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Entries from March 2009

ServiceMaster Names Steven Donly President of TruGreen LawnCare

March 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 27 /PRNewswire/ — The ServiceMaster Company today announced Stephen M. Donly has joined the company as president and chief operating officer of TruGreen LawnCare. TruGreen is the world’s largest professional  lawn care servicesprovider, serving more than 3.4 million residential and commercial customers across the United States with lawn care, tree and shrub [...]

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Will the Real Family Owned Company Please Stand Up

March 20th, 2009 · No Comments

National company buys local family owned Pest Control Company
Springfield, VA January 27, 2009 – The recent sale of Bob’s Termite and Pest Control to Orkin Pest Control was finalized in December 2008.
Now with the sale of Bob’s Termite & Pest Control, owner Ed Connor of Connor’s Pest Protection is relieved that Orkin has purchased his [...]

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Connor’s Pest Protection buys The Pest Eliminators

March 20th, 2009 · No Comments

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 17, 2009 – Connor’s Pest Protection, has expanded into the Richmond area with the acquisition of The Pest Eliminators.
Staying true to our long-standing tradition of customer service, The Pest Eliminators is now part of the Connor’s Pest Protection Family. Since 1944, the Connor family has built Connor’s Pest Protection into [...]

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Bartlett Tree Experts Makes Acquisitions in Georgia and Minnesota

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

As part of its continuing growth efforts, Bartlett Tree Experts has established new offices in two locations. Bartlett added these offices after the acquisition of Empire Tree and Turf in Augusta, Georgia and Top Notch Treecare in Plymouth, Minnesota. The company now has nearly 100 offices providing scientific tree and shrub care to customers in [...]

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Davey Made $60 Million in Acquisitions in 2008

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Davey Tree recently filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission for 2008.  In the filing, Davey reported $60 million in acquisitions during the year, including $16 million in cash, $15 million in stock, $6 million in debt issued and $23 million in liablities assumed.  Davey made two large acquisitions [...]

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Massey Expects to Wait on Court Ruling Before Deciding on Sunair Written Consent

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

On March 16, Massey Services, Inc., the Orlando pest and lawn care services company, annnounced in an SEC filing that to does not expect to decide whether to execute a written consent to replace six of the seven directors of Sunair Services Corporation’s board of directors until judicial determination is made regarding the validity of [...]

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Sunair sues Dissident Group in Federal Court

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments

On March 13, Sunair Services Corpoiration filed suit in federal court against the dissident shareholder group for alleged violations of federal securities laws, including alleged unlawful solicitation of proxies and allegedly making false and misleading statements in the Information Statement filed with the SEC and omitting to state material facts.
The suit seeks injective relief to [...]

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