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First Financial gets sweet deal on Irwin Financial’s bank assets

October 22, 2009

It’s good to be among the favored few, those blessed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to scoop up the remnants
of failed banks. Because it was on the FDIC list of approved buyers, Cincinnati-based First Financial Bancorp
was able to acquire Columbus, Ind.-based Irwin Financial Corp.’s banking operations under terms
that would make any deal-maker proud.

Report: Ice Miller, Louisville firm end merger talks

September 8, 2009

Merger talks that began last year between local legal heavyweight Ice Miller LLP and a Louisville-based law firm reportedly
have broken down, putting an end to a deal that was expected to close by the end of the year.

Frontier creditors approve reorganization plan

September 3, 2009

Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. said yesterday that creditors have approved its bankruptcy reorganization plan, including
its planned purchase by Republic Airways.

Local contractor Enterprise acquires Freije

August 29, 2009

Indianapolis-based Enterprise Electrical & Mechanical Co. has acquired The Freije Company, a 50-year-old local firm that
specializes in refrigeration-systems design, installation and service.

IT consultant Apparatus buying WFYI building

August 24, 2009

Locally based information technology consultant Apparatus has agreed to buy the former WFYI building at 1401 N. Meridian St. for a new headquarters.

Southwest bid for Frontier could be in trouble

August 13, 2009

Southwest Airlines Co.’s bid for Denver-based Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. may have hit turbulence, according to the Dallas
Morning News.

CARUSO: Real estate buyers, sellers, must recalibrate expectations

August 12, 2009

Mergers and acquisitions have all but ground to a halt because of lack of credit, disparate expectations between buyers and
sellers, and hesitance on the part of buyers to deploy their capital.

Republic Airways closes purchase of Midwest

August 3, 2009

Republic Airways Holdings says it has completed its acquisition of privately held Midwest Airlines
for $31 million in cash and debt.

Dow Chemical seems poised to keep AgroSciences

July 30, 2009

Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co. is still considering divesting Indianapolis subsidiary Dow AgroSciences LLC. But
chances that the chemical manufacturing giant will sell its local agricultural chemical and biotech unit appear to have decreased.

Lilly software spinoff Maaguzi sells for $11 million

July 30, 2009

Investors in a company built around clinical research software bought from Eli Lilly and Co. have found their exit, though
it’s far from the lucrative payoff they’d once imagined.

Indianapolis benefits firms merge

July 8, 2009

Two Indianapolis benefits consulting firms have finalized their merger, the companies announced this morning. Terms of the
deal between Benefit Associates Inc. and Benefit Consultants Inc., in the works since March, were not disclosed.

Republic growth strategy fraught with risk

June 29, 2009

By purchasing two struggling airlines for which it flies, Republic Airways Holdings is taking aboard substantial risks that
threaten its profitable niche, analysts say. Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines are not only leaking money, but fly at
an altitude where major carriers routinely dogfight
in a fare war Republic hasn’t had to fight as a contract carrier.

A.J. Gallagher & Co. strikes again, hires two more benefits brokers

June 29, 2009

National acquisition-and-merger rage among benefits firms continues as Gallagher swallows groups in Noblesville and Louisville.
Gallagher’s Carmel office grows its client portfolio to 300.

Ice Miller still in merger talks with Louisville law firm

June 22, 2009

The city’s third-largest law firm is poised to tie the knot with Kentucky’s Greenebaum Doll & McDonald. But differences in the way the firms compensate partners are taking longer than expected to sort out.

Express Scripts closer to $4.7B WellPoint deal

May 28, 2009

Express Scripts Inc. has cleared an
antitrust review for its planned purchase of Indianapolis-based WellPoint
Inc.’s pharmacy benefits management business, bringing the $4.7 billion deal
closer to completion.

White River Capital negotiating new terms for its First Chicago Bancorp merger

April 20, 2009

In a March 13 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, publicly traded White River revealed it’s postponed its merger with First Chicago Bancorp, and now is negotiating new terms.

$4.7B WellPoint deal leaves workers in limbo

April 13, 2009

Investors cheered this morning after WellPoint Inc. agreed to sell its pharmacy management unit to Express Scripts Inc., but
the fate of about 2,100 WellPoint employees now is up in the air.

WellPoint to sell subsidiary for $4.6B

April 13, 2009

WellPoint Inc. has
agreed to sell its pharmacy benefits management arm for $4.675 billion in cash and stock to St. Louis-based Express Scripts,
the companies announced April 13.

Benefits mergers on the increase

March 30, 2009

Benefits brokers and agents—facing increasing demands from employers and declining commissions—are merging at an
accelerating
pace.

Durham insider deal sparks outcry

March 9, 2009

Tim Durham is facing allegations of self-dealing after a publicly traded company he helps run in Dallas acquired assets from
a finance company he owns in Ohio.

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