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<strong>Ward Adhesives and Applied Products Announce Strategic Combination</strong></font>
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Ward Adhesives and Applied Products, both leading regional distributors of specialty adhesives, are pleased to announce that they have completed a strategic merger. The combined company, which will retain the name Applied Products, will become one of the largest distributors of specialty adhesives in the U.S. serving the packaging, product assembly and graphic arts markets.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0 0 12px 0;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px;">"Ward and Applied are highly complementary companies," said Dan Horner, CEO of Applied Products, "and we believe that the merger makes tremendous sense for our customers, staff and channel partners. Together, we will have:</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px">The largest, most experienced and technically competent sales team in our market space</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px">Nationwide geographic coverage with both salespeople and warehouses</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px">Un-paralleled technical expertise and application knowledge</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px">A highly experienced management team, and</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px">Professional, efficient, and effective operations team and internal processes."</font></li>
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<p style="margin:0 0 12px 0;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px;">"We are extremely excited about the combination," said Peter Gotsch, Managing Director of Svoboda Capital Partners," and we look forward to working with Dan Horner, Doug Moore, Brian Webb, Doug Dietz and the entire Applied Products team to support future growth at the business."</font></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 12px 0;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px;"><strong>About Svoboda Capital Partners LLC</strong></font></p>
<p style="margin:0 0 12px 0;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#5f6162" style="font-size:14px; line-height:20px;">Svoboda Capital Partners LLC is a Chicago-based private equity firm with over $300 million of capital under management. Founded in 1998, SC invests in growth oriented companies in the value-added distribution, business services and consumer products and services sectors typically valued between $20 to $100 million.</font></p></td>
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