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Fields Common to All NVST, Inc. Opportunities

Title - A short description containing words that an investor might search for. Upper case lettering recommended.
Opportunity Type - Business for Sale (Acquisitions), Merger or Joint Venture, Venture Capital, Franchise, Seeking Equity Partner, Seeking Debt Financing, Seeking Advisor, Executive Positions, or Seeking Opportunity.
Status - Active, Closed, or Off-Market
List Date - Date added to NVST, Inc..
Opportunity ID - System generated ID number.
Description - Text about the opportunity. For readability, format with a combination of lower case and upper case lettering and blank lines between paragraphs. Include information about the Annual Revenue and EBITDA amounts entered.
SIC - Enter the most appropriate 4-digit Industry Classification. If more than one applies, you may want to enter a second listing for the same opportunity.

Review SIC Codes by industry or keyword
Region - Choose from the pull down list. In some cases confidentiality issues will prevent you from being too specific.

Fields for Specific NVST, Inc. Opportunities

Business for Sale Opportunity (Acquisitions):

Nearest Metro Area - Optional location information that can be entered if confidentiality is not an issue.
Annual Revenue - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
EBITDA - The target's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. More information should be provided in the Description if these earnings are adjusted.

Merger or Joint Venture Opportunity:

Synergy Desired - Text about the desired results (ie. cost savings or market share expectations).
Proposed Transaction Structure - Text about the financial and ownership structure.
Sales/Profits Requirements - Text about the desired target's revenues and profits.
Annual Revenue - The current revenues.
EBITDA - The current earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. More information should be provided in the Description if these earnings are adjusted.

Venture Opportunity:

Stage - Seed, start-up, 2nd stage, 3rd stage, bridge, mezzanine, growth or other description of the business.
Exit Goal- How the Investor will liquidate the investment (ie. take the company to the public market, etc.)
Annual Revenue - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
EBITDA - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
Investment Sought - Amount.
Minimum Per Investor - Amount.

Seeking Equity Partner:

Nearest Metro Area - Optional location information that can be entered if confidentiality is not an issue.
Active Role - Text about the participation in the business operation.
Stage - Seed, start-up, 2nd stage, 3rd stage, bridge, mezzanine, growth or other description of the business.
Exit/Repay Period - How the Investor will be repaid or liquidate the investment (ie. take the company to the public market, etc.)
Annual Revenue - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
EBITDA - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
Investment Sought - Amount.
Minimum Per Investor - Amount.

Seeking Debt Financing:

Nearest Metro Area - Optional location information that can be entered if confidentiality is not an issue.
Active Role - Deal leader, syndicate or other role in financing. Stage - Seed, start-up, 2nd stage, 3rd stage, bridge, mezzanine, growth or other description of the business.
Exit/Repay Period - How the Investor will be repaid or liquidate the investment (ie. principal amortized over 5 years, etc.)
Annual Revenue - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
EBITDA - May be historical or projected (hint: let the reader know in the Description field).
Investment Sought - Amount.
Minimum Per Investor - Amount.

Seeking Advisor:

Advisor Sought - Professional or specialty field.
Compensation - Open, success, hourly, or project based. Stage - Seed, start-up, 2nd stage, 3rd stage, bridge, mezzanine, growth or other description of the business.
Focus/Project - Text about the current activity.