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CORPORATE FINANCE IN EUROPE
Background Value CFIE
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Index CFIE
This presentation contains the following items

• Background CFIE
• Objectives CFIE
• International approach
• Team CFIE
• Country Focus

• Industry Focus
• Search Assignments
• Customer profiles
• References Contact Info

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Background CFIE

• Funded in 2001 after team members previously
  gained MA and CF experience at investment banks
  and multinationals
• View of GAP in European cross border MA support
  for middle-sized SMEs (20 400 employees)
• International experience and background team
  members
• Flexible and pragmatic structure with high
  quality (investment banking) MA services

CFIE team has long experience in the European MA
market
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OBJECTIVES CFIE

• Help customers find suited targets in Europe
• Bring people from different countries together
  hence improving the quality of businesses
• Make the MA market of European economies more
  efficient
• Assist in buy and build strategies
• Fill the GAP left by large investment banks who
  dont focus on middle-sized SMEs

CFIE team helps European companies in their
growth strategies
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International (European US) approach

• CFIEs team uses its international background
• All team members lived and worked in various
  countries
• Strategic partnership with Vercor Advisor (US)
• Business is internationalizing

Strategic International focus
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Background Team CFIE

• Govert Derks (NL) Finance experience in various
  European countries
• Eric Lipman (BE) Tax background and expert in
  fiscal structuring
• Winfried Weigel (CH) Involved in large
  (investment bank, 100M) transactions
• Massimiliano Pifferi (GE, IT) Financing
  structures and local markets
• Flora Prieto (ES) Banking and research
  experience

CFIE team has international background and broad
skills
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Background team CFIE

• Frédéric Ventre (FR) Automotive and Insurance
  background
• Piet Aarts (NL) Negotiation and general
  management
• Amanda Rae (UK) Strong Accounting skills
• Teoman Kerman (TU) Banking supervision
• Joost Derks (NL) International finance and
  business systems, MBA, CMA, CFM

CFIE team has international background and broad
skills
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Country Focus

• Western Europe Netherlands, Belgium, France,
  core basis of team
• Central Europe Switzerland, Austria, Germany,
  local people on the ground
• Southern Europe Spain, Italy, working
  experience and local people
• Eastern Europe Projects worked on in Hungary
  and Romania
• Turkey A large network via local partners
• USA Strategic partner Vercor advisor

CFIE team has a pan European focus and local
people
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Industries CFIE

• Focus on CFIEs core industries (but not limited
  to)
• IT Internet
• Records Management
• Transportation / Forwarding / Logistics
• High Tech
• Plastics
• Financial Services

Industry specialization specific strategy CFIE
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Search assignments

• CFIEs team focuses on search assignments
  (compared to sell side)
• Subscriptions to company databases to find
  adequate buyers based on specific criteria
• Experience with Internet screening to get to
  possible buyers
• Focus on search and marketing

Strategic focus on search side
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Customer profile

• Overview CFIEs type of customers
• Large US/UK multinationals
• Private Equity houses (buy and build)
• Strategic buyers with value-add for targets

All customers are interested in expanding
internationally
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CFIE References
Contact Govert Derks govert_at_corporatefinanceineu
rope.eu or at 31-6-24629234