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THE ANNUAL AMERICAS │ Middle Markets 8th Annual Gala Celebration: November 15, 2016, New York.

NOMINATION DEADLINE: September 12th, 2016 by 5 pm EST – No exceptions SEND COMPLETED FORMS to: [email protected] │FAX (USA): 212.918.9066

Gold Standard of Performance, the AMERICAS M&A ATLAS AWARDS is part of the world's most prestigious, M&A ATLAS AWARDS global brand, exclusively honoring the best value-creating deals, outstanding firms, influential dealmakers and leaders from the North and South American business and deal communities. Winners are honored at the 8th annual awards gala, held during the AMERICAS GROWTH INTELLIGENCE FORUM.

GAIN ADVANTAGE, NOMINATE: Enter nominations on behalf of your organization, colleagues, and clients; giving you the advantage to be considered first per the eligibility standards and early winner status notification. Please note, last chance to enter nomination is September 10, 2015 – and no extensions are granted post this deadline! ELIGIBILITY RULES: Deals must have closed anytime in the timeframe: August 1, 2015 – July 30, 2016. Deal size: above 5 million and below 1 billion USD. Forms that are incomplete are automatically disqualified. WINNER SELECTION: Winners are selected independently based on set of criteria for individual award categories. Deal performance criteria are: (1) Deal style, complexity, structure, sector; (2) Jurisdiction, negotiation, regulatory; (3) Resiliency, brand, leadership; (4) Transaction impact, financial value, (5) Post acquisition strategy/integration, value-creation, etc.

2016 AWARDS of the YEAR: AMERICAS LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: (1) Corporate Growth Leadership Achievement Award (2) Private Equity Growth Leadership Achievement Award (3) Middle Market M&A Leadership Achievement Award NORTH and separately SOUTH AMERICA DEAL AWARDS of the YEAR: (1) M&A Deal (3) Corporate M&A Deal (2) Cross-Border Deal (4) Private Equity Deal AMERICAS INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS of the YEAR: (1) Basic Resources (Mining, Chemicals, etc) (2) Consumer/Retail Goods & Services, Food & Beverage. (3) Energy & Services (Power, Utilities) (4) Health Care (Pharma, IT, Healthcare, Med Devices.) (5) Financial Services (6) Real Estate, Hospitality. (7) Technology, Telecom and Media (8) Industrial Goods & Services COUNTRY DEAL AWARDS of the YEAR: (1) USA M&A Deal (2) Canada M&A Deal (3) Mexico M&A Deal (4) Brazil M&A Deal (5) Caribbean M&A Deal OUTSTANDING FIRM of the YEAR, AWARDS: (1) Private Equity Firm (North and South America) (2) M&A Investment Bank (North and South America) (3) M&A Law Firm ((North and South America) (4) Lender (North America) (5) Boutique M&A Investment Bank (6) Accounting & Due Diligence Firm (7) M&A Technology Solutions Provider DEALMAKER TEAM AWARDS (Deal Team Recipient must personally attend the awards gala ceremony to accept the trophy.) (1) Private Equity Deal Team (2) M&A Investment Banker (Boutique is separate) (3) Corporate Deal Team (4) M&A Lawyer

TERMS: By completing the form the nominee agrees and accepts the following terms in entirety: 1. Global M&A Network reserves the right to re-classify entries and/or eliminate awards categories. It may include the award winners in its news releases, web-site and/or marketing materials.

AMERICAS GROWTH INTELLIGENCE FORUM │November 15, 2016. New York, USA. Participate + General Info, Kindly Contact: Raj Kashyap, + 914.886.3085 [email protected]

2. CONFIDENTIALITY: Global M&A Network does NOT sell, barter or disclose data and information to any external firms. 3. AWARDS GALA CEREMONY: Nominees/winners must attend the awards gala to be honored by accepting their winner trophy. TROPHIES: We strongly recommend confirming firm registration by October 7th, 2016 since it takes over 2 weeks to craft and engrave the coveted winner's trophy. Detailed Awards Info + Registrations, visit: https://globalmanetwork.com/americas-ma/awards/

GROWTH LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ENTRY FORM: Americas Growth Leadership Achievement Award is the only industry award to honor wide-range of business leadership qualities, accomplishments, as well as for contributions made to grow and advance respective organizations, markets and industries. Significantly, the award is a definitive validation of the organizations preeminent status locally, regionally and globally.

Corporate Growth Leadership Achievement Award Recipient of the Year: Presented to a c-level executive of a public or private corporate entity based in North or South America for consistently delivering growth including via M&A, JV, investments and innovation, among other attributes. Private Equity Growth Leadership Achievement Award Recipients of the Year: Presented to a c-level executive of a mid-market private equity firm for their influence as well as unique contributions made to advance the private equity industry. M&A Leadership Achievement Award Recipient of the Year: Presented to a veteran investment banker, lawyer or industry executive from the middle market deal communities. The award recognizes the recipient's influence, and outstanding contributions made in the M&A industries.

INSTRUCTIONS: One form per nominee. Please duplicate this form for each unique nominee. NOTE: Award recipient must personally attend the gala ceremony to accept their unique trophy-accolade.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form. Reference Full Name: Title: Company: Type: Email: Phone:

PART A: NOMINEE INFO. 1) Award Category: 2) Nominee’s Full Name: 3) Nominee’s Title: 4) Nominee’s Company name: 5) Nominee’s Phone number: 6) Nominee’s Email address: 7) Number of Years at the Firm and Industry: 8) Nominee’s Assistant Info Name, Phone, Email (optional):

PART B: REFERENCE. External reference is required. Reference Full Name: Title: Company: Type: Email: Phone: OPTIONAL. Key achievements of the nominated executive. (50 words or less, and please DO NOT exceed the word limit.).

DEAL AWARDS ENTRY FORM:

INSTRUCTIONS: ONE form per DEAL. Please duplicate this form for each unique deal nominated. Nominee does not need to enter separate forms for the COUNTRY or INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS categories. Forms must be fully completed.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form. Company: Type of Company: Full Name: Title: Email: Phone:

PART A: DEAL INFORMATION (Deal size must be below a billion USD) 1. Transaction (Ex: Apple buys Orange.): 2. Country/Region: 3. Deal Size (Required: Actual deal size.): 4. Deal Close Date (month/year): 5. Industry/Sector:

PART B: DEAL TEAM LEADER INFO. REQUIRED. (“Leader" is primary advisor to deal/assignment.) Team Leader Name: Title: Email: Phone:

PART C: EXTERNAL REFERENCE. REQUIRED. (HINT, Client reference is best.) Reference Full Name: Title: Company: Type: Email: Phone:

PART D: DEAL ADVISORS: Provide information on primary deal advisors for the nominated transaction. Primary Financial Advisors (Buy and Sell side advisors.): Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader:

Primary Legal Advisors (Buy and Sell side advisors.): Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader: Primary Accounting/Due Diligence, M&A Tax, etc. (Buy and Sell side advisors.): Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader:

Company: Name of Deal Leader: Company: Name of Deal Leader:

OUTSTANDING FIRM AWARDS ENTRY FORM:

INSTRUCTIONS: One form per firm. Please duplicate form for additional entries. Forms must be fully completed. NOTE: Firm's must nominate in the DEAL AWARDS category to be considered. Secondly, while Global M&A Network will release short list of firm finalists, we strongly encourage firms to enter their nominations since all entries are reviewed. League table rankings do not determine winner selections.

PART A: 1) Nominated Firm: 2) Award Category: 3) Number of deals closed valued below a billion USD in stated timeframe: 4) Firm Headquarters: City and Country: 5) List top two deals closed advised by the firm in 2016.

DEAL 1:

DEAL 2:

PART B: DEPARTMENT – PRACTICE HEAD REQUIRED Company: Type of Company: Full Name: Title: Email: Phone: PART C: EXTERNAL REFERENCE. Required. (HINT, Client reference is best.) Reference Full Name: Title: Company: Type: Email: Phone:

OPTIONAL. PROFILE. Describe why the nominated firm is a worthy winner. Do not include marketing blurb rather testimony from clients or peers is desired. (50 words or less. DO NOT exceed the word limit.)

DEALMAKER TEAM AWARDS ENTRY FORM: Accolade presented to deal-team leader on behalf of the firm and team for closing an outstanding, value- generating transaction. As always, nominee must attend the gala ceremony to accept the winner trophy on behalf of team and firm.

PART A: 1) Award Category: 2) Nominee Full Name: 3) Nominee Title: 4) Company 5) Nominee Phone: 6) Nominee Email: 7) List top two deals closed advised by the nominee in 2016.

DEAL 1:

DEAL 2:

PART B: EXTERNAL REFERENCE. Required. (HINT, Client reference is best.) Reference Full Name: Title: Company: Type: Email: Phone:

OPTIONAL. PROFILE. Describe why the nominee is a worthy winner. (75 words or less.)