Mid Market Forum:

October 18th & 19th, Budapest

Europe - A superior place for returns

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Europe is large and diverse, benefiting from increasing integration, while retaining strong growth in both specific regions and subsectors. This, together with the traditional focus of Mid Market private equity houses on value creation through building businesses, explains why many investors are seeking to increase their exposure in this space.

Although we have emerged from the crucible of crisis, we face a new operating reality of sovereign debt concerns, flat-lining GDPs in some countries, and continued capital constraints.

Yet our member firms, and the companies they back, did not just survive the downturn, but in many cases grew and prospered. Less than 2% of our portfolio companies defaulted during the crisis and returns are consistently strong by any benchmark – or region. The model has been tested in the harshest of conditions – and it works.

In this, our third annual event for European Mid Market GPs and LPs, we will:

• Examine Europe from a macro, regional and sector perspective

• Equip GPs with strategies to meet current and future investor expectations

• Focus on delivering value in growth regions – like the CEE

• Analyse banking and financing market conditions

• Prepare you for current and future regulatory change

A special feature for this year’s forum will be the first presentation of a Pan-European study showing how returns are generated in the Mid Market.

Europe’s private equity markets are home to a huge variety of investment experience and business innovations and as such I find it only fitting that for our third, dedicated Mid Market event, after our debut in Paris and our second in Copenhagen, we move to the growth economies of our region.

I look forward to welcoming you to Budapest in October.

Dörte Höppner

Secretary-General

Dear Colleague

DöRTE HöppNER EVCA Secretary-General

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Speakers

Thierry Baudon Managing Partner, Mid Europa partners LLp Thierry chairs the Investment and Management

Committees of the firm and has led the Mid Europa team since its inception in 1999. Previously, he headed the International Finance Division of the SUEZ Group and held senior positions with the EBRD and the World Bank/IFC Group.

John Barber Partner, Bridgepoint Advisers LimitedJohn is the partner responsible for Investor Services and joined

Bridgepoint in 2007. He was previously a managing director at Helix Associates. John co-founded Yucatan Foods in Santa Monica, California. He is a member of the Mid Market Platform Council of EVCA.

Michael Calvey Senior Partner, Baring Vostok Capital partnersMichael Calvey is also a Director of Baring Private Equity International.

He began working in Moscow in 1994 as one of the managers of the First NIS Regional Fund. Previously he worked at the EBRD and Salomon Brothers.

Francesco di Valmarana Partner, pantheonFrancesco focuses on the evaluation, selection and monitoring of

European investment opportunities and is a member of the European Investment Committee. He was previously with Unigestion, where he managed the firm’s global secondaries programme.

Detlef Dinsel Managing Partner, IK Investment partners LimitedDetlef is Head of the Investment Committee and member of

the Executive Committee, jointly responsible for Region East (Sweden, Finland and Germany/CEE). Before joining the firm in 1996, he worked as a manager for Bain & Company in Munich.

Murat Cavusoglu Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Actera GroupMurat serves on the firm’s investment and operating

committees. Prior to forming Actera, he was a Managing Director and investment committee member of Southeast Europe Equity Fund (SEEF). Previously, Mr. Cavusoglu held a number of senior executive positions at Fiba Group.

Craig Donaldson Partner, HgCapitalCraig has more than twenty years of experience advising institutional

investors on alternative investment management strategies. He is a member of HG Capital’s executive, investment and portfolio review committees. Craig currently serves as Chairman of the EVCA Mid Market Council.

Hamish Grant Banking Specialist, Bridgepoint Advisers LimitedHamish joined the firm in 1999 and has raised debt for

investments across Europe including IMO, Pets at Home, A-Katsastus, Dorna, Fat Face, Diaverum, Pret A Manger, Terveystalo, TüvTurk and LGC. Previously, he worked in leveraged finance at Deutsche Bank.

Gordon Bajnai Former prime Minister of Hungary, Economist and Businessman TOpIC: Central Europe: prospects and pitfalls on the road to further European integrationGordon Bajnai is an economist and businessman and from April 2009 until May 2010, he served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary. Earlier, he held positions as Government Commissioner of the National Development Agency, Minister, Ministry of Local Government and as Minister, Ministry of National Development and Economic Affairs. Currently Mr. Bajnai is the Founder of Patriotism and Progress, a public policy think tank in Budapest, as well as a member of the Global Advisory Board to Meridiam Infrastructure Managers. He is a Senior Adviser to CSIS, the leading international relations think tank in Washington DC.

Keynote

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Conor KehoePartner, McKinsey & CompanyTOpIC: Why European private equity still delivers superior returnsConor founded McKinsey’s Private Equity (PE) Practice in Europe and leads the Firm’s global research into this sector and into Governance. He has worked as a consultant throughout Continental Europe and in Asia where he served global clients.

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Speakers

Michael Hoffman Chairman, palamon Capital partnersMichael co-founded Palamon Capital Partners in 1999

and a member of the Operating Committee. He has extensive experience in private equity, built up over the past twenty years. Previously, Mr Hoffman was with Warburg Pincus for eleven years.

Anne Holm Rannaleet Senior Advisor, IK Investment partners ABDirector, IK Aid & Relief Enterprise LTD and Member

and Chairwoman, IK Industrial Advisory Board, Anne represents the Nordic region and the mid-market buyout sector on the Public Affairs Executive. She is also a member of the EVCA Professional Standards Committee.

Carol Kennedy Senior Partner, pantheonCarol has worked in the private equity industry since 1983. She is a member of Pantheon’s

Global Infrastructure Committee and also sits on the BVCA Research Advisory Board. She joined Pantheon in 1990 after 4 years with Prudential Venture Managers.

Mary Kuusisto Partner, proskauerMary B. Kuusisto is a Partner in the Private Investment Funds Group and a member of the

Tax Department at Proskauer. Mary has over 15 years of experience in the private equity industry, advising clients on structuring and operations of private investment funds globally, with particular experience in tax-related matters.

Geoffrey Kittredge Partner, Debevoise & plimpton LLp Geoffrey Kittredge focuses his practice on private equity

and investment fund formation. Labeled a “private equity ace” by Legal Week, he is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers UK (2011) and described as “one of the foremost reasons Debevoise is so respected” in Chambers UK (2010).

Karsten Langer Partner, The Riverside CompanyKarsten has been a partner with The Riverside Company

since 2006. He currently leads the firm’s investment and portfolio management activities in the Benelux and France. Karsten is Chairman of EVCA.

Julie Gray Principal, Canada pension plan Investment BoardJulie Gray joined CPPIB in 2007 and is focused on

assessing and managing primary fund commitments on a global basis, responsible for CPPIB’s European fund investment activities. Previously, Julie worked for The Boston Consulting Group.

Marleen Groen Chief Executive, Greenpark Capital Ltd.Marleen has extensive global private equity secondaries

experience having spent the last ten years investing in this market. Prior to this, she spent a decade in senior corporate finance positions at Westdeutsche Landesbank, Socíété Générale and ABN AMRO Bank.

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KeynoteMarc BoheimManaging Director, Goldman Sachs private Equity GroupTOpIC: European private equity in a global contextMarc Boheim is a managing director in the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group based in London, where he is the co-chief operating officer of the AIMS Private Equity Group. He is also a portfolio manager in the Private Equity Group.

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Joe Topley Managing Director, parish Capital Advisors Europe LLpJoe Topley leads the firm’s secondaries investment program.

Before joining Parish Capital, he established and ran the secondaries investment program for Nomura. Prior to that, he was a partner at Greenpark Capital.

Henry Potter Partner, Alpha Associates AG Henry joined Alpha Associates in September 2008 from the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. He has been investing in private investments and private equity funds in central Europe and CIS since 1994.

Christophe Nicolas Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment partnersChristophe is

portfolio manager for the Private Equity Fund of Funds group and co-leads AIP’s secondary team. He joined Morgan Stanley AIP in 2008 to launch and invest AIP’s first dedicated secondary private equity fund and has 18 years of relevant industry experience.

Fabio Sattin Chairman & Founding Partner, private Equity partners SGR S.p.A.Fabio was Chairman of EVCA in 1993-94

and is at present on the Mid Market Platform Council. From 1990 to 2006 he was a member of the board of directors of the A.I.F.I.

Helen Steers Partner, pantheonHelen Steers has 22 years of private equity experience. She leads Pantheon’s

European primary investment activity and chairs the European Investment Committee. Previously she was Managing Director at Russell Investments.

Chris Mruck Managing Partner, Advent International s.r.o. Chris joined Advent in 1997. Previously, he worked for over

10 years in corporate and project finance at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and at Deutsche Bank in the U.K. and Singapore.

David Plummer Manager, Private Equity, New Zealand Superannuation FundDavid leads the New Zealand

Superannuation Fund’s emerging Private Equity investment programme. Previously, he was the CEO of Oktobor, a global visual effects company.

Speakers

Robert Manz Managing Partner and Board Member, Enterprise Investors Robert is Member of the Board of

Enterprise Investors, being one of the longest-active professionals in the private equity industry in the CEE region, with over twenty years experience. Previously he worked with Dillon, Read & Co.

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17.00 REGISTRATION

19.30 WELCOME COCKTAILS AND NETWORKING DINNER VAM DESiGN CENTRE, BuDAPEST

20.00 ViEw FRoM THE ToP: pRIVATE EqUITy – A RESpONSE TO EUROpEAN AUSTERITy

SpEAKER:

karsten langer, Partner, the riverside company

programme: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Located in downtown Budapest, the VAM design centre is set in a beautiful

historic building that has been converted into a museum and

art & design centre. The Mid Market Forum

Welcome Dinner will take place in the spectacular

glass covered inner court, providing an excellent

opportunity to network with fellow delegates and relax in style, 5 minutes walk from

the Kempinski Hotel.

VAMDesign Centre

In my experience, EVCA events are attended by the brightest minds of European private equity and the global institutional investment market.

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”george anson, managing director,

harbourvest

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programme: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

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8.00 REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING REFRESHMENTS

9.00 WELCOME ADDRESS AND CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

john barber, Partner, bridgepoint

9.15 KEYNoTE: WHy EUROpEAN pRIVATE EqUITy STILL DELIVERS SUpERIOR RETURNS

• Micro boom in macro gloom – winning business models, sectors and regions

• public market correlation – does this paint an accurate picture of the asset class?

• Corporate winners and losers in the world’s largest economy

SpEAKER:

conor kehoe, Partner, mckinsey & company

9.45 PLENARY PANEL: THE Lp pERSpECTIVE – WHAT ARE INVESTORS LOOKING FOR IN pRIVATE EqUITy?

• How has Europe performed and how is it expected to perform relative to other regions?

• Is the current trend for operational skills set to continue – should Gps be staffing up?

• Sector specialists v. local knowledge

• Beyond European liquidity pools – new sources of capital

MODERATOR:

john barber, Partner, bridgepoint

pANELLISTS:

julie gray, Principal, cppib

david plummer, Manager, Private Equity, new zealand superannuation fund

helen steers, Partner, pantheon

10.30 PLENARY PANEL: A SINGLE CONTINENT WITH MULTIpLE MARKETS – A BREAK DOWN OF CONTRASTING INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTS

• An assessment of economic difference, industrial structures and growth rates across Europe

• Supermodels and subsectors – getting the business model and sector right

• Horses for courses – region specific strategies

MODERATOR:

michael hoffman, Chairman, palamon capital partners

pANELLISTS:

thierry baudon, Founding Partner, mid europa partners

detlef dinsel, Managing Partner, ik investment partners

11.30 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK

12.00 KEYNoTE: CENTRAL EUROpE: pROSpECTS AND pITFALLS ON THE ROAD TO FURTHER EUROpEAN INTEGRATION

• Macroeconomic context

• Institutions and governance

• Key regional strengths

• Opportunities for investment

SpEAKER:

gordon bajnai, former prime minister of hungary, economist and businessman

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programme: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

12.30 DATA SNAPSHoT: HOW ARE RETURNS GENERATED IN EUROpEAN pRIVATE EqUITy?

• Debunking myths - a return attribution analysis of leading Gps in European Mid Market private equity

SpEAKER:

craig donaldson, Partner, hgcapital

13.00 NETWORKING AND LUNCH

14.00 KEYNoTE: EUROpEAN pRIVATE EqUITy IN A GLOBAL CONTExT

• How does fund performance compare?

• Corporate Europe on a global scale

• How do European capital markets shape up on a global scale?

• private Equity v. other alternative asset classes

SpEAKER:

marc boheim, Managing Director, goldman sachs private equity group

14.30 woRKiNG SESSioNS STREAM 1: IS REGULATION SET TO BECOME STRANGULATION?

• All over bar the shouting? What influence can the industry still have on AIFMD?

• Is increasing regulation the new norm? What else is about to hit our radar screens – how can we respond?

MODERATOR: TBC

pANELLISTS:

anne holm rannaleet, Senior Advisor, ik investment partners ab

geoff kittredge, Partner, debevoise and plimpton mary kuusisto, Partner, proskauer

STREAM 2: REGION IN FOCUS – MAxIMISING OppORTUNITIES IN EUROpE’S EMERGING MARKETS

• After 20 years of free markets, what’s left to discover?

• Seven year itch - seven years on from accession - what have been the pros and cons for private equity?

• Beyond the CEE – where are the next opportunities for superior returns?

MODERATOR:

henry potter, Partner, alpha associates pANELLISTS:

michael calvey, Senior Partner, baring vostok capital partners

murat cavusoglu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, actera group

robert manz, Managing Partner, enterprise investors

chris mruck, Managing Partner, advent international

15.15 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK

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15.45 woRKiNG SESSioNS STREAM 1: OpERATIONS IN FOCUS- BUILDING GLOBALLy COMpETITIVE MID MARKET BUSINESSES

• Staying focused on strategy while competing in a global market

• What lessons can be learnt from the mittelstand?

MODERATOR:

janusz heath, Managing Director, capital dynamics

pANELLISTS:

antonio cabral, Managing Partner, the riverside company

fabio sattin, Chairman and Founding Partner, private equity partners

turkven private equity

STREAM 2: DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH OR FOOLS’ GOLD? SECONDARIES IN MIDDLE-MARKET FUNDS - CHALLENGES AND OppORTUNITIES

panellists will debate whether mid market funds make good secondaries

• Final exit price vs time to deliver exits

• Less volatility vs lack of refinancing opportunities delivering early cash flows

• Scarcity due to fewer Lps vs lower leverage making it more difficult to buy in distress

MODERATOR:

francesco di valmarana, Partner, pantheon pANELLISTS:

marleen groen, CEO, greenpark capital christophe nicolas, Executive Director,

morgan stanley investment partners

joe topley, Managing Director, parish capital advisors europe

STREAM 3: DEBT IN FOCUS – IS THE MID MARKET BACK TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE?

• Will resurgent credit markets see a return to higher leveraged deals?

• A regional assessment of the evolution of European debt markets

• Transaction tactics – in almost perfect markets how can you use debt market expertise to gain a competitive edge?

SpEAKER:

hamish grant, Banking Specialist, bridgepoint advisers

16.30 PLENARY PANEL: “LEARNING IS ExpERIENCE, EVERyTHING ELSE IS jUST INFORMATION.”

So wrote Einstein. From fundraising to exits, from Lp reporting requirements to deal screening, is there really anything new under the sun?

This session will challenge seasoned industry veterans if the issues keeping them awake in the wee hours are the same as they’ve ever been.

MODERATOR: TBC pANELLISTS:

carol kennedy, Senior Partner, pantheon chris masterson, Chairman,

montagu private equity llp jonny maxwell,

industry veteran

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programme: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

For programme updates, visit: www.evca.eu/midmarketforum2011/home.html

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VENUEKempinski Hotel Corvinus

Erzsébet tér 7-8

1051 Budapest, Hungary

Tel: +36 1 429 3777 / Fax: +36 1 429 4777

DATES

18 & 19 October 2011

LANGUAGE

The working language of the conference will be English

REGISTRATION

EVCA member: €1,495

Non-member: €2,495

NVCA: €748

Full time professor: €495

Policy official: €495

The fee includes participation in the event, conference papers, refreshments, luncheon and the dinner. The fee does not include accommodation or travel expenses. See section entitled “Accommodation” for additional details.

Accompanying person fee: €200 The fee includes: Participation in the dinner.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

The registration desk opens at 17:00 on Tuesday 18 October. The conference starts with a networking dinner on Tuesday 18 October at 19:30 at the VAM Design Centre and is scheduled to finish on the following day at 17:30.

SUGGESTED ATTIREDuring the conference sessions and dinner - professional business attire

PAYMENT

Please complete the enclosed registration form and return it to the EVCA Secretariat (Bastion Tower, Place du Champ de Mars 5, B - 1050 Brussels, Belgium).

Participants are requested at the same time to pay the registration fee by cheque, bank transfer or credit card in Euro, as shown on the registration form.

Bank transfers are to be made net of all bank charges and commissions

to either: international bank transfer account number: IBAN BE33

3300 5785 0046 (Swift/BiC: BBruBEBB), or domestic bank transfer

account number: 330-0578500-46 with ING.

A copy of the bank transfer should be mailed together with the registration form to EVCA.

To avoid any confusion, participants are requested to clearly indicate their name and address on transfer orders and cheques.

Acknowledgement of registration, the receipt for fees and practical information will be sent to the participant following reception of the registration and payment.

Payment by credit card is required for all registrations after 18 September 2011.

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ACCOMMODATION Accommodation for the event must be reserved separately by the participants as this is not included in the conference registration fee. A block booking has been secured for the conference attendee at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, the conference venue. Use the accommodation form to reserve a room at this hotel. The deadline for reservation is 20 September 2011. Reservations can only be made through this hotel reservation form. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Before 20 September 2011, all reservations can be cancelled without penalty before the arrival day. For any cancellation made or no-shows after 20 September 2011, the hotel will charge the full stay to the credit card of the participant.

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CANCELLATION & CHANGE OF DELEGATEIf a registered delegate is unable to attend the conference, a colleague from the same company may take his or her place at any time. However, cancellation of attendance will only be accepted if received in writing by the EVCA Secretariat on or before 18 September 2011. Fees (less 20% administrative costs) will then be refunded. No refunds will be made after this date.

LIABILITYEVCA cannot be held liable for any costs or expenses of any nature (such as, but not limited to, hotel and transportation costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the conference by a participant who is prevented for any reason (such as, but not limited to, the unavailability of transportation) from attending the conference. We recommend that participants take out a travel insurance policy to cover any such eventualities as well as covering the potential loss of or damage to personal possessions.

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About EVCA

European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

EVCA is the voice of European private equity and venture capital.

We promote the interests of our more than 1,200 members, to ensure they can conduct their business effectively.

EVCA engages policymakers and promotes the industry among key stakeholders, including institutional investors, entrepreneurs and employee representatives.

EVCA develops professional standards, research reports and holds professional training and networking events.

EVCA covers the whole range of private equity, from early-stage venture capital to the largest buyouts.

For further information and for the full programme and speakers list please visit: www.evca.eu/midmarketforum2011/home.html