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Private Equity

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Private Equity

SHUAA Partners Ltd, is the private equity arm of SHUAA Capital psc. SHUAA Partners follows a systematic investment process that is based upon the following principles:

• Pro-active generation of deal flow
• Comprehensive due diligence
• Innovative transaction structuring
• Disciplined valuation approach
• Continuous investment monitoring and value creation post-acquisition
• Careful exit planning

SHUAA Partners will identify and partner with experienced industry veterans in pursuit of investment opportunities. Operating executives will be instrumental in the origination and due diligence processes. In addition, SHUAA Partners’ partnership with the Operating Executives will enhance the Fund’s credibility with business owners and management teams. Operating Executives also play a role building value post-investment, typically assuming the role of portfolio company senior management.

The Fund will seek Operating Executives who have demonstrated success in guiding rapidly growing companies and integrating acquisitions to achieve operating results consistently better that industry averages.

Its inaugural fund, SHUAA Partners Fund I, L.P., held its final closing in September 2005 with commitments of US$ 200 million.

While its second fund, Frontier Opportunities Fund I, L.P., held its final close in October 2007 with commitments of US$ 100 million.

In June 2008, SHUAA Partners announced the successful first closing of its third private equity fund, SHUAA Hospitality Fund I (“SHFI”), with total commitments of US$ 165 million and a final closing expected at US$ 200 million. SHFI will invest in the development of a diversified portfolio of 5 and 4 star hotels, resorts, serviced apartments and budget business hotel properties which will be managed by Rotana Hotel Management Corporation. The geographic focus of the fund will be the GCC, the Levant and Egypt.

SHUAA Partners, along with SHUAA Capital’s Saudi Arabian subsidiary, had a successful first closing in August 2008 at SAR 900 million of the Shari’a-compliant SHUAA Saudi Hospitality Fund I, which aims to develop 17 hospitality properties with 5,000 rooms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranging from 5 stars to budget hotels, which will be managed by Rotana Hotel Management Corporation. The final close is expected at SAR 2 billion.

SHUAA Partners is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”) and is incorporated in the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) as SHUAA Partners Ltd.

Private Equity

SHUAA Partners

Tel: +971 4 3199 499

Fax: +971 4 3199 707

email: info@shuaapartners.com