2013 J.P.

Morgan Asia Investment Banking The Deal Competition

Group Project Description For your group project you will work in groups of 3-5 members each and assume the role of the financial advisor to the Board of Directors of a publicly listed consumer product company (the Company or the Acquiror) in connection with a strategic cross -border acquisition of another public listed company in the same industry in Emerging Asia (the Target). The 3-5 of you will collectively choose the Acquiror and the Target and analyze this hypothetical acquisition which you think makes strategic sense. The transaction value should exceed US$200 million. You are required to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to the Board on the strategic alternatives available to the Company, recommendation of a strategic acquisition, strategic rationale of the transaction, valuation of the target, key issues to consider in this transaction, and the work scope and project process tailored for this transaction. You are also required to covers the following aspects in the valuation section of your proposal: What are the valuation drivers for the Target? o What factors have a significant impact on its earnings? o How sensitive is the Target to different variables? What is your assessment of valuation for the Target? o You should consider a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, and a valuation based on precedent transactions and comparable company multiples o Clearly explain the assumptions underlying your valuation model o Analyze the benefits and limitations of the various valuation methodologies Discuss the synergies that the Acquiror and the Target may achieve and the valuation of these synergies. Recommend the appropriate acquisition premium for the Target.

Lastly, you should also cover the following: Discuss how the proposed transaction is going to be financed Will this proposed transaction create value for the shareholders of the Acquiror? o You should consider a merger analysis, and analyze the pro-forma impact on earnings accretion/dilution and credit ratios Discuss other relevant approach and execution considerations (e.g. bid tactics)

Your presentation can also cover points which you think are relevant or necessary.

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Guidelines Research Skills You are expected to utilize your research skills to collect public information on the Acquiror and the Target, including but not limited to: Companys public filings to the Stock Exchange Recent industry news and company news Industry report or research reports that are available in the public domain

Where you can usually look for public information: Company website, specifically the Investor Relations section Stock Exchange websites all the public filings are there Bloomberg if you have access to one Google, Yahoo! (or Baidu if you are searching information on a Chinese company)

Presentation Skills The presentation should be comprehensive in content but concise in presentation style. The suggested length of the presentation is 20-25 slides of content (i.e. excluding title page, table of contents). The presentation to the panel will be limited to 30 minutes, including 5 minutes of Q&A, which is expected to be a bilingual session in English and Mandarin (only if there are member in the group who indicat ed Mandarin as their second language) You should think about your response to all of the transaction issues, as they may come up in questions which the panel poses to you Within each group you can decide the speaking role for each member in front of the panel

Team Captain By default, the team captain will be the member that has registered the group through the online application system. He/she is responsible to manage the communication between the group and J.P. Morgan The Deal Competition, as well as to submit the final case presentation.

Case Submission Team Captain needs to submit the case study via email in the form of PowerPoint document by 00:00am (midnight) August 18, 2013 (US EST). No changes or updates will be allowed once the case has been submitted. Any late submission of case study will not be considered. The submission must be a team effort and the teams original work The case study submission format must be a PowerPoint document If you need to zip the presentation, please zip it only in .zip format. Please do not zip using .rar format Please submit your PowerPoint presentation via email to jpmorgan.thedeal@jpmorgan.com

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Final Group Presentation During late-September to October, we will notify the selected groups which have been chosen to present to J.P. Morgans Asia Investment Banking senior bankers. Exact date and time of the presentation will be emailed to you closer to date.

Result Announcement The result of the competition will be announced before the end of November. The winning team will be automatically invited to the final round interview for a position in our Asia Investment Banking Summer Internship program

Important Timeline

June 10, 2013: Confirmation of participation and release of case details August 18, 2013: Case submission via email September 2013 (exact date TBC): Invitation of selected groups for presentation Late September - October 2013 (exact date TBC): Selected groups' presentations to J.P. Morgans Asia Investment Banking senior bankers (Exact venue and time will be emailed to you closer to date) End of November: Winning team announcement

Questions If the team comes across any questions during the competition, the Team Captain can email us at: jpmorgan.thedeal@jpmorgan.com