A Blank Rome team represented Gladstone Investment Corporation (Nasdaq: GAIN), a publicly traded business development company focused on middle-market companies, in its acquisition of Nielsen-Kellerman, Co. (“Nielsen-Kellerman”) through Nielsen-Kellerman’s parent entity. The acquisition closed on December 19, 2024.
Nielsen-Kellerman, along with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of rugged, waterproof environmental measurement and sports performance instruments serving a broad spectrum of users. For more information on this transaction, please read the press release: Gladstone Investment Corporation Acquires Nielsen-Kellerman.
The Blank Rome team was led by Emanuel Faust, Alison R. Harrall, Naomi M. Gallimore, and Nora E. Tidey as to M&A and equity matters, and James D. Kelly and Gabrielle C. Phillips as to financing matters, with significant support from Joseph T. Gulant, David A. Gilbert, John A. Gibbons, Anthony Rapa, Rachel D. Evans, Jonathan W.S. England, Justin Chiarodo, Michael A. Kadlec, Stephen M. Pennartz, Jennifer G. Daniels, Brooke T. Iley, Gabrielle I. Weiss, Frank L. Tamulonis, and Ivy M. Shapiro.
