Our annual comprehensive list of public transaction deals involving Oregon companies.
| The 2005 Big Deals List | Researched by Perkins Coie LLP | ||||||
| PUBLIC TRANSACTIONS | |||||||
| Issuer/location | Month | Type of deal | Business | Deal size | Underwriters (unless otherwise noted) | ||
| AVI Biopharma Portland | Jan | Common stock and convertible securities | Biopharmaceuticals | $24m | Rodman & Renshaw (placement agent) | ||
| Clear Choice Health Plans Bend | Oct | Common stock | Medical insurance | $7.5m | D.A. Davidson (placement agent) | ||
| Greenbrier Cos. Lake Oswego | May | Common stock | Transportation equipment and services for the railroad industry | $137m | |||
| McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants Portland | Dec | Common stock | Restaurant | $8.6m | Banc of America Securities LLC and Wachovia Securities | ||
| Oxis International Portland | Jan | Common stock | Disease diagnosis technology | $6.5m | Rodman & Renshaw (placement agent) | ||
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Tell us about any Big Deals that involve at least one Oregon or Southwest Washington company. We’re looking for mergers and acquisitions of $2.5 million of more, and divestitures and public and private transactions of $1 million or more that occured in 2006. Contact Brent Bullock at Perkins Coie LLP, 503.727.2000, [email protected].
