2. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
Organizational Structure
LJS Holdings
International Advisory
LJS Capital TPW Investments
Investment Banking Merchant Banking
3. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
About LJS Holdings
Founded in 2001, LJS Holdings is an advisory firm that focuses on international transactions, mergers and
acquisitions. Our management team is sophisticated and has extensive experience in various industries
including manufacturing, logistics, infrastructure, aerospace, mining and technology. LJS Holdings has a
successful track record at closing transactions. We provide extraordinary client service and always strive
to uphold LJS’ core principles of excellence, judgment, value and results.
Our services include the following:
• Mergers and Acquisitions • Identification of Target Companies
• Strategic Advisory • Joint Ventures & Strategic Relationships
• Valuations • Private Company Financings
• Financial Modeling • Private Investment Transactions
• Closings • Negotiating and Drafting Term Sheets & MOUs
TPW
Is a subsidiary of LJS Is a subsidiary of LJS Holdings
Holdings and a registered and a private investment firm
broker/dealer that focuses INVESTMENTS that specializes in acquiring and
on corporate acquisition operating middle market
and financing transactions companies
Member: FINRA, SIPC
4. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
Why LJS Holdings
LJS Holdings is a financial advisory firm that specializes in corporate acquisitions and financings. The firm
represents a select group of corporate clients located in the United States, Kuwait, India and Germany. Only
senior principals of LJS Holdings work and interface on client projects. We give full attention to each
client’s needs. As a result, successful transactions are executed by experienced professionals. LJS Holdings
also has the following resources, expertise and capabilities:
Successful Track Record at identifying financial and strategic buyers, and closing transactions in
multiple industries
Sophisticated Professionals with extensive experience in finance, operations and law
Marketing Expertise to develop a compelling offering memorandum, identify buyers and introduce the
principals of the purchaser and client
Transaction Experience to structure, negotiate and close acquisition transactions
Financial Expertise to develop comprehensive financial models and valuation analysis
Long Term Relationships in the private equity, commercial lending and legal community
Extensive Database of over 2,500 financial and strategic buyers
5. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
Portfolio Companies Representative Clients
North American W&H Systems, Inc. is
Conveyor, Inc. is located in New Jersey and
located in Los is a leading designer,
Angeles and is a installer and integrator of
turnkey material material handling systems
handling systems
manufacturer
Total Transportation Aspen Management
Systems Inc. is a Southern is a leading property
California-based third- management
party logistics provider company in Colorado
6. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
Paul Washington
President & Founder of LJS Holdings, an advisory firm that specializes in international transactions, mergers and
acquisitions
Negotiated and closed the purchase of Dan River, Inc., the third largest U.S. textile company, on behalf of a publicly traded
company based in India
Current clients include public and private companies in Kuwait, Dubai, India, Germany and the United States
Co-Founder of LJS Capital LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered broker/dealer
Current managing director and co-founder of TPW Investments LLC, a leverage buyout firm that is focused on
acquiring middle market companies in various industries
Raised over $60M to acquire three companies in the material handling industry with combined revenues of $100M
Formerly, an attorney specializing in mergers, acquisitions and securities at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson
Extensive experience negotiating agreements by advising companies and business owners on acquisition
transactions and strategic partnerships
Colorado State Securities Board, appointed Colorado Governor Bill Ritter in 2008
Adjunct professor of corporate finance at the University of Colorado, at Boulder, School of Law
JD and B.S. (business administration), both from the University of California at Berkeley
Member of the Colorado and California Bar Associations
Securities 7, 24 and 28 Licenses
Former president of the University of California at Berkeley’s graduate student body (1996)
7. LJS Holdings, LLC • 4027 Guadeloupe Street • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 926-4302
Management Team
Tony Powe
Co-founder of TPW Investments, a subsidiary of LJS Holdings
President of North American Conveyor Inc., a current portfolio company of TPW Investments
Former private equity investor with Opportunity Capital Partners
MBA from MIT
James Norton
Director of TPW Investments
Former CEO of Argon Industries, an industrial plastics manufacturing company
Former venture capitalist for UNC Ventures
Former investment banker for Morgan Stanley
MBA from the Stanford University
Chris Geer
Co-Founder and Managing Director of LJS Capital, a subsidiary of LJS Holdings
Former corporate attorney with Minor & Brown
Former Sr. VP and General Counsel Bold Real Estate Solutions
Graduated magna cum laude and number 11 in his class from the University of Richmond School of Law