Granite Bridge Partners LLC

OVERVIEW Middle-market private equity firm that seeks to partner with and invest in management teams and their companies. Granite Bridge Partners LLC purchases control positions in companies with strong continuing management, high upside, discernible value and acquisition-led and organic growth drivers. At Granite Bridge, we differentiate with patient capital, certainty to close, and our team’s extensive experience in lower middle-market private equity. GUIDING PRINCIPLES - Success demands operating with the highest level of integrity - Open communications and shared understanding are critical to effective partnerships - The ability to “Get Things Done” is a required core competency INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS When considering a specific investment opportunity, the most important criteria are: - Strong and committed management team with significant ownership opportunities post-closing - Leadership position in technology, product line, cost position or distribution channel - Growth opportunities, internal or by acquisition - Diversity of products/services, customers, markets and suppliers TRANSACTION PARAMETERS Industries: Consumer products and services, Business services & Niche manufacturing Investment Amount: $10 - $30mm of equity per transaction Company Size: Revenues over $10mm and EBITDA over $2mm Transaction Size: Enterprise value between $10 - $100mm Types: Control Acquisitions & Recapitalizations, Expansion Financings, Industry Consolidations and Corporate Divestitures TEAM Granite Bridge Partners is a consensus-driven and results-oriented private equity firm comprised of financial professionals with decades of investing experience and strong relationships across the lower middle-market ecosystem. The partners have widely varied backgrounds in private equity, strategy consulting, investment banking and lending and are supplemented by outside directors and operating executives with relevant industry experience.