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First Annual MasterClass™
RESTAURANT M&A AND BUYOUTS

What Successful Investors Are Doing Right,
& Where the Best Opportunities Are

Featuring 18 Expert Speakers

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FULL DAY MASTERCLASS
Thursday, April 20, 2006
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
University Club
New York City

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (OPTIONAL)
Fundamentals of  Doing Restaurant Deals
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
University Club

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Designed to Meet the Needs of Managers of Buyout, Venture Capital, & Hedge Funds, Executives of Their Portfolio Companies, As Well As The Lawyers, Accountants, & Other Advisors Who Support Them

Faculty | Schedule | Registration | Location | Sponsorship | Audio Package |

Last year the number of restaurant LBOs surged, and now, only two months into 2006, it’s clear that more and more private-equity players have their sights trained on the restaurant industry. 

Just look at acquisitions like Fox & Hound by Newcastle Partners and Steele Partners, Del Taco by Sagittarius Brands (a portfolio company of Grotech, Charlesbank, Leonard Green, and Stockwell), and Corner Bakery by Bruckman Rosser’s portfolio company Il Fornaio. 

Better still, the IPO window for restaurants seems swung wide open, judging from the successful debuts of Chipotle Mexican Grill and Morton’s Restaurant Group (a Castle Harlan portfolio company). 

This recent boom in restaurant deals has inquisitive buyout professionals wondering:

• Have the underlying fundamentals of the restaurant business changed?

• Have restaurant chains simply become relative bargains given increased valuations across other industries?

• Is the growth of the casual dining segment driving increased investment?

• And, even more importantly, are the resulting restaurant LBO capital structures capable of withstanding changes in market conditions? 

At this special MasterClass, you'll learn from a faculty of 18 experts who work in the trenches how they’re responding to the increased activity in the restaurant space, what they are doing right when they're successful, what they did wrong when they screwed up, and how they see the market evolving over the next year or two.

The program is being led by restaurant investor Adam Burgoon from Apax Partners, a global private-equity firm with over $20 billion under management and more than ten restaurant platform investments since inception, and produced by The Capital Roundtable, the country's only educational organization focused exclusively on the private-equity community.

When you leave this MasterClass, you’ll have the answers to these questions --
           

• Why restaurant investments are back in vogue -- are they here to stay? 
• What are the driving trends in the industry?  Are high-growth quick service chains a thing of the past?  Will upscale casual continue to grow?
• What do seasoned buyout professionals look for in restaurant concepts? 
• How do you determine if a restaurant concept is capable of a nationwide multi-unit expansion plan? 
• How best to capitalize a restaurant LBO.  How to win the auction without crippling future growth prospects or putting the company at risk in the event of a downturn.
• What creative financing sources and structures are available to restaurant sponsors? 
• How to unlock and maximize the underlying value of any owned real estate? 
• What operational risks are specific to middle-market restaurant companies? 
• What specific actions can sponsors take to help their restaurant executives and maximize their chances of success? 
• How to approach real estate?  How to enter new markets? 
• How to do everything you need to do before you are supposed to be able to do it-- find the right sites, hire the right people, build the right systems, etc…
• How long will the IPO window be open for restaurants?  What do institutional investors look for in a public restaurant chain?

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Faculty

Chaired By

• Adam Burgoon, Apax Partners Inc.

Hosted By

• Burt Alimansky, Managing Director, Alimansky Capital Group Inc., and Chairman, The Capital Roundtable

Speakers

• Jonathan W. Berger, Managing Director/Co-Head, Navigant Capital Advisors LLC
• Damon Chandik, Vice President, Piper Jaffray & Co. (workshop)
• Susan A. Chen, Vice President, D. B. Zwirn & Co. LP
• Robert B. Donnelly, Senior Vice President, Raymond James & Associates Inc.
• Alice Elliot, Founder & CEO, The Elliot Group LLC
• Brian D. Frank, Vice President, GE Capital Franchise Finance Corp. (workshop)
• Seth D. Fink, Vice President, Cerberus Capital Management LP
• Tony Gioia, Executive Partner, Emigrant Capital Corp.
• James J. Goodman, President, Gemini Investors LLC
• J. Robert Hall, Operating Partner, Palladium Equity Partners & CEO, Ardale Enterprises LLC (workshop)
• Joel A. Holsinger, Managing Director, Anacapa Capital
• Murray Huneke, Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co.
• Lynne Jacoby,Food & Bev. Practice Leader, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
• David M. Jacquin, Founder and Partner, North Point Advisors LLC
• Richard R. Leonard, Brackmann Rosser Sherrill & Co.
• Dennis L. Monroe, Chairman, Krass Monroe PA
• David Pettijohn, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group LLC
• Michael K. Press, Vice President, Realty Income Corp.
• Roger M. Quinland, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP (workshop)
• Steve A. Sallion, General Partner, Carthage Capital Group
• Luis Zaldivar, Vice President, Palladium Equity Partners LLC
• Raymond J. Zale, Senior Managing Director, FTI Capital Advisors LLC

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Schedule

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Registration

• The registration fee is $1395 for the MasterClass and $495 for the Workshop -- or $1795 for both.
  
  
• At the door, if space is available, the fee is $1495 for the MasterClass and $495 for the Workshop -- or $1895 for both.

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You can pay by credit card (using the links above) or by check. Mail your check and business card to: New York Business Roundtable Inc., 12 East 44 Street, Penthouse, New York, NY 10017.

If the program is oversubscribed, we will notify you immediately and not charge your credit card. (If you need to cancel, please do so by April 13 at 5:00pm, and we will credit you for a future meeting.)

From time to time, for reasons beyond The Capital Roundtable's control, program schedules and speakers become subject to change. We make every effort to announce substantive changes by email to registrants at least 48 hours in advance.

Have a special question? Please contact Katie Safrey at 212/832-7333 ext. 103 or by email at ksafrey@capitalroundtable.com.

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Location

University Club
One West 54 Street (corner of Fifth Avenue)
New York City
212/247-2100

Please note:  Dress code for the University Club is jacket and tie for men, and equivalent attire for women.

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Audio Package

Can't attend but want to hear the program? You can buy the audio package along with the handouts. Purchase the audio package online now.

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Sponsorship

The Capital Roundtable offers excellent sponsorship opportunities to reach the Middle-Market Private Equity, Venture Capital, & Hedge Fund Communities. For more details, visit our Sponsorship Page or contact Katie Safrey at 212/832-7333 ext. 103 or by email at ksafrey@capitalroundtable.com.

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