LaserSight
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Refractive laser firm raises $16 mil. via investments of $8 mil. each by Dawson Samberg Capital Management Funds and TLC The Laser Center, Inc. -both consisting of 2 mil. shares of preferred stock at $4 each. The firm received an additional $4.3 mil. on June 5 in connection with the sale of Vision Twenty-One stock received last December in connection with that firm's acquisition of two of LaserSight's health care subsidiaries ("The Gray Sheet" Jan. 5, In Brief). Proceeds will be used for expansion of the firm's international presence and for U.S. marketing activities, as well as debt repayment and repurchase of all Series B preferred stock. LaserSight and TLC are collaborating to develop a mobile excimer laser business...