INDUSTRY NOMINATIONS: Last Chance to Nominate: February 23, 2015.

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AWARDS GALA CEREMONY: April 28, 2015. London, United Kingdom

Gold Standard of Performance, the MIDDLE EAST MA ATLAS AWARDS is part of the world's most prestigious, MA ATLAS AWARDS brand, honoring the best value-generating deals, outstanding firms and sought-after dealmakers from the middle market mergers, acquisitions, corporate, private equity deal communities. Winners are recognized for the 1st time at the annual awards gala, held following the EMEA MA and Growth Intelligence Forum, held on April 28th, 2015 in London, UK.

NOMINATE, GAIN ADVANTAGE: Enter nominations on behalf of your organization, colleagues, clients and be first to be considered per the eligibility standards - giving you the advantage of early winner status notification.

ELIGIBILITY RULES: Deals must have closed anytime January 31, 2014 - January 31, 2015 timeframe. Deal size must be above 5 million and below 1 billion USD in size. Forms that are not fully completed are disqualified.

WINNER SELECTION: Winners are selected from the Finalists Circle based on identifiable set of deal performance criteria for individual award categories. Additional Info, visit: https://globalmanetwork.com/europe-ma/awards/

2015 MIDDLE EAST AWARDS of the YEAR:

MIDDLE EAST LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

(1) Corporate Growth Leadership Achievement Award ®

(2) Private Equity Growth Leadership Achievement Award ®

(3) MA Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award

MIDDLE EAST DEAL AWARDS of the Year

(1) Corporate MA Deal

(2) Private Equity Deal

(3) Cross Border Deal

(4) Venture Capital Deal

MIDDLE EAST FIRM AWARDS of the Year

(1) Private Equity Firm

(2) Venture Capital Firm

(3) MA Investment Bank

(4) MA Boutique Investment Bank

(5) MA Law Firm

MIDDLE EAST DEALMAKER TEAM AWARDS of the Year (Given to deal team leader on behalf of firm.)

(1) Private Equity Dealmaker Team

(2) Corporate Dealmaker Team

(3) MA Investment Banker

(4) MA Lawyer

FEEL free to enter nominations separately for the AFRICA and EUROPE M&A AWARDS.

TERMS: By completing the form the nominee agrees and accepts the following in entirety:

·  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.

·  CONFIDENTIALITY: Global M&A Network does NOT sell, barter or disclose data and information to any external firms.

·  AWARDS CEREMONY: Nominees/finalists must attend the awards gala to be officially recognized as a winner by accepting their trophy.

Kindly confirm your guest registrations for the forum meeting, cocktail party and dinner. VISIT: www.globalmanetwork.com.

TROPHIES: Confirm attendance by April 12, 2015 since it takes @ 2 weeks to prepare the one-of-kind, engraved trophy.

MIDDLE EAST LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FORM:

Leadership Achievement awards are presented to a c-level executive - chairman, CEO, President, Founder. It is the only industry award to recognize wide range of leadership talents, contributions made to grow and advance the company and specific markets/industries. Significantly, the regionally and globally recognized award validates, the team and the firm. Award recipient must personally attend the awards gala ceremony to accept the trophy.

Corporate Growth Leadership Achievement® Award of the Year: Award honors a c-level executive from a public or private corporate entity for delivering consistent growth including success via M&A, JV and investments.

Private Equity Growth Leadership Achievement® Award of the Year: Award is presented to a c-level executive of a private equity firm with over 20 years of experience. The award is in recognition of management talents, growth of the firm and unique contributions made in the private equity industry.

MA Lifetime Leadership Achievement® Award of the Year: Award presented to a c-level executive from the investment banking, law, or services provider with over 20 years of experience in the mergers, acquisitions industry. The accolade in recognition management talents and stand-out contributions made in the industry.

INSTRUCTIONS: One form per nominee. Please duplicate this form for each unique nominee.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form.

Company: / Type of Company:
Full Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART A: BASIC INFO.

1)  Award Category: (Ex: Corporate, Private Equity, M&A Lifetime Leadership, etc.):

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 in the Industry and/or Firm:

8)  Nominee’s Assistant contact info:

9)  Nominee’s Phone number:

10)  Nominee’s Email address:

PART B: REFERENCE. External reference is required.

Reference Full Name: / Title:
Company: / Type:
Email: / Phone:

OPTIONAL. Key achievements of the nominated executive. (75 words or less, and please DO NOT exceed the word limit.). Disclosure: Global M&A Network will consider all nominations and inform accordingly.

MIDDLE EAST 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/REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS categories.

PARTS A, B C, and D must be fully completed to be eligible.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form.

Company: / Type of Company:
Full Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART A: DEAL INFORMATION (Reminder: Deal size above 5 million and below billion USD)

1)  Transaction (Ex: Apple buys Orange.):

2)  Award Categories (List up to 3):

3)  Country/Region:

4)  Deal Size (Actual deal size or range in increments of $50 million is required):

5)  Date the Deal Closed (month/year):

6)  Industry/Sector:

PART B: DEAL TEAM LEADER. REQUIRED. (“Leader" is primary advisor to deal/assignment.)

Team Leader Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART C: REFERENCE REQUIRED. MUST BE EXTERNAL to NOMINEE (Client makes for the best references).

Reference Full Name: / Title:
Company: / Type:
Email: / Phone:

PART D: List Company names of the primary advisors involved in the deal.

(1)  Primary Financial Advisors (buyer/seller):

(2)  Primary Legal Advisors (buyer/seller):

(3)  Primary Accounting/Due Diligence (buyer/seller):

OPTIONAL PROFILE of the DEAL. Describe specific attributes why the nominated deal is a worthy winner.

(75-words or less. Please do not exceed the word limit.)

MIDDLE EAST FIRM AWARDS ENTRY FORM:

INSTRUCTIONS: One form per firm. Please duplicate firm form for additional firm award entries.

PARTS A, B and C must be fully completed to be eligible.

NOTE: Firm's must nominate in the DEAL AWARDS category to be considered. Secondly, while Global M&A Network generates a short list of finalists, firms are strongly encouraged to enter their nominations since all the entries are reviewed and given first priority per eligibility standards. League table rankings do not determine winner selections.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form.

Company: / Type of Company:
Full Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART A:

(1)  Nominated Firm:

(2)  Award Recognition Category:

(3)  Number of closed deals valued below billion USD in 2014:

(4)  Size “sweet spot” if any: (Ex: 50 to 100 million USD, etc.)

(5)  List top two closed transactions advised by the firm in 2014.

DEAL 1:

DEAL 2:

(6)  Firm Headquarters: City and Country:

PART B: DEPARTMENT - PRACTICE HEAD REQUIRED

Full Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART C: EXTERNAL CLIENT REFERENCE REQUIRED.

Reference Full Name: / Title:
Company: / Type:
Email: / Phone:

OPTIONAL. PROFILE. Describe in the empty space below why the nominated firm is a worthy winner. Do not include marketing blurb rather testimony from clients or peers is desired. (75 words or less. DO NOT exceed the word limit.)

MIDDLE EAST DEALMAKER AWARDS ENTRY FORM:

The accolade is given to the deal leader on behalf of the deal team and the firm for completing an outstanding transaction. The nominated executive must attend the awards gala ceremony.

INSTRUCTIONS: One form per nominee. Please duplicate this form for each unique nominee. Forms must be fully completed for consideration.

NOMINEE – The person filling and submitting the form.

Company: / Type of Company:
Full Name: / Title:
Email: / Phone:

PART A: STANDARD INFO.

1)  Nominee’s Full Name:

2)  Nominee’s Title:

3)  Award Category: (Ex: Corporate dealmaker, private equity, etc.):

4)  Nominee’s Company name:

5)  Nominee’s Phone number:

6)  Nominee’s Email address:

7)  List at least one top transactions completed by the nominee, including the deal size and the close date.

8)  Note: the transaction must also be nominated for any number of the DEAL AWARDS categories.

PART B: REFERENCE, Required. Client or an external deal team reference is required.

Reference Full Name: / Title:
Company: / Type:
Email: / Phone:

OPTIONAL. Key achievements of the nominated executive in the last 12 months.

(75 words or less, and please DO NOT exceed the word limit.)

EMEA MA and GROWTH INTELLIGENCE FORUM and AWARDS GALA | April 28, 2015. LONDON.

A perfect way to showcase your intellectual capital, leadership and transform your brand position.

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