Union Capital Incorporated

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Union Capital Incorporated is a private equity firm specializing in investments in growth capital; expansion capital; turnaround, development restructuring; spin-offs from business restructuring or from privatizations; and finance required prior to intended initial public offering and management buy-outs. The firm does not make investments involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor or child labor; investments in the production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under the Arab Republic of Egypt or Cayman Islands laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements; investments in the production or trade in weapons and munitions; investments in the production or trade of radioactive materials, which does not apply to the purchase of medical equipment, quality control (measurement) equipment and any equipment where the radioactive source is considered to be trivial and/or adequately shielded; investments in the production or trade in alcoholic beverages; investments in the production or trade in tobacco; investments in the production, distribution or trade in pornography, gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises; investments or trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; investments in the production or trade in or use of unbounded asbestos fibers; investment in the production or trade in products containing polychlorinated biphenyls; Investment in the production or trade in products containing PCBs.5. PCBs, and investments in the production or trade of pharmaceuticals subject to international phase outs or bans, pesticides/herbicides subject to international phase out or ozone depleting substances subject to international phase out. It typically invests in small and medium sized businesses. It seeks to invest in consumer sector including agriculture, food and staples retailing, healthcare, goods and services, education, communications, food services, mass and status retail, and media; industrials sector including printing and packaging, chemicals, food and beverages production and processing, consumer goods manufacturing, feeder industries manufacturing, and construction and building materials production and processing; and businesses and financial services sector including consumer finance, pre-payment, insurance, electronic payments processing, leasing, logistics, business process outsourcing, and software development. The firm makes investments in the Arab Republic of Egypt, in companies operating, but not necessarily incorporated in Egypt. It preferably invests between EGP 2 million ($0.28 million) and EGP 8 million ($1.34 million), with stakes between 20 percent and 40 percent. The firm typically holds its investments for a period of three to five years. Union Capital Incorporated was formed in 2008 and is based in Giza, Egypt.

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