Jordan Knauff & Company Awarded 2013 Deal of the Year Award

Jordan Knauff & Company (JKC) was honored to receive the 2013 M&A Deal of the Year ($75 million to $100 million) presented by The M&A Advisor at its 12th Annual Awards ceremony held at the New York Athletic Club. This is JKC’s second award in recognition for its work as exclusive financial advisor to Dynapower Company, LLC (Dynapower) in connection with its sale to Pfingsten Partners, LLC. Earlier this year, JKC was awarded the Energy Services & Manufacturing Deal of the Year by The M&A Atlas Awards for the Dynapower transaction.

The M&A Advisor’s annual awards recognize the leading deal teams, firms, and professionals whose activities represent the highest standard in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) industry. This year, over 400 nominees, representing over 850 companies, became finalists for the awards. An independent judging committee of 23 top M&A industry experts determined the final award recipients.

“We are immensely proud of this transaction. Our entire Dynapower team did an outstanding job in creating a process that realized significant value for our client,” stated Mr. G. Cook Jordan, Jr., Managing Principal at JKC. “This award recognizes JKC’s creative solutions and unmatchable experience in the middle-market, both of which differentiate us from our peers,” he continued.

The owners of Dynapower selected JKC to represent them in this transaction because of JKC’s reputation for delivering high quality, innovative M&A advice to middle-market companies and the entrepreneurs who lead them. The company required an advisor that could properly articulate the company’s entrenched position in legacy markets as well as its potential growth from a promising new market.

Dynapower is a diversified, industry leading manufacturer of power transformers, rectifiers, and bidirectional inverters that convert electricity between alternate current (AC) and direct current (DC). Dynapower’s superior technological expertise and mission critical product offering make it a global leader in the power conversion and energy management systems markets.

JKC was instrumental in keeping the market interested and engaged in the deal throughout a lengthy sale process that was impacted by negative exogenous events. In the end, JKC was able to overcome these challenges, revise the selling strategy from its original mission of partnering with a strategic buyer, identify a blue chip financial buyer, and close the deal within a 70-day period. Dynapower is now uniquely positioned to capitalize on new market opportunities in smart grid energy storage as well as increase market share in its core power supply end markets both domestically and internationally.

About Jordan Knauff & Company
Jordan Knauff & Company is a knowledgeable and experienced provider of a comprehensive line of investment banking services to private companies in North America. Services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, debt and equity capital formation, and strategic financial services to companies in a variety of industries. Typical transaction sizes range from $10 million to $300 million in total consideration.

To learn more about Jordan Knauff & Company, please visit www.jordanknauff.com or contact Mr. G. Cook Jordan, Jr. at 312-254-5901. JKC is a member of FINRA.

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