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Woodstream Acquires Zareba Systems

Transaction Continues Woodstream’s Acquisition Record


WoodstreamApril 16, 2010 - William Blair & Company announces the success of its client, Woodstream Corporation, in connection with its acquisition of Zareba Systems, Inc., for $9.00 per share. William Blair & Company served as financial advisor to Woodstream Corporation, a portfolio company of Brockway Moran & Partners and Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, for the transaction.

Woodstream, based in Pennsylvania, manufactures and markets rodent-control products, caring-control products for pets and wildlife, natural solutions for home and garden, wild bird feeding products, and garden décor products to consumers and the professional pest-control market. The company’s caring-control products for pets and wildlife include wild animal cage traps, animal repellents, pet cages, pet training systems, and electronic animal containment systems. The company provides toxic and nonpoisonous insect-control products, such as pesticides, fungicides, and fertilizers for home, lawn, and garden care. It offers decorative basket collections, expandable flower box planters, and stakes and saucers. The company distributes its products through retailers and specialty channels in North America, as well as to the consumer markets in Asia.

“Zareba’s portfolio of long-standing brand names and complementary product offering will enhance Woodstream’s existing electric fencing line, which is marketed under the Fi-Shock brand name,” said Harry E. Whaley, president of Woodstream, in a recent news release. “We are excited to offer a broader selection of brands and products to our customers.”

“Zareba represents the fourteenth acquisition completed by Woodstream since 2000 and continues Woodstream’s impressive track record of acquiring and integrating niche brands,” said Lawrence I. Shagrin, a partner at Brockway Moran & Partners, in a recent news release. “Woodstream continues to actively pursue strategic acquisitions which broaden its product offering and brand portfolio.”

Zareba Systems, a public company (NASDAQ: ZRBA) based in Minnesota, designs, manufactures, and markets electronic perimeter fence and access control systems primarily in North America and the United Kingdom. Its products include energizers, high-tensile fence systems, insulators, poly wires, tapes and ropes, and perimeter security fence systems for human and animal control, containment, detection, and deterrence. The company offers its products principally under the Rutland Electric Fencing, Electric Shepherd, Induced Pulse, and Red Snap’r brand names.

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