The document summarizes a report from Hyde Park Capital Advisors on healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the fourth quarter of 2011. It provides contact information for several senior directors and associates at the firm. It then reviews capital market performance in Q4 2011 and lists several healthcare-related initial public offerings (IPOs) and secondary offerings. The rest of the document analyzes trends in annual and quarterly middle market M&A activity and transaction pricing in the healthcare industry for 2011.