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THE M&A ADVISOR ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 4TH ANNUAL TURNAROUND AWARDS AT PALM BEACH FLORIDA GALA
March 23rd 2010

PALM BEACH, Fla., March 23, 2010 — The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the 2010 Turnaroumband Awards last night at the 4th Annual Turnaround Awards Gala at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. The event was hosted by Bloomberg TV anchor, Carol Massar.

"The award winners represent the best of the turnaround industry in the past year and earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of The M&A Advisor. "Each winner should take pride in their award and the message it sends about the resilience of our industry."

The Turnaround Awards Gala honored deal-teams, deal-makers, and firms whose activities set the standard for the industry. This year, 99 finalists in 27 categories were chosen. An independent body of experts that span the turnaround and M&A industry determined the ultimate recipients of the awards. Winners were revealed "Academy Awards-style" at the gala. The M&A Advisor's 4th Annual Turnaround Awards Gala honored excellence in deal-making for transactions over $10 million in value. The gala is one of the most prestigious and exclusive networking events in the turnaround industry. A Complete list of the winners can be found below.

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Winners of the 4th Annual Turnaround Awards

Major Deal Categories:

Turnaround of the year ($100 mm and above)
Chapter 11 Reorganization of Interstate Bakeries Corporation
Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC

Turnaround of the Year (Between $50 mm and $100 mm)
Reorganization of Golden County Foods
Alix Partners

Turnaround of the Year (Below $50 mm)
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Reorganization of Agriprocessors, Inc.
Triax Capital Advisors, LLC

Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (Below $100 mm)
Chapter 11 Reorganization of Z Gallerie
Broadway Advisors, LLC

Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year ($100 mm and above)
Chapter 11 Restructuring of General Motors
Former employees of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Boston Consulting Group
Rothschild
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Cross-Border Deal of the Year
Sale of Tarami K.K. to Mul Principal Investments Company Limited
Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (Below $100 mm)
Acquisition of Sun-Times Media Group
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.; Mesirow Financial

Distressed M&A Deal of the Year ($100 mm and above)
Acquisition by Deloitte Consulting LLP of substantially all of the assets of BearingPoint's North American Public Services business
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Divestiture Deal of the Year
Acquisition of LocationLogic LLC by Hale Global and its co-investor, Hale Capital Partners
DMEP Corporation d/b/a Hale Global

Out-of-Court Reorganization of the Year
Restructuring of Allied Cash Advance, LLC
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLC

Refinancing of the Year
Refinancing of Wise Foods, Inc.
Wise Foods, Inc.

Turnaround Community Impact Award
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Reorganization of Agriprocessors, Inc.
Triax Capital Advisors, LLC

Turnaround Corporate Executive of the Year
Larry Nusbaum, Vertex-Capital



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