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John Porter, CEO, Austar United Communications Limited, on CHAMP's invaluable experience.

"No other investor could have successfully completed the complex series of cross border transactions necessary to achieve the required estructuring of Austar s ownership and capital base. The
Sydney and New
York CHAMP and
CHI teams were
critical to the
execution".
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CHAMP Private Equity, founded in 2000, is Australia’s largest independent buyout funds manager with A$550 million in the CHAMP I Funds raised in 2000 and A$950 million in the CHAMP II Funds raised in 2005 under management. The Funds are focused on acquiring enterprises worth between A$100 million to A$1 billion.

The firm brings together the respective corporate histories of Australian Mezzanine Investments (AMIL) and Castle Harlan Inc. (CHI). In doing so, it combines the extensive private equity experience of their founders, Bill Ferris and Joseph Skrzynski of AMIL in Sydney, Australia and John Castle and Leonard Harlan of CHI in New York, USA.

CHAMP’s founders together with their experienced team of professionals have a distinguished record in taking portfolio companies to initial public offerings in Australia, the USA and Asia and have completed numerous trade sales and refinancing arrangements that have richly rewarded management teams and investors.

CHAMP plays a vital role in providing capital for Australasian companies undergoing ownership change and brings to each company a disciplined approach to strategic and business planning, and the management of progress against those plans making available its network of consultants and advisors as the company may require.

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