Advisory Services

Whitestone Associates, LLC

“Your Bridge to Value Creation”

Advisory Services

Acquisitions and Divestiture

The critical ingredients for a successful acquisition or divestiture are strategic insight and the ability to execute on a timely basis. With its extensive experience, transaction history and relationships, Whitestone Associates is able to offer its clients comprehensive advice supported by careful valuation analysis and focused negotiations.

Acquisitions

The process of buying a business is not a static process. It must start with a clear understanding of the objectives and be followed and supported by rational validation. Imperative to this process is the assurance that the transaction considered does not create negative value to the client's core business either through the process of the transaction or the resulting deal. In this way, Whitestone Associates offers a guided and controlled approach that ensures that a successful transaction achieves our client’s goals.

These Steps Include:

· A clear understanding of the business objective

· The creation of a post acquisition integration plan and a team prepared to execute

· A transaction strategy

· Target company insight

· Appropriate contact to express our interest

· Negotiation and closing of the transaction

Divestiture

The decision to sell your business, or a part of it, is often complex. There are many considerations, both personal and economic.

The first step in selling a business is to have a clear understanding of the business objectives to be achieved. These objectives must be validated and confirmed in the market place. With this confirmation a logical and dynamic process will be facilitated by Whitestone.

These Steps Include:

· Understanding and validation of the business’ objectives

· Creation of a clear strategy as to how and when the transaction will occur

· Identification of potential buyers

· Presentation of a well considered offering

· Negotiation and closing of the transaction

Capital Transactions

Whitestone Associates can assist you in raising capital for your company including, all forms of debt and equity capital. This capital can be used to facilitate acquisitions, fund growth, recapitalize or undertake a buyout. Our success lies in our knowledge of the financing markets and investor universe.

Strategic Advisement

Business strategies are most effective when they start from an honest assessment of the firm, or the group or an individual’s current situation. Effective plans are based on competitive intelligence gathered during interviews or conversations with partners, associates, staff, clients, competitors, and business leaders. Further intelligence is also gained through secondary and on-line research. These assessments and competitive intelligence gathering exercises can be rigorous and thorough or quick and just in time, depending on the circumstances. To map the correct route, Whitestone must first identify where the client is now and clearly identify where the company wants to go, as well as to identify all the obstacles the company will face along the way.

Whitestone is committed to developing long-term relationships with our clients and helping them to create value. To this end, Whitestone Associates offers a broad array of non-transactional Strategic Advisory Services to assist our clients in formulating and executing optimal business strategies.

Whitestone’s well-designed strategic plans will leave no doubt about the direction the company must purse in order to create value for its stakeholders.