BlackmoreConnects Presents: October 12th Conference -

Gaining the Attention of Private Equity

BlackmoreConnects, a division of Blackmore Partners

Chicago, IL

Benefits

Dozens of private equity firms looking to hear your deal

angles.

One-on-one meetings with the PE professionals

Access to webinar before the conference to train you on how

to market yourself to private equity

Every PE firm will host their own short webinar detailing

their goals for the conference and what they hope to gain

from executives

Exposure to Mezzanine funds and other sources of funding

Open networking event from 5-7 pm with PE firms and other

executives looking to mentor you.

Exposure to financial sponsors and

M&A law firms.

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Agenda

Time: 1-7pm

1-4pm– Conference with 3 panels of 5-6 people each, one of which will be moderated

by Blackmore’s managing director, Gerald O’Dwyer

4-5pm– One-on-one meetings with private equity firms who want to hear your:

Deal thesis/ideas

Actionable deals

MBI/MBO ideas

Independent Sponsorship ideas

Search fund or pledge fund ideas

5-7pm– Networking with more private equity

20+ PE firms in attendance

Conference Speakers and Topics– Private Equity Gus Spanos– Managing Director, Spanos Barber Jesse & Co; Partner, JH Partners

How his firm currently acquires companies

Platform and add-on companies he has acquired

How executives play a role in SBIC funds portfolio companies

Macro/Micro economic conditions and forecast

Bill Kidd– Founding Partner, Kidd & Company

How investing in companies has changed over the past 40 years.

Criteria and preferences for investment

How LPs view executives/PE firms

What differentiates a family office

Yelena Edelstein– Deal Partner, Blackmore Partners

Developing a deal thesis that gets the attention of PE

Tips tricks and other interesting ways to be an independent sponsor

Pitching yourself to PE

Raising money

Thomas A. Carver– Managing Partner, Harren Equity Partners; Partner HIG Capital

Platform and add-on companies he has acquired

Methods for sourcing deals

His operating experience at Plastics Fabrication Company

Insights on the industry from the perspective as both an operator and investor

Lauren Glazebrook– Business Development, Tregaron Capital

The role of business development in securing a

deal

The importance of networking for deal sourcing.

Her firm’s criteria for a deal

Prior experience working at Axial

Conference Speakers and Topics– Private Equity

Christopher Cheang– VP, Post Capital Partners LLC.

Why his firm is so interested on executive lead deal flow

His criteria for both executives and investments

Experience with MBOs

The role of his firms executive partners

Chip Weinberg– Managing Director, Weinberg Capital Group; President New Channel

His experience with executives throughout his 13 years at Weinberg.

What differentiates a family office

How to get the attention of a family office

His financial goals

Mark Gartner– VP of Investment Development, ClearLight Partners

The ClearLight investment criteria and deal sourcing methods

Different ways he meets people

How to approach PE firms

Raising capital & pitching yourself

Gerald O’Dwyer (Moderator)- Managing Director and Founder , Blackmore Par tners

The BlackmoreConnects method

How Blackmore Partners generates value for both private equity and executives

His vision for BlackmoreConnects and private equity partners

Importance of Networking

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Conference Speakers and Topics– Executives

Jeffery Kissel– President and CEO, HAWAI’IGAS; CFO, Earth Tech

Raising funds and debt

What private equity expects of C-Level Executives

Lessons learned from deals (failed and successful)

Case study on current deal he is working on with Blackmore as well as others

Mark McDonald- Operating Executive at Golden Gate Capital; President/CEO, EDCA Industries

Getting a job as an operating partner at a PE firm

The role operating partners play in the life cycle of a portfolio company

How running a Private Equity owned company differs from a typical Private Company

David M. Ritter– President of The Haymarket Group, LLC; VP, Royal Dutch Shell plc.

Deal Structure

Raising money from mezzanine funds and high net-worth individuals.

Business strategy especially in oil and gas

Tom Ragen– CEO, PercisionDialog.com owned by a $370 MM portfolio Co. Kirkland Capital

Experience working on a deal with Blackmore Partners from thesis to close

The role an executive plays in putting together a deal

Length of the general process

Jennifer Buchholz– Chief HR Director, HealthPlan One LLC; Director of HR, GE Capital

Getting a private equity deal done from the

HR perspective

The factor human resources plays in selecting

executives

Several private equity professionals will

speak to the following topics

How to approach PE with a deal

What PE Firms are looking for in a deal

Day in the life

How do we view execs

Execs and deal flow in a slowing economy

Other Topics you wish to speak about