Excerpts: “Those Write-Offs At KinderCare” Watching with what must have been some nervousness were the principals of the Lodestar Group, an investment banking boutique that is underwriting an unusual recapitalization and split-up of the two companies. Lodestar could end up on the hook for up to $160 million if KinderCare’s share price falls below $5.75 […]
Excerpts: “Under Siege: One CEO’s battle to save his small public company from a hostile takeover” Sitting in his 26th-floor office, high above the throb and pulse of midtown Manhattan, John Sheldon oozes self-assurance. The baritone timbre of his voice matches his assertive style of dress: dark-blue suit and brilliant-yellow tie offset by a pale-blue
Excerpts: “A Wall Street Boutique Names a Senior Partner.” The fourth senior partner was announced by Lodestar yesterday. Robert H. B. Baldwin will assume the chairman’s title at Lodestar from Ken Miller, who will remain chief executive. Mr. Baldwin, who is 68 years old, has been semiretired for the last five years since he stepped
Excerpts: “Executive Changes: The Lodestar Group” Lodestar Group, an investment banking firm formed by Ken Miller, appointed Wayne Thornbrough, formerly of State Street Research and Management Co., chief investment officer. In addition, John Sheldon from Goldman, Sachs and six Merrill Lynch Capital Markets executives, plus one from Merrill Lynch Japan were hired as vice presidents.
Excerpts: “Megadealer for the Rothschilds” Midway through the afternoon of Sept. 26, Robert S. Pirie, president of Rothschild Inc., waits anxiously in the salmon-colored dining room opposite his office at 1 Rockefeller Plaza. The dishes have been cleared away but the banker, having lunched on turbot quenelles, partridge and tarte tatin, washed down with the
Excerpts: A Merchant Banker Starts Own Firm Ken Miller is resigning as vice chairman of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets to start his own firm for buying out companies or taking controlling interests in them. Mr. Miller received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in Chinese studies from Yale. His
Excerpts: “John S. Sheldon Wed in Plainfield To Gigi Guenther” Mary Margaret Guenther and John Stevens Sheldon were married yesterday at the home of the bridegroom’s grandmother Mrs. John P. Stevens Jr. in Plainfield, N.J. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Roger W. Paine, a United Church of Christ minister. Mr. Sheldon is a
Excerpts: “John S. Sheldon Plans a Wedding To Gigi Guenther” Mary Margaret Guenther, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Guenther of Dhahran, Saudia Arabia, and John Stevens Sheldon, a vice president in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman, Sachs & Company in New York, plan to be married Sept. 27. Mr. Sheldon
Excerpts: United States v. Tim O’Reilly, 794 F.2d 613, 11th Cir. (1986) 794 F.2d 613230 U.S.P.Q. 475, 1986 Copr.L.Dec. P 25,962 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tim O’REILLY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 85-8742. Tim O’Reilly was convicted of criminal copyright infringement by the sale of certain video games in violation of 17 U.S.C.A. Sec. 506(a) and
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Excerpts: “Rogers’ Tough, Unorthodox Tactics Prevail in Stevens Organizing.” Most recently. Mr. Rogers threatened to contest the election of directors at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., one of Stevens’ major lenders. That prospect inspired Richard Shinn, chairman of the big mutual insurer, to do some behind-the-scenes maneuvering shortly before the final settlement between Stevens and the
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