Goldner Hawn Completes Acquisition of Transport Corporation of America
February 28 2006 - 4:42PM
PR Newswire (US)
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Goldner Hawn Johnson
& Morrison Incorporated ("Goldner Hawn") and Transport
Corporation of America, Inc. ("Transport America") today announced
that the shareholders of TCAM voted to approve the merger agreement
providing for the acquisition of TCAM by an affiliate of Goldner
Hawn at a special meeting held today. "We love investing in
Minnesota and we love helping take companies from the public market
to the private markets. Sarbanes Oxley, quarterly earnings
pressures and compensation issues all conspire to distract
management from the important business of growth and job creation.
We are very much looking forward to partnering with Mike Paxton,
Keith Klein and all of the leaders at Transport America," said Joe
Heinen, Vice President of Goldner Hawn. Immediately following the
conclusion of the special meeting, the parties completed the
merger. Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders will
be entitled to receive $10.00 per share in cash, without interest,
for each share of TCAM Common Stock held by them. LaSalle Bank
National Association, the exchange agent for the merger, is mailing
to all shareholders of record letters of transmittal, which must be
completed by the shareholders in order to receive the merger
consideration. Financing for the transaction included a combination
of equity funding provided by Marathon Fund Limited Partnership V,
an affiliate of Goldner Hawn, and certain managers of TCAM, and
senior secured loan facilities from a group of lenders led by
LaSalle Business Credit, LLC. Goldner Hawn was represented in the
transaction by the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. TCAM was
represented by the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi,
LLP. About Transport America Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
(NASDAQ:TCAM), based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area,
provides a wide range of truckload freight carriage and logistics
services to customers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Transport America focuses on providing time-definite and other
responsive services through its team of dedicated and committed
employees supported by state-of-the-art technology and information
systems. About Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Goldner Hawn,
founded in 1989, is a Minneapolis-based private equity investment
group focused on middle-market, management-led buyouts. This
acquisition, its fourth completed public-to-private transaction and
second acquisition of 2006, is being made through its investment
affiliate, Marathon Fund Limited Partnership V. This news release
may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company
wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date made.
The Company disclaims any obligation subsequently to revise or
update any previously made forward- looking statements.
Unanticipated events are likely to occur. First Call Analyst: FCMN
Contact: DATASOURCE: Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
CONTACT: Lisa A. Kro, Principal and CFO of Goldner Hawn Johnson
& Morrison Incorporated, +1-612-347-0157; or Michael Paxton,
President and CEO, or Keith Klein, EVP & COO, both of Transport
Corporation of America, Inc., +1-651-686-2500 Web site:
http://www.transportamerica.com/
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