CMAI Business Advisory Services

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Business Advisory Services

Through its Business Advisory Services function, CMAI provides confidential analysis to clients around the globe. Each study is uniquely tailored to meet the specific needs of the client, and each consultant in Business Advisory Services brings his or her own set of experiences gained through years in the chemical industry. This experience, coupled with constant interaction with CMAI's market advisory consultants, provides for timely and accurate market interpretation and strategic analysis. CMAI is a leader in providing strategic and project planning studies to all aspects of the global chemical industry, including chemical and integrated oil companies, engineering and construction companies, banking and financial institutions, trading companies and governmental agencies.

Commercial Studies

During the planning process, CMAI acts as an independent market advisor, offering strategic and commercial analysis to companies as they develop budgets and medium-to-long-term business plans. This analysis includes challenging existing theories within a company, identifying competitive strengths and weaknesses, developing conclusions about expansion and divestiture opportunities, and analyzing risk.

Commercial Analysis

Medium, Long-Term Planning Portfolio Reviews Sector Reviews Master Plans Asset Benchmarking Return on Assets

Corporate Benchmarks Competitor Behavior SWOT Analysis Marketing Plans Feedstock and Offtake Contract Support Trade Flows -Commercial Due Diligence

Strategy Development

CMAI applies its cutting-edge analytics and unrivaled industry knowledge with proven strategy processes enabling clients to implement robus, viable and valuable strategic solutions through the business cycle. We work with companies to provide practical solutions and initiatives in the following areas:

• Strategy Development: Interactively support corporate and business trategy development.
• Portfolio Optimization: Restructure, acquire or divest businesses, products and capabilities that maximize value and appropriately mitigate risk.
• Market Entry / Segmentation: Identify and assess opportunities for new markets, channels, platforms and sectors to maximize value.

Transaction

As companies examine new ventures, CMAI provides impartial advice to the stakeholders of the venture - from financial institutions to the producing companies. Business Advisory Services offers expertise in both planning and independent engineering.

Independent Engineering	Financial Analysis
Investment Costs Project Approvals Feedstock and Product Offtake Agreements Project Implementation Support	Price and Margin Analysis & Forecasts Cash Flow Analysis Transaction Values Risk Assessment Commercial & Financial Due Diligence
Project Planning
Pre-feasibility Studies Feasibility Studies "Bankable" Studies Project Financing Inputs Project Implementation Support Completion Audits Post Completion Audits

Legal Support

CMAI's staff members have developed extensive experience in providing expert assistance to attorneys involved in litigating matters relating to the energy, chemical and allied products industries. CMAI's staff members have experience working with engineers, regulators, business executives, attorneys and other consultants. With this background, we work as true members of a client team to understand what issues are relevant to the case and how they can be best presented. We help the attorneys formulate a litigation strategy while developing information during the entire discovery and trial processes. Service offerings consist of:

Litigation strategy/question formulation Identify/screen/prepare testifying experts Evaluate case for technical merit and assess strengths/weaknesses Damages assessment Cost benefit analysis

Negligence determination Contract arbitration support Expert witness reports and testimony Deposition and deposition support Documentation review Insurance related services

Renewables

CMAI's Renewables Practice is an extension of its traditional Business Advisory Services offerings that consist of market, technical, economic, legal and strategic elements. The market drivers of renewables are largely energy security and climate concerns with government policies/incentives and technology advancements as the vehicles for short and medium terms green sustainability. Nevertheless, it is expected that long term sustainability for green chemicals will depend on the traditional principles of commodity economics e.g., a need to be market pulled, not government pushed. Moreover, the stakeholders in renewables have evolved into a mix of industry participants such as: agriculture, forestry products, life sciences, chemicals and energy with government mixed in. As such, CMAI is well positioned to provide clients planning and diligence assistance in this very dynamic world of renewables with their unprecedented convergence of technology, industry and government stakeholders. The Practice is now the focal point within CMAI for advising clients on renewables and green chemical related technologies/products, involving:

• Concept-to-commercialization evaluation of developing technologies
• Financial feasibility studies and risk analysis
• New business development, value chain analysis, new product and end-use potential including market positioning
• Inter-material competition and cost competitiveness
• Examination of the carbon footprint and relevant environmental issues
• Comparative life cycle analysis of products / value chains
• Issues/impact/trends associated with government environmental legislation and policies
• Analysis of market premiums, and non-conventional revenue streams e.g., energy credits and government incentives

Technology

CMAI's Technology Advisory Services offerings expands CMAI's ability to assist clients on critical issues regarding capital expenditures, M&A opportunities and technology portfolio optimization. The practice is now the focal point within CMAI for advising clients on the critical technology issues that result from critical business drivers, involving:

Analyzing investments in new developing technologies Technology M&A opportunity screening and transaction advisory engagements Valuations of new developing technologies Technology M&A due diligence assistance Technology proof-of-concept reviews

Licensing business plan development Technology assessments as part of independent engineering engagements Technology screening for sponsors in new project development Patent portfolio assessment Technology competitiveness studies