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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 Buyer search Process overview Customer profiles References & Contact Info
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Background CFIE Funded in 2001 after team members previously gained M&A and CF experience at investment banks and multinationals View of GAP in European cross border M&A support for middle- sized SME’s (20 – 400 employees) International experience and background team members Flexible and pragmatic structure with high quality (investment banking) M&A services CFIE team has long experience in the European M&A market
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OBJECTIVES CFIE Help business owners sell their business in Europe (retirement or other reasons) Create liquidity (cash) for business owners Bring people from different countries together hence improving the quality of businesses Make the M&A market of European economies more efficient Fill the GAP left by large investment banks who don’t focus on middle-sized SME’s CFIE team helps European business owners sell their business and create liquidity
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International (European & US) approach CFIE’s team uses it’s 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 CFIE’s 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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Buyer Search CFIE’s team is specialized in finding the right buyers: 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 work (most suited buyers)
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Process overview
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Customer profile Overview CFIE’s type of customers: Middle and large SME’s 20 – 400 employees Revenues of 2M to 100M Euro Interest and potential for international buyers CFIE is organizing cross border SME M&A deals
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CFIE References Contact Govert Derks: govert@corporatefinanceineurope.eu or at +31-6-24629234
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