COVINGTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA

Our Firm Covington Associates is a premier boutique investment banking firm located in Boston. Founded in 1991, our mission has remained the same for over 20 years – provide our clients with the highest caliber of senior-level attention based on an advice driven and results focused set of principles. We provide advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (“M & A”), capital raising, strategic advisory and fairness opinions to middle-market companies across the Healthcare, Business Services, Consumer & Industrial, and Technology verticals. Our team of dedicated professionals have completed more than 200 transactions globally for both private and publicly traded companies aggregating over $15 billion in transaction value. Business Services Covington Associates has significant experience in the business services arena spanning a wide range of sub-sectors including professional services, business process outsourcing, transaction processing, real estate, education services and testing, consulting, and systems integration. Covington Associates is a leading adviser to middle-market and emerging companies in the healthcare industry. Since inception, Covington has successfully completed over 130 healthcare transactions ranging in value from $10 million to nearly $2 billion. Our domain knowledge allows us to clearly position and effectively market each client company. We are committed to providing superior service to our clients in the following healthcare subsectors: Medical Devices, Life Sciences, Healthcare Distribution, Healthcare Services, Medical Manufacturing, Healthcare IT, Diagnostics & Tools Our professionals understand the unique attributes of each of the following sectors: specialty manufacturing, branded consumer products, value added distribution, energy, transportation, logistics, restaurant, apparel, and online retail. Our industry knowledge allows us to clearly position and effectively market each client company. Beyond the deal our ability to understand the underlying industry trends and challenges allows us to provide sound advice and guidance throughout the transaction. We combine creative approaches with skilled execution to yield success for our clients. We provide clients with direct senior-level attention throughout all phases of the transaction process from preparation of marketing materials, contacting of potential strategic and financial partners, negotiation of letters of intent straight through closing. Our high touch approach to banking helps build a deep sense of partnership with our clients. Covington Associates offers unbiased advice regarding sales, divestitures, mergers, or acquisitions. Specializing in middle-market transactions, we have represented private companies, public companies, private equity firms, multinational corporations, and family held businesses in a wide range of industries both as buy-side and sell-side advisor. We provide clients with senior-level attention throughout all phases of the transaction process from the preparation of marketing materials and the contacting of potential strategic and financial partners to the negotiation of letters of intent straight through closing. Covington Associates can assist your company in raising the capital it needs to finance working capital, drive organic growth, provide liquidity to shareholders, or fund an acquisition strategy. With extensive experience in the capital markets, the principals of Covington Associates have knowledge of and access to the investor universe appropriate for your situation and needs, whether it be senior debt, subordinated debt, private equity, or venture capital. Covington Associates provides strategic advisory services to companies, boards of directors, and shareholders seeking to understand their various alternatives for maximizing shareholder value and liquidity. As independent financial advisors, we provide an objective assessment of the viable strategic alternatives available to a client that will help them to meet their objectives. These alternatives may include a recapitalization, acquisition, divestiture, sale, or maintaining the status quo. Through a strategic review process we can identify the value drivers of a business to help its stakeholders prepare the company for a value maximizing transaction, regardless of when the decision is made to pursue it. Broker Dealer Services Provided Our Firm Covington Associates is a premier boutique investment banking firm located in Boston. Founded in 1991, our mission has remained the same for over 20 years – provide our clients with the highest caliber of senior-level attention based on an advice driven and results focused set of principles. We provide advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (“M & A”), capital raising, strategic advisory and fairness opinions to middle-market companies across the Healthcare, Business Services, Consumer & Industrial, and Technology verticals. Our team of dedicated professionals have completed more than 200 transactions globally for both private and publicly traded companies aggregating over $15 billion in transaction value. Business Services Covington Associates has significant experience in the business services arena spanning a wide range of sub-sectors including professional services, business process outsourcing, transaction processing, real estate, education services and testing, consulting, and systems integration. Covington Associates is a leading adviser to middle-market and emerging companies in the healthcare industry. Since inception, Covington has successfully completed over 130 healthcare transactions ranging in value from $10 million to nearly $2 billion. Our domain knowledge allows us to clearly position and effectively market each client company. We are committed to providing superior service to our clients in the following healthcare subsectors: Medical Devices, Life Sciences, Healthcare Distribution, Healthcare Services, Medical Manufacturing, Healthcare IT, Diagnostics & Tools