Dear participant,

we highly appreciate your interest in participating in our European PE study 2010.

The survey is composed of the following four individual sections. 

        A. Characteristics of your private equity firm 
        B. Description of your investment strategy 
        C. Involvement with portfolio companies in a typical buyout situation
        D. Value creation and trends

Upfront, we have got some preliminary remarks.

- You will need 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

- In exchange for your effort you will be provided with the results of this study.

- All information provided will be treated as strictly confidential and will be processed anonymously.


When answering the questions, we kindly ask you to consider the following:

- We are interested in the active involvement of private equity firm representatives (= own members, executives, consultants brought in by your firm) in portfolio companies.

- Please refer to the active involvement in a typical buyout situation in which your firm (alone or with its syndicate partners) acquires a controlling stake in a company.

- Do not hesitate to provide us with estimates. We are interested in your personal judgement.

- A fully completed questionnaire is very valuable to us. However, do not hesitate to send us an incomplete questionnaire, if you feel uncomfortable answering a particular question.



Again, thank you very much for your participation!

Prof. Dr. Harald Hungenberg, University Erlangen-Nuernberg
Prof. Dr. Michael Nippa, Technical University Freiberg
Mathias Schatt, University Erlangen-Nuernberg
Matthias Kruehler, Technical University Freiberg

                   

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