Minnesota mergers and acquisitions

Target Acquirer

Date Location Location Description

2/1 Ascender HCM Ceridian HCM Ceridian HCM Holding will acquire Ascender HCM Australia Pty. Ltd., a payroll

Australia Pty. Ltd. Holding Inc. and human resources solutions provider in Asia Pacific Japan.

Mascot, Australia Bloomington

2/2 Wellington Experience Inc. Augeo Affinity Augeo Affinity Marketing has acquired Wellington Experience Inc., a provider

Overland Park, Kan. Marketing Inc. of experience design, community building and strategic gifting.

2/3 Digital Defense Inc. HelpSystems LLC HelpSystems has acquired Digital Defense Inc., a provider of vulnerability

San Antonio, Texas Eden Prarie management and threat assessment products, to enhance its cybersecurity

portfolio.

2/3 Reliance Marcellus LLC - Northern Oil & Northern Oil and Gas has acquired a stake in shale gas assets in western

certain shale gas and Gas Inc. Pennsylvania, and certain nonoperated natural gas assets in the Appalachian

gas assets Industries Ltd.

2/5 Brenengen Auto Inc. FPH MAG Morrie's Auto Group, owned by FPH MAG Management LLC, has acquired

La Crosse, Wis. Management LLC Brenengen Auto Inc., which has six auto-dealership locations in western