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COR POR AT E PRE SEN TATION Adding Value

A modern commercial We offer legal services in law fjrm most commercial law practice areas. Our client relationships are based on a long-term per spective and our clients Flood Herslow Holme Advokatbyrå AB is based Holme is not a full service commercial law fjrm are primarily owners of in Stockholm and has an offjce in Malmö. The fjrm but, rather, a dedicated “high-end fjrm” practicing employs 25 people, 19 of whom are lawyers. in our specialized practice areas. In 2016, the fjrm had revenues of SEK 50 million, businesses and assets repre- with clients both in Sweden and abroad. Broad knowledge, client-specifjc solutions Our clients include investment companies, private senting signifjcant values. 50 years of experience equity fjrms, private individuals, landowners and entrepreneurs. We also represent listed and Flood Herslow Holme was founded in 2012 unlisted companies, as well as a number of public through a merger of the Stockholm law fjrm, We always endeavour to gain authorities. Flood, and the Malmo law fjrm, Herslow & Holme resulting in a commercial law fjrm with combined Our goal is always to fjnd the best solution experience dating back to the end of the 1960s. an overall perspective and adapted to the specifjc needs of each client based The fjrm’s name partners are still practicing as upon an overall perspective. By handling all of a partners and senior advisers. client’s legal issues on a long-term basis, we obtain then to fjnd the best solution, a deeper insight into their business. Such close The principles for our business are regulated in an cooperation places high demands on our advice, agreement between the partners. Strategic deci - our availa bility and our integrity. This is some- sions and guidelines for our business are decided adapted to the specifjc needs thing we strive to achieve in each individual at partners meetings at which each partner has matter. one vote. of our client. International cooperation Organic growth Through our membership in the Warwick Legal The partners of Flood Herslow Holme do not view Network, an international network of independent growth merely for the sake of becoming larger and law fjrms, Flood Herslow Holme is able to offer being able to compete with the large commercial services outside of Sweden as well. The members of law fjrms as an end in itself. For us, what is most the Warwick Legal Network are located in Europe, important is providing the highest quality legal the United States and Asia. services and, by doing so, competing on the com- mercial law market. This is why Flood Herslow

Practice areas M&A Mergers and acquisitions are often complex • Due diligence procedures and impose exacting demands on us as advisors. • Tenders and contract negotiations A number of our lawyers regularly represent • Financing sellers, buyers, and their fjnanciers in various • New share issues Our goal is always to fjnd the best solution adapted to the specifjc needs types of public or private corporate transactions. • IPOs of each client based upon an overall perspective. Our attorneys have We handle, among other matters, issues involving: • The drafting of relevant legal documents and implementation of relevant company law varying specialty expertise and work in teams in each area, where each matter is staffed based upon the principle of providing the best expertise in a cost-effjcient manner. Insolvency We provide advice when a business fjnds itself in a a broad perspective. We are regularly engaged as Company law crisis, or wishes to avoid fjnding itself in fjnancial administrators tasked with turning around failing straits. Since our insolvency law experts are also companies and facilitating a profjtable future, and • Establishing subsidiaries For listed companies, questions arise where consideration must profjcient in other legal areas and various indu - as bankruptcy trustees tasked with winding up a • Shareholder meetings be given to both company law as well as securities market stries, they are able to evaluate the situation from company’s business in an orderly fashion. • Mergers law and generally accepted practices. We have expertise in all • Raising of capital types of company law advice for boards of directors, corporate • Protection of capital management and shareholders. We also have solid expertise • Protection of minority rights in the law of foundations and assist our clients regularly with • CEO and director liability these types of matters: Private Legal We advise business owner families on issues such and the family. As a result, our advice encom passes Corporate Commercial as family law, tax law, and real property law. We a number of legal areas. Should the need arise, assume responsibility for the totality of their legal we can also access our national and international We have a great deal of experience in various industry-specifjc • National and international requirements, based on the needs of the individual network of banks, lawyers, and accountants. agreements and provide advice in conjunction with outsour- contract law cing of operations and functions. We regularly handle contract • Sale of goods law structures for various forms of distribution and related ques- • Employment law tions such as competition and intellectual property law. • Public procurement • Administrative law Based on our long experience from a number of different • Landlord-tenant law Public procurement industries, we advise and help our clients in matters such as • Construction law We have long and considerable experience repre - represent both bidders and procuring entities reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements. • Real property law senting both suppliers and procuring entities in before Swedish courts in relation to reviews of We are experts in several areas including: • IT law both Swedish law and EU law. This can involve public procurements and damages caused by • Transportation law everything from assisting during negotiations to violation of public procurement law. advising regarding cooperation. We frequently Dispute resolution Advice to bidders: Advice to procuring entities: - Specifjcations - Qualifjcation requirements Our practice includes litigation and arbitration in disputes (whether in the form of litigation or arbi- - Formulation of questions - Evaluation requirements the areas of law in which we practice, and we also tration) can be both expensive and protracted, we - Review of tenders - Legal quality assurance serve as arbitrators, for example, in share redemp- always carefully evaluate the details of your matter - Ensuring fulfjlment of mandatory - Analysis and assessment according to tion disputes, commercial agreements, and shares before commencing legal proceedings. requirements public procurement legislation purchase or business purchase agreements. Since

Our client’s needs and demands for quality are our central focus Through our quality assurance routines and our work approach, we ensure that our work always lives up to our client’s expectations in the matter. Ethics in our day-to-day work Ethics and regulatory compliance are of the utmost important to the fjrm and its personnel. It is not possible to provide highly qualifjed legal advice if you deviate from these principles. Compliance with the often unwritten rules found in the business community, which are often referred to as business ethics, is also something we at the fjrm place great emphasis on. Every lawyer at Flood Herslow Holme is obligated to comply with the fjrm’s policies and internal rules. We discuss policies and issues arising as We always comply with the ethical rules of the a consequence of these at partner meetings and Swedish Law Society “Guidelines for Generally personnel meetings since we believe it is important Accepted Attorney Practices” and, of course, any that this permeates every part of the fjrm and that applicable legislation. We also have internal poli - there are living documents which can be modifjed cies, for example, for ethics, money laundering and based on the prevailing situation at the fjrm and data processing. in the market. Towards this end, we have jointly produced policy documents for handling clients Through this approach, we ensure that deviations and client matters, confmicts of interest, measures from the above-stated norms are avoided to the to prevent money laundering, information security, greatest extent possible. Despite this, should any complaints, and other ethical and strategic deviation in quality arise, we are eager to handle positions. the situation immediately with the greatest degree of care. The fjrst, and most important, step in any form of deviation from the norm is for us to gua- rantee that our clients are not negatively affected.