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Mergers Alliance is a partnership of award-winning corporatefinance specialists who provide high-quality advice to organizationswhich require international reach for their M&A strategies.

Our experts advise primarily mid-marketcompanies on deals up to US$500 million invalue spanning a wide range of industrysectors. Over the past 12 months, ournetwork of partner firms has completed over135 deals in 30 countries worldwide, with anaggregate value of over US$10 billion.

Each of our partner firms is an independentlocal specialist with extensive transactionaltrack records within their territories. All partnerfirms are fully authorized by their local financialservices regulator.

Over the past 10 years, our transactionprofessionals have gained widespreadrecognition as skilled international corporatefinanciers with expertise across industrysectors. The team of Mergers Allianceadvisors have earned a solid reputation forbeing:

Highly experienced in executing internationaltransactions

Specialists in a wide range of industrysectors

Entrepreneurial and committed to deliveringthe best outcomes for their clients

award winninginternationalcorporate finance

Over 300 transaction professionalsspanning every key economiccentre around the world

A network of 50 offices, coveringthe Americas, MENA, Europe andAustralasia

Dedicated industry sector teams,with proven track records andexperience

The local senior partner willalways be your point of contact,connecting you to our globalnetwork

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global reach

SpainNorgestion

FranceCapital Partner

ItalyEthica CorporateFinance

TurkeyOdin FinancialAdvisors

BeneluxBluemind BVCorporate Finance

PolandIPOPEMA Securities

SingaporeAlpha Advisory

GermanyEquityGate Advisors

South AfricaBridge Capital

JapanIBS YamaichiSecurities

SwedenExperia CorporateFinance Advisors

RussiaNorthstar CorporateFinance

IndiaSinghi Advisors

50 office locationsand growing

25 countries

300 professionals

The Mergers Alliance partnership spans the world’s leadingbusiness centres, with offices in 25 countries and further partnersin key locations set to join our team of professionals.

USAHeadwaters MB

CanadaFarber FinancialGroup

MexicoSinergia Capital

Brazil / CaribbeanBroadSpan Capital

United KingdomCatalyst CorporateFinance

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local knowledgeUSA

“What impressed our team at Headwaters aboutMergers Alliance was the quality of the people and thedesire to truly cooperate as part of one team. Thisorganization is much more than “dots on the map”.It is a fully integrated partnership working at everystage of a transaction to better service our clients”.

Phil Seefried - CEO, Headwaters MB

Brazil

“Cultural nuancesare extremelyimportant whendoing business inBrazil as establishingrapport can be thekey to closing a deal.

Mergers Alliance allows us to assist ourpartners around the world in understandingand overcoming these cultural issues”.

Leonardo Antunes - Managing Director,BroadSpan Capital

United Kingdom

“My international partners are people Ireally know and have the same essentialcharacteristics as ourselves - drivenowner-managers with a passion foroutstanding client service”.

Andy Currie - Managing Partner,Catalyst Corporate Finance

Spain

“The main value thatMergers Alliancebrings to the tablecomes from theirteam’s cohesion andgenerosity. The mainfocus of ourpartnership was to generate ideas andshare knowledge and resources. When Iheard a client say, “Mergers Alliance showswith actions and results that it is a trulymultinational partnership”, I knew we wereon the right track”.

Igor Gorostiaga - Partner, Norgestion

India

“In this border lessworld, companiesmust set their sightson attaining greaterheights in the globaleconomy. MergersAlliance provides aperfect platform to capitalize on marketsynergies and create appetite for unlockingthe international growth potential”.

Mahesh Singhi - Managing Partner,Singhi Advisors Ltd

France

“Mergers Alliance is aglobal team ofentrepreneurs which offerslocal intelligence combinedwith high quality corporatefinance advisory andexecution services. Thanks

to day-to-day collaboration and common sectorteams, we definitely bring more value, efficiencyand accuracy to our clients”.

Michel Degryck - Founding Partner, Capital Partner

Russia

“The variety of business environments in theterritories covered by the 48 Mergers Alliance officesis often daunting. But it is through our like-mindedand professional colleagues in the partnership thatwe are able to easily navigate pitfalls”.

Mark Bond - Chairman and Managing Partner,Northstar Corporate Finance

Mergers Alliance

“Through developing and maintaining real relationshipswith the very best independent mid-market corporatefinance boutiques in the key economic locationsaround the world, the Mergers Alliance partnership isable to provide its clients with the highest level ofservice anywhere around the world”.

Stas Michael - Managing Director, Mergers Alliance

Japan

“Our MergersAlliance partnersprovide us aninvaluable source ofstrategic M&Aopportunities in theglobal middle-marketwhere our Japanese corporate clientscurrently have the greatest need”.

Owen Hultman - Executive Vice President, IBSYamaichi Securities Co., Ltd.

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Mergers Alliance professionals provide a comprehensive range ofcorporate finance services to a broad spectrum of organizations,including owner-managed businesses, private equity-backedcompanies and multinational corporates. These services include:

AcquisitionsOur professionals specialize in advisinga diverse range of companies on theiracquisition strategies, especially in terms ofinternational expansion. We identify suitabletargets, develop constructive relationshipswith the target's owners and manage thefull acquisition process through to legalcompletion.

BuyoutsOur experienced professionals assistmultinational carve-out non-core subsidiariesand ambitious management teams toacquire their own business through buyouttransactions. When buy-in teams are required,our team provides support to identify suitablecandidates.

Company SalesWe apply our expertise in order to assistbusinesses with their company disposalstrategies, especially with respect tocompanies being sold to overseas buyers.We help clients prepare businesses for sale,formulate clear sale tactics, identify the bestbuyers from around the world and managethe transaction process through to legalcompletion.

Debt RestructuringMergers Alliance partners are leading expertsin restructuring throughout the world.Our firm commitment to providingsophisticated advice ensures balanced andequitable long-term solutions for our clients.

Growth CapitalOur advisors enable fast-growing businessesto access growth capital to enhance theirfurther development. This includes supportingthe business planning process, preparing thebusiness for investors, identifying andselecting the most suitable equity and debtfunders for the business, and structuringand negotiating the investment agreement.

Equity Capital Markets (ECM)In a selected number of territories, ourpartners can facilitate planning and executionof ECM transactions, incl. IPO’s, SPO’s, aswell as public tenders, accelerated bookbuildings and debt raising in capital markets.

Project FinanceMergers Alliance professionals can providereliable project finance advisory services ina selected number of territories. Our projectfinance specialists provide sound independentadvice on project viability, financial modelling,deal structuring, appropriate types of financingand negotiating terms and conditions.

our services how we work

High professional standardsOur advisors are highly qualified professionalswith many years of experience gained withinindustry, leading accountancy practices,investment banks and private equity.You can expect the highest standards ofprofessionalism and integrity from ouradvisers throughout your engagements.

Relationship basedThe main focus of our partnership isgenerating opportunities for our clients andsharing knowledge and resources betweenthe partner firms. Our advisers know eachother personally, meet regularly and workclosely together on cross-border projects.This allows us to operate in a very integratedmanner irrespective of distance. You canexpect high levels of commitment from ourteam and rapid, considered responses onany transaction related question or issue.

EntrepreneurialMergers Alliance Partners are all independentfirms. This means they are entrepreneurial attheir core and each adviser has a commercialperspective, which is different from manyother corporate finance firms. As our successrelies on our reputation, you can expect toreceive insightful, straight-talking corporatefinance advice.

Mergers Alliance Partner firms all have common characteristics,which means that we work together in a highly cohesive way,despite often being thousands of miles apart.

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global dealsCanada - Van-Rob Inc.

Farber Financial Group provided advice andarranged a multi-bank syndicate to secure inexcess of US$100 million in five-year committedcredit facilities for the company. Van-Rob Inc. is aworld-leader in the design and manufacture ofmetal stampings and modular welded assemblies,supplying major automobile manufacturers.

Brazil - Atlantic Energias Renováveis

BroadSpan Capital acted as sole financial advisor ofAtlantic Energias Renováveis S.A. in the structuringof the US$51 million bridge loans to develop Eurus IIand Renascença V wind farms. Atlantic is a BrazilianCompany, focused on developing electricitygeneration projects from renewable sources, suchas wind farms and small hydroelectric plants.

US - CR Software

Headwaters advised on the sale of CR Softwareto Fico. CR Software has more than 28 years'experience implementing collections and recoverysolutions providing support for more than 300public and private organizations.

South Africa - Thebe

Bridge Capital advised Thebe InvestmentsCorporation on the acquisition and funding of asignificant minority interest in three of the firstSouth African renewable energy projectsdeveloped by Mainstream Renewable Power,Europe’s largest offshore developer.

Germany - Sava

EquityGate advised Sava, Slovenia's largestdiversified holding, on the sale of its rubbermanufacturing business to the Czech rubbermanufacturing group CGS. EquityGate’s excellentpreparation enabled bidders to gain a fullappreciation of the target’s quality.

India - Navis Capital Partners

Singhi Advisors acted as financial adviser to NavisCapital Partners for the strategic sale of its majoritystake in Andromeda Sales and Distribution Ltd toCASA Capital Management Private Ltd. Singhi wasinstrumental in getting a strategic player on the tablefor Andromeda who could see significant value inacquiring the platform.

Turkey - Mackolik

Odin Financial advised Mackolik on the sale of themajority of the shares to Perform Group of the UK,one of the world’s leading digital sports mediacompanies. Mackolik is the market-leader in digitalsports media in Turkey, operating 10 sportsdedicated websites including Turkey’s top twomost visited sports sites.

Singapore - GMG Global

Alpha Advisory advised GMG Global on the sale ofthe Singapore-listed company through a US$525million partial offer. The Singapore-based group isdedicated to the planting, growing, tapping,processing, marketing and exporting of naturalrubber, focusing on long-term investments inCentral and West Africa and Indonesia.

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BackgroundThe UK-based management team of C-MAC,the world-leading manufacturer of systemcritical electronics for harsh environments,acquired C-MAC MicroTechnology. Owned byFrancisco Partners, a US-based private equityfirm, C-MAC is a world-leading manufacturerof specialized system critical electronicsrequiring precision and high reliability in harshenvironments. The company provides thesehigh-reliability electronics solutions to theautomotive, industrial, medical, aerospaceand communications sectors.

BlueMind completed the transaction togetherwith Catalyst, Mergers Alliance’s UK Partner.This was a truly international deal involving acompany with locations in Belgium andCanada, a UK-based management team, USseller and advisors from Benelux and the UK.

What Difference Did We Make?BlueMind originated the deal together withCatalyst through their relationship with theUK-based CEO and the company based inBelgium. BlueMind brought severalprofessional investors to the process andeventually negotiated the deal structure andarranged bank finance from KBC, who alsofunded the deal along with the managementteam and a vendor loan. The Mergers Alliancepartners worked closely together, providingthe local knowledge and expertise that waskey for a successful transaction.

service Management Buyoutsector Industrials

C-MAC Micro Technology

extreme reliability

Completion DateMay 2013Transaction TypeManagement BuyoutTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerJan Willem JonkmanTelephone (+31) 73 623 8774

“The team at BlueMind is highlyprofessional and provided excellentservices in this cross-bordertransaction. You can tell they area highly-experienced transactionfirm, with a special edge inadvising the managementside in an MBO.

”Mike RoundCEO C-Mac Automotive

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BackgroundAlior Bank is the fastest-growing universalbank operating in Poland. It offers a widerange of products for both retail andcorporate clients.

IPOPEMA Securities S.A. performed the roleof Joint Global Coordinator together withBarclays, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley,on the IPO of Alior Bank S.A. worth US$662million/PLN 2.1 billion. EBRD participated asan anchor investor, subscribing for PLN 320million. The offer price indicates a multiple of2.0 times pre-money P/BV 2012, an averagepremium to the Polish banking sector of 32%.

What Difference Did We Make?IPOPEMA Securities S.A. ensured a smoothprocess for what is the biggest private IPO inthe history of the Warsaw Stock Exchangeand in the banking sector in Europe in 2012.As well as its role as Joint Global Coordinator,IPOPEMA was the only member of theconsortium which marketed the offering toPolish institutional investors. Institutionalinvestors were allocated 93% of the offering.Approximately half of the demand came fromPoland, with the other half coming frommajor international financial institutions.Over-subscription reached 1.2 timesin the Institutional Investors’ tranche.

service IPOsector Financial Services

Completion DateDecember 2012Transaction TypeIPOTransaction ValueUS$662 millionLead PartnerJacek LewandowskiTelephone (+48) 22 236 9200

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“The IPO of Alior Bank, is thebiggest private IPO in the historyof the Warsaw Stock Exchangeand required top-class specialists.Therefore I am absolutelyconvinced IPOPEMA Securities isa top-notch player in investmentbanking in Poland.

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Alior Bank

going public

Wojciech SobierajCEO - Alior Bank

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BackgroundCapital Partner has advised the DeutscheTelekom group on the sale of T-SystemsFrance Systems Integration business, itsapplication IT Services operations in France,to DACP Group. T-Systems is a €9 billionDeutsche Telekom subsidiary deliveringand operating ICT systems for multinationalcorporations. T-Systems France SystemsIntegration business provides a full serviceportfolio of applicative solutions to largeFrench and/or international corporate clientswithin the automotive, financial services,manufacturing and other industries.

What Difference Did We Make?Capital Partner worked very closely withDeutsche Telekom group to structure a salesprocess that took into account all the keycriteria of Deutsche Telekom and organizedan efficient and highly competitive auctionprocess within a very short timeframe.

Capital Partner brought its strong knowledgeof the industry and experience of divestingnon core businesses from large groups. It alsoprovided effective day-to-day operationalsupport to organize and execute a complexcarve-out through an asset deal, asT-Systems France operations are spreadover five different regional locations.

service Company Salesector TMT

T-Systems

system integration

Completion DateJune 2013Transaction TypeCompany SaleTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerMichel DegryckTelephone (+33) 148 246 300

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“The Capital partner team was thekey to the successful divestmentof our System Integration businessin France. Their outstandingperformance, huge experienceand stamina in the project helpedus to sell this asset in time and toacceptable conditions.

”Jürgen KohrSVP Corporate Strategy - T-Systems Group

BackgroundHeadwaters advised Playtime LLC on arecapitalization by Geneva Glen Capital, aChicago-based private equity firm. Playtime isthe world’s leading designer and manufacturerof interactive, anti-microbial, soft playgroundequipment and its products can be found inshopping malls, theme parks and restaurantsaround the world. Playtime is trusted byworld-class brands and sponsors such asMcDonald’s, LA Fitness, Warner Bros.,Sesame Street, Coca-Cola and more. Thecompany is a recipient of the Colorado TopCompanies to Watch Award. Playtime’sstrategic growth plan includes the acquisitionof complementary businesses.

What Difference Did We Make?The Headwaters team worked with Playtime’sFounder and CEO Mike Evans and hismanagement team throughout the investmentbanking process. Playtime was standingbefore an enormous market opportunity andit needed a financial partner with overseasoperating experience to assist that growth.Headwaters ran a competitive process withfinancial sponsors and guided the companymanagement team to a successfultransaction.

service Company Salesector Building Products

Playtime

building for the future

Completion DateJan 2013Transaction TypeGrowth CapitalTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerDarin GoodTelephone (+1) (303) 572 6000

“The entire Headwaters team wasfantastic throughout the process.My decision in choosing thisfirm was one of the best of myprofessional career. They wereall real pros, especially whenI needed it most.

”Mike EvansFounder & Chief Executive Officer - Playtime LLC

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BackgroundEquityGate advised Vivantes in a €145mdebut debt financing for investment andworking capital purposes. For the first time alarge-volume debt financing of a municipalhospital group in Germany was arrangedwithout the assistance of public guarantees.The debt package was provided by a club offour banks. Vivantes is Germany's largeststate-owned healthcare group, owning 9hospitals, 12 nursing homes, 2 residentialhomes for the elderly and 1 outpatientrehabilitation centre, as well as subsidiariesoffering catering, cleaning and laundryservices.

What Difference Did We Make?EquityGate acted as the exclusive financialadvisor to Vivantes in terms of the structuringof the debt package, as well as thearrangement of the banking group, andsuccessfully positioned Vivantes on thecorporate lending market.

The successful completion of this transactionshows that, even in a difficult marketenvironment, innovative financing structurescan be implemented on the basis of gooddocumentation and knowledge of marketconditions, as well as active marketing.

service Development Capitalsector Healthcare

Vivantes

developing health

Completion DateJune 2012Transaction TypeDevelopment CapitalTransaction Value€145mLead PartnerMichael FabichTelephone (+49) 611 205 4810

“Debt financing provides thebasis upon which we are ableto implement our investmentprogram. Our goal is to furtherimprove the quality of ourmedical services and to fulfillour mandate to provide careto Berlin’s citizens.

”Bernd KahnesChief Financial Officer - Vivantes

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BackgroundEthica Corporate Finance acted as theexclusive financial advisor in the sale ofSelcom Elettronica Group to Germanturnaround fund BluO. Selcom Elettronica is aleading manufacturer of customized electronicproducts, providing engineering and assemblyservices (EMS, Electronic ManufacturingServices) to the Home Appliances, Automotiveand Telecommunications industries.

What Difference Did We Make?Ethica Corporate Finance was appointed tohelp the shareholders overcome a situation offinancial distress by finding a suitable partnerfor the company. Ethica identified andcontacted a number of international trade andfinancial counterparts. Such thorough workyielded interest from BluO, a German financialinvestor specializing in turnaround deals.Ethica advised the shareholders throughout allof the negotiations, not only with the buyer,but also with financial lenders in order to reacha joint agreement.

service Company Salesector TMT

Selcom

engineering solutions

Completion DateMarch 2013Transaction TypeCompany SaleTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerPiero ManaresiTelephone +390292880400

“Ethica Corporate Finance'sadvisory support has beenfundamental in identifyingthe right candidate to leada turnaround project whilemanaging the delicate balancebetween the differentstakeholders at the table.

”Alessandra GaviratiPartner, BS Private Equity

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BackgroundFounded in 1975 with just a single car,Addison Lee has grown to a fleet of over4,500 vehicles. Today, it has a significantand well-established foothold in privatehire services across London, carrying over10 million passengers and couriering 1 milliondeliveries every year.

Catalyst Corporate Finance advised theshareholders of Addison Lee throughout thesignificant growth capital investment byCarlyle. The focus of Carlyle’s investment inAddison Lee will be to drive businessexpansion both in the UK and internationallyby providing transport services to a widerrange of blue chip corporates and individualcustomers.

What Difference Did We Make?Catalyst was appointed by Addison Lee toadvise the shareholders on the investmentand to manage the process through tocompletion. A timetable was set up with theobjective of completing the transaction withinthree months. The process included anupfront business planning and financialmodelling exercise to ensure an intensivecommercial and financial due diligenceprocess. Catalyst was able to deliver thetransaction in line with the original timetableand as per the deal terms set out in the Headsof Agreement.

service Growth Capitalsector Support Services

Addison Lee

driving growth

Completion DateApril 2013Transaction TypeGrowth CapitalTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerSteve Currie(+44) 020 7881 2960 “ It is fair to say that I

underestimated the amount ofwork that would be required andthink that the intensity and qualityof the work was phenomenal.

”Liam GriffinCEO - Addison Lee

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BackgroundNorgestion acted as sole advisor to UmanoGroup, a Spanish company that offerssecurity and cleaning services, logistics,parcel delivery and meter reading services,in its merge with Seguriber, another Spanish-based company that provides securityservices.

Both companies were complementary and thetransaction enabled them to provide morevaluable services to customers, employeesand shareholders. Today, the new company,Grupo Seguriber-Umano, is one of the Iberianleaders in outsourced services, especiallyfocused on security. It has a combinedturnover of €150 million and more than6,000 workers.

What Difference Did We Make?Norgestion worked closely with GrupoUmano's top management and shareholdersto understand the company in detail, bothfrom a business and a financial point of view,in order to be able to identify and highlight itsstrengths. They assisted in the full negotiationprocess to achieve the best mergeragreement for both companies.

service Mergersector Support Services

Grupo Seguriber-Umano

strengthening security

Completion DateJanuary 2012Transaction TypeMergerTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerBruno Ruiz ArrueTelephone +34 943 327 044

“Our strategy consisted inintegrating both companies,identifying and implementingcommercial and industrialsynergies. Norgestion’s advicewas extremely valuable throughoutthis process, demonstrating thebenefits of the merger and theconvergence of interests.

”Tomás LafitaManaging Director - Grupo Seguriber-Umano

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BackgroundIBS Yamaichi Securities Co. Ltd acted as theco-adviser for Kamei Corporation on itsacquisition of Wanoba Group Inc. based in theUSA and its Japanese affiliate, Avis Group Inc.Based in Sendai in Japan with total sales ofUS$5.5 billion, Kamei Corporation is a tradingcompany that operates in six businesssegments: Corporate sales, real estate,automobiles, groceries, construction suppliesand pharmaceuticals.

Based in Torrance in California, Wanoba is theholding company for Mitsuwa Corporationwhich operates the supermarket MitsuwaMarket Place, the largest Japanesesupermarket chain in the USA, operating ninestores nationwide. Avis Group Inc. purchasesand exports Japanese foods to the Mitsuwastores. With the acquisition of Wanoba andAvis, synergies are expected with the Kameigroup’s companies and its grocery businessas the result of the development of anenhanced sales and marketing networkin the USA.

What Difference Did We Make?Being the first major US acquisition by KameiCorporation, IBS Yamaichi advised Kamei onthe procedural and cultural aspects ofcross-border M&A transactions, as well asproviding detailed M&A advice throughout thedeal process from preliminary negotiations,valuation and due diligence right through tocompletion.

service Acquisitionsector Consumer

Kamei Corporation

feeding growth

Completion DateDecember 2012Transaction TypeAcquisitionTransaction Value(Not disclosed)Lead PartnerOwen Hultman(+81) 3 6895 5521

“This transaction is anotherexample of Japanese corporationsin a wide range of sectors findingthe need to expand overseasthrough M&A for future growth.IBS Yamaichi has a strongreputation for finding newoverseas deal opportunitiesfor our Japanese clients’ growthstrategies.

”Masahito TachikawaCEO - IBS Yamaichi Securities Co., Ltd.

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BackgroundNorthstar was hired by one of Russia's largestmachine building holdings, Cominvest-AKMT,to acquire Amomatic Oy, a Finnish company.Amomatic Oy is the leading manufacturer ofasphalt plants in the Nordic Countries and itis one of the largest suppliers of asphalt plantsin Russia.

The acquirer Cominvest-AKMT, is Russia'slargest manufacturer, supplier and distributorof communal, road and airport equipment,with a turnover approaching US$500 million.Instead of just importing or licensingtechnology for the production of equipmentin Russia, Cominvest decided it would makesense to actually acquire these companiesand develop them on a pan-European basis.

What Difference Did We Make?Northstar advised Cominvest in thistransaction from start to finish, from thefirst anonymous approach to the closing.This being the first M&A transaction in theEU for Cominvest, Northstar took particularcare in the negotiating and structuring ofthe deal, in order to minimize any potentialdownside for Cominvest, while at the sametime allowing the company to take full control.

service Acquisitionsector Industrials

Amomatic Oy

northern challenge

Completion DateJuly 2013Transaction TypeAcquisitionTransaction ValueUS$15 mLead PartnerMark BondTelephone +7 495 721 1370

“As a Russian company with noexperience of M&A abroad, weneeded to find an advisor whocould combine knowledge ofRussian practices with a deepunderstanding and experienceof EU M&A. Northstar fittedthe bill perfectly with theirunparalleled experience ofRussian cross-border M&A.

”Alexander KhaletskyPresident - Cominvest-AKMT

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Mergers Alliance professionals have extensive experience andexpertise across a number of sectors and their key subsectors.We harness this expertise through regular deal making andknowledge sharing. Our international sector teams meet regularlyto discuss market and M&A trends, and share information onstrategic buyers in each territory.

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Business ServicesBusinesses worldwide continue to find ways to manage costs and improveproductivity and outsourcing is increasingly playing a key role in achievingthese objectives. Our Business Services team focuses on deals in BPO,education, engineering services, environmental services, facilitiesmanagement, marketing services, recruitment, transport and logistics.

ConstructionThe Construction sector is benefiting from the global economic recovery andwith activity expected to more than double over the next decade in the keyemerging markets, there are significant growth opportunities for all parts ofthe construction and real estate industries. Mergers Alliance boasts extensiveknowledge in the following subsectors: Demolition, building products, plantand tool hire, distribution, retail and real estate.

Consumer ProductsConsumer products is a broad sector and we believe that M&A activity willincrease across the supply chain, especially amongst strong brands operatingin a well defined target market. The Consumer Products team in MergersAlliance focuses on deals in apparel, branded consumer goods, householdproducts, personal care, retail, e-commerce, travel and leisure.

Energy & ResourcesThe energy sector is large and extremely diverse, with both renewable andnon-renewable resources used for generating an energy source. Our team isparticularly experienced in oil & gas, but our specialists also focus onrenewable energy development, generation technologies and equipmentand energy efficiency. Mergers Alliance has significant experience in advisingon all aspects of waste stream processing.

Food & DrinkChanges in lifestyle, the pressures of consolidation and increasing levels ofinnovation are impacting on the dynamics of the F&D sector, creating newM&A opportunities. The Mergers Alliance F&D team can provide a uniqueinsight into the current challenges facing the industry, from the manufactureand distribution of products to brand development.

Financial ServicesIn light of increasing regulation, technological innovation and consolidation,the financial industry continues to support high levels of M&A activity globally.Our Financial Services team has the local expertise to advise clients in anumber of different subsectors such as insurance, outsourced servicesand retail / commercial banking.

HealthcareCompanies in the global healthcare sector develop and market new drugsand devices and provide services aimed at improving people’s quality of life.Our experienced team focuses on subsectors including healthcare IT,healthcare services (hospitals, retirement homes), life sciences, medicaldevices and pharmaceuticals.

Industrial / EngineeringTodays engineering companies are challenged by having to continuallydemonstrate their operational flexibility, secure positions in complex globalvalue chains and exploit new technologies. Ready to face this demandingsituation, our team has a wealth of industry experience in aerospace anddefence, automotive, chemicals and plastics, electrical engineering,equipment, industrial manufacturing, engineering, paper and packaging.

Technology, Media & TelecomsTechnological convergence and the rapid proliferation of new technologieshave opened up a wealth of M&A opportunities in the TMT sector. MergersAlliance has gained significant experience in fixed-line telecoms, mobilecommunications, telecom equipment, satellite systems, publishing andprinting, software and computer hardware.

UtilitiesUtilities companies are reinventing themselves in the face of immensechanges in their business environment. Mergers Alliance experts fromdifferent subsectors, such as waste and water, have a deep understandingof the current policy, market and regulatory frameworks around the worldand can assist companies during this challenging period.

contact detailsIf you would like to know more about us and find out how our expertisecan help you achieve your corporate aims, please contact:

Stas MichaelManaging Director

Direct Line: +44 (0) 207 881 2990Mobile: +44 (0) 7866 030 464Email: stasmichael@mergers-alliance.com

Miriam SerranoMarketing & Research Executive

Direct Line: +44 (0) 207 881 2967 / +34 91 590 1660Mobile: +34 60 975 6483Email: miriamserrano@mergers-alliance.com

Website: www.mergers-alliance.com

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