25 Select Industry Transactions • MGA Entertainment, Inc. acquiring Little Tikes (announced September 2006) • Prentice Capital Management, L.P. and D.E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. purchase 42.2% of Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (NYSE: RUS) (completed August 2006) • 3i Group plc (LSE: III) acquires Mayborn Group plc (AIM: MBY) (announced May 2006) • Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) acquires AVENT Holdings Ltd. (announced May 2006) • JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) acquires Creative Designs International, Ltd. (completed February 2006) • The Carlyle Group acquires Britax Childcare (completed September 2005) • Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (NYSE: RUS) acquires Kids Line, LLC (completed December 2004) • RC2 Corporation (NASDAQ: RCRC), acquires The First Years, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIDD) (completed September 2004) • Harvest Partners acquires Evenflo Company, Inc. (completed August 2004) • Dorel Industries, Inc. (TSE: DII.A, DII.B; NASDAQ: DIIBF) acquires The Ampa Group (Bebe Comfort) (announced January 2003) • Russ Berrie and Co., Inc. (NYSE: RUS) acquires Sassy, Inc. (completed September 2002) • Dorel Industries, Inc. (TSE: DII.A, DII.B; NASDAQ: DIIBF) acquires Safety 1st, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFT) (completed June 2000) • Playtex Products, Inc. acquires Diaper Genie business (completed January 1999) • Graco Children’s Products, Inc. acquires Century Products Company (announced May 1998) • Evenflo Company, Inc. acquires Gerry Baby Products Co. (completed April 1997) • Rubbermaid, Inc. acquires Graco Children’s Products, Inc. (completed October 1996) • Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT) acquires Fisher-Price, Inc. (completed November 1993) |