Yuri Rutman's 72 Equity Partners Launches Full Scale Leveraged Buyout Division Targeting Divestitures and Small-Mid Cap Companies Looking to Sell

Chicago, IL, July 03, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Chicago and Los Angeles based 72 Equity Partners, headed by CEO Yuri Rutman has officially launched its Leveraged Buyout And Mergers And Aquistions division. The Company is specifically targetting companies with an annual of EBITDA of at least $5,000,000 or more.

“With the proliferation of large conglomerates learning to scale down non-core assets, we are in a capital-heavy position to acquire companies in any number of industries”, states Rutman.

“When they think about how best to manage their portfolios, they think simultaneously about which businesses to grow and which to shed. Looking beyond the stigma associated with divesting businesses, they see its clear benefits”.

Divesting non-core assets permits management to focus its attention on its core business and not its problem children. The perceived risks of earnings dilution and cash flow are generally less than the actual risk. The decision to restructure the portfolio creates a good opportunity to reshape the company's message to investors, employees and other interested stakeholders. A divestiture can act as a catalytic event causing management to take action that it has long known it should take.

“We also look at long term family owned companies and businesses whose transfer of generational management is no longer available and the heirs have no interest in running the show”.

The Company’s core business targets include media, manufacturing, agribusiness, retail, and real estate. Its not limiting itself to geography and apart from the United States and Canada, is eyeing potential acquisitions in Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Brazil, India, and Western Europe.

“Its all about what makes sense, adds Rutman”. “Whether it’s a Cacao plantation or Bottling Plant In Columbia, a chain of restaurants or high end nightclubs in Miami, or a manufacturing company in Peoria making steel accessories for cars , pizza dough for restaurants, or whey protein for supplement manufacturers, we want to present the best strategic and financial options to existing management and shareholders. Plus, we have creative ways of insuring earnouts regardless of the future performance of a Company so everyone sleeps well at night”.

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