MBK Partners has a dedicated geographic focus on North Asia - Korea, Japan and Greater China (China, Taiwan and Hong Kong). We focus our investment activities in these markets on the basis of our competitive advantage in these geographies. To cover these markets, our investment teams are located in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong.1

All of MBK Partners' investment professionals are local to each of the markets and have strong local relationships and market knowledge. Our localness, combined with our fund size, gives us an advantage in sourcing, executing and managing large, complex investments in our target markets. As an independent firm, MBK Partners is able to make decisions expeditiously through investment committees composed of members having in-depth local knowledge and experience, while avoiding the perception of conflicts between foreign-based decision-makers and local constituents.2

MBK Partners typically acquires companies through management-led buyouts, buys subsidiary businesses through corporate divestitures, partners with strategic buyers, takes publicly listed companies private and purchases and grows companies through add-on acquisitions. We focus on control investments because we believe control is essential to creating value.

While we invest in a broad range of industries, MBK Partners has experience and a strong investment record in the telecommunications and media, financial services, heavy industrials, consumer, pharmaceuticals and business services industries. Given our strength particularly in telecommunications and media and financial services, we selectively explore investment opportunities in these sectors outside of North Asia.

MBK Partners seeks to acquire industry-leading companies with sustainable competitive advantages and strong cash flows and earnings. We work closely with management to grow and create value in the companies by developing strategy, optimizing capital structure, adopting global best practices in operations, controls and corporate governance and pursuing strategic growth opportunities. MBK Partners typically has a long-term investment horizon.

1Our investment team in Seoul is MBK Partners, Ltd., a separate Korean entity acting as the general partner of our Korea-registered funds, MBK Partners, Inc. and MBK Partners II, Inc.

2In Korea, we make investments out of our Korean funds, MBK Partners, Inc. and MBK Partners II, Inc. Both are registered with the Korean Financial Services Commission and are managed by MBK Partners, Ltd., a Korean entity formed by our partners. This enables our Korean investment team to operate as a local organization with a regional perspective in compliance with local regulations.