MICHAEL SANTINI

As a trusted advisor to major corporations, Michael Santini has completed over $20 billion of financing transactions consisting of common stock offerings, convertible bond offerings and debt-related deals.  In addition, he has been involved in merger and acquisition deals with aggregate transaction values of $30 billion.  Significant transactions include advising IBM on the sale of its PC Division to Lenovo Group of China for $1.75 billion, advising Marriott on the spin-off of its Contract Catering business to Sodexho Alliance, SA for $2 billion, advising Danaher on its $700 million acquisition of Fluke Corp., and advising James River on its $5.8 billion merger with Fort Howard.  Santini received his MBA with honors from UCLA and his B.A. with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara.