3Q 2007 HIMCO Mezzanine & Private Equity Investment Quarterly News

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		3rd Quarter 2007

Mezzanine & Private Equity Investment Quarterly News

	Hartford Investment Management Company's Mezzanine & Private Equity Group announces the recent completion of three mezzanine and private equity transactions:

	$16.0 million in senior subordinated debt and equity interests		The Mezzanine & Private Equity Group announces that it has invested $16.0 million in senior subordinated debt and equity interests to support the acquisition of The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Smith & Wollensky”) by Bunker Hill Capital, L.P. Smith & Wollensky is a leading operator of high-end, high-volume steakhouses located in major cities across the United States. Smith & Wollensky is one of the few national steakhouses that dry-ages and hand-butchers USDA Prime beef on premises to ensure unparalleled quality, tender texture and outstanding flavor.

	$12.0 million co-investment		The Mezzanine and Private Equity Group also announces that it has made a $12.0 million co-investment along side of an affiliate of The Blackstone Group in the equity interests of Biomet, Inc. (“Biomet"). Biomet and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and market products used primarily by musculoskeletal medical specialists in both surgical and non-surgical therapy. Biomet’s product portfolio includes reconstructive, fixation and spinal products as well as other products such as arthroscopy and soft goods and bracing products. Headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Biomet and its subsidiaries currently distribute products in more than 70 countries.

	$12.5 million in senior subordinated debt and equity interests		The Mezzanine and Private Equity Group also announces that it has invested $12.5 million in senior subordinated debt and equity interests, alongside TCW Crescent Mezzanine Partners, to support the acquisition of Scitor Inc. (“Scitor”) by Leonard Green Partners. Founded in 1979, Scitor is a leading provider of engineering, management consulting and information services to the US Intelligence Community.


	About Hartford Investment Management Company’s Mezzanine & Private Equity Group The Mezzanine & Private Equity Group of Hartford Investment Management is a leading provider of capital to private equity markets. The Group provides direct mezzanine debt and equity and can provide equity on a stand alone basis. We are responsive, competitive and we seek to partner with like minded private equity investors and management teams. Our deep understanding of the middle market provides us with an advantage when providing junior capital. In addition to our direct investment activities, we seek to invest into top performing middle market private equity and mezzanine funds that will provide a source of co-investment opportunity. Selectively, we will also invest in top performing funds that focus on investments outside of our middle market strategy. Currently, we manage over $1.4 billion in mezzanine and private equity assets and commitments. About Hartford Investment Management Hartford Investment Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., manages over $143.1 billion ("Hartford Investment Management") on the behalf of corporate retirement plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, mutual funds, public funds and other institutional accounts.
	For more information contact:
	Bill Holm, bill.holm@himco.com		860-297-6448
	Greg Foy, greg.foy@himco.com		860-297-6440
	Tim Greene, tim.greene@himco.com		860-297-6408
	Chris Murphy, chris.murphy@himco.com		860-297-6338
	Thorsten Suder, thorsten.suder@himco.com		860-297-6469

	55 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06105 www.himco.com The foregoing is not intended as a solicitation of investment management services, but rather an announcement of the transactions identified herein to the private equity market. The specific securities identified and described herein represent all of the direct mezzanine investments (defined as including all direct investments by Hartford Investment Management Company's Mezzanine & Private Equity Group, including debt and equity securities, but excluding fund investments) purchased, sold or recommended for The Mezzanine & Private Equity Group's advisory clients during the prior three months, and the reader should not assume that investments in the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable. For a complete list of such securities, please contact Hartford Investment Management Company's Mezzanine & Private Equity Group. Hartford Investment Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., is a registered investment adviser providing investment services to mutual funds, employee benefit plans, insurance companies and other institutional accounts. All assets as of 9/30/07 Click here to unsubscribe from this list 07-0019

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