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First Annual MasterClass™ on
DOING STRATEGIC DEALS IN INDIA --
Boom in Opportunities For U.S. Companies & Investors

How U.S. Companies & Investors Are Tapping
Into Indian Companies for Acquisitions & Mergers
As Well as for Marketing & Operations Joint-Ventures

Featuring 20 Expert Speakers

Attendance for This Program is Limited--
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FULL-DAY MASTERCLASS
Thursday, July 27, 2006
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
New York City

HALF-DAY PRE-MASTERCLASS WORKSHOPS (Optional)

New York City

Designed to Meet the Needs of GPs & LPs of Buyout, Venture Capital,

& Hedge Funds, As Well As Executives of Their Portfolio Companies, 

& the Bankers, Lenders, Lawyers, & Other Advisors Who Support Them

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

More and more U.S. private-equity and hedge funds are wondering how to tap opportunities in India. For the most part, they’re exploring ways to enhance their existing portfolio companies, but many are working on direct investments as well.

It’s easy to understand the allure. Against the backdrop of aging populations in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, India’s young and educated population is pushing dynamic growth across the whole spectrum of business sectors, both at home in India as well as in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The country has a giant educated middle class (300 million and counting), the world’s largest population of engineers, and GDP growth averaging 7.5% over the last three years.

So equity fund managers are studying –

• how to buy into companies in India
• whether their portfolio companies should move operations to India
• how to identify attractive investments and joint-ventures
• how portfolio companies can learn to tap markets in and around India
• how to merge portfolio companies here with synergistic acquisitions there
• what the financing climate is like over there
• what options there are to sell portfolio companies to Indian counterparts
• whether it make sense to set up shop in India

To hear the answers to these questions and more, please mark your calendar for Thursday, July 27 to attend a unique Capital Roundtable MasterClass, led by Alex Bangash of the advisory firm Rumson Capital Advisors LLC, together with a faculty of 20 top experts including general and limited partners, investment bankers, attorneys, and consultants. (Rumson is a distinguished consulting firm specializing in advising institutional investors about buying private-equity limited partnership interests.)

Already private-equity goliaths like Carlyle, Blackstone, Warburg Pincus, and General Atlantic have been placing bets in India. But middle-market and even smaller middle-market funds as well are sending emissaries to New Delhi and Mumbai.

As a result, over the last few years, deal volume has ballooned 66% as India has attracted over $5 billion in private equity. In the next five years, that number is projected to surge to $15 -$20 billion. This year, shows a survey by Rumson Capital Advisors, private institutional investment in Indian companies will increase at least 77%, possibly as much as 100%.

Still, it’s obvious that execution of an India strategy is scarily far from straightforward. Business in India is fraught with a bewildering minefield of rules, regulations, and operational pitfalls. Valuations can be high, opaque structures render due diligence onerous and tight family ownership makes sourcing difficult. Coping with the complex system of regulatory issues requires knowledgeable advisors, strong local partners, and understanding of the landscape. Many industries are still protected from foreign competition by rules that, despite some recent relaxation, still bar foreign direct investment.

At this special MasterClass, produced by The Capital Roundtable, the country's only educational organization focused exclusively on the private-equity community, you’ll get answers to such frequently asked questions as –

• What are the five most promising sectors for private-equity investing in 2006, and which ones will be open for investment?
• When looking at buying into Indian companies, who is your competition? How often are strategic buyers competing on deals? What is the impact on price?
• Where are the minefields, and how do you avoid them?
• What are the valuation trends for private-equity investing in India?
• What are the license or approval requirements for investment?
• What are the lockup periods, deal structures, and minimum investments for board seats?
• How can money be repatriated?
• What are the labor laws, licenses, pollution clearances that can impact specific deal economics?
• What about real estate private-equity?
• What criteria are used in identifying private-equity candidates?
• How do you hedge currency risk?
• Is sector specialization necessary in order to do successful private-equity in India?
• What are private-equity firms doing to develop technology specialization?
• Which is better -- to hire on the ground people, or use an affiliate model, or a joint-venture with a local private-equity player?
• Where do you look for talent?
• What kinds of deal structures are most common?
• What underlying trends are driving buyout opportunities in?
• And much much more …

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Faculty

Chaired By

• Alex Bangash, Managing Director, Rumson Capital Advisors LLC

Hosted By

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

Speakers Include

• Pranab Bhattacharya, Assistant Treasurer, Ohio State University
• Debashish Bose, Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Inc.
• A.R. Ghanashyam, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of India
• Raj K. Gupta, Partner, FlatWorld Capital LLC
• Douglas M. Kaden, Principal, Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Srinivas S. Kaushik, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Anil Kumar, Managing Partner, Virtus Global Partners
• Sandesh C. Mouli, Managing Director, Vistara Capital Partners
• Arneek A. Multani, Vice President, Trident Capital LP
• Ramanan Raghavendran, Partner, GRS Partners LLC
• Ashok Roy, Partner & Managing Director, Sycamore Ventures
• Adarsh K. Sarma, Vice President, Warburg Pincus LLC
• Kamran Sistanizadeh, Chief Technology Officer, Yipes Enterprise Services Inc.
• Ashesh N. Shah, Partner, Trans-Continental Capital Advisors
• Shyam Shenthar, Executive Vice President, Avendus Advisors
• Guhan Swaminathan, Managing Director, Virgo Capital
• additional speakers to be announced....

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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.
  

• Special group rates -- The Capital Roundtable offers a special rate for 3 or more people from your firm.  For more info, please contact Katie Safrey at ksafrey@capitalroundtable.com or 212/832-7333 ext 103.

Click Here to Register >>     Purchase Audio Package >>

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 Thursday, July 20 at 5:00 pm, and we will credit you for a future meeting.)

From time to time, for reasons beyond 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 5th Ave)

*please note that the dress code at the University Club is jacket and tie for men, and comparable 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 opportunites to reach the middle-market private-equity community. 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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