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PSE ACQUISITIONS, LLC
TARGET TEASER
Capital Requirement:
$25 million
Investment Vehicle:
SPV
Investment Type:
Common Stock
Investment Objective
Acquire -10% of tar-
get's common stock
Time Horizon:
Fee Terms
12-36 months
1% + 2096*
* If returns are greater than 100% in a fiscal year, the incentive allocation in-
creases by 10% to 30%.
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PSE AcQU1SITIONS, LLC
Transitory regulatory
problems have
peaked; the stock and
industry are poised to
revert to more normal
valuations. Price tar-
get is greater than 5 x
current price.
Target Profile
Sector:
Enterprise value:
Revenue:
Financial leverage:
Conswner services
<S200 million
S1 billion
Low
2004
2005
2006
2007
EV/EBITDA:
<3
Priccibook.
<0.25
Price/replacement
0.16
Target Summary:
The Target is a leader in an industry that is crucial to our
economy but has been the focus of regulators along with
its peers. We believe that most of the regulatory head-
winds are temporary, and the continued expansion of val-
uation multiples within the industry is expected. We an-
ticipate the Target will follow many of its peers by begin-
ning to revert to a more normal valuation. The only congressional bill recently introduced with provisions
intended to inhibit aspects of the industry's business model was 'dead-on-arrival' and we believe no further
legislative attempts, if any, will be successful.
The stock prices of many of the Target's peers have increased several fold off their lows as an end to the
government attacks have come into sight. However, the Target has lagged behind and trades at less than 3 x
EBITDA while its peers trade at over 6 x EBITDA. The Target has received greater regulatory scrutiny than
most of its peers. After a careful review of the Target and industry, we believe that relatively all the bad news
is out and we are at an inflection point where the Target begins to return to a more normal valuation level.
Investment Objective:
We seek to raise S25 million from investors to acquire a substantial position in the Target. We will utilize
proven strategies to maximize our investor's returns, including activism. It is our belief that as valuations nor-
malize and the government's scrutiny lessens, the Target should generate a 500-1000% retum over the next
12-36 months. The investment managers are leading turnaround activists and have successfully targeted
companies with similar profiles in order to unlock shareholder value.
0%
50%
75%
48%
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Comparable Companies Analysis
Company
*EWEIIITDA LTM
tEV/EBITDA
(Norm. Period)
Target
Comparable Co. 1
8.0
10.5
Comparable Co. 2
6.4
18.2
Comparable Co. 10
7.7
14.7
Comparable Co. 12
3.7
13.9
Average
6.0
12.8
•Financials are calendarized and normalized. Fully diluted shares are
calculated using TSM.
tEV and unadjusted EBITDA are from FlO0DS to FY20011.
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PSE ACQUISITIONS, LLC I PAST PICKS I MARCH 2014
Manager's selected positions disclosed October, 2013
YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW US)
Return since Oct. 2013: 55%+
Investment Targets: Company "A"
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5yr Share
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supply-chain sathitions. Its
network lus local. regional.
national and international
capabilities
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Market Cap:
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Annual Revenue: ---USS 5.0 billion
Cash: > USS150 million
PE Ratio: WA
Div. Yield: 0.0%
Down from 5yr High: 99%
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Tarp-1 Return 3%
Holding Period 24 nxxnh
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (PEIX US)
Return since Oct. 2013: 35096+
Investment Targets: Company "B"
5yr Share
Performance
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Forced selling and hyper-dilutive financing has run its noun.
•
Turning cash flow positive
•
Improving industry dynamics
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Company Profile:
A leachng pro.,", or renewable
fuels that primarily operates in
the Western US
Wnically integrated operations
spanning production, storage and
delivery
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Market Cap: < USS100 million
Annual Revenue: sUSS 1.0 billion
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Div. Yield: 0.0%
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Target Return: 5x
I holding Period: 24 months
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PSE ACQUISITIONS, LLC I PAST PICKS I MARCH 2014
Manager's selected positions disclosed October, 2013
DHT Holdings, Inc. (DHT US)
Return since Oct. 2013: 10096+
Investment Targets: Company "C"
Oclaro, Inc (OCLR US)
Return since Oct. 2013: 9096+
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NE Ratio: N/A
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Investment Targets: Company "E"
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The convarry's products span both
the industrial and consumer markets
worldwide.
Its products are used in a wide any
of applications including
binimedical inaaging, mbdies. laser
printing and telecom network.
Marled Cap:
USS200 million
Annual Revenue: s CS5.500 million
Ratio: WA
Dist Yield: 0.0%
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I biding Period: 36 months
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PSE ACQUISITIONS, LLC I MANAGEMENT I MARCH 2014
Bruce R. Galloway
Managing Member
Mr. Galloway is a leading turnaround activist and a small/micro-cap deep value investor. He has gen-
erated annual returns in excess of 20% for the past 15 years. As the founder and managing director of
the Galloway Capital Division at Burnham Securities from 1994 to 2005, he managed up to $100 mil-
lion in assets and developed the Strategic Turnaround Equity Program (STEP) model for analyzing
distressed companies based on the Altman Z-score. He served as Chairman of the Equity Committee
of Seitel, Inc.'s bankruptcy proceedings where he executed the recapitalization that resulted in a
1500% return to the equity holders. Mr. Galloway was the Managing Member of Galloway Capital
Management, LLC, which was focused on undervalued publicly traded equities. He has held seats on
the boards of Arthur Treachers, Inc.,
, Inc., Digital Creative Development Corpora-
tion, Datametrics Corp., Forward Industries, Inc., Miami Subs, Inc., United American Healthcare Cor-
poration and GVI Security, Inc., as well as serving as co-chairman of Command Security Corporation.
Mr. Galloway held various positions at Rausher Pierce & Refsnes, Inc., Morgan Keegan & Co., L.F.
Rothschild & Co. and Oppenheimer, Inc. Mr. Galloway holds a B.A. in Economics from Hobart Col-
lege and an MBA in Finance from New York University's Stem Graduate School of Business.
Gary L. Herman
Managing Member
Mr. Herman is a co-founder and a Managing Member of the Investment Manager. From 2005 to the
present has managed several investment funds primarily focused on deep value investments. From
1997 to 2002 Mr. Herman was an Associate Managing Director with Burnham Securities, Inc., Prior to
joining Burnham, he was the Managing Partner of Kingshill Group, Inc., a merchant banking and fi-
nancial firm with offices in New York and Tokyo. Mr. Herman has a B.S. from the State University of
New York at Albany. Mr. Herman has sat on the boards of many companies including Digital Creative
Development Corp. (Chairman), International Microcomputer Software, Inc., DataMetrics Corpora-
tion, Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc., and Miami Subs Capital Partners, Inc. In addition, Mr. Herman
was a member of the board of the University at Albany Foundation and a former board member of the
New York City Industrial Development Agency, to which he was appointed by the former Mayor of
New York City, Rudolph Giuliani.
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