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Experienced team with holistic client focus
• Fully dedicated senior investment banking team aligned closely with UBS Private Wealth Management
• Provide bespoke solutions to meet corporate investment banking and individual wealth management objectives
• Deep execution experience across a wide range of prominent transactions, including M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions), private capital raises and IPOs
Capabilities suitable for private companies and owners, coupled with deep, global sector expertise
• Long track record of working with family owned and entrepreneur led businesses
• Integrated team that will leverage sector experts across UBS’ global footprint
• Strong understanding of sector trends and ongoing dialogue with key industry constituents
M&A is core business focus for UBS
• Strong expertise selling mid-sized private companies
• Deep knowledge of global buyer universe
• Dedicated private markets M&A team with significant execution expertise and proven track record
Access to both traditional and alternative capital pools
• Long-term expertise in negotiating, structuring, and distributing private capital transactions makes UBS ideally positioned to access relevant pools of demand
• Significant distribution partners include family offices, UHNW (Ultra High Net Worth) and long-term horizon investors
Introduction To UBS OneBank Coverage
UBS Global Banking Solutions for Wealth Management Clients
Delivering M&A and Capital Markets Advisory to Corporates, Founders,
Entrepreneurs, Families, and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals
US$55bnMarket Capitalization
150+Year heritage serving private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide
50+Countries
US$4.4tnInvested Assets (WM & GAM)
60,000+Employees
Source: Company Information as of 3Q2021
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OneBank Coverage brings UBS Global Banking capabilities to Wealth Management Clients
UBS OneBank Coverage: Solutions
Global Industrials Group
Technology, Media, and Telecom
Financial Institutions Group
Consumer Products & Retail, Healthcare, Real Estate & Leisure
UBS Global Banking Capabilities and Sector Coverage
Alternative Capital Group(including coverage of Financial Sponsors, Sovereign Wealth
Funds and Pension Funds) and Private Funds Group
Public Capital Markets
• Providing independent capital markets advice, capital placement and underwriter across all capital markets
• Includes debt and equity solutions
PrivateFinancing Markets
• Advising managers of private assets seeking to raise capital, recapitalize, or liquidate their assets through privately negotiated transactions
M&A
• Providing strategic and tactical advice and global deal execution
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2022 “Big Picture” Investment Themes Drive Activity
Technology, economic recovery, and ESG are expected to shape market activity
Next Generation Internet Healthcare InnovationDigital Economy
• Acceleration of e-commerce
• Digital customer experiences
• Innovation / disruptive financial technology, platforms, and wellness
• DTC brands
• Ongoing shift to cloud computing, software continues run but big data and AI will be massive
• Cybersecurity is critical
• 5G connectivity driving “Internet of Things” and the Edge
• Evolution of Web 3.0 and Metaverse, albeit years away
• Digital transforming healthcare with cost-effective, patient centered care
• Next generation genomics, life sciences, tools and diagonisis further become industrialized
• Renewed consumer wellness and nutrition focus
Industrial Technology & Renewables
• Continued focus on alternative transportation with EV market taking form
• Net-zero carbon transition: Greentech, Clean energy and carbon reduction
• Logistics technology, warehouse and freight automation, digitalization of supply chain
Services and Experiences over Goods
• Consumer spending shift as pandemic eases
• Return of travel, leisure, live entertainment, and sports
Shifting Real Estate Landscape
• Multi-family, single-family rental, life sciences, industrial / logistics leading REIT verticals as pandemic reshapes urban centers and work / life environments
• Digitilization of real estate services and property technology continues to expand
Tech / AI / Data Covid Recovery / Reopening Environmental, Social, Governance
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Key Questions for 2022
Is inflation transitory or here to stay?
When will supply – demand mismatches resolve?
What is the outlook of growth and where is the “new normal”?
How will the Fed and economic policy makers respond?
Will corporate earnings continue to be strong?
Are we at the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Will virus mutations or signs of fading vaccine efficacy result in global disruption and new economic restrictions?
How will investor sentiment change as COVID-19 restrictions ease or tighten?
How should companies evolve / adapt in a post-Pandemic world?
Where are we in the current cycle?
How sustainable are public and private market valuations?
What happens to all the recent Unicorns?
Will 2022 capital markets activity match 2021 near-record levels?
Does M&A continue to be a tool for growth and diversification?
What happens to SPACs?
Will interest rate increases dampen corporate deal making?
Virus and Pandemic Trajectory
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Market Activity
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Macro Economic Environment
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Recent Performance
Source: Dealogic, FactSet, Worldbank.org, CDC.gov as of 12/31/2021
Notes: 1. Represents annual % change in US GDP as per worldbank.org
Daily Covid-19 Vaccination Doses
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The end of low rates?
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Telecom Industrials ConsumerStaples
Utilities
Public Markets Performed in 2021Corporate earnings remain strong across most sectors driving S&P to all-time highs
S&P 500 Weighting12:
3% 3% 29% 11% 13% 2% 13% 10% 8% 6% 2%
Last 3-month % chg:
3% 16% 15% 2% 12% 13% 11% (2%) 7% 12% 12%
Last 6-month% chg:
2% 16% 16% 6% 6% 9% 10% (1%) 2% 11% 12%
S&P 500 FY2021 Performance: +27%
Source: S&P Global, FactSet as of December 31, 2021
Notes: Indices represented included: 1. S&P 500 / Energy -SEC (SPN01) 2. S&P 500 / Real Estate - SEC (VDPPK) 3. S&P 500 / Information Technology -SEC (SP701) 4. S&P 500 / Financials -SEC (SP621)5. S&P 500 / Materials -SEC (SPN37) 6. S&P 500 / Health Care - SEC (SP565) 7. S&P 500 / Consumer Discretionary -SEC (SP285) 8. S&P 500 / Communication Services -SEC (SP793)9. S&P 500 / Industrials -SEC (SP125) 10. S&P 500 / Consumer Staples -SEC (SP477) 11. S&P 500 / Utilities -SEC (SP821) 12. Based on GICS® sectors
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Technology sector is driving majority of S&P gains
FY2021 Share Price Performance:
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Private Market Start-up Funding Activity is Accelerating Private, high-growth companies continue to attract record levels of capital at massive valuations
• Massive value creation during private life-cycle phase
• Readily available and efficient capital for growth
• Broad universe of investors participating
• Attractive alternatives: IPO / M&A
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Decacorns becoming “New Unicorns”…
Source: Crunchbase NewsNote:
1. YTD as of 11/19/20212. YTD as of 7/19/2021
Key Drivers
Decacorn Count by Year1:
Unicorn Count by Year2:
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…and Unicorns becoming “Mainstream”
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Family Offices are a Significant Source of Capital
Health Tech
SmartMobility
Green Tech
Digital
Transformation
Automation
and Robotics
Investment priorities in the next 2–3 years
Key Considerations:
• Family Offices are institutional
• Portfolios are broadly diversified across a range of asset classes, including alternatives
• Despite economic turbulence and strains in international relations, family offices retain a risk-on frame of mind
• Family offices are investing in themes that will dominate the global economy in 2022
Strategic Asset Allocation
NetIncrease / decrease Increase
Fixed income developed markets -18%
Fixed income developing markets 3%
Equities developed markets 35%
Equities developing markets 56%
Private equity direct investments 42%
Private equity funds / funds of funds 26%
Hedge Funds 16%
Real estate 22%
Infrastructure 23%
Gold/precious metals 10%
Commodities 9%
Cash (or cash equivalent) -18%
Art and antiques 8% 10%
11%
14%
16%
24%
36%
25%
37%
53%
60%
48%
22%
17%
Planned changes to asset allocation in the next 5 years
Source: UBS GFO Report 2021, UBS Evidence Lab
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Elevated M&A Activity Expected to Continue in 2022
US M&A volumes continue to set records
• Americas M&A volume of $2.0tn1 for 2021 (as of Dec 31st, 2021), represents an increase of nearly 2x vs.2020 Americas M&A volume of $1.1tn1
• Technology M&A continued its post COVID boom; activity broadened out across industry sectors
• SPAC M&A continuing at strong pace
Attractive market backdrop for M&A going forward
• Continued positive impact of fiscal and monetary policy (low interest rates and increased government spending)
• Significant available capital in both public and private markets
• Attractive valuation levels; strong performing companies at a premium to pre-Covid levels
• Increasing regulatory scrutiny of large transactions, particularly in the technology sector, may push buyers to focus on smaller targets
Corporates and Sponsors utilizing M&A to evolve and drive growth as economy recovers
• Overall return to risk-taking as many feel the worst is behind us, despite Omicron variant
• Opportunity to build scale, drive growth or enter adjacent markets in light of Covid-19 impact on traditional business models
• Significant value being placed on digital, technology-enabled and disruptive businesses that are well-positioned in the post-Covid world
• Appetite remains for high quality, resilient businesses as recovery builds
Sellers looking to capitalize on current valuations
• Sellers looking to capitalize on valuations that are at near or all-time highs across most sectors
• Corporates shedding non-core assets and Sponsors opportunistically monetizing portfolio companies
Note:1 All deals with disclosed deal value, excluding minority stake purchases, repurchases, spinoffs or withdrawn deals and deals less than $50 million
Source: Refinitiv—SDC Platinum as of 12/31/21
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CAGR 35% CAGR 28%
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Source: Refinitiv—SDC Platinum as of 12/31/21
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Notes:1 All deals with disclosed deal value, excluding minority stake purchases, repurchases, spinoffs or withdrawn deals and deals less than $50 million; as of 12/31/2021
New record level
Value (US$bn)
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Global Private Equity “Dry Powder” Continues to Build
Source: Pitchbook as of 12/31/2021
Note: 1. Other consists of Fund of Funds, Secondaries, and Co-investment fund categories
Global Private Equity Dry Powder ($bn):
Investors are sitting on $1.4 Trillion of uninvested capital, slightly below record levels seen in 2020. Capital is readily available to invest in companies across various size, sectors, and geographies
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Valuations are at the Highest Levels in Almost a Decade
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Strategic Sponsor
Source: Refinitiv—SDC Platinum, Dealogic, as of 12/31/2021
Notes: 1 Represents buy-side deals with disclosed deal value, excluding minority stake purchases, repurchases, spinoffs or withdrawn deals and deals less than $50mm
Significant Uptick in Sponsor Activity¹
Percentage of Transactions between Sponsor and Strategic Buyers:
Sponsor activity increased in 2021
13Source: FactSet, Dealogic
Note: VIX and Forward P/E represent average value in a given year; size of bubbles represents IPO issuance in US$ as of 12/31/2021
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Annual IPO Issuance: 2012 to 2021
IPO Volume and Offer to 1-Day Performance
341827 68 52 80 94No. of IPOs
76 57
Pricing vs. Range
(by count) (by volume)
Healthcare41%
TMT37%
Consumer11%
Industrial6%
Finance3%
Real Estate2%
Energy1%
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Sector Performance 2021Volatility as Measured by the VIX
S&P 500 Forward P/EEquity Markets Overview
US Equity Capital Markets Update
What factors are supportive of US equities?
▪ COVID-19 Vaccine: Vaccine optimism remains elevated as more than 508mm doses have been administered in the US; ~85% of adults in the US have received at least one dose; preliminary research suggests the booster can neutralize Omicron and its milder symptoms
▪ Unemployment: Jobless claims fell to 198k last week, which is near a 50-year low. The November unemployment rate fell to 4.2%, down from 4.6%
▪ FOMC meeting: Fed no longer sees inflation as “transitory” and is going to make addressing it a bigger priority going forward
What factors could become more challenging?
▪ COVID-Related Volatility: Daily cases in the US topped 120k for the first time in 3 months, creating higher volatility amid worries about the country’s ability to sustain previous reopening momentum
▪ Inflation Concerns: November’s PPI increased 9.6% YoY, which is the highest YoY increase seen since data started being collected in 2010
▪ Fed Tapering: Fed confirmed that it will double its tapering pace to $30bn per month; majority of Fed officials now expect 3 quarter point rate hikes in 2022 versus the 2 previously anticipated
2 Year Average = 19.8x
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Sources: FactSet, Dealogic, StreetAccount, WSJ, CDCNote: Excludes BDCs, SPACs, and deals less than $50mm. As of 12/31/2021
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SPAC IPO Market Overview
Source: Bloomberg, Dealogic, Company filingsNote: Market data as of 12/31/2021. Includes all US SPAC IPOs since 2016
As outlined by FINRA Regulatory Notice 08-54 (Dated October 2008), investing in SPAC IPOs entails certain risks and may not be suitable for some investors. Given the lack of any operating history or past performance of a SPAC, there is a risk that the SPAC manager(s) is unqualified to manage the investment. In addition, there is a risk that no acquisition will occur and the SPAC will be liquidated. The SPAC structure, which requires most of investor’s funds to be held in escrow and returned if an acquisition is not completed, does provide some downside, protection. Moreover, investors may be able to sell their SPAC units in the secondary market. However, investors must either bear the opportunity cost of waiting for a determination about whether an acquisition will occur or sell in the secondary market before the outcome is determined.
The SPAC IPO market experienced watershed growth in 2020, which continued well into March 2021 as issuance in Q1 2021 eclipsed 2020
On the heels of the record –breaking start to 2021, SPAC IPOs have recently slowed as investors digest supply
TMT remains the most active sector for SPACs
UBS believes issuance will continue as SPAC sponsors are able to raise capital to target a growing opportunity set of attractive private companies
No. of Deals
SPAC IPO Volume ($bn)
Avg. IPO ($mm)
SPAC IPOs by Sector
SPAC ”Dry Powder” ($bn)
By Deal Proceeds
Total Issuance by Sector ($bn)
General TMT FIG Consumer Energy Healthcare IndustrialsREL&L ESG Total
63.2 77.9 31.7 28.0 16.4 25.7 15.0 8.7 13.7 280.4
FIG11.3%
TMT27.8%
REL&L3.1%Healthcare
9.2%
Consumer10.0%
Energy5.9%
Industrials5.3%
General22.5%
ESG4.9%
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Recent SPAC M&A Trends
Source: Bloomberg, Dealogic, Company filingsNote: Market data as of 12/31/2021. Unless otherwise stated, includes US SPAC IPOs ≥$50m since 2016
In line with the SPAC IPO market, the PIPE market as a critical part of the de-SPAC ecosystem experienced a retrenchment over the course of March, which decreased the frequency of business combination announcements
PIPE investors are further emphasizing the importance of disciplined and defensible valuations, the fundamental performance of SPAC targets, and diligence by SPAC sponsors
Despite current conditions, on the whole there has been a strong uptick in year-to-date SPAC M&A activity:
− $473.4bn of completed SPAC M&A volume (~200 transactions) in 2021. Average transaction size of ~ $2.4bn EV
− Deals closed and announced aggregate to ~$704.0bn in 2021
SPAC M&A Volume and Average Size Avg. Unit Return at Close of Business Combo (%)
SPAC Success Rates SPAC Outcomes Over Time
No. of Completed Deals
By Quarterly Vintage
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