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  1. Webcast Guidelines The audience is in listen-only mode. Please e-mail questions via the Q&A panel box. Select audience questions will be answered during the last five minutes of the program. WebEx customer support: 866-229-3239

  2. MODERATOR Jonathan MarinoSenior EditorThe Deal

  3. Expert Panel John Ferro National Managing Partner, Valuation Services Grant Thornton LLP

  4. Expert Panel Brent HazzardManaging Director GE Capital

  5. Expert Panel Rich LiebmanManaging Director, Taxation Grant Thornton LLP

  6. Expert Panel David WirtNational Chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency GroupLocke Lord LLP

  7. Distressed Industries

  8. Winning Percent of Stalking Horse Bidders

  9. Restructuring Retailers

  10. Buyout Busts –Q14

  11. AUDIENCE Q&A

  12. Thank you for joining Part 2 Driving Value Out of Distress: Negotiation, Valuation and Execution Please Join Us For: Part 3: Driving Value Out of Distress: Post-Acquisition Integration Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 1:00 p.m. ET To see the replay link of Part 1 Driving Value Out of Distress: Target Identification and Due Diligence Please visit TheDeal.com

  13. John Ferro National Managing Partner, Valuation Services New YorkGrant Thornton LLP T 212.542.9574 F 212.370.4520 John.ferro@us.gt.com Executive summary John Ferro is national managing partner for the Valuation Services practice with more than 29 years of valuation, investment banking and litigation consulting experience. Before joining Grant Thornton, Mr. Ferro founded the investment banking practice at FTI Consulting. Prior to FTI, Ferro was with a Big Six accounting firm for 18 years, serving most recently as a worldwide partner and the managing director in charge of the technology, media and communications corporate finance group in the U.S., a practice he founded and developed.Ferro has performed valuations for mergers and acquisitions, shareholder disputes, financial reporting, estate and gift tax, tax compliance, bankruptcy and litigation purposes. He has served as an arbitrator and as an expert witness in arbitration disputes, jury trials and bankruptcy proceedings. As an arbitrator, Ferro has resolved disputes related to claims in excess of $125 million. Disputes have included manufacturing, financial institutions, revenue recognition, earn out provisions, inventory valuations and numerous accruals and contingent earn outs.

  14. Brent HazzardManaging Director ConnecticutGE Capital brent.hazzard@ge.com Executive Summary: Brent is a managing director with GE Capital’s Restructuring Finance Group. His responsibilities include the new business origination, structuring and closing of debtor-in-possession, plan-of reorganization and out-of-court financings. Brent has over twenty years of corporate renewal experience, including leadership positions in distressed debt investing, workout and corporate finance. Brent is a member of the International Turnaround Management Association, where he has served in numerous leadership roles including as international board member on the executive committee. Brent has a MBA from the Barney School at the University of Hartford and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut School of Business. He as performed postgraduate work at Harvard Business School and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Brent is a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Business.

  15. Rich LiebmanManaging Director, Taxation Chicago, ILGrant Thornton LLP T 312.602.8220 F 312.602.8099 Rich.liebman@us.gt.com Executive summary Rich Liebman provides tax structuring and due diligence services to private equity firms and strategic buyers. He works on deals ranging from $10 million acquisitions of privately held companies to billion-dollar-plus public company transactions. In addition to his transaction work, Liebman has significant experience in several specialized tax areas, including consolidated federal income tax returns, net operating loss limitations and bankruptcy tax; is a frequent speaker at tax forums, including Tax Executives Institute and the Kent Law School Federal Tax Conference; and is the author of a number of tax articles.

  16. David WirtNational Chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Group Chicago, ILLocke Lord LLP T 312.443.0256 F 312.896.6256 dwirt@lockelord.com Executive summary David Wirt is national chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency group. He focuses his practice on insolvency, bankruptcy, and business reorganization matters.  Over the last two decades, he has represented numerous corporate debtors and official creditor committees, institutional lenders, trade creditors, and governmental agencies throughout the United States in all aspects of insolvency workouts and litigation.

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