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Houlihan Lokey is a trade name for Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates which include: Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc., a California corporation, a registered investment advisor, which provides investment advisory, fairness opinion, solvency opinion, valuation<br />
opinion, restructuring advisory and portfolio management services; Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Capital, Inc., a California corporation, a registered broker-dealer and SIPC member firm, which provides investment banking, private placement, merger, acquisition and divestiture services; and Houlihan Lokey Howard &<br />
Zukin (Europe) Limited, a company incorporated in England which is authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (China) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong SAR which is licensed in Hong Kong by the Securities and Futures Commission, which provide<br />
investment banking, restructuring advisory, merger, acquisition and divestiture services, valuation opinion and private placement services and which may direct this communication within the European Economic Area and Hong Kong, respectively, to intended recipients including professional investors, high net worth<br />
companies or other institutional investors. Source: *The M&A Advisor’s 2009 M&A Awards. Publication #9753. 0310<br />
INVESTMENT BANKing firm OF THE YEAR*<br />
Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of advisory services in the areas<br />
of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm was ranked<br />
the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $3 billion in 2009 and the No. 1 M&A fairness opinion<br />
advisor over the past 10 years by Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm advised on more than 500<br />
restructuring transactions valued in excess of $1.25 trillion over the past 10 years. Notable engagements<br />
cover numerous sectors and virtually all of the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcies, including Lehman<br />
Brothers, General Motors, WorldCom and Enron. The firm has more than 800 employees in 14 offices in<br />
the United States, Europe and Asia. Each year we serve more than 1,000 clients ranging from closely<br />
held companies to Global 500 corporations. For more information, visit www.HL.com.<br />
2009 M&A Advisory Rankings<br />
U.S. Transactions Under $3 Billion<br />
Rank Advisor # of Deals<br />
1 Houlihan Lokey 71<br />
2 Goldman Sachs & Co 70<br />
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 66<br />
4 JP Morgan 62<br />
5 Morgan Stanley 59<br />
Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
capital markets<br />
Source: Thomson Reuters.<br />
Financial Restructuring<br />
Financial Advisory Services<br />
HL.com<br />
M&A Fairness Advisory Rankings<br />
Announced or Completed Deals – 2000 to 2009<br />
Rank Advisor # of Deals<br />
1 Houlihan Lokey 667<br />
2 JP Morgan 475<br />
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 367<br />
4 Morgan Stanley 289<br />
5 Goldman Sachs & Co 254<br />
Source: Thomson Reuters.<br />
No. 1 Investment Banking<br />
Restructuring Advisor 2009<br />
Rank Advisor<br />
# of Deals<br />
1 Houlihan Lokey 43<br />
2 Chanin Capital Partners/Duff & Phelps 23<br />
3* Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. 22<br />
3* Moelis & Co. LLC 22<br />
4 Jefferies & Co. 21<br />
5 Lazard 18<br />
Source: No. 1 Investment Banking Restructuring Advisor: The Deal Pipeline,<br />
March 2010. Based on 2009 engagements in which an institution served<br />
as a financial advisor to a major party-in-interest. *Denotes tie.
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