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TOPIC: The New Reality of Private Equity
SPEAKER: Jack Furst, Partner - Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst DATE: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 TIME: 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. LOCATION: Houston Club, 811 Rusk (New Location) RSVP: By 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 7, 2001 Email acg@kerr-solutions.com, fax 281/424-4770, call 713/593-4700 COSTS: Members with a reservation by the deadline: $25 Guest accompanying a member: $30 Walk-ins and guests without reservations: $40 Credit card required for reservations; no shows will be billed. Buyout and investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst of Dallas, which declared last November that it would make no new venture investments, has also decided it will not provide follow-on financings to any of the dozen startups it has already backed. It's part of the New Reality of Private Equity that Jack Furst will discuss at the September 11 lunch. About HMTF: Founded in 1989, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated (HMTF) is a leading private equity investment firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions. The firm's primary objective is to acquire a diversified portfolio of companies serving the manufacturing, media and food sectors of the economy that offer the potential for attaining exceptional capital appreciation. HMTF and its predecessor have successfully completed over $50 billion of leveraged transactions. In addition to the firm's primary focus on leveraged acquisitions, HMTF, through affiliated entities -- including TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners, Olympus Real Estate Corporation, Stratford Capital Partners and 21st Century Group -- is also actively engaged in the management of other specialized asset categories, including high-yield and mezzanine securities, real estate, Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) debt and equity investments, and private equity investments in minority-owned businesses. About speaker: Jack D. Furst has been a partner of HMTF since the year it was founded. He has more than 18 years of experience in private equity investments. At HMTF, he is involved in all aspects of the firm's business and has been actively involved in originating, structuring and monitoring investments. Prior to joining HMTF, Mr. Furst was a vice president and subsequently a partner of Hicks & Haas Incorporated. Previously, he was a merger and acquisition/corporate finance specialist for First Boston Corporation in New York and a financial consultant at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Furst received his BS degree in business from Arizona State University and his MBA from the University of Texas. He was inducted into the Arizona State University College of Business Hall of Fame in 1999. He serves on the boards of several HMTF portfolio holdings. Mr. Furst also serves as an executive board member of Circle Ten Council (Boy Scouts) and as a member of the CBA Foundation Advisory Council and MBA Investment Fund at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a minority owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team and the Texas Rangers baseball team through his interest in Southwest Sports Group. ============================================ RESERVATION DEADLINE: For reservations, fax 281/424-4770, call the voice mail number 713/593-4700 or e-mail acg@kerr-solutions.com no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 7, 2001. Yes, I will attend the TUESDAY, September 11 ACG luncheon. NAME: COMPANY: PHONE: GUESTS: CC# for payment: Circle one: MC V AE Expiration date: ======================= 2001-2002 HOUSTON CHAPTER SPONSORS Andersen * Baker Botts LLP * Cooper Cameron Corporation Frost Bank * Jackson Walker LLP * McGriff, Seibels & Williams of Texas Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. * Southwest Bank of Texas * Varco International Association for Corporate Growth (www.acg.org/houston) is the networking organization for professionals involved in deal making, mergers & acquisitions, equity capital, strategic alliances, and other aspects of corporate growth and development. ======================= Dottie Kerr (dottie@kerr-solutions.com) Association for Corporate Growth - Houston Chapter Administrator Voice mail: 713-593-4700 - pres ltr.doc
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