FABRICE SCHEER FORMER HEAD OF M&A MIDCAPS AT UBS BECOMES MP OF ALANTRA

USPA NEWS - Alantra France is joined by Fabrice Scheer, previously head of M&A Midcaps operations at UBS in France, as well as Nicolas Senlis previously Director in this same team Recruitment of recognized professionals who come to strengthen Alantra by bringing significant experience to its Parisian team. Alantra has established itself as a key player in mergers and acquisitions in the midmarket, and offers a profile of seniority and expertise unique on the French market. The Alantra investment bank announces the recruitment of Fabrice Scheer as Managing Partner and Nicolas Senlis as Director. Until then, they were respectively Managing Director responsible for M&A MidCaps and Director M&A MidCaps at UBS Wealth Management France.

Alantra France is joined by Fabrice Scheer, previously head of M&A Midcaps operations at UBS in France, as well as Nicolas Senlis previously Director in this same team Recruitment of recognized professionals who come to strengthen Alantra by bringing significant experience to its Parisian team. Alantra has established itself as a key player in mergers and acquisitions in the midmarket, and offers a profile of seniority and expertise unique on the French market.------------------------ The Alantra investment bank announces the recruitment of Fabrice Scheer as Managing Partner and Nicolas Senlis as Director. Until then, they were respectively Managing Director responsible for M&A MidCaps and Director M&A MidCaps at UBS Wealth Management France.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Their arrival confirms Alantra´s leading position in France in Midmarket mergers and acquisitions. Alantra ranks in the tier 1 of the most active independent M&A advisers in France in terms of number of operations, with 24 mergers-acquisitions, financing and stock market engineering transactions carried out to date in 2019. Since its creation in 2015, the Alantra's French office has advised more than 80 operations, almost half of which have an international component.

FABRICE SCHEER MANAGING PARTNER----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A graduate in Banking & Finance from the Lumière Lyon 2 University, Fabrice Scheer (50) started his career at Sofaris / CEPME before joining Ernst & Young Corporate Finance in 1999 then UBS in 2005. He was since 2008 the Managing Director responsible for M&A MidCaps activity in France. Over the past 11 years, Fabrice and his team have advised more than 150 operations with a combined enterprise value of more than € 10 billion. NICOLAS SENLIS DIRECTOR--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graduated from a Magisterium from Paris-Dauphine University and a Master from Brandeis University in Boston, holder of the DECF, Nicolas Senlis (37) started his career at UBS in 2007 within the M&A MidCaps team of which he was previously Director. He worked during this period on more than forty M&A operations in the Midmarket. With these recruitments, the Alantra France team is now made up of 30 professionals dedicated to business consulting (mergers and acquisitions, stock market transactions, financing), including 5 Managing Partners. Franck Portais, CEO & Managing Partner of Alantra: "I am delighted with the arrival of Fabrice Scheer at Alantra, as well as that of Nicolas Senlis. These confirm the attractiveness of our group for the best talents on the French market. Fabrice and Nicolas have established an excellent reputation in the consulting market; Fabrice brings a strong complementarity with our customers thanks to a solid presence built over time with entrepreneurs; it also has relevant relays in the regions and strengthens our leadership with Private Equity funds. " Fabrice Scheer, Managing Partner of Alantra: "We are delighted to join Alantra, which is carrying out an ambitious project to develop an already global business bank dedicated to the MidCaps market. Composed of more than 550 professionals, this international network made up of 22 offices in America, Europe and Asia, associated with strong sectoral expertise allows us to effectively support our clients in all their growth projects. " ABOUT ALANTRA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alantra is an international investment banking and asset management financial group specializing in midmarket with offices in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Asia. The investment banking activity provides independent advice in mergers and acquisitions, financing, market and intermediation of debt portfolios. The asset management activity offers its clients unique access to a wide choice of investment strategies (direct investments, funds of funds, co-investments and secondaries) in seven highly specialized asset management classes (private equity , active management funds, private debt, infrastructure, venture capital, real estate and wealth management). Source Alantra, Ulysse Communication