Mergers Alliance

International Corporate Finance Network

Contents

• The Mergers Alliance Mission

• Introduction

• Mergers Alliance – global members

• Strong track record of growth

• Recent successes

• Services

• Industry focus groups

• Why Mergers Alliance?

• Contact details

The Mergers Alliance Mission

“The mission of Mergers Alliance is to originate and execute international transactions for the

benefit of our clients”

Mergers Alliance - global members

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A strong track record of growth

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Marketing Collateral

Information taken from Thomson Financial Tables for 2010

Worldwide Deals < $100m Advisor RankingBased on ValueExcluding Equity Carveouts, Withdrawn Deals & Open Market Repurchases

Rank Financial AdvisorRanking Value

($m) # of Deals1 PricewaterhouseCoopers 3204 2482 KPMG 2630 2453 Lazard 2588 1404 Deloitte 2303 2245 Nomura 2264 886 UBS 2162 987 Mergers Alliance 2018 598 Ernst & Young LLP 1912 1629 Morgan Stanley 1881 11210 Rothschild 1837 14111 RBC Capital Markets 1616 6812 JP Morgan 1567 8913 Houlihan Lokey 1527 11414 Macquarie Group 1522 7515 Goldman Sachs & Co 1463 10316 Citi 1375 5517 Credit Suisse 1334 10018 Jefferies & Co Inc 1232 6119 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1195 6920 GMP Capital Corp 1002 2021 Sumitomo Mitsui 1001 8422 BNP Paribas SA 993 6423 BMO Capital Markets 989 3124 M&A International 987 9425 Mizuho Financial Group 960 82

1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010

Any European Involvement < $100m Advisor RankingBased on ValueExcluding Equity Carveouts, Withdrawn Deals & Open Market Repurchases

Rank Financial AdvisorRanking Value

($m) # of Deals1 Lazard 1613 942 Rothschild 1314 1063 KPMG 1224 1564 PricewaterhouseCoopers 1194 1245 Mergers Alliance 1086 446 Deloitte 992 1227 UniCredit Group 937 408 Morgan Stanley 930 519 Mediobanca 868 3910 BNP Paribas SA 816 5211 Jefferies & Co Inc 771 1912 Credit Suisse 648 5913 UBS 592 4714 JP Morgan 563 4315 HSBC Holdings PLC 512 2416 BDO International 500 7317 IMAP 474 7018 Carnegie 463 1519 ABG Sundal Collier 461 1720 Hawkpoint Partners 461 2221 SEB Enskilda 458 2222 M&A International 449 5023 RBS 439 1924 Deutsche Bank AG 434 3725 Nomura 424 27

1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010

Services

• Mergers Alliance members offer the following array of services:

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• MBO's/MBI's

• Disposals

• Exit reviews

• Strategic advice

• Financial restructuring

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Focused industry groups

• Industry focus groups formed to develop:

• Deep sector knowledge

• Extensive sector contacts

• Marketing collateral

• Marketing literature

• Targeting activities

• Regular Mergers Alliance Sector Team meetings (MAST)

• Sector teams include:• Automotive• Business Services• Cleantech/Energy• Construction• Consumer Products• Financial Services• Food & drink• Healthcare• Industrial/Engineering• Leisure & Travel• Real Estate• TMT

Why Mergers Alliance?

• All our members are independent firms with an in-depth knowledge of their respective territories and a long track record in cross border deals, offering high quality, practical advice every time

• Each firm has a highly developed contact network. These contacts are brought to bear for the benefit of our clients, in sourcing business opportunities and providing local knowledge.

Why Mergers Alliance?

• Our members know their local financial markets and the funding providers within their regions.

• Due to the depth of relationships within the network we are able to offer a rapid response to our clients needs.

• By maintaining a stringent list of criteria for membership, we can ensure that we are able to offer our clients the depth of relationship and personal attention that they require.

Contact Details

Stas MichaelMergers Alliance Business Manager

5th Floor12 – 18 Grosvenor GardensLondonSW1W 0DH

Direct Line: +44 (0) 20 7881 2990Mobile: +44 (0) 7866 030 464Email: stasmichael@mergers-alliance.com