm (4938 words)

	Madison Dearborn Partners > Portfolio > Portfolio Companies
		CTANW is a joint venture among three Alaska Native Corporations, MDP and other investors, and AT&T Wireless that owns and operates wireless spectrum in the 1.9 GHz PCS band.
		Madison River provides local telecommunications services and broadband data services to communities in the Midwest and Southeast.
		Nextel Partners (NASDAQ:NXTP) is a joint venture with Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) created to construct and operate digital wireless communications networks under the Nextel brand name in mid-size and smaller markets in the United States.
	www.mdcp.com /portfolio.asp (1403 words)

	KB Partners - In The News
		From seasoned graybeards like Steve Lazarus of Arch Venture Partners and Len Batterson of Batterson Venture Partners, to newcomers like Keith Bank of KB Partners and J.B. Pritzker of William Blair New World Ventures, the city has been shedding its deeply ingrained caution and its aversion to change.
		KB Partners is closing a second round of around $100 million.
		Meanwhile Arch Venture Partners recently closed a $175 million seed and early-stage fund, the firm's fourth fund, bringing its capital under management to approximately $325 million.
	www.kbpartners.com /pages/news/articles/regional_vcs.htm (1036 words)

	SurfWax: Company News and Articles On Nextel Partners
		Nextel Partners' board has indicated that it wants shareholders to approve exercising that right at a special meeting to be held shortly after the deal between Sprint and Nextel Communications closes.
		Nextel Partners' claims are centered around a recent Sprint branding announcement to use the Sprint name for the combined Sprint/Nextel operations and Nextel Partners' possible use of the name for its own operations...
		A Nextel Partners Inc. shareholder sued the company and its directors, asking a judge to enforce a stock-purchase agreement as part of a planned $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. by Sprint Corp., which are also being sued.
	biz.surfwax.com /files/Nextel_Partners.html (4648 words)

	In the Matter of H.J. Heinz Company; Milnot Holding Corporation; and Madison Dearborn Partners Capital, L.P.
		In the Matter of H.J. Heinz Company; Milnot Holding Corporation; and Madison Dearborn Partners Capital, L.P. Docket No. 9295
		H.J. Heinz Company; Milnot Holding Corporation; and Madison Dearborn Partners Capital, L.P. June 6, 2001
		Answer of Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, L.P. November 28, 2000
	www.ftc.gov /os/adjpro/d9295/index.htm (44 words)

	Catalyst Health & Technology Partners -- Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From 1977 to 1992, Kevin served as General Partner of Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and Vice President of First Chicago Venture Capital (FCVC) In 1992, Kevin co-founded New England Capital Management.
		As a partner at Catalyst, Kevin provides seasoned practicality and perspective on the art and discipline of structuring investments, conducting due diligence, selecting and communicating with investors, sourcing funds for deals, and driving exit strategies.
		Rob is well connected with high net-worth investors and among the professional colleagues with whom he works in asset management, accounting, insurance, and other disciplines.
	www.catalystpartners.com /partners.html (647 words)

	Business Wire: Recommended cash offer by MDCP Acquisitions, an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, L.L.C., for ...
		Deutsche Bank is acting for MDP and MDCP Acquisitions and for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than MDP and MDCP Acquisitions for providing the protections afforded to clients of Deutsche Bank or for providing advice in relation to the Offer and Spin-Off.
		Merrill Lynch is acting for MDP and MDCP Acquisitions and for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than MDP and MDCP Acquisitions for providing the protections afforded to clients of Merrill Lynch or for providing advice in relation to the Offer and Spin-Off.
		Merrion Stockbrokers is acting for MDP and MDCP Acquisitions and for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than MDP and MDCP Acquisitions for providing the protections afforded to clients of Merrion Stockbrokers or for providing advice in relation to the Offer and Spin-Off.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0EIN/2002_Sept_3/90990716/p1/article.jhtml (1128 words)

	Tenneco Sells Containerboard Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MDP focuses its investments in several specific industries, including natural resources, communications, consumer products, health care and financial services.
		"Madison Dearborn Partners is delighted to enter into this transaction with Tenneco," said Samuel M. Mencoff, managing director at MDP.
		This combination is consistent with MDP's investment objective of acquiring industry leaders in partnership with outstanding and committed management teams." Mencoff added that this investment builds on MDP's previous experience in the paper and forest products industry, which includes its 1993 acquisition of Buckeye Technologies Inc. from Procter and Gamble.
	boxboard.com /ar/boxboard_tenneco_sells_containerboard (841 words)

	Stanford Law School: Stanford Lawyer #71 - Tackling a Tough Turnaround (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kirsch made partner at age 30 and went on to become one of the company's top managers.
		One of the biggest deals Kirsch worked on was Madison Dearborn's $3.7 billion leveraged buyout of the Irish packaging company, Jefferson Smurfit Group, in the summer of 2002.
		Kirsch was in the middle of helping Madison Dearborn put together another big deal, the acquisition of the timber and forest products company Boise Cascade, when he was offered the job as Conseco CEO.
	www.law.stanford.edu /publications/lawyer/issues/71/kirsch.html (3022 words)

	Madison River Communications Announces 2004 Third Quarter and Nine Months Financial and Operating Results
		In the third quarter ended September 30, 2004, Madison River Communications reported revenues of $50.5 million, an increase of $4.1 million, or 8.7%, from revenues of $46.4 million in the third quarter ended September 30, 2003.
		Madison River Capital, LLC operates as Madison River Communications and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Madison River Telephone Company, LLC.
		Madison River Telephone Company, LLC is owned by affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners Inc., Goldman, Sachs and Co. and Providence Equity Partners, the former shareholders of Coastal Utilities, Inc. and members of management.
	www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2004/Nov/1090763.htm (4492 words)

	eContent Raises $50 Million from Jupiter Partners and KVA Associates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jupiter Partners LLC along with KVA Partners LLC commits $50MM to DeepBridge to support organic and acquisitive growth in content management and e-Business Services.
		KVA Partners is a strategic and financial management firm focused on e-Business services.
		KVA Partners seeks to help companies grow profitably, thereby creating superior value for shareholders and investment partners.
	www.deepbridge.com /press/10-99.html (853 words)

	Chase Manhattan tops venture list - Nov. 21, 2000
		NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Chase Capital Partners, the venture capital branch of New York City-based Chase Manhattan Corp., was the most active venture investor in the third quarter, according to market researcher Venture Economics.
		The second largest investor during the third quarter was Madison Dearborn Partners, which committed $314.8 million during the quarter.
		Chicago-based Madison Dearborn, however, invested in only nine companies for an average investment of nearly $35 million.
	cnnfn.cnn.com /2000/11/21/cashflow/q_venture (288 words)

	Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC - Fact Sheet - Hoover's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
		MDP typically invests between $50 and $400 million a transaction.
		There are 13 competitors for Madison Dearborn; see more.
	www.hoovers.com /co/capsule/8/0,2163,98988,00.html (190 words)

	CPN-News Center-IN BRIEF / PAPER PRODUCTS;Madison Dearborn to Buy Packaging Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison Dearborn Partners Inc., a leveraged buyout firm, has agreed to buy Jefferson Smurfit Group for $ 3.5 billion, its fifth takeover of a packaging company and its biggest investment.
		The takeover would be the latest purchase of a paper company by an acquisition firm betting that profit will grow as the economy expands.
		Madison had bought Riverwood Holding Inc., Bay State Paper Holding Co. and Buckeye Cellulose Corp. It acquired a majority stake in the container-board and corrugated-packaging business of Tenneco Inc. in 1999 and took it public as Pactiv Corp. the following year.
	www.chinapacknet.com /packnews/newscenter/200262182009.htm (138 words)

	Business Wire: Autodaq Corporation Secures $33 Million Financing Led by Madison Dearborn Partners
		Benjamin Chereskin, Madison Dearborn Partners managing partner, and Sandy Rogers, Enterprise Rent-A-Car senior vice president (representing Clayton Venture Group), have joined Autodaq's board of directors.
		Adam Boyden, Autodaq president and chief executive officer, said, "We are pleased that Madison Dearborn Partners, a premier private equity firm with a strong record of investing in market-leading and growth companies, is leading our second round of financing and has been joined by August Capital and many of our first round investors.
		Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Autodaq is a privately held company; its investors include August Capital, Madison Dearborn Partners, Zilkha Ventures, Clayton Venture Group, and several angel investors from the Internet and automotive industries.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0EIN/2000_Nov_14/66918937/p1/article.jhtml (639 words)

	Madison Dearborn Partners Named As Smurfit Suitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Madison Dearborn Partners named as Smurfit suitor By Juliana Ratner Published: May 3 2002 11:12
		Last Updated: May 3 2002 15:44 Madison Dearborn Partners, a US private equity firm, is in talks to buy Jefferson Smurfit, according to someone familiar withthe approach.
		Shares of Jefferson Smurfit, the Dublin-based cardboard box maker, on Thursday jumped 15 per cent after the company said it had received "an approach from a third party." Madison Dearborn, which is based in Chicago, bought a container and co...
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/97173.html (320 words)

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