Overview
Today’s complex regulatory environment and increased scrutiny from investors and proxy advisors requires knowledgeable counsel that is highly accessible, efficient and cost-effective. At KMK, we offer clients top legal talent combined with low overhead—one of the reasons we choose to maintain a single office and leverage technology to its best advantage.
KMK is counsel to public corporations, boards of directors and investors in nearly all areas of federal and state securities law compliance, corporate governance and capital markets transactions. Our clients include companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and over- the-counter markets, including middle-market companies and Fortune 500 public corporations.
Our clients span a variety of industries, including medical device technology, diagnostics and life sciences, lighting, manufacturing, insurance, consumer products, restaurants, financial institutions, and others. Our investor clients include venture capital firms, family offices, angel and private investors and hedge funds.
Representative Clients
American Financial Group, Inc.
AtriCure, Inc.
Cintas Corporation
Fifth Third Bank, National Association
Hillenbrand, Inc.
Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation
LSI Industries Inc.
Medpace Holdings, Inc.
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
Meritage Hospitality Group Inc.
Multi-Color Corporation
Experience
Business Combinations
- Bombe Asset Management in its $125 million investment in The Parking REIT and related tender offer
- American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG) in its: $285 million tender offer for National Interstate; $250 million acquisition of Summit Holdings Southeast Inc. and related companies from Liberty Mutual Insurance; $295 million sale of medicare supplemental and critical illness buisness to Cigna Health
- AtriCure (NASDAQ: ATRC) in its: $60 million acquisition of Endoscopic Technologies; and $250 million acquisition of nContact Surgical
- Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) in its: $2.2 billion acquisition of G&K Services, Inc.; $2.3 billion sale of Shred-it International Inc. to Stericycle, Inc.; sale of managed solutions business to private equity fund; sale of document storage and imaging business to Access CIG; and $130 million acquisition of Zee Medical from McKesson Corp.
- Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) in its: $1.6 billion merger with Kemper Corporation
- Kendle International (NASDAQ: KNDL) in its: $230 million merger with Avista/INC Research and related consent solicitation for $140 million of senior subordinated convertible debt securities; $215 million acquisition of clinical services businesses of Charles River Laboratories; and acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research
- Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ: VIVO) in its $120 million acquisition of GenePOC; acquisition of Magellan Diagnostics.
- Midland Company (NASDAQ: MLAN) in its: $1.3 billion merger with Munich Re
- Multi-Color Corporation (NASDAQ: LABL) in its: $2.5 billion sale to Platinum Equity in a take private transaction; $1.3 billion acquisition of Constantia Labels and related issuance of equity securities; and $355 million acquisition of York Label Group and related issuance of equity securities
Debt Offerings
- American Financial Group (NASDAQ: AFG) in its: underwritten offerings of senior and subordinated debt securities aggregating in billions of dollars
- Hemagen Diagnostics (NASDAQ: HMGN) in its: exchange offer for senior secured convertible debt securities
- Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) in its: $275 million underwritten secondary offering of senior debt securities and related redemption of $210 million of senior debt securities
- Kendle International (NASDAQ: KNDL) in its: $225 million underwritten offering of senior subordinated convertible debt securities and related hedging transactions
- Multi-Color Corporation (NASDAQ: LABL) in its: $600 million and $250 million underwritten offerings of senior debt securities under Rule 144A and Regulation S
Equity Offerings
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWI) Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust in its: underwritten secondary offerings of equity securities of $450 million, $230 million, $185 million, and $100 million and related $125 million share repurchase by AWI; and $150 million and $85 million block trades under Rule 144
- AtriCure (NASDAQ: ATRC) in its: $90 million, $80 million and $25 million underwritten secondary offerings of equity securities
- LSI Industries (NASDAQ: LYTS) in its: $50 million underwritten secondary offering of equity securities
- Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ: VIVO) in its: $60 million underwritten secondary offering of equity securities
- Midland Company (NASDAQ: MLAN) in its: $60 million underwritten secondary offerings of equity securities; and $24 million underwritten offerings of trust preferred securities
- WR Grace (NASDAQ: GRA) Asbestos PI Trust in its: underwritten secondary offering of Sealed Air Corporation equity securities of $295 million and related share repurchase by Sealed Air; and $335 million block trade under Rule 144
Election Contests
- Casablanca Capital (NASDAQ: CLF) in its: proxy contest involving Cliffs Natural Resources
- Casey Capital (NASDAQ: ESSX) in its: proxy contest involving Essex Rental
- Lenox Wealth Management in its: proxy contests and unsolicited offers involving Lenox Bancorp and First Franklin Corporation (NASDAQ: FFOH)
- RX Investor Value Corp. in its: proxy contest involving HealthWarehouse.com, Inc.(OTC: HEWA)
Team
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- Associate | CIPP/US
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- Partner
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News & Resources
News
- BusinessWire.com,
- BusinessWire.com,
- PRNewswire.com,
- Cincinnati Business Courier,
- PRNewswire.com,
- Ohio Super Lawyers,
- BusinessWire.com,
Events
Publications
- Status of SEC Rulemaking & Expectations after Presidential Election
- SEC Slows Down Rulemaking
- New Climate-Disclosure Rules Subject to Heat of Legal Challenges
- The SEC’s Gift to You: New Disclosure Requirements Effective This Quarter
- SEC Revisits Compensation Clawbacks, Expands Electronic Filing Requirements, and Fines Company for Confidentiality Agreement Outreach
- Flurry of Proposed New Rules from the SEC—Key Takeaways
- Busy Fourth Quarter for SEC Staff
- SEC Rules Establish New Requirements for Director Elections, Universal Proxy Cards and Enhanced Proxy Disclosures; Additional Proposals to Rescind Rules on Proxy Voting Advice
- White Hot Commission Focus on Insider Trading and ESG
- Turning up the Heat on Executive Trading Plans
- What's Hot - Climate Change
- Flurry of 4th Quarter Activity – Get Prepared for 2021
- Amendments Would Eliminate Requirements for 90% of Smaller Managers
- Division of Corporation Finance Issues COVID-19 Disclosure Guidance
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