O U R B U S I N E S S I S Y O U R B U S I N E S S

STRENGTHENING OF SMALL AND

MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

THROUGH GUARANTEE SCHEMES

AND EU COSME PROGRAM

Novi Sad, 20th November 2014

Finest as Equity and Financing partner – Law 19/’91

CENTRAL EUROPE, EAST EUROPE, THE BALKANS,

RUSSIA AND CIS COUNTRIES:

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-herzegovina, Bulgaria,

Czech Republik, Croatia, Estonia, Fyrom (Macedonia), Georgia,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, KosovoLatvia, Lithuania, Moldova,

Montenegro, Poland, Russian Federation, Romania, Slovakia,

Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Hungary,

Uzbekistan

MED-COUNTRIES:Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco,

Syria, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey

WHO WE ARE – specialists for your business abroad

FINEST… AT A GLANCE

MAIN FIGURES: 20 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 500 DEALS APPROVED 270 MLN € TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Financial Specialist for the promotion of economic

cooperation between Italy’s Northeastern companies and

companies of Eastern Europe, the Balkans,

Russia, Caucasus, Baltic Region, CIS and Med

Countries

Friu-lia

73%

Re-gione Venet

o 13%

Veneto

Sviluppo 8%

Simest4%

Provincia di Trento1%

Others

INSTRUMENTS:

EQUITY: 25/49% 8 Y DIRECT LOAN: 25% 8Y STRATEGIC ADVISORY

Consultancy and services HUB for Your business abroad

Export credit

Market Study- International Fairs

Financial subsides for export CCN

Local investments to support export activities

STEP Export Representative Office

CommercialOffice

Foreign BranchCommercial

New.Co

Establishment Operative New.Co

OPERATIONAL STAGEPRELIMINARY STAGE

THE ROAD MAP OF INTERNATIONALIZATION

LettoniaKosovo

MoldaviaEstoniaUcraina

MacedoniaPeco

AlbaniaBIH

Rep.CecaUngheriaBulgariaPolonia

SloveniaSlovacchia

SerbiaRussia

CroaziaRomania

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Total Investment since 1993_COUNTRIES Total Investment since 1993_SECTORS

Mln €

Informatica

Autoveicoli

Trasporti

Imballaggi

Vari Industrie

Servizi alle Imprese

Varie NT

Conciario

Agroalimentare

Tessile/Abbigliamento

Plastica

Utilities

Legno/Mobile

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FINEST INVESTMENTS - Snapshot

AgroalimentareChimico

CommercioEdilizia/Costruzioni

FinanziarioLegno/Mobile

Meccanica/Elettromecc.Metallurgico

PlasticaVari Industria

- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Totale

TOTAL INVESTMENT SINCE 1993

SERBIA

NUMBER OF APPROVED DEALS YtD 499

TOTAL INVESTMENT YtD € 272 ml

CURRENT PORTFOLIO – N. OPERATIONS 81

CURRENT PORTFOLIO - EQUITY &FINANCING € 108 ml

TOTAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPED YtD (Jointly with Italian co-sponsor) € 1,77 bln

NUMBER OF APPROVED DEALS YtD SERBIA 27 (8° Country)

TOTAL INVESTMENT YtD SERBIA € 18,6 ml (7° Country)

CURRENT PORTFOLIO – N. OPERATIONS SERBIA 7

CURRENT PORTFOLIO - EQUITY &FINANCING SERBIA € 12 ml (of which € 4,3 ml Equity)

TOTAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPED YtD SERBIA (Jointly with Italian co-sponsor) € 175 ml (€ 37,2 current)

MAIN SECTORS_OPERATIONS YtD SERBIA 1° Construction: 25%2° Wood/Furniture; Metallurgical:14%3° Plastic: 11%

MAIN DISTRICTS YtD SERBIA 1° Udine: 57%2° Gorizia: 14%3° Trieste: 9%

FINEST – main figures

1- Equity

2- Direct Loan

3- Access to Venture Capital funds, State Grants&Subsidies • Law 100/’90 (Special financing discounted interest rate)• Venture Capital Funds for Balkans area managed by Finest• Venture Capital Funds jointly managed Finest-Simest

4- Strategic Advisory• Consultancy and services hub for all the steps of internalization process; • Preliminary and early stages of the Project• Operative stage of the Project

FINEST – InstrumentsFINEST TAKES EQUITY INTO FOREIGN COMPANIES SPONSORED BY ITALIAN

INVESTORS. FINEST IS FOCUSED ON INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ,

WITH THE SCOPE TO ENHANCE THE COMPANY VALUE THROUGH INTERNATIONALIZATION AND DIRECT PRESENCE ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

1- Access to Venture Capital funds and special financing • Exploit Law 100/’90 (Special financing discounted interest rate)

• Venture Capital Fund for Balkans (Finest equity up to 49% C.S.)

2- Finest strong relationship with Serbian Institutions and Economic Agencies

3-Monitoring and Consultancy on new opportunities (incentives, governative funds and reforms..) for enterprises

4 – Participation to International Cooperation ProjectsEx: EASYCONNECTING Project (EUROPE-ADRIATIC SEA-WAY FREIGH) – improvement of integrated plans aimed at multi-modal solutions, especially links between coastal and hinterland in the Adriatic Area, includinc port, airport system and connected services.strenghten and integration of logistic solution, territorial development/ Promotion of common models of sosteinable transport and connective services in the Adriatic Area.Serbian Partners: ALMA MONS ; SERBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

HOW FINEST IMPLEMENTS INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION: THE CASE OF SERBIA

PRELIMINARY STAGE• Commercial Partners Research• Investment Opportunities Research

EXPORT ADVISORY•Export Credit Insurance (ST and MLT)•Export Credit Finance (ST e MLT)•Financial subsidies and guarantees

ADVISORY SERVICES• Market entering programmes in non EU

Countries• feasibility studies and technical assistance

programmes • technical assistance /training post foreign

investment

RISK MANAGEMENT• economic and financial assessment• SWOT analysis and market research

CORPORATE CONSULTING

• Strategic consulting• Economic and Financial

assessment• Business plan • Corporate finance

FINEST STRATEGIC ADVISORY

FINEST SPA

Pordenone: 0434 229811Padova: 049 773901marketing@finest.it

www.finest.it

O U R B U S I N E S S I S Y O U R B U S I N E S S

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