First, TSG acted as the exclusive Financial Advisor to Express-Med, Inc. in its sale to MP TotalCare, Inc., a Charterhouse Group International, Inc. portfolio company.

Express-Med, based in New Albany, Ohio, is one of the nation's largest direct-to-consumer medical supply businesses, specializing in providing diabetic supplies and respiratory medications to customers in their homes. MP TotalCare, Inc., based in Tampa, Florida, is a leading national homecare provider of respiratory medications to customers diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ("COPD"), including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. MP TotalCare also provides outsourcing services to home medical equipment providers and retail pharmacies who desire to serve their customers in the respiratory medications and diabetes market segments.

In the second assignment, TSG was retained as a co-Advisor by an Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of AFC Enterprises, Inc. to provide Financial Advisory Services. AFC Enterprises, Inc. is the franchisor and operator of 3,879 restaurants, bakeries and cafes in the United States, Puerto Rico and 33 foreign countries under the brand names Church's Chicken™, Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits, Cinnabon®, Seattle's Best Coffee® and Torrefazione Italia® Coffee. The Company currently trades on the NASDAQ market under the symbol “AFCE”, and has a market capitalization of nearly $1.0 billion.

“In addition to raising Private Equity capital, our clients are increasingly asking us to advise them on M&A initiatives and other corporate finance opportunities,” commented Greg Mendel, Managing Director and Co-Founder of TSG. “Given our expertise in structuring transactions as well as our understanding of what it takes to get transactions to the finish line, providing Financial Advisory Services to our clients is a natural extension of our Private Equity capital-raising activities.”