Granite Equity Partners is a private equity firm that invests $1-5 million in growing companies located within driving distance of its offices. It focuses on companies with $10-100 million in revenue, $1-8 million in EBITDA, and a strong management team. Granite Equity's Fund II has committed capital to seven companies across various industries. It aims to build a diversified portfolio of 10-12 companies. With over 1,500 companies in the region and 40% facing leadership succession in the next 5 years, Granite Equity sees opportunities to complete its portfolio. The firm is led by experienced general partners and advised by a board with hundreds of years of business experience.

1. Granite Equity Partners
Introduction & Orientation
CERTS 2009
February 2009

2. “Generic” Private Equity Model
• $600 - $700 billion in investments per year, on a global basis.
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3. Granite Equity invests to advance select companies…and benefit all
stakeholders.
Mission: Values:
We:
We invest human and financial
capital from our community of • Strive to provide a superior, risk-
adjusted return on investment.
investors, executives, and
advisors to advance select • Consider the community value of
investments, preferring those that add
companies in our region toward
large, positive, and sustainable value.
their full potential.
• Collaborate with management teams
and add value through disciplined
processes for due diligence,
investing, financing, and governance.
Vision:
• Communicate openly, regularly and
Over generations, we will govern
effectively with stakeholders.
and grow exceptional companies,
• Respect the dignity of the people we
striving to benefit all stakeholders.
encounter.
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4. We invest $1 million to $5 million or more in equity in profitable,
growing, and transitioning companies within drive time of our offices.
Our Service Area: Ideal Investment Criteria:
• Facing a transition: owner retirement
or rapid growth or both
• Located within drive time of our
offices, emphasizing Greater MN
• $10 million to $100 million in revenue
and $1 million to $8 million in EBITDA.
• A strong management team interested
in partnering and co-investing with us.
• An attractive industry with
manageable risks & real opportunities.
• Have a strategic plan providing strong
returns to stockholders and
stakeholders.
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5. To date, our Fund II committed capital into seven companies.
Our most recent…
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6. CASE STUDY ONE – GEOTEK
Stewartville, MN
• GEOTEK is a leading manufacturer of pultruded fiberglass construction
components that are used by electrical utility companies in the construction and
maintenance of transmission and distribution powerlines and substations.
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7. CASE STUDY TWO – XL Specialized Trailers
Manchester, Iowa
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8. So, our Fund II is well along in identifying & investing in exceptional
companies, creating a diversified mutual fund of private companies.
Granite Equity II LLLP Portfolio Planning: Portfolio Diversification:
• Company Diversification
All Flex – 10 to 12 distinct companies
Circuit • Industry Diversification
Check – Investments across manufacturing,
distribution, business services,
information services, healthcare,
media, and other sectors
XL
Specialized • Style Diversification
– Blend of Value-Oriented, Cash
Generators and Growth-Oriented,
Gazelles
MicroBioLogics • Control Orientation
– Majority “control” acquisitions (51%
or more), and minority “minority”
investments
Atomic • Securities Orientation
Learning – Mostly straight “preferred equity”
securities to maximize upside
ECI
– Occasional equity with “convertible
subordinated debt” to protect
downside & secure interest income
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9. And, with 1,500+ companies within drive time, and with 40% of them
soon facing leadership & ownership successions, we see ample
opportunity to complete our portfolio of 10 to 12 exceptional companies.
Large Private Business Base: Dramatic Demographic Shift:
• 39% of businesses will face a change
in leadership in the next 5 years
– 2003 estimate, likely higher today
• 12% of businesses will face a partial
change in leadership and semi-
retirement of the CEO
• Baby-boomers begin turning 62 in
2007 – 2008
• Conclusions:
– In the next 5 years, 40% - 50% of
CEOs will retire or semi-retire
– In private, family or closely-held
businesses, Leadership succession
often necessitates ownership transfer
Source: Dun & Bradstreet, 2006. Sources: American Family Business Survey, 2003. U.S. Census Bureau.
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10. The Granite Equity Advisory Board has hundreds of years of business
experience to help govern and grow our companies.
Granite Equity Advisory Board
Lee Hanson, Board Chair Kathy Gaalswyk Mike Roth
Shareholder, Gray, Plant Mooty President, Initiative Foundation Former CEO, Phillips Recycling
Bob Anderson Dennis Gregory Jim Schueller
Former CEO, Anderson Farms COO/CFO, Automotive Parts HQ’s CEO, S.J. Louis Construction
Rollie Anderson Don Helgeson Bill Sexton
CEO, Anderson Trucking Former CEO, Goldn’ Plump Poultry Former CEO, Old Northwest Agents
Jerry Bauerly Arnold Johnson Ed Silker
Former President, Bauerly Brothers CEO, Johnson Enterprises CEO, Deerwood Dental
Dan Coborn Brett Keith Nancy Straw
Chairman, Coborn’s Inc. Managing Partner, Rockwood Equity President, West Central Initiative
Glenn Cook Al Kern Jim Swenson
CEO, Guests Incorporated Founding Partner, KDV CEO, St. Cloud Cold Storage
Rose Ann Faber Bob McLean Lee Torborg
Chair, Viking Coca-Cola Bottling Co. General Manager, Hunt Utilities Group Former CEO, Torborg Apartments
Wade Fauth Jim Miller Don Weeres
Executive, Blandin Foundation CEO, Miller Properties & Investments CEO, Spee-Dee Delivery
Peter Ferber Pat Mitchell John Weitzel
CEO, Ferber, Inc Former President, Cold Spring Granite Former CEO, Bankers Systems
Bob Ferche Nancy Norr Gene Windfeldt
President, Ferche Family Dev. Board Member, Northland Foundation Chairman, Preferred Credit
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11. The General Partners have invested & committed their own equity and
experience.
Pat Edeburn, MBA Art Monaghan
Rick Bauerly, MBA/MPA
• Partner, GEP • Partner, GEP
• Managing Partner, GEP
• Expertise in Growth: Strategy, • Expertise in Controls: Finance,
• Expertise in Governance: Leadership,
Marketing, & Sales Accounting, & Audit/Risk Mgmt
Organization, & Operations
• Director, Medtronic Corporation • Principal, Norwest Equity
• Founder, Venture Allies
• Associate, Deloitte Consulting • Founder, Computer Guidance
• Director, Bauerly Companies
• Carleton College, Harvard MBA • Associate, Andersen Consulting
• Associate, Deloitte Consulting
• Science Initiative, Vinylite, • University of Notre Dame
• Saint Johns, Harvard MBA & MPA
Anderson Center Boards • All-Flex, Heartland, Center for
• Boards: Centracare Finance Chair,
• Lives in Sartell MN, roots on Philanthropy Boards
DeZURIK Lead Director, Anderson
Pillager MN farm (GEP North
Entrepreneurial Center Board Chair • Lives in Northfield MN (GEP
Region), married, 3 children. South Region), roots on NE Iowa
• Lives in and roots in Sauk Rapids MN farm
farm, married, 3 children.
(GEP Central Region), married, 2 children.
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12. Granite Contact Information:
Pat Edeburn
Partner
(320) 251-1800
Pat@GraniteEquity.com
See: www.GraniteEquity.com
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