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Houlihan Lokey Officers Receive a Nod from M&A Advisor's 40 Under 40 Awards

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Several of Houlihan Lokey's officers were named in this year's recognition awards. Click here to read the full article.

Houlihan Unveils Indian Partnership

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Investment Dealers' Digest investigates Houlihan Lokey's strategic purchase of a minority stake in Indian banking firm Avista. Click here to read the full article.

HOULIHAN LOKEY CHOSEN BY MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS MAGAZINE AS INVESTMENT BANK OF THE YEAR

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"Houlihan Lokey's efforts to build out its advisory business was a difference maker in a year that a 'deal' no longer implied a merger or acquisition."

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FOUR HOULIHAN LOKEY OFFICERS HONORED IN 40 UNDER 40

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Houlihan Lokey is pleased to congratulate investment bankers Anita Antenucci, Scott Kolbrenner, J.P. Hanson, and Mark Goldman, for receiving recognition from Investment Dealers’ Digest as recipients of its prestigious 40 Under 40 award.

To read the full article “Forty Under Forty: Dealmaking, The Next Generation,” please click here.

SULLIVAN: U.S. MERGERS OR ACQUISITIONS IN THE WORKS?

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Houlihan Lokey’s Dan Sullivan, a director in the Industrials Group, commented on the outlook for M&A activity in the North American steel sector while speaking at Steel Business Briefing's Steel Markets North America conference in Chicago. Mr. Sullivan mentioned that there are positive signs for M&A activity, such as better access to capital, pent-up seller demand from the recession and uncertain organic growth opportunities. Other good M&A signs, he said, are the return of strategic buyers with strong balance sheets.

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INDICATORS POINT TO 2010 RECOVERY FOR AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SECTOR

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“Global economic decline, market volatility and heavy losses characterized 2009. With the weakening of the dollar, ever-increasing value of gold and burgeoning federal debt, it’s not surprising to find some questioning the signals of a sustainable recovery in the new year,” writes Jim Lavelle, managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Industrial Technologies practice and Eugene Bazemore, senior vice president, in the January 2010 issue of Automation World.

“The long-term prospects of equity and debt capital markets are beginning to look attractive once again, and issuers are finding capital available for investments in both organic and M&A growth opportunities. Barring an exogenous event (such as a dramatic change in government policy), we’re optimistic for a tangible recovery in 2010.”

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INTERNATIONAL FINANCING REVIEW NAMES HOULIHAN LOKEY THE RESTRUCTURING HOUSE OF THE YEAR

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In its 2009 awards issue, International Financing Review (IFR) named Houlihan Lokey the Restructuring House of the Year, citing the firm’s “consistently high quality execution across both bank and bond deals.” In a December 19 article, IFR said: “It is not only the size and global reach of Houlihan Lokey’s team that marks it out among restructuring houses in 2009. Its impressive list of assignments, evenly split between creditor and debtor roles and in a multitude of jurisdictions, gives it a unique perspective into what the other side is thinking... It is now unarguably a go-to name for any corporate, sponsor or creditor anticipating a crisis.”

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M&A ACTIVITY ON THE UPTICK: KNX 1070 Newsradio’s Business Hour Interviews Managing Director Scott Kolbrenner

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The pendulum seems to be swinging towards improved business activity, with an uptick in M&A deal transactions says Scott Kolbrenner, managing director and co-head of the Infrastructure Services & Materials Group in a radio interview with KNX 1070 Newsradio’s Business Hour.

THE M&A ADVISOR ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL GLOBAL M&A AWARDS RECIPIENTS

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NEW YORK, Sept 16, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The M&A Advisor today announced the recipients of the industry's inaugural Global M&A Advisor Awards. Award recipients from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America were selected by an independent panel of judges representing a cross-section of the M&A industry.

Investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey led the competition, winning four awards, including Investment Banking Firm of the Year (Americas region), and Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Americas region - Abebooks acquired by Amazon.com). The firm's deal: Peak International Limited acquired by S&G Company won in two categories: Deal of the Year and Information Technology Deal of the Year (Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Oceania region).

Blackstone and Yes Bank each received three awards, including Deal of the Year, Dealmaker of the Year and U.S. Cross-Border Deal of the Year (all Americas region) for Blackstone, and Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year, Green/Environmental Deal of the Year and Media, Entertainment or Telecom Deal of the Year (all Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Oceania region) for Yes Bank.

"With deal sizes up to $3.3 billion, each award recipient has excelled in their field and is truly deserving of the honor," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of The M&A Advisor. "All recipients should be proud of their award, especially in these tough economic times. Congratulations to all of these industry leaders."

Global Award Finalists were divided into three regional groupings:
    -- Americas
    -- Europe
    -- Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Oceania

Transactions had to close between January 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009 and be valued at US $10 million. There was no maximum limit on deal size.

The judges invited to jury this round of awards from The M&A Advisor are experienced industry professionals, including financial professionals, academics, consultants and service providers. Judges are volunteers and are not past or present employees of, or consultants to, The M&A Advisor. Also, they had no financial or business affiliation with the organization.

Judging is based on several criteria, including quantitative factors such as transaction value, impact on shareholder/company value and market share. Qualitative considerations include impact of transaction on the market/industry, ingenuity in structuring and/or negotiations, diligence and perseverance in consummating the deal and other unique attributes.

To view the list of winners for the Global M&A Advisor Awards, please go to www.maadvisor.com.

THE M&A ADVISOR

Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been the preeminent organization facilitating connections and recognizing achievement in the top performers of the M&A, turnaround and financing industries through its leading events and awards galas, M&A Alerts newsletter and online community. For more information, go to www.maadvisor.com.