REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Stephen L. Palmer
Mergers & Acquisitions/Recapitalizations
Represented Lagan Wildwood Investments LLC, a member of Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered Congress Wealth Management LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor, in connection with the recapitalization of Congress Wealth Management LLC by Audax Private Equity.
Represented PLH Group, Inc. in its sale to Primoris Services Corporation (NASDAQ: PRIM).
Represented Patriot Community Bank in its acquisition via merger by 1854 Bancorp, parent company of East Cambridge Savings Bank.
Represented PRN Software LLC d/b/a DoseSpot, a health care software company, in a growth capital investment by Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners.
Represented Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) in the sale of its Purification Solutions business to One Equity Partners.
Represented Once Upon a Farm, PBC in its acquisition of Harvest Intelligence, Inc. d/b/a Raised Real.
Represented Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in its acquisition of bank branches from People’s United Bank, National Association.
Represented Cognition Financial Corporation in the sale of its payments subsidiary FM Systems LCL d/b/a Tuition Management Systems to Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc. a division of Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE: NNI).
Represented WilliamsMarston LLC, an accounting and management consulting firm, in a growth capital investment by Align Capital Partners.
Represented Vitasoy International Holdings Limited in the sale of substantially all of the assets of Vitasoy USA, Inc. to an affiliate of Pulmuone.
Represented Advanced Instruments, Inc. in its sale to an affiliate of Windjammer Capital Investors.
Represented Bar Harbor Bankshares in its acquisition of Lake Sunapee Bank Group.
Represented Salem Five Bancorp in its acquisition of Georgetown Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTWN).
Represented Salem Five Cents Savings Bank in its purchase of Sage Bank.
Represented a large multinational pharmaceutical company in the divestiture of certain U.S. assets.
Represented ADVO, Inc. in its merger with Valassis Communications, Inc.
Represented Stonyfield Farm, Inc. in its sale to Danone.
Represented Crane Co. in its acquisition of Telequip Corporation.
Represented large public NYSE-listed life sciences company in several acquisitions.
Represented Kettle Cuisine, Inc. in its merger with affiliates of Arlon Food and Agricultural Partners, LP and Rabobank.
Represented Crane Co. in its sale of assets of Powers Process Controls Ltd. and Mark Controls Corp. to Webster Valve, Inc. and Watts Industries (Canada) Incorporated.
Represented CardScan, Inc. in its sale to Newell Rubbermaid.
Represented Leeman Labs, Inc. in its sale to Teledyne Tekmar.
Represented Crane Co. in its acquisition of Streamware Corporation.
Acquistion by Stonyfield Farm, Inc. of Brown Cow West Corp.
Represented Tea Forte in its sale to Sara Lee Corporation.
Private equity recapitalization of Annie's Homegrown, Inc.
Merger of Homegrown Naturals, Inc. and Annie's Homegrown, Inc.
Acquisition by Annie's, Inc. of Fantastic Foods, Inc. and Napa Valley Kitchens, Inc.
Acquisition by Annie's, Inc. of Annie's Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Annie's Naturals
Sale of Fantastic Foods, Inc. by Annie's, Inc. to United Natural Foods, Inc.
Public Offerings and Private Financings
Represented Annie's, Inc., in its initial public offering and listing on the NYSE and a follow-on public offering.
Represented Bar Harbor Bankshares in its fixed-to-floating rate subordinated note financing.
Represented Northern Bancorp, Inc. in subordinated debt financings.
Multiple preferred round financings for Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
Equity financing for a craft beer company.
Convertible debt and equity financings for a natural food restaurant group.
Venture Capital
Represented Once Upon a Farm, PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation, in multiple venture capital financings.
Represented Kodama Systems, Inc. in its initial financing rounds.
Represented Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Inc. in multiple venture capital financings.
Represented TraceLink, Inc. in multiple venture capital financings.
Venture capital financing for a beverage company.
Venture capital financing for a snack company.
Corporate Reorganizations
Represented Once Upon a Farm, LLC in its conversion to Once Upon a Farm, PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation.
Represented TraceLink, Inc. in a private tender offer.
Represented Northern Bancorp, Inc. in a self-tender offer for privately held stock.
Going private transaction for Annie's Homegrown, Inc.
