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Engine of   Sustainable   Community
Economy     Job Growers     Pillars


            Conclusions


 Growth                    Resilient
            Challenges
Champions                 and Diverse

                                        2
Small
Businesses   ?      Large
                 Corporations




                                3
Foundational,
multi-sourced
  research



                4
Database Sources




                   5
Comprehensive Survey
                    2,028 C-level interviews (total)
            1,447 Middle Market decision maker interviews




Principals         C-Level Execs      MD & EVP      Company Officer
(Partners/Owner)

    16%                51%               24%                9%
                                                                  6
Small
Businesses   ?      Large
                 Corporations




                                7
Small Business         ?          Big Business


  <$10M                ?             >$1B
Annual Revenue   Annual Revenue   Annual Revenue

   ~6M                 ?           ~2,000
  Businesses       Businesses       Businesses

   35%                 ?             31%
 Employment                        Employment
                  Employment

                                                   8
th
      the U.S.          largest
Middle Market           global
        is the          economy
                             MM




              $3.8 Trillion in
           Private Sector GDP
                                  9
Small Business    Middle Market    Big Business


  <$10M          $10M - <$1B          >$1B
Annual Revenue    Annual Revenue   Annual Revenue

   ~6M             195,000          ~2,000
  Businesses        Businesses       Businesses

   35%               34%              31%
 Employment        Employment       Employment

                                                    10
The Middle Market is resilient.
In the face of extraordinary
economic challenges
and the recent recession,
Middle Market businesses
survived and grew.



                                  11
82%              Survivorship rate

•   Unprecedented credit crisis
•   Severe economic downturn
•   Sharply increasing commodity costs
•   Sweeping regulatory changes
Survivorship Rate by Business Sector




        97%               82%              57%
    Big Business      Middle Market    Small Business
Western          Middle Market Companies
            Net Jobs Contributions: 2007 - 2010
-37,528                                                 New England
                                                         +192,483
                                        MM
                         Midwest       +2.2M
                         +459,917       Jobs

                                       Big Biz             NJ & NY
          Mountain-                    -3.7M
                                        Jobs              +369,296
           Plains
          +162,383                                      Mid Atlantic
                                            Southeast    +330,154
                          Southwest         +372,735
                          +323,715



                                                                       14
Jobs Contribution per Surviving Business (2007 – 2010)


                         big business middle market
                                         +20
           - 2,000 jobs per business   jobs per
                                       business




                           downsizing growing

                                                         15
Community Pillars
 Middle Market firms are
   foundations of their
 communities, providing
sustainable jobs and more



                            16
In business more than 20 years…

        71%               70%




                                         16%

    Big Business     Middle Market   Small Business
“Supporting the communities we
 serve is probably the most
 important part of what we do.”
              CFO, Wholesale Trade
         $500M and 2,150 employees



                                     18
Markets operated in
Middle Market          43%              30%           27%

 Big Business     18%      22%                60%

                Markets sourced from
Middle Market          42%              35%           23%

 Big Business     20%      32%                49%

                Local/regional    national          Global
                                                             19
The Middle Market is
 diverse in revenue,
geography, industry
    and structure


                       20
$10-50M              $50-100M             $100M-$1B
                 Operates more like    Consistent business      Resemble
                 smaller businesses,    practices; project    multi-nationals
                  despite revenues       strong growth

$9.3T revenue            34%            15%                  51%

  195,00 firms                         80%                         11% 9%

  40.7 million
   employees
                          39%           15%                  46%


                                                                                21
The Middle Market is
diverse and complex



                       22
Ownership             Middle Market Diversity
 Structure

   Public



   Private



   Family
   Owned

             Local/Regional   National      Global
The
Middle
Market

         Geography




                     24
11.7%
                                          NY/NJ           6%
           5.7%                                        New
          Mountain                                    England
           Plains
18.6%                     20.9%
Western                   Midwest                 10.1%
                                              Mid Atlantic




               10.6%           16.4%
                S. West         S. East

                                                                25
The
Middle
Market

         Geography

          Industry




                     26
Middle Market Industry Diversification

         17.3%                    0.7%            13.8%                                             $
                        Agriculture,
                         Forestry
                                                                                         8.4%
                         & Fishing
Manufacturing                                                                                   Financial ,
                                                                                               Insurance &
                                                          Wholesale            5.4%             Real Estate

    9.3%                                                                        Transport &
                                                                               Communication

         Construction
                                 31.3%
                                       Services
                                                                        12.4%                        0.8%
   0.6%
                                                                                                  Holding
                                                                                                 Companies
Mining
                                                                      Retail

                                                                                                              27
The
Middle
Market

         Geography

          Industry

         Structure



                     28
Ownership Structure
                                                Big Business

13%     20%                         67%                        1%

                                              Middle Market

      31%                     40%                14%      5%

                                              Small Business

            50%                         37%        4% 9%


                                               Other
                                                                    29
The
Middle
Market

         Geography

          Industry

         Structure



                     30
Comprehensive Survey
                    2,028 C-level interviews (total)
            1,447 Middle Market decision makers interviews




Principals         C-Level Execs      MD & EVP      Company Officer
(Partners/Owner)

    16%                51%               24%                 9%
                                                                  31
You are…
           Optimistic




                        32
80%
expect to grow in 2012
You are…
           Optimistic

           Generating
            Growth




                        34
more than


1 in 4
 Big businesses
                      1⁄
                        3
  were Middle      reported 10%+
Market companies   revenue growth
 five years ago     vs. 2007/2008
Yet
challenging
headwinds
 remain…

              36
External
headwinds
            Economy




                      37
Level of confidence is low in all economies:



17%               16%               14%
   (local)          (national)        (global)
External
headwinds
            Economy
            Inflation




                        39
37%
Are unable to pass on
rising commodity costs
to their customers
External
headwinds
               Economy
                Inflation
            Access to Capital




                                41
55%
Don’t have sufficient
access to capital markets
External
headwinds
                  Economy
                   Inflation
               Access to Capital
            Global Competitiveness




                                     43
45%
Are challenged by
international competition
External
headwinds
                  Economy
                   Inflation
               Access to Capital
            Global Competitiveness
                  Regulation


                                     45
71% by regulatory
Are challenged
compliance

75% by cost of compliance
Are challenged
Middle Market
Growth Champions
  A unique subset
 we can learn from



                     47
All projected +10%
growth this year and next


 the
       9%        “Growth Champions”

All growing at 3 to 5
times rate of GDP growth
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing      Sharper customer focus
Characteristics
                   Broader geographic vision
                      Invest in innovation
                  Strong management culture
                  Superior talent management


                                               49
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing    Sharper customer focus
Characteristics




                                           50
Growth
Champions                                Rest of MM


 72%         Successfully strengthen
             customer relationships       53%
            Industry leading marketing
 44%           and communications
                     capability
                                          28%
 41%                 Have a
              social media strategy       20%
                                                      51
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing     Sharper customer focus
Characteristics
                  Broader geographic vision




                                              52
Growth
Champions                                    Rest of MM

 65%           Take advantage of new
                geographic markets            39%
 61%        Find new opportunities in fast
               growing foreign markets        37%

                                                          53
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing     Sharper customer focus
Characteristics
                  Broader geographic vision
                     Invest in innovation




                                              54
Growth
Champions                                 Rest of MM


 66%        Innovators in new processes
                                           43%
 54%        Invest in innovation & new
              product development          29%
 44%                Dedicated
                 funding for R&D           25%
                                                       55
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing     Sharper customer focus
Characteristics
                  Broader geographic vision
                     Invest in innovation
                  Strong management culture




                                              56
Growth
Champions                                   Rest of MM


 66%          Set formal annual growth
             targets for each fiscal year    31%
 58%        Have formal process to track
                  growth targets             33%
 61%           Contain costs through
                operating efficiency         37%
                                                         57
Middle Market
Growth
Champions
Distinguishing      Sharper customer focus
Characteristics
                   Broader geographic vision
                      Invest in innovation
                  Strong management culture
                  Superior talent management


                                               58
Growth
Champions                                Rest of MM
                  Recruiting
 53%        power to attract the skill
                levels required           28%
              Variable employee
 55%        compensation based on
               growth targets
                                          28%
 29%        Emphasis on employee
             training & education         17%
                                                      59
Middle Market
 Conclusions



                60
The health of the Middle
    Market is vital to
  overall U.S. prosperity



                            61
Key Middle Market Learnings

• Huge U.S. economic contributor
• Resilient - job creator even in tough times
• Foundation of communities
• Diverse and complex

• Much to learn from Growth Champions
63
What’s Next?




               64
Begin Middle Market
National Dialogue and Advocacy



  The rest of today…
Begin Middle Market
         National Dialogue and Advocacy

• Increase understanding of the Middle Market
• Strengthen andIncrease and
         Attract the best
                 build capabilities
               Strengthen and
•   Attract the best and of today… to
             The rest brightest talent
             brightest talent of
              understanding to
              build capabilities
    Middle MarketMiddle Market
                   firms
            Middle Market firms
             the
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Middle Market Research Presentation

  • 1. 1
  • 2. Engine of Sustainable Community Economy Job Growers Pillars Conclusions Growth Resilient Challenges Champions and Diverse 2
  • 3. Small Businesses ? Large Corporations 3
  • 6. Comprehensive Survey 2,028 C-level interviews (total) 1,447 Middle Market decision maker interviews Principals C-Level Execs MD & EVP Company Officer (Partners/Owner) 16% 51% 24% 9% 6
  • 7. Small Businesses ? Large Corporations 7
  • 8. Small Business ? Big Business <$10M ? >$1B Annual Revenue Annual Revenue Annual Revenue ~6M ? ~2,000 Businesses Businesses Businesses 35% ? 31% Employment Employment Employment 8
  • 9. th the U.S. largest Middle Market global is the economy MM $3.8 Trillion in Private Sector GDP 9
  • 10. Small Business Middle Market Big Business <$10M $10M - <$1B >$1B Annual Revenue Annual Revenue Annual Revenue ~6M 195,000 ~2,000 Businesses Businesses Businesses 35% 34% 31% Employment Employment Employment 10
  • 11. The Middle Market is resilient. In the face of extraordinary economic challenges and the recent recession, Middle Market businesses survived and grew. 11
  • 12. 82% Survivorship rate • Unprecedented credit crisis • Severe economic downturn • Sharply increasing commodity costs • Sweeping regulatory changes
  • 13. Survivorship Rate by Business Sector 97% 82% 57% Big Business Middle Market Small Business
  • 14. Western Middle Market Companies Net Jobs Contributions: 2007 - 2010 -37,528 New England +192,483 MM Midwest +2.2M +459,917 Jobs Big Biz NJ & NY Mountain- -3.7M Jobs +369,296 Plains +162,383 Mid Atlantic Southeast +330,154 Southwest +372,735 +323,715 14
  • 15. Jobs Contribution per Surviving Business (2007 – 2010) big business middle market +20 - 2,000 jobs per business jobs per business downsizing growing 15
  • 16. Community Pillars Middle Market firms are foundations of their communities, providing sustainable jobs and more 16
  • 17. In business more than 20 years… 71% 70% 16% Big Business Middle Market Small Business
  • 18. “Supporting the communities we serve is probably the most important part of what we do.” CFO, Wholesale Trade $500M and 2,150 employees 18
  • 19. Markets operated in Middle Market 43% 30% 27% Big Business 18% 22% 60% Markets sourced from Middle Market 42% 35% 23% Big Business 20% 32% 49% Local/regional national Global 19
  • 20. The Middle Market is diverse in revenue, geography, industry and structure 20
  • 21. $10-50M $50-100M $100M-$1B Operates more like Consistent business Resemble smaller businesses, practices; project multi-nationals despite revenues strong growth $9.3T revenue 34% 15% 51% 195,00 firms 80% 11% 9% 40.7 million employees 39% 15% 46% 21
  • 22. The Middle Market is diverse and complex 22
  • 23. Ownership Middle Market Diversity Structure Public Private Family Owned Local/Regional National Global
  • 24. The Middle Market Geography 24
  • 25. 11.7% NY/NJ 6% 5.7% New Mountain England Plains 18.6% 20.9% Western Midwest 10.1% Mid Atlantic 10.6% 16.4% S. West S. East 25
  • 26. The Middle Market Geography Industry 26
  • 27. Middle Market Industry Diversification 17.3% 0.7% 13.8% $ Agriculture, Forestry 8.4% & Fishing Manufacturing Financial , Insurance & Wholesale 5.4% Real Estate 9.3% Transport & Communication Construction 31.3% Services 12.4% 0.8% 0.6% Holding Companies Mining Retail 27
  • 28. The Middle Market Geography Industry Structure 28
  • 29. Ownership Structure Big Business 13% 20% 67% 1% Middle Market 31% 40% 14% 5% Small Business 50% 37% 4% 9% Other 29
  • 30. The Middle Market Geography Industry Structure 30
  • 31. Comprehensive Survey 2,028 C-level interviews (total) 1,447 Middle Market decision makers interviews Principals C-Level Execs MD & EVP Company Officer (Partners/Owner) 16% 51% 24% 9% 31
  • 32. You are… Optimistic 32
  • 34. You are… Optimistic Generating Growth 34
  • 35. more than 1 in 4 Big businesses 1⁄ 3 were Middle reported 10%+ Market companies revenue growth five years ago vs. 2007/2008
  • 37. External headwinds Economy 37
  • 38. Level of confidence is low in all economies: 17% 16% 14% (local) (national) (global)
  • 39. External headwinds Economy Inflation 39
  • 40. 37% Are unable to pass on rising commodity costs to their customers
  • 41. External headwinds Economy Inflation Access to Capital 41
  • 43. External headwinds Economy Inflation Access to Capital Global Competitiveness 43
  • 45. External headwinds Economy Inflation Access to Capital Global Competitiveness Regulation 45
  • 46. 71% by regulatory Are challenged compliance 75% by cost of compliance Are challenged
  • 47. Middle Market Growth Champions A unique subset we can learn from 47
  • 48. All projected +10% growth this year and next the 9% “Growth Champions” All growing at 3 to 5 times rate of GDP growth
  • 49. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics Broader geographic vision Invest in innovation Strong management culture Superior talent management 49
  • 50. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics 50
  • 51. Growth Champions Rest of MM 72% Successfully strengthen customer relationships 53% Industry leading marketing 44% and communications capability 28% 41% Have a social media strategy 20% 51
  • 52. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics Broader geographic vision 52
  • 53. Growth Champions Rest of MM 65% Take advantage of new geographic markets 39% 61% Find new opportunities in fast growing foreign markets 37% 53
  • 54. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics Broader geographic vision Invest in innovation 54
  • 55. Growth Champions Rest of MM 66% Innovators in new processes 43% 54% Invest in innovation & new product development 29% 44% Dedicated funding for R&D 25% 55
  • 56. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics Broader geographic vision Invest in innovation Strong management culture 56
  • 57. Growth Champions Rest of MM 66% Set formal annual growth targets for each fiscal year 31% 58% Have formal process to track growth targets 33% 61% Contain costs through operating efficiency 37% 57
  • 58. Middle Market Growth Champions Distinguishing Sharper customer focus Characteristics Broader geographic vision Invest in innovation Strong management culture Superior talent management 58
  • 59. Growth Champions Rest of MM Recruiting 53% power to attract the skill levels required 28% Variable employee 55% compensation based on growth targets 28% 29% Emphasis on employee training & education 17% 59
  • 61. The health of the Middle Market is vital to overall U.S. prosperity 61
  • 62. Key Middle Market Learnings • Huge U.S. economic contributor • Resilient - job creator even in tough times • Foundation of communities • Diverse and complex • Much to learn from Growth Champions
  • 63. 63
  • 65. Begin Middle Market National Dialogue and Advocacy The rest of today…
  • 66. Begin Middle Market National Dialogue and Advocacy • Increase understanding of the Middle Market • Strengthen andIncrease and Attract the best build capabilities Strengthen and • Attract the best and of today… to The rest brightest talent brightest talent of understanding to build capabilities Middle MarketMiddle Market firms Middle Market firms the
  • 67. 67