GRANITE CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISORY SERVICES                   

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REPRESENTATIVE selection of Past Advisory Assignments

The principals of Granite have served as both advisors and underwriters on various transactions in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The following is a short list of such assignments.  We regret that we cannot provide names of certain corporations and private companies for reasons of confidentiality.  We appreciate your understanding.

Mergers and Acquisition

Advisor to an AT&T foreign subsidiary on the divestiture of corporate assets
Advisor to a Sperry-Univac (now Unisys) foreign subsidiary on the sale of the company
Advisor to private international holding company on the divestiture of an aluminum fabrication company
Advisor to investors on the acquisition of a fibre optics manufacturer (one of top 200 companies in Turkey)
Advisor on a MBO to a private Canadian diagnostics firm

Investment Advisory

Advisor to a Saudi public company on equity investments in various manufacturing companies
Advisor to high net worth individuals on real estate investments in Europe and the United States
Advisor to an American/Canadian private joint venture on investments in the United States
Advisor on investment strategies dealing with bank instruments to a Swiss family trust
Analyst on a Country Risk and Investment Review (Turkey) for a Middle East Bank and its owners

Re-structuring Assignments

Advisor to the owners of a US company engaged in trading bulk concentrate juices
Advisor to a Turkish manufacturing company facing bankruptcy action
Advisor to the controlling shareholders on the restructuring of several closely held banks
Advisor to Principals on restructuring and MBO of a 100 year old international textile firm
Contracted to restructure the corporate finance unit of the affiliate of a world-renowned US bank

Debt and Equity Placements

Placement Agent - Multi-million dollar private equity financing for a US company going public
Placement Agent - Multi-million dollar capital asset leasing transaction for a Canadian private company
Placement Agent - Multi-million dollar convertible debt for a private hospitality firm in the Middle East
Underwriter - Multi-million dollar financing facility for a multi-national French company
Underwriter - Multi-million dollar financing facility for a Belgian company
Underwriter - Multi-million dollar financing facility for a Portuguese company

Corporate Development Advisory

Contracted to develop and establish a licensed, public financial institution on behalf of the project owners - a German government agency and two Fortune 100 companies
Advisor to a German and French joint venture financial institution in Europe on financial structuring
Advisor to a Canadian company developing a new age plastics in co-operation with Battel of Ohio
Contracted to develop an investment-banking unit for a Middle East Bank

Project Finance

Underwriter/Advisor $25 million project finance facility - hydro electrification project for a Balkan state
Underwriter/Advisor on a $350 million construction finance facility between a Middle East electrification authority and a world leading electrification contractor
Underwriter/Advisor on a $25 million Bullion Loan - project finance of a Middle East gold mining operation

 

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