Target Acquirer

Date Location Location Description

6/17 Edgeview Partners LLC Piper Jaffray Cos. Piper acquired an East Coast investment banking

Charlotte, N.C. Minneapolis firm specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions.

6/17 certain assets Cargill Inc. Cargill acquired grain storage and crop input assets in Decatur,

Minnetonka Mich., from Northstar Grain LLC.

6/18 Bionostics Ltd. Techne Corp. Techne acquired a maker of control solutions that verify proper

Devens, Mass. Minneapolis operation of in vitro diagnostic devices for $104 million.

6/18 mPay Gateway Inc. PaySpan Inc. PaySpan, a provider of health care payment automation systems,

Minneapolis Atlanta acquired mPay Gateway, a point-of-service patient payment

solution.

6/19 MakerBot Industries LLC Stratasys Ltd. Stratasys acquired 3-D printer maker MakerBot for approximately

Brooklyn, NY Eden Prairie $400 million to extend its product line to desktop models.

6/19 LSI Corp. of America CoBe Capital LLC Private investment firm CoBe acquired laminate casework

Minneapolis New York maker LSI Corp. of America from Muscatine, Iowa-based HNI Corp.