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Mumbai, 16-17 March 2006 - About the Sponsors
Warburg Pincus
Lead Sponsor Warburg Pincus has been a leading private equity investor since 1971, with approximately US$14 billion under management. The firm has an active portfolio of about 125 companies, with investment experience from founding start-ups and providing growth capital to leading restructurings, recapitalizations and buy-outs. In total, Warburg Pincus has invested more than US$19 billion in more than 480 companies across 30 countries. Based in New York, the firm has offices in Menlo Park, London, Munich, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Mumbai.Warburg Pincus professionals are active participants on the Boards of many of its portfolio companies, allowing them to offer sound advice and guidance to management teams on such matters as strategy, financing, recruiting, globalization, mergers and acquisitions. The firm enhances this involvement with management by providing value-added services in capital markets, information technology and marketing.
Warburg Pincus has been industry-focused for more than two decades, The firms professionals are organized into industry groups in order to provide the highest level of expertise to portfolio companies. This also facilitates the professionals understanding of the industrys products, services, technologies, and market trends. Extensive industry knowledge, both domestically and internationally, establishes Warburg Pincus as an insightful partner for business executives and entrepreneurs.
IL & FS Investment Managers Limited (IIML)
Co-Sponsor IL & FS Investment Managers Limited (IIML) is the private equity arm of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), and is one of the largest domestic private capital providers in India. It is also one of the pioneer venture capital firms in India.It currently has more than US$370 million under management on behalf of leading Indian and international institutions. In addition to IL&FS, the firms shareholders include International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank and Bank of India.
From a domestic venture capital firm, IL&FS Investment Managers has expanded its
network with regional players. In June 2005, it joined Standard Chartered Private Equity and Jacob Ballas Capital India Pvt Ltd in taking up a 28.9% equity stake in ABG Shipyard which is the largest private sector shipyard in India.
www.ilfsinvestmentmanagers.com
CCMP Capital Asia
Cocktail Reception Host CCMP Capital Asia, formerly known as JP Morgan Partners Asia, has US$2.7 billion under management. CCMP Capital Asia seeks to lead leveraged buyouts of medium to large sized market leading companies in Asia. CCMP Capital Asia’s first fund, the US$1.1 billion Asia Opportunity Fund (“AOF I”), closed in 2000 and was one of the first pan-Asia leveraged buyout oriented investment funds raised in the region.
Ambit Corporate Finance
Ambit Corporate Finance was established in 1997, and provides integrated investment banking services. Its major business areas are mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising, and asset reconstruction and recapitalisation. Ambit Corporate Finance assists its clients in developing and executing capital raising transactions through both the equity (public and private) and debt routes. It also assists companies in negotiating with lenders for settlements or restructuring loans, balance sheet restructuring to align the capital structure to business requirements, fund raising for re-financing high-cost capital, participating in tri-partite arrangements (between lenders, borrowers and investors) enabling friendly take-overs of stressed companies and businesses.
Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, established in 1836, is the oldest Chamber in the country. The Chamber has a long and illustrious history of 169 years of continuAbout the Sponsors and the Supporting Organisaous service to trade and industry. The Chamber seeks to reflect the views, perceptions and interests of its constituents in a proactive and constructive manner. It is well respected for its balanced and studied approach to matters pertaining to development of trade and industry, promotion of government-industry inter-linkages and for pursuing sensible economic policies. The Chambers membership consists of 1750 large and medium size companies which have their corporate headquarters located in Mumbai. Consequently, it is not surprising that the Chamber membership contributes almost one-third of Indias Gross Domestic Product in manufacturing & services. The Bombay Chamber is Indias premier Chamber of Commerce & Industry situated in Mumbai, the Industrial, Financial and Commercial Capital of India.
