Media Placements
| ■ | Paper, Film & Foil Converter, Sep 09, 2008, "Mid-Year Packaging Financial Review" – The piece discusses how William J. Hornell, managing director, delivers his 2008 mid-year review in the company’s Corporate Investment Banking newsletter, Packaging Perspectives. The article quotes Hornell as noting that despite market uncertainty for 2008, there have been several large paper and packaging deals throughout the first half of the year. |
| ■ | Board Converting News, Aug 25, 2008, "Credit Crunch Slows M&A Activity" – The piece recaps the headline story in the most recent Packaging Perspectives newsletter. In the article, managing director William J. Hornell comments on the merger and acquisition activity in the first half of 2008 and makes his predictions for the second half of the year: “Consistent with the broader economy, packaging deal volume fell 24 percent in the first half of 2008…However, [the Corporate Investment Banking department of] Mesirow Financial still expects strategic and middle market private equity buyers to remain active [in the second half of 2008]. |
| ■ | Paper, Film & Foil Converter, Aug 01, 2008, "News Clips" – The piece mentions the sale of Hamilton Paper Box Holding Corporation, a portfolio company of Florida Capital Partners, to Rosmar Litho Inc., a portfolio company of Novacap. Mesirow Financial’s Corporate Investment Banking group served as exclusive financial advisor to Hamilton Paper Box. |
| ■ | Board Converting News, Jun 23, 2008, "Mesirow Advises On Carton Deal" – The piece describes the recent sale of Hamilton Paper Box, a portfolio company of Florida Capital Partners, to Rosmar Litho Inc a portfolio company of Novacap. Mesirow Financial’s Corporate Investment Banking group served as exclusive financial advisor to Hamilton Paper Box. |
| ■ | Private Equity Hub, Jun 13, 2008, "Where Have All the Workout Bankers Gone?" – The article discusses the recent surge in the need for special situations groups' services after several years of inactivity. This has created a void in experienced workout bankers, resulting in delays and a more complicated process. Rocky Pontikes, director of Corporate Investment Banking, was quoted as saying, "Loans are staying with the relationship bankers longer than they historically have, when they should be going to the special situations groups." When discussing the fact that relationship bankers tendency to delay a sale is because they are hopeful that the company will pull through, he added, "The special situation guys are unemotional about the bank's position." |
| ■ | Chicago Sun-Times, May 04, 2008, "Assessing the 'Fertilizer Bubble'" – The article discusses the recent sale of Wrigley Company to Mars, Inc. and a few of the implications of a public company going private. Jeffrey A. Golman, vice chairman and head of the Corporate Investment Banking group was noted as stating that in this type of situation the buyer will likely look to improve results with new products and broader distribution, rather than consider layoffs and plant closings. |
| ■ | packagePRINTING Magazine, Apr 09, 2008, "Mesirow Financial Advises Innovative Folding Carton Company in Its Sale" – The item includes a description of the recent sale of Innovative Folding Carton Company, Inc., a portfolio company of ICV Capital Partners, LLC and 21st Century Group, LLC, to Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of BSMB. Mesirow Financial’s Corporate Investment Banking group served as exclusive financial advisor to Innovative. |
| ■ | Plastics News, Feb 18, 2008, "More Merger Mania Unlikely for '08" – The article discusses many industry leaders' forecasts for merger and acquisition activity for the plastics and packaging industries in 2008, which is currently facing uncertainty. Louis W. Mitchell, managing director, Corporate Investment Banking, was quoted as saying, "There's still going to be M&As. It may not be at the volume of 2005 and 2006 – those were phenomenal years, frankly – but there's still going to be an amount of that going on." |
