Deals of the week - September 23 2013

September 22 2013

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$1.28 billion	Packaging Corporation of America	Boise	Mayer Brown	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Acquisition	$1.1 billion	Huntsman	Rockwood (Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide)	Vinson & Elkins	Hughes Hubbard & Reed / Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Acquisition	$607 million	Ultratech	Jaypee Cement (Gujarat Unit)	Amarchand & Mangaldas	Bansi S Mehta & Co
Acquisition / Joint Venture	$300 million	Clayton, Dubilier & Rice	Harsco / Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services	Debevoise & Plimpton	Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Acquisition	$150.9 million	Shanxi Donghui Coal Coking & Chemical Group	Inova Resources		Stikeman Elliott
Acquisition	Undisclosed	Appirio	TopCoder	Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer, Amanda Athanasiou
Merger	Undisclosed	Mindjet	Spigit		Fenwick & West
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Secondary Offering	$937 million	NXP Semiconductors	Morgan Stanley	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton
Common Stock Offering	$122.2 million	Kennedy-Wilson Holdings	Deutsche Bank	Latham & Watkins / Kulik, Gottesman & Siegel	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber

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