CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 07/06/09 -- Dresner Partners, a leading
FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and IMAP member firm, announced today that it
advised Bloomfield, N.J. headquartered Medical Resources, Inc. (MRI) in the
sale of substantially all the assets of the company in separate
transactions to multiple buyers including RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT),
InSight Health Corp. and Tri-State Imaging Consultants, LLC, among others.
Prior to its sale, MRI was a leading provider of multi-modality outpatient
imaging services in 10 states in the Northeast, Midwest and South. The
company provided its imaging and associated services through freestanding
facilities and (depending on the market) its services included Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), X-ray and Fluoroscopy,
Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Stereotactic Needle Biopsy, Bone
Densitometry and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Despite a challenging
regulatory environment for the diagnostic imaging sector, in particular the
effects of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as well as the general
economic downturn, the company maintained a strong position in its markets.
In a recent survey taken by Intelesys, a leader in patient satisfaction
reporting, the company's centers scored 98 percent for overall patient
satisfaction.
John Valla, MRI's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The
professionalism, skills and persistence that Dresner Partners contributed
to the strategy and process were critical in closing this unique
transaction." John M. Codd, MRI's Associate General Counsel, added,
"Dresner Partners' presence at the table was necessary in order to proceed
with an orderly liquidation of the company at the highest possible value.
They exceeded all expectations."
The transaction was co-managed by Ejaz Elahi, Director of Dresner Partners' Healthcare Practice, and
Steven M. Dresner, President of Dresner Partners. Ejaz Elahi
stated, "We are pleased to have successfully facilitated the completion of
this series of strategic transactions on behalf of MRI in this challenging
regulatory and economic environment. The strategy of pursuing multiple
simultaneous transactions involved higher complexity, but resulted in a
successful outcome." Steve Dresner added, "It was a pleasure to work with
John Valla and John Codd during this process.