William Blair & Company acted as exclusive financial advisor to A. M. Castle & Co. (AMEX: CAS) in the renegotiation of all of the Company’s outstanding debt agreements and the issuance of $12 million of convertible preferred stock.
William Blair & Company served as co-lead underwriter to Aon Corporation in its follow-on common stock offering which priced on November 4, 2002. Morgan Stanley was the sole book-runner and lead underwriter for the offering. Aon plans to use the proceeds to pay down existing short-term debt.
Beating a field of 1,025 international equity managers, William Blair & Company was selected in late September to manage the international growth portfolios of American Skandia Investment Services.