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UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES IN RUSSIA AND THE FSU

by

Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms

Sovetnik Pravitelstva CWA, Tovarichestvo Palmsa, Inc.

Investment Bankers. Washington, United States of America.

Acquisitions in Russia and the FSU are unique nitch transactions, providing unprecedented financial support in the acquisition process, in the form of:

These are large companies with 8000 to 100,000 employees and significant net worth consisting of fixed assets of plant, land, buildings, machinery

  • 1. Companies generally have no liabilities or debt.
  • 2. Undervalued, at $27 market value per employee, compared to average valuation of $1 million market value per employee of the companies comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • 3. Immediate partial acquisition. or available on a management contract plus profit sharing, for an initial commitment of only management, technology and 'know-how and possibly some working capital. Acquisition deferred until it can be made with hindsight
  • at your option.
  • 4. Operating in markets of undersupply, absence of competition, and rapid growth potential.
  • 5. Transportation cost advantages in reaching European and Asian international markets, compared to geographic locations in the U. S.
  • 6. Low cost debt and equity financing available on preferential terms for leveraged buy-outs.
  • 7. 50 to 75% of pre-investment analysis costs provided as a grant.
  • 8. Prevailing wage rates of $25.00 - $100 per month.
  • 9. Up to 5 year moratorium on income and property taxes. VAT, duty and tariffs. 10. Loan guarantees available on invested capital.
  • 11. political risk guarantees available from U.S. Government.
  • 12. Unique short-term spin-off and divestiture profit and exit opportunities. 13. Excellent source of OEM parts manufacture for integration in U.S. manufacturing operations.
  • 14. Excellent market for export marketing of U. S. manufactured products through exisiting channels of distribution of acquired companies.
  • 15. Volunteer management staff available from International Executive

    • Service Corps, Citizens Democracy Corps, Peace Corps, Corps of Retired Executive and in country 'Small Business Center', financed by U.S. Government, for pre-investment analysis, turn-a round management, business plan assessment, transaction structuring to supplement your own and our investment banking activities.

    U.S. "Fortune 500" companies such as Chevron, Phillip Morris, Texaco, Coca Cola, Chase, Citibank, Abbott Laboratories, Allis Chalmers, American Express, Armco International, Bank of America, Caterpillar Overseas S.A., Chilewich Corporation, Control Data, Cooper Industries, Dow Chemical, Dresser Industries, Construction & Mining Equipment Division of Dresser Industries, Dupont E.I. de Nemours, FMC Corporation, General Electric, General Motors, R.J. Reynolds, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Inc., IBM, Ingersoll Rand, Monsanto Company, Occidental Petroleum, Pan American Airlines, Phillip Brothers, Inc. A Division of Solomon, Inc. Satra Corporation, American Computer Technologies, Inc., Palms & Company Inc., Eastman-Kodak, RJR Nabisco, Arthur Daniels Midland, Chevron , Johnson & Johnson, Coca Cola, Paccar, Phillip Morris, NDC Timber, Ford, General Motors, and European and Asian firms in a wide range of industries, have made more than 2000 such acquisitions from among this data base during the past 36 months.

    All acquisition candidates are located in Russia, The Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and other Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union Palms & Company we has been providing investment banking acquisition services in these countries for five years.

    Type Industries: Companies in manufacturing of industrial, commercial and consumer products; financial and other service businesses; industrial product design, development and manufacturing; and sales, marketing and value added assembly and distribution, which are interested ted in being acquired These are companies established more than 50 years, in defined markets, which have almost monopolistic market positions of proprietary products and are readily expandable and have an existing 150 million customer base. The profitability of these companies ranges from $1 million to $100 million in earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization.

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    Date Last Revised: Sept. 9, 1997