La Jolla, CA - September 19, 2008

A New York private equity firm, with more than $1 billion dollars under management, engaged Bainbridge Capital Advisory earlier this year to source M&A opportunities for its portfolio company, a leading HVAC Company. Working as an extension of the firm's business development team, Bainbridge developed a comprehensive database of companies in the HVAC market via secondary and primary-source research. Through its investigative research, the Bainbridge process revealed multiple proprietary opportunities that fit with the firm's acquisition criteria.

The first of several pending deals closed in June 2008, creating a gateway for larger expansion opportunities for the portfolio company, through the merger of two leading HVAC companies. The deals are outside of the auction environment and have a win-win approach to develop post-deal buy-in with sellers. Bainbridge Capital Advisory led the M&A sourcing effort and continues to fuel the private equity firm's pipeline with quality deals. The amount of the transaction and client names remain undisclosed to protect client confidentiality.