Gulf Equity Partners

Investments in food production and distribution in the GCC

region.

Dubai – Moscow – Yerevan

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Executive overview

Gulf Equity Partners (GEP) is a private equity vehicle investing in food related business in Gulf region. The

vehicle is managed by EV Consulting – leading corporate finance and management advisory firm operating

across CIS and Gulf regions.

GEP comes to bring in synergy of mutually supporting businesses across the wide range of the food value

chain, as well as capitalize on preferred access to 180m+ market of Eurasian Economic Union (Russia,

Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kirgizstan).

Our approach

Value add Criteria Geography Sectors

• Access to markets of

Russia and other CIS

countries;

• Synergy effect of to-be

grown portfolio of

companies;

• Open-minded and

actively engaged

investment supervision.

• Professional

management team

ready for value add

partnership;

• Potential for growth and

expansion.

We will typically refrain

from refinancing and focus

on providing growth

capital.

Ticket size

We look to invest in the

sectors of food production

and distribution. Primary

agriculture (horticulture,

aquaculture and animal

husbandry), processing

(packaging, canning,

preserving, freezing, etc),

and distribution (to retail

and HoReCa) are

investment targets for us.

Companies operating in

UAE or in countries well

positioned to supply the

UAE and other GCC

markets.

Our target ticket size is

USD10m, although we are

ready to consider smaller

as well as significantly

larger deals on case-by-

case basis.

The process

Phase 1: Preliminary

Screening

Phase 2: Initial

Approval

Phase 3: Due

Diligence

Phase 4: Final

Decision

Phase 5: Closing

Preliminary screening of

the investment proposal,

discussions with the

management team, high

level review of financials

and the growth strategy.

Presentation of the

selected deal to the

investment committee for

initial approval.

Negotiation with the

prospective investees and

co-investors (if any) the

terms and the structure of

the deal and carrying-out

due diligence check

related to the market,

team and financial

feasibility of the

investment project

Presentation of the due

diligence results and the

termsheet to the

investment committee and

making of the final

decision by the investment

committee.

Arranging the preparation

of legal documents and

execution of necessary

procedures to close the

deal.

People

Management team

Tiran Hakobyan

More than 10 years of

experience in entrepreneurship

and general management of

food producing companies. CEO

at Eco Fresh LLC, UAE

Ashot Arzumanyan

More than 10 years of

experience in M&A advisory,

transaction support. Former CFO

of a large dairy company.

Manager at EV Consulting

Portfolio

Eco Fresh – the largest producer of mushrooms in the United

Arab Emirates – is the first company in our portfolio.

The company supplies champignon mushrooms in the UAE

market with its production being available in all top retail

chains of UAE. Fresh mushrooms are delivered for our

customers on daily basis from the farm in Ras Al Khaimah.

Throughout our 3-year experience, Eco Fresh has attained

deep expertise of growing high quality mushrooms in the

UAE’s hot climate.

Currently we are planning significant expansion of the

existing production as well as setup/acquisition of compost

production.

UAE’s leading mushroom

producer

EV Consulting

Office in Yerevan

2/1 Melik-Adamyan,

Yerevan 0010, Armenia

Tel: +374 10 546434

info@evconsulting.com

www.evconsulting.com

Gulf Equity Partners

Tiran Hakobyan

tiran@gulfequitypartners.com

+971 50 578 5131

Ashot Arzumanyan

ashot@gulfequitypartners.com

+971 50 9363356

www.gulfequitypartners.com

Office in Moscow

5 Orlikov lane, bld 2

107078, Moscow

Tel.: +7 495 602 92 10