CONGRATULATING the 2011 FINALISTS

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1 April 29, 2011 New York, NY: Global M&A congratulates all the finalists of the TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARDS. Over 238 eligible assignments and deals were evaluated globally toward selecting this year s finalists. "We are delighted to continue the tradition of honoring excellence from the turnaround and reorganization industries worldwide. Industry professionals and deal advisors should take pride for completing variety of restructurings requiring their expertise, creativity and resiliency. Shanta Kumari, managing partner and CEO, Global M&A Network. GOLD STANDARD of PERFORMANCE, the awards honors excellence based on measurable performance metrics such as turnaround style, pre/post financial workout and sustainability, operational/client/hr metrics, complexities per number of creditors, sector challenges, timeliness, negotiation and jurisdictional intricacies; professional leadership; resourcefulness; among other criteria unique to the award category. AWARDS GALA CEREMONY: Winners are revealed for the 1 st time at the awards gala ceremony held on the evening, following the DISTRESSED M&A INTELLIGENCE FORUM. Finalists and nominee representatives must attend the awards gala to be officially recognized in company of senior executives and peers from the industry. WHAT to DO if you are among the FINALISTS? Many congratulations on making the list! Please contact us for additional information on the selection process. Importantly, we enccourage you to confirm your individual or corporate table bookings for the awards gala dinner. The gala is the most significant gathering and networking occasion of corporate, private equity, investment bankers, lawyers and industry professionals from the global restructuring and deal communities. WINNER SELECTION: Independent awards advisory group audits the performance evaluative criteria for each category, scores and ranks the results. Additional information available on the nomination and selection process. POLICY: Multiple nominees and winner recognition. Global M&A Network identifies debtor advisors per specific transactions; AND if the transaction/assignment wins, then all the firms who have entered nominations and attend the awards gala are officially recognized and invited to accept their trophies. Firm s that do not attend the awards gala ceremony are not included in the official WINNERS CIRCLE announcement. NEW: WINNERS CIRCLE SUPPLEMENT 2011 Global Major Markets, Winners Circle Supplement editorial elaborates on the ASSIGNMENT/DEAL winners, profiles TEAM/EXECUTIVE award honorees and the FIRM of the YEAR winners. The supplement is produced by the editorial team at Global M&A Network. Tombstone ad placement is complimentary to firms with reserved corporate table at the awards gala. Published in July, a complimentary PDF copy of the Turnaround Atlas Awards, Winners Circle Supplement is made available only to the awards gala attendees and winners. Winners Circle Supplement is posted on-line and available by request. (Page: 1)

2 MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES: (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives.) TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARD of the Year $5+ billion (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court, obligations/liabilities exceeding $5 billion pre-turnaround.) AbitibiBowater Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services. Team: BMO Capital Markets, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice, Stikeman Elliott Dubai World. Deloitte, Team: Moelis & Co, Rothschild, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, Allen & Overy General Growth Properties, Inc. reorganization and spin-off company, The Howard Hughes Corporation. Team: UBS Investment Bank, Miller Buckfire & Co., Kirkland & Ellis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Nominee: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Team: Rothschild, Evercore Partners, Clifford Chance, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Technicolor S.A. (formerly Thomson SA) Davis Polk Wardell, Bingham McCutchen, Perella Weinberg Partners TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARD of the Year $1+ billion (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court, obligations/liabilities exceeding $1billion pre-turnaround.) Flying J Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services, Brown Rudnick, Team: Zolfo Cooper, Kirkland & Ellis Mesa Air Group. Nominees: Mesa Air Group, Imperial Capital, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Sea Launch reorganization and acquisition of majority interest by Energia Overseas Limited. Nominees: Bucccino & Associates, Alston & Bird, Deal Team Jefferies & Co, Avicon, Salans Spansion Inc. Nominee: Gordian Group, Brown Rudnick, Team: Latham & Watkins, Brincko Associates, Jones Day Visteon Corporation. Nominees: GLC Advisors, Sagent Advisors, Brown Rudnick, Team: Rothschild, Kirkland & Ellis, Duff & Phelps, Houlihan Lokey, Bingham McCuthen, White & Case TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARD of the Year $500+ million (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court, obligations/liabilities exceeding $500 million pre-turnaround.) Agrenco. Nominee: Felsberg, Pedretti, Mannrich e Aidar Advogado, Team: Tozzini Freire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Íntegra Associados, Deloitte Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Nominee: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Team: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, FTI Consulting Texas Rangers Baseball Partners reorganization and sale to Rangers Baseball Express. Nominee: CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges The Oriental Trading Company. Team: Debevoise & Plimpton, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Jefferies & Co., Protiviti Inc., Xerium Technologies. Rothschild, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARD o of the Year $100+ million (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court, obligations/liabilities exceeding $100 million pre-turnaround.) Arch Aluminum and Glass Company. Nominee: Phoenix Management Services, Team: Piper, Jaffray, Genovese, Joblove & Battista, LLP EnviroSolutions Holdings. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Barclays Capital, Duff & Phelps, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Services Corporation. Nominee: Mesirow Financial, Team: Ungaretti & Harris, Kaye Scholer, Kirkland & Ellis Loehmman Holdings Inc. Nominee: Clear Thinking Group, Team: Perella Weinberg Partners, Togut, Segal & Segal, Hahn & Hessen, CBIZ Mahoney Cohen Neenah Enterprises, Inc. Conway Mackenzie, Team: Huron Consulting, Sidley Austin LLP, Rothschild, Moelis & Company, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (Page: 2)

3 MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARD of the Year $5+ million (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court, obligations/liabilities exceeding $5million pre-turnaround.) California Coastal Communities. Nominee: Imperial Capital. Team: Dewey Leboeuf. Jason Inc. Nominee: Curtis, Allet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Team: Moelis & Co. Jennifer Convertibles reorganization and sale to Haining Mengnu Group Co. Ltd. Team: Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, TM Capital Corp. The Protective Group, Inc. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Chadbourne & Parke, Greenberg Taurig, LLP The Walking Dog. Nominees: Arent Fox, Clear Thinking Group. Team: BDO WM Coffman LLC restructuring and acquisition by Prophet Equity. Nominees: Phoneix Management Services, SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Prophet Equity, Silverman Acampora, Hahn & Hessen, Richards, Kibbe & Orbe CROSS-BORDER TURNAROUND of the Year (Top completed assignments that are either in-or-out of court involving multiple operations and/or jurisdictions.) Almatis GmbH. Team: Dubai International Capital, Moelis & Co, Linklaters AbitibiBowater Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services. Team: BMO Capital Markets, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice, Stikeman Elliott Spansion Inc. Nominee: Gordian Group, Brown Rudnick, Team: Latham & Watkins, Brincko Associates, Jones Day Sea Launch reorganization and acquisition of majority interest by Energia Overseas Limited. Nominees: Bucccino & Associates, Alston & Bird, Deal Team Jefferies & Co, Avicon, Salans Truvo Group. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Houlihan Lokey PRIVATE EQUITY TURNAROUND DEAL of the Year (Eligibility: Top completed special situation acquisition by a private equity investor or its portfolio company.) Acquisition of Urban Brands Inc by GB Merchant Partners. Nominee: Curtis, Allet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Team: PriceWaterhouse Coopers. Charlesbank Capital Partners and H.I.G. Capital acquisition of TLC Vision. Team: Conway Del Genio Gries & Co., Proskauer Rose, Torys Pinova Holdings, Inc., owned by TorQuestPartners acquisition of LyondellBasell Flavors & Fragrances. The Gores Group acquisition of National Envelope Corp. Team: William Blair & Co, Latham & Watkins, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor WM Coffman LLC acquisition by Prophet Equity. Nominees: Prophet Equity, Phoneix Management Services, SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Silverman Acampora, Hahn & Hessen, Richards, Kibbe & Orbe CORPORATE TURNAROUND of the Year $5+ billion (Top completed restructurings by corporate entities with obligations/liabilities exceeding $5 billion pre-turnaround. ) AbitibiBowater Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services. Team: BMO Capital Markets, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice, Stikeman Elliott LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Nominee: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Deal team: Rothschild, Evercore Partners, Clifford Chance, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Gala Coral Group Limited. Team: Ashurst, Lazard, Bingham McCutchen, Rothschild General Growth Properties, Inc. reorganization and spin-off company, The Howard Hughes Corporation. Team: UBS Investment Bank, Miller Buckfire & Co., Kirkland & Ellis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Technicolor S.A. (formerly Thomson SA). Davis Polk Wardell, LLP, Bingham McCutchen, Perella Weinberg Partners (Page: 3)

4 MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) CORPORATE TURNAROUND of the Year $1+ billion (Top completed restructurings by corporate entities with obligations/liabilities exceeding $1billion pre-turnaround. ) Flying J Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services, Brown Rudnick, Team: Zolfo Cooper, Kirkland & Ellis Mesa Air Group. Nominees: Nominees: Mesa Air Group, Imperial Capital, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Nominee: GLC Advisors & Co, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Team: Lazard, Sidley Austin, Stikeman Elliott The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Team: Kirkland & Ellis, Miller Buckfire & Co Tronox Inc.. Nominee: Pillsbury Law, Team: Rothschild, Kirkland & Ellis, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice CORPORATE TURNAROUND of the Year $500+ million (Top completed restructurings by corporate entities with obligations/liabilities exceeding $500 billion pre-turnaround. ) Atrium Companies Inc.. Kirkland & Ellis, Goodmans, Moelis & Company. Aleris International Inc. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Moelis & Co Agrenco. Nominee: Felsberg, Pedretti, Mannrich e Aidar Advogado, Team: Tozzini Freire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Íntegra Associados, Deloitte Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Nominee: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Team: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, FTI Consulting Texas Rangers Baseball Partners reorganization and sale to Rangers Baseball Express. Nominee: CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges CORPORATE TURNAROUND AWARD of the Year $5+ million (Top completed restructurings by corporate entities with obligations/liabilities exceeding $500 billion pre-turnaround. ) California Coastal Communities. Nominee: Imperial Capital. Team: Dewey Leboeuf. Jason Inc. Nominee: Curtis, Allet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Team: Moelis & Co. Loehmman Holdings Inc. Nominee: Clear Thinking Group, Team: Perella Weinberg Partners, Togut, Segal & Segal, Hahn & Hessen, CBIZ Mahoney Cohen The Protective Group, Inc. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Chadbourne & Parke, Greenberg Taurig The Walking Dog. Nominees: Arent Fox, Clear Thinking Group. Team: BDO PRE-PACKAGED TURNAROUND of the Year LARGE Almatis GmbH. Team: Dubai International Capital, Moelis & Co, Linklaters Citadel Broadcasting Corporation. Lazard, Kirkland & Ellis Trident Resources Corporation. Fraser Milner Casgrain, Rothschild, FTI Consulting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Zolfo Cooper, Team: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, O'Melveny & Myers, Moelis & Co. Houlihan Lokey Six Flags Inc. Nominee: Brown Rudnick, Team: Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Houlihan Lokey PRE-PACKAGED TURNAROUND of the Year MID-MARKET American Media Inc. Team: Moelis & Co, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett International Aluminum Corporation (International Architectural Group). Moelis & Co, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Neenah Enterprises, Inc. Nominee: Conway MacKenzie, Team: Huron Consulting, Sidley Austin LLP, Rothschild, Moelis & Company, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation. Nominee: Cooley, CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges Xerium Technologies. Team: Rothschild, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (Page: 4)

5 MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) CHAPTER 11 TURNAROUND of the Year LARGE (Top completed chapter 11 reorganization with obligations/liabilities exceeding $1billion pre-turnaround. ) AbitibiBowater Inc.. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services. Team: BMO Capital Markets, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice, Stikeman Elliott Chemtura Corporation Team: Lazard, Kirkland & Ellis, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Flying J Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services, Brown Rudnick, Team: Zolfo Cooper, Kirkland & Ellis LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Nominee: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Deal team: Rothschild, Evercore Partners, Clifford Chance, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom General Growth Properties, Inc. reorganization and spin-off company, The Howard Hughes Corporation. Team: UBS Investment Bank, Miller Buckfire & Co., Kirkland & Ellis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Spansion Inc. Nominee: Gordian Group, Brown Rudnick, Team: Latham & Watkins, Brincko Associates, Jones Day Visteon Corporation. Nominees: GLC Advisors, Sagent Advisors, Brown Rudnick, Team: Rothschild, Kirkland & Ellis, Duff & Phelps, Houlihan Lokey, Bingham McCuthen, White & Case CHAPTER 11 TURNAROUND of the Year UPPER MID-MARKETS (Top completed chapter 11 reorganization with obligations/liabilities exceeding $500 million pre-turnaround. ) Atrium Companies Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Goodmans LLP, Moelis & Company. Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Nominee: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Team: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, FTI Consulting Texas Rangers Baseball Partners reorganization and sale to Rangers Baseball Express. Nominee: CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges The Oriental Trading Co. Jefferies & Co., Protiviti, Debevoise & Plimpton, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor Xerium Technologies. Team: Rothschild, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft CHAPTER 11 TURNAROUND of the Year MIDDLE MARKETS (Top completed chapter 11 reorganization with obligations/liabilities exceeding $100 million pre-turnaround. ) California Coastal Communities. Nominee: Imperial Capital. Team: Dewey Leboeuf. Arch Aluminum and Glass Company. Nominee: Phoenix Management Services, Team: Piper, Jaffray, Genovese, Joblove & Battista FX Luxury Las Vegas. Nominee: Haynes and Boone, Team: Carl Marks Advisory Group Loehmman Holdings Inc. Nominee: Clear Thinking Group, Team: Perella Weinberg Partners, Togut, Segal & Segal, Hahn & Hessen, CBIZ Mahoney Cohen Philadelphia Media Holdings reorganization and sale. Proskauer Rose, Dilworth Paxson. CHAPTER 11 TURNAROUND of the Year SMALL MID-MARKETS (Top completed chapter 11 reorganization with obligations/liabilities exceeding $5million pre-turnaround. ) Acquisition of Urban Brands Inc by GB Merchant Partners. Nominee: Curtis, Allet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Team: PriceWaterhouse Coopers. TLC Vision reorganization and acquisition by Charlesbank Capital Partners and H.I.G. Capital Team: Proskauer Rose, Torys, Conway Del Genio Gries & Co. Jennifer Convertibles reorganization and sale to Haining Mengnu Group Co. Ltd. Team: Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, TM Capital Corp Shane and Company. Team: Ballard Spahr, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, FTI Consulting The Walking Dog. Nominees: Arent Fox, Clear Thinking Group. Team: BDO (Page: 5)

6 MAJOR AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) OUT of COURT TURNAROUND of the Year LARGE (Top completed non-chapter 11 restructuring. ) American Capital. American Capital, Team: Miller Buckfire, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Corral Petroleum Holdings AB. Bingham McCutchen, Team: Blackstone Advisory Services, Morgan Stanley, Setterwalls, Latham & Watkins Gala Coral Group Limited. Ashurst, Lazard, Bingham McCutchen, Rothschild Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Team: Perella Weinberg Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison International Lease Finance Corporation, subsidiary of American International Group. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services OUT of COURT TURNAROUND of the Year MIDDLE MARKET Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Services Corporation. Nominee: Mesirow Financial, Team: Ungaretti & Harris, Kaye Scholer, Kirkland & Ellis Jason Inc. Nominee: Curtis, Allet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Team: Moelis & Co. Holdings Gaming Borrower (Rivers Casino). Nominee: GLC Advisors, Team: Houlihan Lokey, Kirkland & Ellis San Antonio Internacional Ltd. Team: Davis Polk & Wardwell, Lazard The Protective Group, Inc. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Chadbourne & Parke, Greenberg Taurig SPECIAL SITUATION M&A DEAL of the Year MIDDLE MARKETS Energizer Holdings, Inc. acquisition of American Safety Razor Co assets. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Moelis & Co, Lazard Middle Markets Marquis Jet acquisition by NetJets Inc. Nominee: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle, LLP, Team; Jefferies & Co, Kaye Scholer, Akin Gump Stauss Hauer & Feld Sale of Parking Company of America to affiliate of Aurora Capital Group. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Kirkland & Ellis, CRG Partners, BDO Consulting Texas Rangers Baseball Partners reorganization and sale to Rangers Baseball Express. Nominee: CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges The Gores Group acquisition of National Envelope Corp. Team: William Blair & Co, Latham & Watkins, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor SPECIAL SITUATION M&A DEAL of the Year SMALL MID-MARKETS Acquisition of E3 BioFuels ethanol plant assets by AltEn Opportunity I, LP. Spectrum Business Ventures Artek Surfin Chemicals Ltd. and Aterian Investment Partners acquisition of PVC additives business of Chemtura Corporation. Aterian Investment Partners Proliance International sale of Nederlandse Radiateuren B.V to Banco Products India Ltd. TM Capital Sale of Townsends Inc to Peco Foods and Omtron Inc. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Huron Consulting Sale of Chem Rx Corp to PharMerica Corp. Lazard Middle Market LLC, Greenberg Traurig WM Coffman LLC acquisition by Prophet Equity. Nominees: Prophet Equity, Phoneix Management Services, SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Silverman Acampora, Hahn & Hessen, Richards, Kibbe & Orbe (Page: 6)

7 INDUSTRY AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) BASIC RESOURCES of the Year Agrenco. Nominee: Felsberg, Pedretti, Mannrich e Aidar Advogado, Team: Tozzini Freire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Íntegra Associados, Deloitte Aleris International Inc. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Moelis & Co Almatis GmbH. Team: Dubai International Capital, Moelis & Co, Linklaters Chemtura Corporation Team: Lazard, Kirkland & Ellis, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Tronox Inc. Nominee: Pillsbury Law, Team: Rothschild, Kirkland & Ellis, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice CONSUMER GOODS & SERVICES of the Year Energizer Holdings, Inc. acquisition of American Safety Razor Co assets. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Moelis & Co, Lazard Middle Markets Gala Coral Group Limited. Team: Ashurst, Lazard, Bingham McCutchen, Rothschild Sale of Fuddruckers, Inc., Magic Brands, LLC and certain of their affiliates to Luby's, Inc. FocalPoint Securities, Goulston & Storrs Sale of Townsends Inc to Peco Foods and Omtron Inc. SSG Capital Advisors, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Inc., Huron Consulting Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation. Nominee: Cooley, CRG Partners, Team: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, ENERGY & SERVICES of the Year Flying J Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services, Brown Rudnick, Team: Zolfo Cooper, Kirkland & Ellis Corral Petroleum Holdings AB. Bingham McCutchen, Team: Blackstone Advisory Services, Morgan Stanley, Setterwalls Hawkeye Renewables. Blackstone Advisory Services, Weil, Gotshal & Manges San Antonio Internacional Ltd. Davis Polk Wardell, Lazard Trident Resources Corporation. Fraser Milner Casgrain, Rothschild ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA of the Year American Media Inc. Team: Moelis & Co, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Zolfo Cooper, Team: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, O'Melveny & Myers, Moelis & Co. Houlihan Lokey Six Flags Inc. Nominee: Brown Rudnick, Team: Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Houlihan Lokey The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Team: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Miller Buckfire & Co Thomson Publishing Holdings. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Choate Hall & Stewart, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Loughlin Meghji & Co, Capstone Advisory Group Truvo Group. Team: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Houlihan Lokey INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & MANUFACTURING of the Year AbitibiBowater Inc. Nominee: Blackstone Advisory Services. Team: BMO Capital Markets, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Rice, Stikeman Elliott Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. Nominee: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, Team: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, FTI Consulting Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Nominee: GLC Advisors & Co, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Team: Lazard, Sidley Austin, Stikeman Elliott The Protective Group, Inc. SSG Capital Advisors, Greenberg Taurig Visteon Corporation. Nominees: GLC Advisors, Sagent Advisors, Brown Rudnick, Team: Rothschild, Kirkland & Ellis, Duff & Phelps, Houlihan Lokey, Bingham McCuthen, White & Case (Page: 7)

8 INDUSTRY AWARD CATEGORIES (Finalist also include the central deal team representatives) HEALTHCARE of the Year Alliance Medical. Linklaters, The Blackstone Group TLC Vision reorganization and acquisition by Charlesbank Capital Partners and H.I.G. Capital. Conway Del Genio Gries & Co., Proskauer Rose, Torys Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Services Corporation. Nominee: Mesirow Financial, Team: Ungaretti & Harris, Kaye Scholer, Kirkland & Ellis MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. asset sale to Victory Pharma, Inc. Alston & Bird, Gleacher & Company Sale of Chem Rx Corp to PharMerica Corp. Lazard Middle Market LLC, Greenberg Traurig REAL ESTATE & HOSPITALITY of the Year FX Luxury Las Vegas reorganization. Haynes and Boone, Carl Marks Advisory Group General Growth Properties, Inc. reorganization and spin-off company, The Howard Hughes Corporation. Team: UBS Investment Bank, Miller Buckfire & Co., Kirkland & Ellis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Inmobiliaria Colonial SA. Lazard, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fremont General Corp reorganization. (Signature Group Holdings) CRG Partners, Manderson, Schafer & McKinlay, SNR Denton The Sea Island Co. reorganization and sale to Oaktree Capital Management and Avenue Capital. Debevoise & Plimpton, King & Spalding, FTI Consulting, Goldman Sachs & Co. RETAIL & SERVICES of the Year Jennifer Convertibles reorganization and sale to Haining Mengnu Group Co. Ltd. Team: Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky, TM Capital Corp. Loehmman Holdings Inc. Nominee: Clear Thinking Group, Team: Perella Weinberg Partners, Togut, Segal & Segal, Hahn & Hessen, CBIZ Mahoney Cohen Sale of Parking Company of America to affiliate of Aurora Capital Group. Nominee: SSG Capital Advisors, Team: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, CRG Partners, BDO Consulting The Oriental Trading Company. Team: Jefferies & Co., Protiviti Inc., Debevoise & Plimpton, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor The Walking Company. Nominee: Arent Fox LLP, Clear Thinking Group, BDO Seidman, Pachulski Stang Ziehl Jones Urban Brands Inc acquisition by GB Merchant Partners. Nominee: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc. Hawaii Telecom. Kirkland & Ellis, Lazard Sea Launch reorganization and acquisition of majority interest by Energia Overseas Limited. Nominees: Bucccino & Associates, Alston & Bird, Deal Team Jefferies & Co, Avicon, Salans Spansion Inc. Nominee: Gordian Group, Brown Rudnick, Team: Latham & Watkins, Brincko Associates, Jones Day Technicolor S.A. (formerly Thomson SA) Davis Polk Wardell, Bingham McCutchen, Perella Weinberg Partners Wind Hellas Telecommunications S.A. Zolfo Cooper UK, Team: White & Case, Bingham McCutchen, Allen & Overy, Karatza & Partners (Page: 8)

9 INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE AWARDS: Award recipients revealed for the first-time during the awards gala ceremony. Award recipient must be in attendance to accept his accolade and trophy. Corporate Turnaround Executive of the Year Private Equity Turnaround Executive of the Year Restructuring Financial Advisor of the Year (Three awards Global; Middle Markets; and Boutique) Restructuring Legal Advisor of the Year (Two awards Global and Middle Markets) Turnaround Consultant of the Year (Three awards Global; Middle Markets; and Boutique) FIRM AWARDS (Restructuring and Reorganization Practices per eligibility standards) TURNAROUND PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the Year KPS Capital Littlejohn & Co., LLC Monomoy Capital Partners Prophet Equity Partners Patriarch Partners Sun Capital Partners BOUTIQUE FINANCIAL ADVISOR of the Year (Eligibility: Investment bank with dedicated restructuring practice group that has completed assignments and are specialized by sector, size or practice expertise. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size and complexity.) GLC Advisors & Co Gordian Group SSG Capital Advisors BOUTIQUE TURNAROUND CONSULTING FIRM of the Year (Eligibility: Crisis management advisors that have completed assignments and are specialized by sector, size or practice expertise. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size and complexity.) Buccino & Associates Inc Clear Thinking Group Executive Sounding Board Associates NHB Advisors Inc. Phoenix Management Services GLOBAL FINANCIAL ADVISOR of the Year (Eligibility: Investment banking with dedicated restructuring practice group that has completed large, multijurisdictional assignments. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size, jurisdictions and complexity.) Houlihan Lokey Lazard Ltd Moelis & Company Rothschild The Blackstone Group (Page: 9)

10 AWARDS GALA & DINNER: FIRM AWARDS (Restructuring and Reorganization Practices per eligibility standards) GLOBAL LAW FIRM of the Year (Eligibility: Law firms with dedicated restructuring practice group that has completed large, multijurisdictional assignments. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size, jurisdictions and complexity.) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP GLOBAL TURNAROUND FIRM of the Year (Eligibility: Consulting firms that have completed large, multijurisdictional assignments. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size, jurisdictions and complexity.) Alix Partners Alvarez & Marsal Capstone Advisory Group FTI Consulting MIDDLE MARKET FINANCIAL ADVISOR of the Year (Eligibility: Investment bank with dedicated restructuring practice group that have completed assignments predominantly below 1 billion in size. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size and complexity.) Duff & Phelps Imperial Capital Jefferies & Co Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc MIDDLE MARKET LAW FIRM of the Year (Eligibility: Law firms with dedicated restructuring practice group that has completed assignments predominantly below 1 billion in size. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins per size and complexity.) Brown Rudnick LLP Cooley LLP Greenberg Traurig LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP MIDDLE MARKET TURNAROUND CONSULTING FIRM of the Year (Eligibility: Crisis management advisors that have completed assignments predominantly below 1 billion in size. Methodology: Winners selected based on the number of significant assignments, wins the group has per size and complexity.) Conway MacKenzie, Inc. CRG Partners Mesirow Financial Consulting Zolfo Cooper DISTRESSED M&A INTELLIGENCE FORUM, 8.00 am pm TURNAROUNDS for the NEW NORMAL Annual forum looks forward to how reorganization, restructuring and turnaround industries are changing in light of rising equity markets, recovered credit and lending markets. As before, the forum brings together best minds from the industry to share and harvest ideas on what is the state of restructurings in the new normal economic environment. We encourage and welcome your participation to discuss issues of importance to the industry. additional information, visit:

11 PERTINENT INFORMATION: AWARDS GALA and CEREMONY Awards gala ceremony is a perfect occasion to connect and strengthen business relations with A-list dealmakers and senior executives from corporate, private equity, investment banks, legal and industry service providers. Winners are revealed for the FIRST time at the gala ceremony. Finalist nominees or their representatives must attend the gala ceremony to be honored per proof of attendance requisite for winner selection process. For DEAL and FIRM awards, deal team or firm representatives are able to accept the trophy. For the DEALMAKER awards, the individual dealmaker must confirm his or her attendance at the gala. WINNERS CIRCLE recognition statements Official Winners Circle press release announcement includes trophy recipients and acknowledges deal advisors who attend the awards gala ceremony. WINNERS CIRCLE SUPPLEMENT a complimentary PDF copy is available only to the awards gala attendee winners. Supplement available on-line by request. Firms that do not have representation at the awards gala are not considered winners without the written consent of Global M&A Network organization. NEW : winners circle SUPPLEMENT EDITORIAL elaborates: DEAL of the YEAR honorees Profiles recipients of DEALMAKER TEAM of the YEAR accolade Acknowledges notable deals transacted by FIRM of the YEAR winners Winners Circle Supplement is published post awards gala by the editorial team at Global M&A Network. Supplement available by request. SELECTION PROCESS, independent Winners selected on deal performance criteria for each award category. Deal size, league table rankings are not relevant during the winner selection process. Methodology and results audited by an independent awards advisory group. DEALMAKER HONOREES, contact: Shanta Kumari, managing partner, CEO E: shanta@globalmanetwork.com AWARDS GALA, general enquiries, contact: Raj Kashyap, managing partner T: , E: raj@globalmanetwork.com SUPPLEMENT EDITORIAL, contact: Danielle Saba, managing editor E: danielle@globalmanetwork.com

12 about the: HONORS Top Deals, Sought-after Dealmakers, A-list Firms, WORLD-WIDE. COMMITMENT to PRINCIPLES of authenticity, objectivity, performance STANDARDS: Finalists determined per transparent eligibility rules and the winners are selected on deal performance evaluative criteria. NOMINATIONS: Any industry professional is able to nominate free of fees, secondly invited nominees based on independent research. ACCESS: Global M&A Network makes every effort to inform all nominees and top contenders to attend the awards gala ceremony. OBJECTIVITY: Results verified and audited by an independent group of veteran financial professionals. The awards committee is voluntary. PRESTIGE: Commitment to recognize winners on principles of excellence and merits of the deal. PLAN AHEAD, 2011 schedule M&A ATLAS AWARDS March 10 at American Museum of Natural History, NYC Flagship annual gala, exclusively honoring deals valued above billion USD from all corners of the globe. TURNAROUND ATLAS AWARDS June 16, destination Chicago Exclusively honoring deals and assignments from the Turnaround, restructuring communities, worldwide. INDIA M&A AWARDS September 16, destination Mumbai Honors mid-market deals below billion USD from India. ASIA PACIFIC M&A ATLAS AWARDS September 21, destination Hong Kong Honors mid-market deals valued below billion USD from Asia Pacific, Oceanic communities. EUROPE M&A ATLAS AWARDS October 14, destination London Mid-market deals valued below billion USD from continental European communities. AMERICAS M&A ATLAS AWARDS November TBD, destination New York Mid-market deals valued below billion USD from North and South American communities. PE&VC ATLAS AWARDS December 7, destination San Francisco Exclusively honors excellence from limited partners, fund of funds, private equity, venture capital communities. MIDDLE EAST M&A ATLAS AWARDS January 2012, TBD, destination Dubai Honors mid-market deals valued below billion USD from the Gulf and African deal communities. UPDATES, visit: