ARKANSAS BUSINESS LIST: BIGGEST DEALS OF 2002 Announced transactions of more than $5 million involving Arkansas companies or projects, ranked by value Buyer, City Seller, City 1 Alltel Corp., Little Rock CenturyTel Inc., Monroe, LA 2 Alltel Corp., Little Rock 3 Alltel Corp., Little Rock 4 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., The Seiyu Ltd., Tokyo Bentonville 5 Mapco Express Inc., Bank Leumi USA, New York Franklin, TN 6 J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Lowell 7 Afco Steel Inc., Little Rock Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 8 Performance Food Group, Quality Foods Inc., Little Rock Richmond, VA 9 General Motors, Pfizer, IBM, Acxiom Corp., Little Rock Bank of America, MasterCard, Sun Microsystems, others 10 Macerich Co., Santa Monica, CA Dillard's Inc., Little Rock 11 Alltel Corp., Little Rock CenturyTel Inc., Monroe, LA 12 TBC Arkansas Inc., Little Rock Transamerica Commercial Finance Corp., Hoffman Estates, IL 13 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., The Seiyu Ltd., Tokyo Bentonville 14 McKee Foods Corp., Collegedale, TN 15 National By-Products Inc., Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Des Moines, IA Chicago 16 Immanuel Baptist Church, Simmons First National Bank, Little Rock Pine Bluff 17 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 19 John Q. Hammons, Springfield, MO 20 John Q. Hammons, Metropolitan National Bank, Springfield, MO Little Rock 21 Faulkner Road Ventures LLC, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC North Little Rock 22 First Security Bancorp, Searcy; Moses Tucker Investments LLC, Little Rock; McKibbon Brothers Inc., Gainesville, GA 23 GDLR LLC, Norfolk, VA Walnut Ridge Associates LLC, Atlanta 24 Cliffs LP, Fayetteville 25 Boen Building II LLC, Boen Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL Building III LIC, Bowman Plaza Phase I LLC, Bowman Plaza Phase II LIC, Little Rock 26 WB Pineapple RP LLC, GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp., San Clemente, CA Horsham, PA 27 Scholastic Distribution Warmack-Warehouse Ltd., Services Inc., New York Texarkana, TX 28 Chenal Valley Apartments Ltd., GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp., Little Rock Horsham, PA 29 FRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA Walnut Ridge Associates Inc., Atlanta 30 McSha Properties Inc., Norman, OK 31 Market Plaza Ltd., Little Rock American National Insurance Co., Galveston, TX 32 Central Baptist Church, Jonesboro 33 LFC Properties LLC, Little Rock Greystone Servicing Corp., Warrenton, VA 34 Lindsey Construction Co., Fayetteville 35 Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville 36 South Square LLC and North North Little Rock Holding Co. Square LLC, North Little Rock LLC. West Little Rock Holding Co. LLC, affiliates of Bond VII Delaware Business Trust, Oakbrook, IL 37 Schaedle Worthington Hyde South Trust Bank, Birmingham, AL Properties Ltd., Atlanta 38 Kansas City Life Insurance Co, WKB Value Partners Ltd., Kansas City Newport Beach, CA 39 Springdale School District, Springdale 40 Forest Place Apartments Inc., Deutshce Bank AG, New York Little Rock 41 Rainbow Holdings II LLC, Rogers 42 Bank of Jonesboro 43 John Brown University, Siloam Springs 44 Dixie Development Co., Emerson Electric, St. Louis Fayetteville 45 Capitol City Hotel Ltd., J.P. Morgan Mortgage Capital Little Rock Inc., Atlanta 46 Investors Realty LLC, Fayetteville 47 Newman Family LLC, Sherwood Arvest Bank, Fayetteville 48 Archway Broadcasting Group LLC, Equity Broadcasting Corp., Jamestown, NY Little Rock 49 Plains All-American Pipeline Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado LP, Houston 50 Pocahontas Boncorp Inc., Spring River Bancshares Inc., Jonesboro Imboden 51 WRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA Walnut Ridge Associates Inc., Atlanta 52 Campus Crusade for Christ Bank of the Ozarks Inc., Inc., Orlando, FL Little Rock 53 Philander Smith College, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL Little Rock 54 Riley's Health & Fitness Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL Centers Inc., Little Rock 55 Pinnacle Foods Inc., Cherry Hill, N.J. 56 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 57 Quebecor World, Jonesboro 58 Arkansas Spine and Joint Hospital, Jonesboro 59 Barrington Hills Acquisition Waterton Raintree LLC, Chicago LLC, North Kansas City, MO 60 Procon Inc., Bentonville 61 Alltel Corp., Little Rock Euronet Worldwide Inc., Leawood, KS 62 NWA Properties LLC, Community Bank, Cabot North Little Rock 63 Cantrell West Properties LLC, Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock Little Rock 64 48th Street LLC, Springdale Numar Group LLC, Springdale 65 Dixie Management Co., Thompson Family Lrd., Fayetteville Little Rock 66 Beau Vue Estates LLC, Sollmier Family Ltd., Little Rock Little Rock 67 Delaney Capital Management, Arkansas General Industries Toronto Inc., Bald Knob 68 11001 Executive Center Fairfield Resorts Drive LLC Little Rock Inc., Orlando FL 69 Square Associates Metropolitan National Partnership, Little Rock Bank, Little Rock 70 Rogers Retirement Residents LLC, Salem, OR 71 Garden Park Apartments College Park Apartments, LLC, Fayetteville Fayetteville 72 Jacksonville Housing Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL Associates Ltd. II, Jacksonville 73 Velvet Ridge Ltd., Summertree Apartments Ltd. Georgetown, TX and Valley View Ltd., North Little Rock 74 Greater Missouri Builders Bruce and Evelyn Campbell, Inc., St. Charles, MO Little Rock 75 E-Z Mart Stores Inc., GSC Enterprises Inc., Texarkana, TX Sulphur Springs, TX 76 Wildcat Investments LLC, First Tennessee Bank, Memphis North Little Rock 77 Clopton Clinic, Jonesboro Buyer, City Price (millions) 1 Alltel Corp., Little Rock $1,650.0 2 Alltel Corp., Little Rock $1,500.0 3 Alltel Corp., Little Rock $1,250.0 4 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., $420.0 Bentonville 5 Mapco Express Inc., $168.0 Franklin, TN 6 J.B. Hunt Transport Services $132.6 Inc., Lowell 7 Afco Steel Inc., Little Rock $130.0 8 Performance Food Group, $95.0 Richmond, VA 9 General Motors, Pfizer, IBM, $85.0 Bank of America, MasterCard, Sun Microsystems, others 10 Macerich Co., Santa Monica, CA $68.0 11 Alltel Corp., Little Rock $68.0 12 TBC Arkansas Inc., Little Rock $50.0 13 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., $46.0 Bentonville 14 McKee Foods Corp., $45.0 Collegedale, TN 15 National By-Products Inc., $42.0 Des Moines, IA 16 Immanuel Baptist Church, $40.0 Little Rock 17 University of Arkansas, $38.0 Fayetteville 19 John Q. Hammons, $35.0 Springfield, MO 20 John Q. Hammons, $32.0 Springfield, MO 21 Faulkner Road Ventures LLC, $25.5 North Little Rock 22 First Security Bancorp, Searcy; $23.0 Moses Tucker Investments LLC, Little Rock; McKibbon Brothers Inc., Gainesville, GA 23 GDLR LLC, Norfolk, VA $16.4 24 Cliffs LP, Fayetteville $15.8 25 Boen Building II LLC, Boen $15.4 Building III LIC, Bowman Plaza Phase I LLC, Bowman Plaza Phase II LIC, Little Rock 26 WB Pineapple RP LLC, $15.0 San Clemente, CA 27 Scholastic Distribution $14.1 Services Inc., New York 28 Chenal Valley Apartments Ltd., $13.8 Little Rock 29 FRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA $13.6 30 McSha Properties Inc., $13.2 Norman, OK 31 Market Plaza Ltd., Little Rock $12.5 32 Central Baptist Church, $11.0 Jonesboro 33 LFC Properties LLC, Little Rock $11.0 34 Lindsey Construction Co., $10.7 Fayetteville 35 Northwest Arkansas Community $10.2 College, Bentonville 36 South Square LLC and North $10.1 Square LLC, North Little Rock 37 Schaedle Worthington Hyde $10.1 Properties Ltd., Atlanta 38 Kansas City Life Insurance Co, $10.0 Kansas City 39 Springdale School District, $9.6 Springdale 40 Forest Place Apartments Inc., $9.5 Little Rock 41 Rainbow Holdings II LLC, Rogers $8.7 42 Bank of Jonesboro $8.7 43 John Brown University, $8.5 Siloam Springs 44 Dixie Development Co., $8.5 Fayetteville 45 Capitol City Hotel Ltd., $8.5 Little Rock 46 Investors Realty LLC, $8.3 Fayetteville 47 Newman Family LLC, Sherwood $8.1 48 Archway Broadcasting Group LLC, $8.0 Jamestown, NY 49 Plains All-American Pipeline $8.0 LP, Houston 50 Pocahontas Boncorp Inc., $8.0 Jonesboro 51 WRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA $8.0 52 Campus Crusade for Christ $8.0 Inc., Orlando, FL 53 Philander Smith College, $8.0 Little Rock 54 Riley's Health & Fitness $8.0 Centers Inc., Little Rock 55 Pinnacle Foods Inc., $8.0 Cherry Hill, N.J. 56 University of Arkansas, $8.0 Fayetteville 57 Quebecor World, Jonesboro $7.9 58 Arkansas Spine and Joint $7.3 Hospital, Jonesboro 59 Barrington Hills Acquisition $7.0 LLC, North Kansas City, MO 60 Procon Inc., Bentonville $6.9 61 Alltel Corp., Little Rock $6.8 62 NWA Properties LLC, $6.6 North Little Rock 63 Cantrell West Properties LLC, $6.5 Little Rock 64 48th Street LLC, Springdale $6.5 65 Dixie Management Co., $6.1 Fayetteville 66 Beau Vue Estates LLC, $6.0 Little Rock 67 Delaney Capital Management, $5.8 Toronto 68 11001 Executive Center $5.8 Drive LLC Little Rock 69 Square Associates $5.7 Partnership, Little Rock 70 Rogers Retirement $5.6 Residents LLC, Salem, OR 71 Garden Park Apartments $5.6 LLC, Fayetteville 72 Jacksonville Housing $5.6 Associates Ltd. II, Jacksonville 73 Velvet Ridge Ltd., $5.5 Georgetown, TX 74 Greater Missouri Builders $5.1 Inc., St. Charles, MO 75 E-Z Mart Stores Inc., $5.0 Texarkana, TX 76 Wildcat Investments LLC, $5.0 North Little Rock 77 Clopton Clinic, Jonesboro $5.0 Buyer, City Description or commodity 1 Alltel Corp., Little Rock purchase of wireless operations 2 Alltel Corp., Little Rock Offering of senior notes 3 Alltel Corp., Little Rock offering of publicly traded equity units 4 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., exercising option to increase Bentonville stakein Japanese retail company 5 Mapco Express Inc., funding agreement for purchase Franklin, TN of Griffen Express LCC 6 J.B. Hunt Transport Services public offering of 5.1 million Inc., Lowell shares at $26 a share 7 Afco Steel Inc., Little Rock funding agreement for industrial project at Little Rock 8 Performance Food Group, purchase of private food Richmond, VA distributor 9 General Motors, Pfizer, IBM, long-term deals Bank of America, MasterCard, Sun Microsystems, others 10 Macerich Co., Santa Monica, CA sale of 50 percent stake in Flatiron Crossing mall in Colorado 11 Alltel Corp., Little Rock remaining wireless market not included in larger deal 12 TBC Arkansas Inc., Little Rock mortgage for Travis Boating Center 13 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., initial stake in Japanese retail Bentonville chain 14 McKee Foods Corp., 180,000-SF expansion of Little Collegedale, TN Debbie Snacks plant at Gentry 15 National By-Products Inc., financial package for owners of Des Moines, IA industrial property in east Little Rock 16 Immanuel Baptist Church, funding agreement for church Little Rock building in west Little Rock 17 University of Arkansas, construction of four-building, Fayetteville 280,000-SF dormitory complex 19 John Q. Hammons, construction of 252-room Embassy Springfield, MO Suites hotel next to Hot Springs Convention Center 20 John Q. Hammons, loan to build Embassy Suites Springfield, MO hotel and convention center at Rogers 21 Faulkner Road Ventures LLC, funding agreement for North North Little Rock Little Rock industrial project 22 First Security Bancorp, Searcy; construction of 14-story hotel/ Moses Tucker Investments office/condiminium building in LLC, Little Rock; McKibbon downtown Little Rock Brothers Inc., Gainesville, GA 23 GDLR LLC, Norfolk, VA 239-unit Greenwood Forest project and 211-unit Williamsburg Square project 24 Cliffs LP, Fayetteville expansion of The Clitts apartment complex 25 Boen Building II LLC, Boen financial package for west Building III LIC, Bowman Plaza Little Rock project Phase I LLC, Bowman Plaza Phase II LIC, Little Rock 26 WB Pineapple RP LLC, 78-room Springhill Suites project San Clemente, CA 27 Scholastic Distribution sale of 497,200-SF warehouse at Services Inc., New York Maumelle 28 Chenal Valley Apartments Ltd., financial package for 216-unit, Little Rock Ashburry at Chenal apartment project 29 FRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA 337-unit Foxrun project 30 McSha Properties Inc., construction of Bentonville Norman, OK Commons apartment complex 31 Market Plaza Ltd., Little Rock financial package on 202,000-SF Market Plaza 32 Central Baptist Church, new church construction Jonesboro 33 LFC Properties LLC, Little Rock funding agreement for 184-unit apartment project in Little Rock 34 Lindsey Construction Co., construction of 240-unit Shiloh Fayetteville Apartments complex 35 Northwest Arkansas Community construction of three buildings College, Bentonville totaling 97,000 SF on NWACC campus 36 South Square LLC and North purchase of two vacant Home Square LLC, North Little Rock Quarters buildings 37 Schaedle Worthington Hyde financial package for 243-unit, Properties Ltd., Atlanta Grove at Pleasant Ridge project 38 Kansas City Life Insurance Co, purchase of 562,000-SF General Kansas City Electric distribution warehouse 39 Springdale School District, construction of 187,896-SF Springdale George Junior High in Springdale 40 Forest Place Apartments Inc., mortgage for 256-unit apartment Little Rock project in Little Rock 41 Rainbow Holdings II LLC, Rogers developmentof 225,000-SF, 14-lot commercial project at Bentonville 42 Bank of Jonesboro construction of new main bank building 43 John Brown University, equipment purchase and Siloam Springs construction of 38,395-SF William Bell Science Hall 44 Dixie Development Co., purchase of 22-plus acres and Fayetteville 217,000-SF commercial building at Rogers 45 Capitol City Hotel Ltd., mortgage on DoubleTree Hotel Little Rock 46 Investors Realty LLC, purchase of 2.5 acres and Fayetteville development of commercial property in Fayetteville 47 Newman Family LLC, Sherwood funding agreement for Sherwood home improvement development 48 Archway Broadcasting Group LLC, purchase of radio stations Jamestown, NY KLEC-FM/KHTE-FM 49 Plains All-American Pipeline purchase of Butte Pine Line Co. LP, Houston in Canada 50 Pocahontas Boncorp Inc., purchase of Peoples Bank of Jonesboro Imboden 51 WRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA 252-unit Walnut Ridge project 52 Campus Crusade for Christ funding agreement for office Inc., Orlando, FL development 53 Philander Smith College, funding agreement for development Little Rock of Kendall Science & Health Mission-Center 54 Riley's Health & Fitness refinance package for three Centers Inc., Little Rock athletic/tennis clubs 55 Pinnacle Foods Inc., equipment purchase and 3,100-SF Cherry Hill, N.J. expansion of Fayetteville plant 56 University of Arkansas, construction of 36,000-SF health Fayetteville center 57 Quebecor World, Jonesboro new press 58 Arkansas Spine and Joint construction of new center Hospital, Jonesboro 59 Barrington Hills Acquisition purchase of 232-unit Barrington LLC, North Kansas City, MO Hills Apartments in Little Rock 60 Procon Inc., Bentonville construction of five commercial buildings at South Walton Plaza at Bentonville 61 Alltel Corp., Little Rock purchase of EFT Network Services Inc. 62 NWA Properties LLC, financial package for North North Little Rock Little Rock project 63 Cantrell West Properties LLC, funding agreement for 3.4 acre Little Rock office development in Little Rock 64 48th Street LLC, Springdale purchase of commercial acreage and site improvement in Springdale 65 Dixie Management Co., purchase and expansion of 32,000- Fayetteville SF commercial building in Springdale 66 Beau Vue Estates LLC, mortgage for 190 acre in west Little Rock Little Rock 67 Delaney Capital Management, purchase of small electric motor Toronto manufacturer 68 11001 Executive Center 61000-SF office building Drive LLC Little Rock 69 Square Associates refinance package for Partnership, Little Rock Ashley Square Shopping Center 70 Rogers Retirement construction of 104,000-SF Residents LLC, Salem, OR Rogers Retirement Center 71 Garden Park Apartments purchase of former LLC, Fayetteville College Park Apartmentsin Fayetteville 72 Jacksonville Housing bond issue for construction Associates Ltd. II, of 116-unit apartment Jacksonville project at Jacksonville 73 Velvet Ridge Ltd., sale of two 120-unit Georgetown, TX apartment complexes in North Little Rock 74 Greater Missouri Builders purchase of 147,500-SF Inc., St. Charles, MO Village Shopping Center in Little Rock 75 E-Z Mart Stores Inc., refinancing of Sherwood Texarkana, TX convenience store 76 Wildcat Investments LLC, financial package for North Little Rock Diamond International Trucks project 77 Clopton Clinic, Jonesboro construction of new center Buyer, City Date announced 1 Alltel Corp., Little Rock March 2 Alltel Corp., Little Rock June 3 Alltel Corp., Little Rock April 4 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., December Bentonville 5 Mapco Express Inc., October Franklin, TN 6 J.B. Hunt Transport Services June Inc., Lowell 7 Afco Steel Inc., Little Rock October 8 Performance Food Group, April Richmond, VA 9 General Motors, Pfizer, IBM, November Bank of America, MasterCard, Sun Microsystems, others 10 Macerich Co., Santa Monica, CA December 11 Alltel Corp., Little Rock August 12 TBC Arkansas Inc., Little Rock October 13 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., March Bentonville 14 McKee Foods Corp., March Collegedale, TN 15 National By-Products Inc., August Des Moines, IA 16 Immanuel Baptist Church, June Little Rock 17 University of Arkansas, November Fayetteville 19 John Q. Hammons, March Springfield, MO 20 John Q. Hammons, February Springfield, MO 21 Faulkner Road Ventures LLC, March North Little Rock 22 First Security Bancorp, Searcy; October Moses Tucker Investments LLC, Little Rock; McKibbon Brothers Inc., Gainesville, GA 23 GDLR LLC, Norfolk, VA December 24 Cliffs LP, Fayetteville January 25 Boen Building II LLC, Boen November Building III LIC, Bowman Plaza Phase I LLC, Bowman Plaza Phase II LIC, Little Rock 26 WB Pineapple RP LLC, December San Clemente, CA 27 Scholastic Distribution August Services Inc., New York 28 Chenal Valley Apartments Ltd., April Little Rock 29 FRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA December 30 McSha Properties Inc., June Norman, OK 31 Market Plaza Ltd., Little Rock November 32 Central Baptist Church, Jonesboro 33 LFC Properties LLC, Little Rock June 34 Lindsey Construction Co., January Fayetteville 35 Northwest Arkansas Community May College, Bentonville 36 South Square LLC and North March Square LLC, North Little Rock 37 Schaedle Worthington Hyde September Properties Ltd., Atlanta 38 Kansas City Life Insurance Co, February Kansas City 39 Springdale School District, December Springdale 40 Forest Place Apartments Inc., May Little Rock 41 Rainbow Holdings II LLC, Rogers September 42 Bank of Jonesboro 43 John Brown University, March Siloam Springs 44 Dixie Development Co., April Fayetteville 45 Capitol City Hotel Ltd., November Little Rock 46 Investors Realty LLC, October Fayetteville 47 Newman Family LLC, Sherwood February 48 Archway Broadcasting Group LLC, November Jamestown, NY 49 Plains All-American Pipeline February LP, Houston 50 Pocahontas Boncorp Inc., January Jonesboro 51 WRLR LLC, Norfolk, VA December 52 Campus Crusade for Christ November Inc., Orlando, FL 53 Philander Smith College, August Little Rock 54 Riley's Health & Fitness March Centers Inc., Little Rock 55 Pinnacle Foods Inc., January Cherry Hill, N.J. 56 University of Arkansas, November Fayetteville 57 Quebecor World, Jonesboro 58 Arkansas Spine and Joint Hospital, Jonesboro 59 Barrington Hills Acquisition January LLC, North Kansas City, MO 60 Procon Inc., Bentonville April 61 Alltel Corp., Little Rock January 62 NWA Properties LLC, July North Little Rock 63 Cantrell West Properties LLC, January Little Rock 64 48th Street LLC, Springdale April 65 Dixie Management Co., April Fayetteville 66 Beau Vue Estates LLC, June Little Rock 67 Delaney Capital Management, February Toronto 68 11001 Executive Center December Drive LLC Little Rock 69 Square Associates July Partnership, Little Rock 70 Rogers Retirement March Residents LLC, Salem, OR 71 Garden Park Apartments February LLC, Fayetteville 72 Jacksonville Housing July Associates Ltd. II, Jacksonville 73 Velvet Ridge Ltd., April Georgetown, TX 74 Greater Missouri Builders January Inc., St. Charles, MO 75 E-Z Mart Stores Inc., January Texarkana, TX 76 Wildcat Investments LLC, September North Little Rock 77 Clopton Clinic, Jonesboro No Value Listed, But Probably More Than $5 Million In alphabetical order by buyer's name Acxion Corp., Little Rock TransUnion, Chicago Volkswagen, Toyota, Acxiom Corp., Little Rock Unilever, Bank One, Ameritrade, CDW Computer Services Charles Schwab, Staples, Acxiom Corp., Little Rock Gateway, Primedia, Dannon, Reiman Publications, others Alltel Corp., Little Rock Cellular XL Associates, Hettiesburg, Miss. Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Munro & Co., Hot Springs Co., Belleville, IL Brown & Brown Inc., Daytona Rhodes & Associates Inc., Beach, FL Little Rock Centeral Benefits Mutual Healthscope Benefits Insurance Co., Columbus Inc., Little Rock Central Flying Service, Sabreliner Corp., Little Rock St. Louis Champion Parts Inc., Hope Clear Mountain Spring Water, Alpine Spring Water Co., Little Rock Charleston, S.C. Community Health Systems Inc., Helena Regional Medical Brentwood, TN Center Dr. David Chambers, Warren Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash. Entertainment Properties Colonel Glenn 18 Trust, Kansas City, MO Fremont Partner LP, Tyson Foods Inc., San Francisco Springdale GEA Acquisition Inc., Grant Bray, Little Rock Little Rock Great Dane LP, Chicago Trailmobile, Northbrook, IL Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Indianapolis Hanover Capital Mortgage Alltel Corp., Little Rock Holdings, Edison, N.J. Janlynn Corp., Indian Leisure Arts Inc., Little Orchard, Mass. Rock J.B. Hunt Transport Services Werner Enterprises Inc., Inc., Lowell Omaha, Neb. Peabody Hotel Group, Memphis Maverick Tube Corp., St. Louis Michael Angelos Gourmet Foods Tyson Foods Inc., Inc., Austin, TX Springdale Midwest Independent Southwest Power Pool Transmission, Carmel, CA Inc., Little Rock Movie Gallery Inc., Dothan, AL Vincent Insalaco, North Little Rock P.A.M. Transportation Services East Coast Transport Inc., Tontitown Inc., Paulsboro, N.J. Precision Roll Grinders Inc., Allentown, PA Private group led by Sigma Acxiom Corp., Little Rock Marketing Group, Rochester, NY Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, KS Riley McCarren, Chicago Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Co., Springdale Park-Ohio Holdings, Cleveland; Arkansas Steel Associates, Newport Stewart Information Services Ultima Software Corp., Corp., Houston Hardy Stewart Information Services Bromstad Abstract & Title Corp., Houston Co., Eureka Springs Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale Millard Refrigerated Services, Omaha United Auto Group, Detroit Dee Fiser, Little Rock USI Communications Inc., Square Shooter Escondido, CA International Ltd., Little Rock Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Supermercados Amigo, San Bentonville Juan, Puerto Rico Warmack & Co. LLC, Texarkana, TX Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash. Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, MI W&W Steel Co., Oklahoma City Afco Steel, Little Rock Acxion Corp., Little Rock purchase of employee screening unit at cleveland, now Acxiom Information Security Service Volkswagen, Toyota, sale of services Unilever, Bank One, Ameritrade, CDW Computer Services Charles Schwab, Staples, sale of services Gateway, Primedia, Dannon, Reiman Publications, others Alltel Corp., Little Rock purchase of wireless properties Belleville Shoe Manufacturing purchase of DeWitt Co., Belleville, IL Footwear Co. plant Brown & Brown Inc., Daytona purhchase of insurance Beach, FL companies Centeral Benefits Mutual purhchase of company Insurance Co., Columbus Central Flying Service, purchase of Midcoast Little Rock Aviation facility at Little Rock Champion Parts Inc., Hope expansion of manufacturing operations at Hope Clear Mountain Spring Water, purchase of bottle water Little Rock company Community Health Systems Inc., purchase of hospital Brentwood, TN Dr. David Chambers, Warren purchase of Bradley hardwood mill Entertainment Properties new 18-screen theater at Trust, Kansas City, MO Little Rock Fremont Partner LP, purchase of Specialty San Francisco Brands Inc., GEA Acquisition Inc., purchase of Golden Eagle Little Rock of Arkansas Inc., a beer distributorship Great Dane LP, Chicago purchase and expansion of Trailmobile operations at Jonesboro Great Lakes Chemical Corp., expansion of facilities Indianapolis at El Dorado Hanover Capital Mortgage purchase of Busch Holdings, Edison, N.J. Analytics Janlynn Corp., Indian purchase of kit, floss Orchard, Mass. and accessories division J.B. Hunt Transport Services purchase of Werner's Inc., Lowell ownership in Transplace of Dallas Peabody Hotel Group, Memphis $19 million renovation of Little Rock Hilton Maverick Tube Corp., St. Louis expansion of facilities at Hickman mills Michael Angelos Gourmet Foods purchase of Mallards Inc., Austin, TX Stoddard Road Operations Midwest Independent Transmission, Carmel, CA Movie Gallery Inc., Dothan, AL purchase of chain of family Video Supercenters P.A.M. Transportation Services purchase of assets of Inc., Tontitown trucking operations Precision Roll Grinders Inc., 31,000-SF plant to be Allentown, PA built at Texarkana Private group led by Sigma repurchase of Sigma Marketing Group, Rochester, NY Marketing Group Raytheon Aircraft Co., construction of new Wichita, KS hangar and workspace at Adams Field in Little Rock Riley McCarren, Chicago purchase of 60 percent of railroad Park-Ohio Holdings, Cleveland; alliance to open Arkansas Steel Associates, Southwest Steel Newport Processing LLC of forge rail car components Stewart Information Services purchase of software Corp., Houston company Stewart Information Services purchase of title company Corp., Houston Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale purchase of Thomas E. Wilson bacon processing operations United Auto Group, Detroit purchase of Hummer franchise USI Communications Inc., purchase of assets of Escondido, CA irrigation product maker Wal-Mart Stores Inc., purchase of chain of Bentonville stores in Puerto Rico Warmack & Co. LLC, construction of 1 Texarkana, TX million-SF Southern Hill Mail at Jonesboro Weyerhaeuser Co., expansion of operations Federal Way, Wash. at plywood mill at Mountain Pine and mill at Dierks Whirlpool Corp., expansion of Fort Smith Benton Harbor, MI plant W&W Steel Co., Oklahoma City purchase of steel fabrication company Acxion Corp., Little Rock August Volkswagen, Toyota, Second Quarter Unilever, Bank One, Ameritrade, CDW Computer Services Charles Schwab, Staples, First Quarter Gateway, Primedia, Dannon, Reiman Publications, others Alltel Corp., Little Rock November Belleville Shoe Manufacturing May Co., Belleville, IL Brown & Brown Inc., Daytona April Beach, FL Centeral Benefits Mutual August Insurance Co., Columbus Central Flying Service, May Little Rock Champion Parts Inc., Hope January Clear Mountain Spring Water, June Little Rock Community Health Systems Inc., March Brentwood, TN Dr. David Chambers, Warren September Entertainment Properties December Trust, Kansas City, MO Fremont Partner LP, September San Francisco GEA Acquisition Inc., April Little Rock Great Dane LP, Chicago June Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Indianapolis Hanover Capital Mortgage January Holdings, Edison, N.J. Janlynn Corp., Indian January Orchard, Mass. J.B. Hunt Transport Services December Inc., Lowell Peabody Hotel Group, Memphis July Maverick Tube Corp., St. Louis January Michael Angelos Gourmet Foods May Inc., Austin, TX Midwest Independent February Transmission, Carmel, CA Movie Gallery Inc., Dothan, AL P.A.M. Transportation Services January Inc., Tontitown Precision Roll Grinders Inc., September Allentown, PA Private group led by Sigma January Marketing Group, Rochester, NY Raytheon Aircraft Co., June Wichita, KS Riley McCarren, Chicago May Park-Ohio Holdings, Cleveland; October Arkansas Steel Associates, Newport Stewart Information Services January Corp., Houston Stewart Information Services June Corp., Houston Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale April United Auto Group, Detroit March USI Communications Inc., June Escondido, CA Wal-Mart Stores Inc., February Bentonville Warmack & Co. LLC, July Texarkana, TX Weyerhaeuser Co., November Federal Way, Wash. Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, MI W&W Steel Co., Oklahoma City July Arkansas Development Finance Authority Bond Issues Ranked by Value Amount Project Bond Issue (millions) 1 Draw-down program for Single Family Revune $200 refunding singel- Refunding Notes family revenue bonds 2 Teris LLC Environmental Facilities $48 Revenue Bonds 3 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Single Family Revenue $40 Bond Program Refunding Notes 4 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Single-Family Mortgage $30 Bond Program Revenue Bonds 5 Arkansas Glass, Yanoor Corp. Economic Development $15 Revenue Bonds 6 JMS, Conway County, Semco Economic Development $8 and Wes-Pac Revenue Bonds 7 Chapel Ridge of Benton Multifamily Refund Bonds $8 Ranked by Value Project Bond Counsel 1 Draw-down program for Kutak Rock refunding singel- family revenue bonds 2 Teris LLC Conduit Issue 3 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Hawkins Delafield & Wood, Bond Program Williams & Anderson 4 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Hawkins Delafield & Wood, Bond Program Williams & Anderson 5 Arkansas Glass, Yanoor Corp. Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard 6 JMS, Conway County, Semco Mitchell Williams Selig and Wes-Pac Gates & Woodyard 7 Chapel Ridge of Benton Kutak Rock Ranked by Value Project Underwriter Aproval Date 1 Draw-down program for Morgan Keegan & Co. Aug. 29 refunding singel- family revenue bonds 2 Teris LLC Conduit issue July 18 3 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Salomon Smith Barney Aug. 15 Bond Program 4 Home-to-Own Mortgage Revenue Salomon Smith Barney March 28 Bond Program 5 Arkansas Glass, Yanoor Corp. Morgan Keegan, A.G. Oct. 1 Edwards & Sons, Sterne Agee & Leach 6 JMS, Conway County, Semco A.G. Edwards, Morgan May 22 and Wes-Pac Keegan, Sterne Agee & Leach 7 Chapel Ridge of Benton Conduit issue June 12 Sources: Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin's Mergerstat report, www.mergerstat.com, real estate filings, company disclosures, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, press releases, Arkansas Development Finance Authority.
