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Cole Bader

Managing Director
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions
+1 212.271.3450
cbader@tweisel.com


Cole R. Bader is a Managing Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Thomas Weisel Partners. Cole joined the firm in 2002 and is based in New York. He has 15 years of Investment Banking and M&A experience. Prior to joining the firm, he was Vice President of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley. Cole received an AB degree from Princeton University.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Nuance/BeVocal
NUAN M&A $140.0 USD 4/25/07
Motorola Inc./Netopia Inc.
MOT M&A $214.5 USD 2/6/07
Nomura Holdings Inc./Instinet Inc.
NMR M&A $1,200.0 USD 2/1/07
Level 3 Communications, Inc./Broadwing Communications, LLC
LVLT M&A $1,400.0 USD 1/4/07
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
KBW IPO $164.2 USD 11/8/06
ExlService Holdings
EXLS IPO $77.6 USD 10/19/06
BMC Software/Identify Software
-- M&A $150.0 USD 5/9/06
NASDAQ Stock Market
NDAQ FO $639.2 USD 2/9/06
NASDAQ Stock Market/Instinet Group
NDAQ M&A $1,878.0 USD 12/8/05
ScanSoft/Nuance Communications, Inc.
NUAN M&A $221.0 USD 9/15/05
Net 1/UEPS Technologies
UEPS FO $259.5 USD 8/2/05
Global Payments
GPN FO $350.8 USD 5/11/04
TIBCO Software
TIBX FO $472.7 USD 1/28/04

TWP transactions indicated in bold.