WE ARE THAT AND MUCH MORE. Collaboration. Innovation. Results

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1 OVERVIEW

2 Many know Schulte Roth & Zabel as the market-leading law firm in the alternative investment area. We helped pioneer the hedge fund industry over 45 years ago, and today the world s top hedge funds turn to SRZ more than any other law firm. WE ARE THAT AND MUCH MORE. The entire Schulte team is fantastic and consistently exceeds our expectations. What I really like about them is their commercial knowledge and practical approach to supporting our business objectives. Client quote from Chambers USA I would unambiguously use [Schulte Roth] again for any reason. Client quote from Benchmark Litigation Collaboration As an AmLaw 100 firm and one of the leading law firms serving the financial services industry, we serve our clients from strategically located offices in New York, London and Washington, D.C. We regularly advise on corporate and transactional matters, as well as provide counsel on regulatory, compliance, enforcement and investigative issues. We take a crossdisciplinary approach to client service by employing the expertise of multiple practice groups. Innovation Our practices continue to evolve in direct response to clients needs and demands. We are recognized for our ability to develop cutting-edge solutions for our clients most complex legal and business challenges. Results A one-size-fits-all strategy is never an option. We focus on long-term results and provide creative and tailored solutions that are targeted to our clients businesses and industries.

3 RECENT SRZ ACCOLADES OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN MANDATED REPRESENTATION Awarded by the New York State Bar Association s Committee to Ensure Quality of Mandated Representation The excellent and very responsive team at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has great depth of expertise. Client quote from The Legal 500 United States TOP TIER RANKINGS Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, Chambers High Net Worth, The Legal 500 United States, The Legal 500 United Kingdom, The Tax Directors Handbook, IFLR1000 and Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys LEADING LAW FIRM Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Global Real Estate Report (real estate fund formation) and Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report (fund formation) LEADING REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM Commercial Property Executive ONLY FIRM WITH FIRST-TIER RANKINGS FOR ITS HEDGE FUND PRACTICE ACROSS ALL THE MAJOR RANKING PUBLICATIONS Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 United Kingdom, The Legal 500 United States ATTRACTING KEY TALENT WITH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS SRZ ranked #9 nationwide in The American Lawyer Summer Associates Survey LEADING LAW FIRM FOR LITIGATION Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys LAWYERS WHO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AWARD BEACON OF JUSTICE AWARD The New York Law Journal and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association recognized SRZ for its extensive pro bono efforts to secure the mandate of legal representation of the poor in New York State TOP 10 LEADING LAW FIRMS Who s Who Legal Pro Bono Survey INVESTMENT FUNDS ALTERNATIVE/HEDGE FUNDS LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR The Legal 500 United States Awards 8 YEARS AT THE TOP FOR PIPES PrivateRaise and PlacementTracker PIPEs scorecard (PIPE Investor Legal Counsel), ranked by number of placements advised THE LEADING GLOBAL LAW FIRM THE LEADING LAW FIRM FOR NEW FUND LAUNCHES LEADING U.S. LAW FIRM IN LONDON Hedge Fund Journal Awards Outstanding client service, very responsive, technically excellent, all the things you want in a trusted business adviser. Client quote from Chambers USA ONE OF NEW YORK CITY S LARGEST PRACTICES FOR REAL ESTATE The Real Deal LEADING LAW FIRM LMG Life Sciences recognized SRZ as a leading firm for Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement: Government Investigation/Fraud & Abuse BEST ONSHORE LAW FIRM HFMWeek U.S. Hedge Fund Services Awards and Institutional Investor Alpha Awards

4 RECENT SRZ LAWYER RECOGNITIONS Who s Who Legal s PRIVATE FUNDS LAWYER OF THE YEAR The Commercial Observer s NEW YORK S MOST POWERFUL REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY Multiple-year recipients of THE BURTON AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED LEGAL WRITING Global M&A Network s TOP 50: NORTH AMERICA M&A LAWYERS LMG Life Sciences GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR The Lawyers Alliance s 15 YEAR CIRCLE for exceptional volunteerism through the decades Clients cannot say enough good things about the team at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. Lawyers are hardworking, honest and straightforward and able to appropriately assess risk while being sensitive to business needs. Benchmark Litigation The inaugural ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUSTICE PRIZE from the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The CHAMPION FOR CHANGE AWARD from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention Expert Guide to the WORLD S LEADING WOMEN IN BUSINESS LAW The American Lawyer s DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS to SIFMA s Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Committee We ve called on every expert at Schulte over time. Their expertise is of the highest caliber, grounded in experience and they are creative and very supportive Schulte s service to the client is a cut above. Client quote from IFLR1000 Global M&A Network s Americas M&A Atlas Awards NORTH AMERICA LAWYER OF THE YEAR The Hedge Fund Journal s 50 LEADING WOMEN IN HEDGE FUNDS The NORMAN S. OSTROW AWARD presented by The New York Council of Defense Lawyers Private Funds Management s 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL PRIVATE EQUITY LAWYERS UNDER 40 Employee Benefit Adviser s MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN BENEFIT ADVISING Real Estate Forum s DEALS & DEALMAKERS

5 WORK HIGHLIGHTS Albertsons LLC and an investor group s $9.2-billion acquisition of Safeway Inc. Named ACG New York Champion s Awards 2015 DEAL OF THE YEAR RETAIL and a March 2014 TOP 10 DEAL in The Deal Pipeline s Corporate Control Alert Cerberus Capital Management LP-led consortium s $3.3-billion acquisition from SUPERVALU INC. of its Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw s and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies Named Global M&A Network s 2014 CONSUMER RETAIL DEAL OF THE YEAR JANA Partners LLC s successful shareholder activist campaign that led to PetSmart Inc. s $8.7-billion sale to a private equity buyer Monster Beverage Corp. in its sale of a 16.7-percent stake in the company to Coca-Cola Corp. Tullett Prebon plc in arbitrations and litigations that recouped more than $130 million in damages following a competitor s raid of 80 Tullet Prebon brokers QUIGLEY COMPANY Quigley Company in securing the reorganization plan in a heavily litigated Chapter 11 case The Energy & Minerals Group in connection with fundraising and structuring to establish the $4-billion EMG Fund III, the private investment firm s third energy and minerals fund Oxford Properties Group Inc. in connection with its joint venture with The Related Companies LP for the development, leasing and funding of Hudson Yards, a $15-billion project on a 26-acre site on New York City s West Side Aeroflex Holding Corp. s $1.46-billion merger with Cobham plc Named The M&A Advisor s 2015 CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1 BILLION) and CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $1 BILLION), ACG New York Champion s Awards 2015 DEAL OF THE YEAR TECHNOLOGY and M&A Atlas Awards: Global Major Markets 2015 CROSS-BORDER M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR ($1 BILLION $5 BILLION) Cerberus Capital Management LP and Chatham Lodging Trust in the Chapter 11 reorganization and sale of Innkeepers USA Trust Named the Global M&A Network s 2012 Turnaround Atlas Awards SPECIAL SITUATION M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (ABOVE $750 MILLION) Cerberus Capital Management s affiliate s acquisition of the automotive interiors business of Visteon Corporation Trian Fund Management s successful shareholder activist campaign at Sysco Corporation Marlin Equity Partners $891-million all-cash acquisition of Tellabs Inc. Named Global M&A Network s 2014 NORTH AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR (LARGE) and The M&A Advisor s 2014 M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $500 MILLION TO $1 BILLION) Hurrell-Harring Settlement Pro bono class action resulting in the overhaul of the public defense system in five counties in New York State Received the LAWYERS WHO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AWARD from the New York Law Journal as well as the BEACON OF JUSTICE AWARD from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association for the firm s extensive pro bono efforts to secure the mandate of legal representation of the poor in New York State Wilmington Trust Company in a series of significant victories over the FDIC to secure ownership of a tax refund in excess of $400 million for the Downey Financial Corp. bankruptcy estate, in which Wilmington Trust is a substantial creditor as indenture trustee for hundreds of millions of dollars of Downey Financial notes Caxton Associates sale of a minority 9.99-percent interest to the Petershill II Fund, affiliated with the Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

6 SRZ RESOURCES ALERTS shareholder activism SRZ-Authored Publications SRZ produces more than 100 CLIENT ALERTS each year on a range of timely topics that are written and distributed in response to new legislation, regulatory changes or other news of interest to our clients. The SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM RESOURCE CENTER is updated regularly and includes SRZ lawyer-authored articles of interest, alerts on cases and emerging rules and regulations, practice highlights, and industry news and publications. SRZ s WORLD SKY SERVICE is an online collection of regularly updated reports that summarize the private placement laws in the countries around the world in which hedge funds and private equity funds are frequently marketed. SRZ-authored PUBLICATIONS include articles, books, deal studies, newsletters, treatises and white papers that explore the latest ideas, innovations, trends and legal developments in a wide range of practice areas and industries. PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS SEMINAR For more than 20 years, SRZ has presented its PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS SEMINAR, the premier conference in the private funds industry. The event annually attracts 2,000 attendees from around the world. SRZ INSIGHTS is a video series featuring SRZ lawyers sharing their expertise on timely topics that impact the financial services industry. SRZ s TWITTER feed features the latest news and alerts from the firm. Follow us is the registered trademark of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. All other company logos are the trademarks of their respective owners. The contents of these materials may constitute attorney advertising under the regulations of various jurisdictions Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. All rights reserved.