Through this specific business unit the Bank offers support to its customers in relation to the main problem areas of corporate finance, i.e.:

• Merger & Acquisition and Privatisation: Feasibility, financial, procedural and contractual advice for extraordinary financial transactions such as mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions and disposals. The business support service also includes direct disclosure to the public and public authorities in privatisation transactions.

• Company and/or individual business unit assessment:  Specialist advice in determining the current theoretical value of a company and/or business unit. The service also includes the issue of fairness opinions and swap rate calculation. The business assessment timetable includes completion of the formalities necessary to reach a general valuation of the business capital of a company by means of methodology principles that are legally accepted and considered the best professional practices.

• Industrial and financial restructuring:  Advice on industrial restructuring transactions which – also through M&A – aim for strategic and competitive repositioning with a view to generating new value for shareholders. Advice on financial restructuring to recover financial balance (debt-equity ratio optimisation, identification of the best financial instruments for the business activities concerned) and to improve banking system relations and the company's credit rating.

• Stock exchange listings and IPOs: Advice on stock exchange listings as the sponsor and listing partner. The service includes support in all listing-related activities: submission of documents to the authorities and verification of compliance with related requisites; organisation of meetings with Italian and international investors; business image promotion and media advertising of the transaction; business valuation to define the offering price range; post-listing disclosure to the market of essential company data. In this context the Bank and its relevant departments can also act as Global Coordinator.

• Structured Finance: Analysis, organisation and participation in structured finance transactions for business development purposes (LBO, acquisition financing, securitisation, convertible bond loan issues, m/l term financing, leasing and factoring).

• Project Financing: Analysis of the economic and financial sustainability of the project, search for financial resources, organisation and participation in project financing transactions.

• Financial and Strategic Advice: Financial impact analysis of strategic corporate decisions, competitive positioning studies, search for business and financial partners, study of development/diversification/abandonment options. Advice on risk capital and/or debt capital transactions and ownership reorganisation with a view to identifying an optimum balance between debts and own funds.

The Team: of Banca Finnat  professionals offers a vast experience in the financial advisory sector. The team is composed of professionals that have gained expertise and high-level professional skills with leading Italian and international banks. The team has developed a methodology for approaching assignments which, the interdisciplinary nature and coordination capacity of which allow input of additional know-how and flexible adaptation to the specific needs of each transaction. The operating methods developed by the team members in their various assignments guarantee that advisory and analysis services are conducted with full transparency and efficiency, guaranteeing that the customer's objectives are achieved. In the advisory service context, the team can therefore offer full and integrated professional support to Banca Finnat  customers in order to generate value through:

• consolidated experience
• stable and reliable relations combined with an excellent image and reputation
• recognised financial and industrial expertise and a rapid, effective and efficient decision-making process
• a wide network of contacts and skills, plus development cooperation and support
• the capacity to access financial resources

For further information please contact: segreteriaacf@finnat.it.