TFSD JOINT VENTURES & ALLIANCES [554]

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TFSD Joint Ventures & Alliances

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Last Update To Bluesheet: May 17, 2011

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort	Rates
Subject Coverage	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Tips	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Report Options
Print Counterparts	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Predefined Format Options

File Description [top]

TFSD Joint Ventures & Alliances includes records representing agreements where two or more entities have combined resources to form a new, mutually advantageous business arrangement to achieve predetermined objectives. Alliance types include:

Joint Ventures
Strategic Alliances
Sales and Marketing Arrangements
Licensing and Distribution Pacts

Tips [top]

USE FILE 554

to track alliances and joint ventures within particular industries.

USE /CO OR CO=

to find records that focus on alliances in which a particular company is involved.

USE SC=

to search by SIC code in order to isolate deals within a particular industry.

USE REPORT

to produce output from many records into easy-to-read tabular format.

Subject Coverage [top]

Typical records include the following data:

Name of Joint Venture/Alliance

If a joint venture, the name of the new incorporated entity that is created. If another kind of alliance, the two leading participants' names.

Date of Announcement

(date announced in press)

Status

(Deal signed, terminated, etc.)

Synopsis text

Summary of the alliance, participants, their stakes in the alliance, and the activities in which the alliance will engage.

Main Alliance Activity

One or two sentence summary of the main intended activity of the alliance, and how the technologies will be applied.

Capitalization and Financing Text

Textual summary of any dollar values of the alliance that have been disclosed (when this information is available).

Type of Alliance/Transaction

Types include joint venture, equity stake, exploration, funding, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, original equipment, privatization, research & development, spin-out, spin-in, supply and purchasing, and more.

Print Counterparts [top]

None

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	1990 to the present
File Size:	114,356 records as of July 2008
Update Frequency:	Daily

Database Content [top]

Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
INTLCO	International Company Directories
MANEWS	Mergers and Acquisitions News
MERGEACQ	Mergers and Acquisitions
TICKERDI	Company Directories with Ticker Symbols

Contact [top]

TFSD Joint Ventures & Alliances is produced by Thomson Financial Securities Data. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Thomson Financial Securities Data
2 Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102

Telephone:	973-622-5200
800 Line:	888-989-8373
Fax:	973-622-1421

Terms and Conditions [top]

TFSD JOINT VENTURES & ALLIANCES. Database copyrighted by Thomson Financial Securities Data (TFSD). The TFSD database is provided for the customer's internal use only and may not be duplicated or redistributed in any form without the prior written permission of TFSD. TFSD obtains information for inclusion in the database from sources which it considers reliable, but TFSD does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the database or of any information contained therein. The customer is responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy his or her requirements to make the final judgment and evaluation as to the usefulness of the database in the user's own environment. TFSD MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTIBLITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. In no event shall TFSD have liability for any lost profits or incidental or consequent damages.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 554:TFSD JOINT VENTURES & ALLIANCES`
	`(c) 1997 TFSD. All rts. reserv.`

	`00616767 SDC NUMBER: 616767045`
/JV,JV=	`Geneva Inc`
TR=	`Alliance Type : Joint Venture`
IV=	`Involving : License`
	`Exclusive License`
	`Research`
	`Marketing`
	`Funding`
	`Royalties`

PD=,PY=	`Date Announced : 12/16/96`
TD=,TY=	`Date Agreement Signed : 12/16/96`

	`Current Status : Deal signed`

	`========`
	`Purpose`
	`========`
/AB	`Oxford BioSciences Inc and WR Grace formed a joint`
	`venture to jointly develop gene delivery treatments.`
	`Under the terms of the agreement, the equally-owned`
	`(. . .)`

JC=	`Joint Venture SIC Code : 2836`

	`Location :`
SJ=	`State : Unknown`
CJ=	`Country : United States`

	`========================`
	`Participants`
	`========================`
/CO,CO=	`Participant : WR Grace & Co`
	`1 Town Center Road`
CY=,ST=,ZP=	`Boca Raton, FL 33486-1002`
	`Country : United States`

	`Telephone : (407)362-2000`

	`Stake in this Venture : 50%`
	`Equity Participation : No`

IN=	`State of Incorporation : NY`
TS=	`Ticker Symbol : GRA`

/DE	`Business Description : Manufacture packaging`
	`materials, especially for food preservation,`
	`container sealing compounds, XP catalysts for higher`
	`octane, water treating compounds, cement and concrete`
	`(. . .)`
SC=	`Participant SIC Code : 2821`

/CO,CO=	`Participant : Oxford BioSciences Ltd(CWB)`
	`Hamburger Allee 2-10`
CY=,ZP=	`Frankfurt, 60486`

CN=	`Country : United Kingdom`

	`Telephone : 06979500020`

	`Stake in this Venture : 50%`
	`Equity Participation : No`

/DE	`Business Description : Provide management consulting`
	`services`
SC=	`Participant SIC Code : 2821`

	`========================`
	`Financial Details`
	`========================`
/CF	`The joint venture company was capitalized at $15 mil`
	`US (9 mil British pounds), the capitalization was to`
	`consist of a start-up payment of $7.5 mil US (4.5 mil`
	`pounds)and a $7.5 mil US (4.5 mil pounds) five-year`
	`promissory note purchased by Grace from Oxford;`
	`which was to become convertible into 7.5% of Oxford`
	`stock. Additionally, the new company was slated to`
	`acquire all the outstanding shares of Grace's Auragen`
	`Inc subsidiary.`
	`============================`
	`Key Technologies`
	`============================`
	`Genetic hepatitis B vaccine`

	`============================`
	`Main Applications`
	`============================`
	`Develop genetic vaccines and other therapeutic`
	`biopharmaceuticals related to infectious diseases,`
	`cancer and autoimmune disorders.`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S AUTOIMMUNE(W)DISORDER?
None	None	None	Basic Document	Word
/AB	AB	None	Purpose	Word	S GENE(W)DELIVERY/AB
/CF	CF	None	Capitalization and Financing Text	Word	S START(W)UP(W)PAYMENT/CF
/CO	CO	None	Participants' Company Name¹	Word	S OXFORD(W)BIOSCIENCES/CO
/DE	None	None	Participant Short/Long Description of Business	Word	S POLYMERIC(W)SYSTEM?/DE
/JV	JV	JV (32)	Joint Venture Name¹	Word	S GENEVA/JV

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	Participant Short/Long Description of Business	Phrase	S POLYMERIC(W)SYSTEM?/DE
None	AN	None	DIALOG Accession Number
CJ=	CJ	CJ (16)	Country of Joint Venture	Phrase	S CJ=UNITED STATES
CN=	None	None	Country of Participants	Phrase	S CN=UNITED KINGDOM
CO=	None	None	Participants' Company Name¹	Phrase	S CO=OXFORD BIOSCIENCES?
CT=	CT	CT (22)	City of Joint Venture	Phrase	S CT=LOS ANGELES
CY=	None	None	Participants' City	Phrase	S CY=BOCA RATON
DS=	DS	DS (24)	Deal Status²	Phrase	S DS=DEAL SIGNED
IN=	None	None	Participants' State of Incorporation	Phrase	S IN=NY
IV=	IV	None	Involvement Information²	Phrase	S IV=RESEARCH
JC=	JC	JC (6)	Joint Venture SIC Code	Phrase	S JC=2836
JV=	JV	JV (32)	Joint Venture Name¹	Phrase	S JV=GENEVA INC
PD=	PD	PD (14)	Date Announced	Phrase	S PD=19961216
PY=	PY	PY (12)	Year Announced	Phrase	S PY=1996
SC=	None	None	Participants' SIC Code	Phrase	S SC=2821
SJ=	SJ	SJ (16)	Joint Venture State	Phrase	S SJ=UNKNOWN
ST=	None	None	State of Participants	Phrase	S ST=FL
TD=	TD	TD (11)	Date Agreement Signed	Phrase	S TD=199612?
TR=	TR	TR (35)	Transaction Type³	Phrase	S TR=JOINT VENTURE
TS=	None	None	Participants' Ticker Symbol	Phrase	S TS=GRA
TY=	TY	TY (11)	Year Effective	Phrase	S TY=1996
UD=	None	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
ZP=	None	None	Participants' Postal Code	Phrase	S ZP=33486?

²EXPAND to see a list of entries.

³There are two entries: TR=JOINT VENTURE or TR=STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S1/1997

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
JV, PD, PY, TY	SORT S6/ALL/TY

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK AU S3

REPORT OPTIONS [top]


Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width.	REPORT S2/JV,PD,DS/ALL

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/JV,TD/ALL

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	Medium	Brief Report: Joint Venture Name and Location, Alliance Type, Involving Information, Dates, Status, Participants and their Locations, Short Business Description, and Ticker Symbol
3	--	Joint Venture Name and Address, Alliance Type, and SIC Code
4	--	Joint Venture Name and Address, Alliance Type, and SIC Code
5	Long	Full Record
6	--	Joint Venture Name and Alliance Type
8	Short	Joint Venture Name and Address, Alliance Type, and SIC Code
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 00561933/3 DISPLAY 004312332/9 PRINT 00561934/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: TFSD Joint Ventures & Alliances[554]
Cost per DialUnit:                $11.66
Cost per minute:                   $3.00
Report Elements                    $1.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $2.00
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $10.25
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $6.00
ALERT (Weekly)                     $3.25
ALERT (Daily)                      $2.00
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $3.25
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $2.00
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2   $34.00   $34.00
     3    $4.00    $4.00
     4    $4.00    $4.00
     5   $67.00   $67.00
     6    $2.75    $2.75
     8    $4.00    $4.00
     9   $68.00   $68.00
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $7.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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