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Exhibit at a glance CORPORATE PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS Contact us to view an actual case example Corporate Por*olio Analysis takes an integrated view of a companys por*olio of businesses to op;mize the alloca;on of resources across compe;ng opportuni;es. Mul;business corpora;ons face a complex challenge in alloca;ng resources across business units. Corpora;ons own businesses that are typically at different stages of development. Some may be in mature industries and generate cash. Others may be in growth industries and in need of cash investments to build their compe;;ve posi;on. OEen, however, corporate management sets business unit plans independently and adjusts them to meet total performance targets and resource constraints. These plans are then aggregated into a corporatewide plan. This approach subop;mizes corporate strategic planning and overall by not taking and integrated view of the por*olio. Corporate Por*olio Analysis links financial performance with market posi;on and allows for the comparison of discreet investment opportuni;es. These opportuni;es can exist at both the business unit level (corporate por*olio) as well as the business unit segment level (business unit por*olio). Segments of a business can be defined as customer groups, product lines or the intersec;on of customer groups with product lines. Purpose: The key elements of Corporate Por*olio Analysis include the construc;on and interpreta;on of several matrices rela;ve to each other. This framework provides factbased ques;oning and analysis across four principle dimensions: • Market trends and opportunity • Compe;;ve strength • Financial history and forecasts • Cash flow balance Use: • Assess posi;on and balance of each business in the companys overall por*olio • Evaluate business performance rela;ve to en;re business por*olio over ;me • Allocate resources across businesses to consistently maximize overall por*olio return Henderson Bruce D., Henderson on Corporate Strategy, New American Library, 1982 © 2008 Great Prairie Group LLC. All rights reserved.

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 CORPORATE  PORTFOLIO  ANALYSIS  

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Corporate  Por*olio  Analysis  takes  an  integrated  view  of  a  company’s  por*olio  of  businesses  to  op;mize  the  alloca;on  of  resources  across  compe;ng  opportuni;es.      Mul;-­‐business  corpora;ons  face  a  complex  challenge  in  alloca;ng  resources  across  business  units.    Corpora;ons  own  businesses  that  are  typically  at  different  stages  of  development.    Some  may  be  in  mature  industries  and  generate  cash.    Others  may  be  in  growth  industries  and  in  need  of  cash  investments  to  build  their  compe;;ve  posi;on.    OEen,  however,  corporate  management  sets  business  unit  plans  independently  and  adjusts  them  to  meet  total  performance  targets  and  resource  constraints.    These  plans  are  then  aggregated  into  a  corporate-­‐wide  plan.    This  approach  sub-­‐op;mizes  corporate  strategic  planning  and  overall  by  not  taking  and  integrated  view  of  the  por*olio.      Corporate  Por*olio  Analysis  links  financial  performance  with  market  posi;on  and  allows  for  the  comparison  of  discreet  investment  opportuni;es.    These  opportuni;es  can  exist  at  both  the  business  unit  level  (corporate  por*olio)  as  well  as  the  business  unit  segment  level  (business  unit  por*olio).    Segments  of  a  business  can  be  defined  as  customer  groups,  product  lines  or  the  intersec;on  of  customer  groups  with  product  lines.  

Purpose:    The  key  elements  of  Corporate  Por*olio  Analysis  include  the  construc;on  and  interpreta;on  of  several  matrices  rela;ve  to  each  other.    This  framework  provides  fact-­‐based  ques;oning  and  analysis  across  four  principle  dimensions:      •     Market  trends  and  opportunity  •     Compe;;ve  strength  •     Financial  history  and  forecasts  •     Cash  flow  balance  

Use:  •     Assess  posi;on  and  balance  of  each  business  in  the  company’s  overall  por*olio  •     Evaluate  business  performance  rela;ve  to  en;re  business  por*olio  over  ;me  •     Allocate  resources  across  businesses  to  consistently  maximize  overall  por*olio  return  

Henderson  Bruce  D.,  Henderson  on  Corporate  Strategy,  New  American  Library,  1982 ©  2008  Great  Prairie  Group  LLC.    All  rights  reserved.