Public Companies

Software firm seeks to reorganize as holding company

April 12, 2011
Scott Olson
Interactive Intelligence Inc. will ask shareholders at its next annual meeting to vote on a proposal to reorganize the software firm under a new holding company called Interactive Intelligence Group Inc.
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Zimmer goes on offensive against lawyers

March 30, 2011
J.K. Wall
The Warsaw-based maker of orthopedic implants has filed suit to stop a Detroit-area law firm from making allegedly false claims and using its trademarks on websites designed to attract plaintiffs to sue Zimmer over one of its knee-replacement implants called NexGen.
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Another suit filed in Emmis, financier dispute

March 28, 2011
Emmis Communications Corp. is accusing Alden Global Capital, which once backed Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan's attempt to take the company private, of violating the "short-swing rule." This is the third suit involving the parties since Smulyan called off the move last year.
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Remy International files plans for public offering

March 28, 2011
Associated Press
Pendleton-based manufacturer Remy International Inc., the former General Motors Co. unit that exited bankruptcy in 2007, has filed plans to raise up to $100 million through an initial public stock offering.
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Toning-shoe trend fading, but doesn't trip up Finish Line

March 25, 2011
Cory Schouten
The toning trend in athletic shoes apparently has run its course. Sales of the oddly shaped shoes fell more than 45 percent in the fourth quarter for The Finish Line Inc., but the local retailer still posted improved profit and revenue.
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Finish Line reports rise in quarterly earnings, sales

March 25, 2011
Associated Press
The Indianapolis-based retailer earned $34.3 million in its fiscal quarter, compared with $30.6 million a year ago. Revenue rose 2.7 percent, to $384.6 million.
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Drugmakers call off animal-health deal, possible asset sale

March 22, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA have abandoned plans to combine their animal-health businesses after wrestling with regulators for a year over potential divestitures. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. was among a list of possible suitors for about $1 billion in assets the two companies considered selling.
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Allison Transmission files for $750M IPO

March 20, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
Allison Transmission Inc. is counting on upgrades to truck and bus fleets in countries like China and India for its future growth, the company revealed in a filing it made Friday to raise up to $750 million through an initial public offering.
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PROXY CORNER: Eli Lilly and Co.

March 19, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Eli Lilly and Co., Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, 46285 (www.lilly.com) discovers, develops, manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products for humans and animals.
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Shoe Carnival reports record annual profit

March 18, 2011
The Evansville-based shoe and apparel retailer said it earned $26.8 million in its last fiscal year. The company also reported record same-store sales.
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Lechleiter: After the deluge, we'll be fine

March 16, 2011
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter visited Japan last week—three days before the massive earthquake—to deliver his tried-and-true message: Drug companies need to reinvent invention, governments needs to support innovation, and Lilly will be just fine after it has sustained the damage of the next three years.
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Annual profit, revenue shrink for Noble Roman's

March 15, 2011
 IBJ Staff
The Indianapolis-based pizza franchisor saw declining results from its restaurants, but got a boost from its growing line of take-and-bake products.
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Lilly agrees to buy European animal health company

March 14, 2011
J.K. Wall
Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Co., has agreed to acquire Jannsen Animal Health, a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson, pending regulatory approval. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Noble Roman's expands grocery offerings to boost bottom line

March 12, 2011
Cory Schouten
The Indianapolis company, founded in 1972, started as a chain of sit-down family restaurants but continues to find new outlets for its products.
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Hurco turns first quarterly profit in two years

March 10, 2011
The Indianapolis-based machine tool maker reported profit of $1.5 million on revenue of $39.7 million in its fiscal first quarter.
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New federal rules prompt ITT to change bonus-pay criteria

March 9, 2011
Scott Olson
The Carmel-based for-profit educator still will pay its top executives bonuses, but they'll no longer be tied to school enrollment, the company said Tuesday in a proxy filing.
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Indiana executives pare stock holdingsRestricted Content

March 5, 2011
Cory Schouten
Executives and directors at several Indiana public companies took advantage of market strength in February to pare back their stock holdings, narrowly missing a pullback sparked by turmoil in Libya.
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First Internet Bancorp reports record annual profit

February 25, 2011
The parent of First Internet Bank earned $4.9 million in 2010 compared with a loss of $2.1 million the previous year.
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Auto auctioneer KAR sees quarterly profit surge

February 24, 2011
J.K. Wall
Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. announced Wednesday that it pulled in profit of $7.3 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, a 38-percent jump from the $5.3 million earned in the same quarter the prior year.
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Truck stocks signal economic growth

February 24, 2011
Bloomberg News
Companies that act as brokers for trucking services are gaining favor with investors as the 20-month-old rebound shifts into a new phase that’s less dependent on inventory restocking.
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Republic takes quarterly loss but beats analyst estimates

February 23, 2011
J.K. Wall
Republic Airways suffered a loss in its fourth quarter as its Frontier Airlines business continued to lose money and its contract business with other airlines remained slower than in 2009. But the airline's performance easily topped expectations of Wall Street.
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WellPoint board declares 25-cent dividend

February 23, 2011
Associated Press
WellPoint Inc. became the latest health insurer to reward shareholders with a quarterly payout after piling up cash from a string of strong financial performances.
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Judge tosses Noble Roman's franchisee claims

February 21, 2011
Cory Schouten
Noble Roman's Inc. has won a pivotal courtroom victory in a battle with 14 former franchisees of its dual-branded Noble Roman’s Pizza and Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs restaurants.
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Emerging markets give Lilly hope in patent crunch

February 19, 2011
J.K. Wall
In a kind of alternate drug universe, sales of Eli Lilly and Co.’s ghosts of blockbusters past are soaring in China—prompting the drugmaker to pour money into emerging markets in an attempt to prop up revenue.
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Kite Realty sees decline in quarterly results

February 16, 2011
Associated Press
Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss on declining revenue.
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