ACG Chapter Leaders Call May 2015 Public Policy Updates Amber Landis, Senior Director, Public

Chapter Leaders Call - Agenda 1.Update on ACG’s Private Equity Regulatory Task Force 2.ACG Grassroots & Chapters 3.Michigan’s Grassroots Pilot Program 4.Congressional Caucus for Middle Market Growth – Take Action! 5.GrowthEconomy.org 2.0

ACG PERT: Private Equity Regulatory Task Force

ACG PERT: Private Equity Regulatory Task Force Genesis of PERT Speeches made by regulatory officials ACG’s SEC Task Force Survey: August/September responses; 25% response rate. Launched in Oct. 2014: Gathers CFOs, COOs and in-house counsel to develop best practices, called “PERT Principles”, on compliance issues and to provide detailed feedback to SEC.

ACG PERT: Private Equity Regulatory Task Force PERT’s mission is to provide our middle-market private equity firms with a FACE:  Facilitate communication and coordination among fund professionals;  Advocate before federal regulators and policymakers on behalf of middle-market private equity;  Create a network of peers to develop and share best practices; and  Educate private equity professionals and key stakeholders (management partners, investors, lenders, etc.) on regulatory issues that have a direct impact on them and our funds. 36 private equity firms are members and recruitment continues. Includes steering committee of six industry practitioners. Quarterly meetings and scheduled PERT DC fly-in next week!

ACG’s Leadership Circle – Chapters Contributions THANK YOU!

ACG Chapter Activities: –Presentations by Members of Congress at Chapter Meetings –Presentations at Regional ACG Capital Connections –In-District Plant & Office Meetings –Middle Market Caucus events –Presentations of ACG Growth Champion Award ACG Grassroots & Chapters

ACG Grassroots & Chapters Check out ACG’s Grassroots Toolkit! Eduardo Berdegue, ACG Central Texas & Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX)

Grassroots Pilot Program - Michigan Objective: To create a state focused grassroots pilot program that shows the impact of middle-market investment on jobs and growth and influences the national debate. Lessons learned from the pilot will help inform future efforts that can be replicated in other states.

Grassroots Pilot Program – Michigan "We owe a great debt of gratitude to JC Huizenga and the team at Huizenga Automation Group," said Jones. "They provided support over a 20-year partnership enabling us to successfully compete and grow on a global basis." JC Huizenga sells off award-winning company March 2015

Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC) Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

Take Action: Congressional Caucus for Middle-Market Growth

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Click to edit Master title style What’s New? Five Dynamic Sales Segments Small: Less than $10M in Sales Middle Market (MM) Segment 1: $10-$50M in Sales Middle Market (MM) Segment 2: $50M-$100M in Sales Middle Market (MM) Segment 3: $100-$1B in Sales Large: More than $1B in Sales Middle Market accounts for 98 percent of the job growth! And 98 percent of sales growth! GROWTHECONOMY.ORG 24,000

ACG Global Leadership Week 2016 January Park Hyatt, Washington, D.C.

THANK YOU! Questions?