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2 WHY DOES ANSARADA EXIST? During M&A, once your data room is up and ready, your ability to keep the deal running smoothly will largely revolve around due diligence. Naturally, with all the documents relates to being held within the data room, it makes sense to run within the data room as well. Yet, with the complex legacy systems in place, despite the inherent risks of running externally, it can seem easier to stick to Excel and . However, at ansarada we see problems as opportunities, so we set out to change things for the better to centralise workflow and make life easier on both sides of the deal. Designed exclusively for M&A, you will find ansarada to be a more transparent, manageable, automated and efficient process. now you have 2 choices: The OLD WAY & Excel THE WAY Ahead designed for M&A Read on to find out exactly how much easier your life will be.

3 roles roles should be assigned within the data room? buy side author sell side ANSWER APPROVER ANSWER AUTHOR ANSWER DRAFTER observer Purchaser management Advisors Purchaser advisors Deal manager/ gatekeeper Legal advisors CFO May be a number of experts in different areas Co-advisors Vendor Directors Managers Vendor Vendor middle management (HR advisors, accountants...) Probity auditors Legal advisors Draft questions & view own bidder group activity. If Approver exists, can only send to Approver, not direct to administrator Also possible to create a Viewer role: can view own bidder group activity but cannot take any action. Draft questions Edit, approve or reject Author questions Control answer disclosure to own group. Full access & control across all questions, answers and reporting Works to itemised action list However, can view and take action on anything at any time to manage bottlenecks Q action: accept/ reject; control submission levels A action: answer directly; draft, forward, edit, reject, seek approval, disclose. Give approval for disclosure Draft, forward, edit, comment, reject Full access to view all questions, answers and reporting Can only take action on questions assigned to them. Draft, forward, edit, comment, reject Seek approval for answers Viewing access to questions, answers and reports limited to activity they have been directly involved in. Draft answer and seek approval Cannot send answers directly to administrator Viewing access to questions, answers and reports limited to activity they have been directly involved in. View only access to all activity including reports Cannot take any action within the data room Receives no automated notification s regarding any data room activity.

4 how can ansarada workflow be tailored to suit my deal?

5 AnSARADA workflow scenario 1 Buy side s Sell Side s bidder 1

6 AnSARADA workflow scenario 2 Buy side s Sell Side s authors bidder 1 Approvers

7 AnSARADA workflow scenario 3 Buy side s Sell Side s Bidder 1 authors Approvers bidder 2 Drafters

8 AnSARADA workflow scenario 4 Buy side s Sell Side s OBSERVER Bidder 1 authors bidder 2 Approvers bidder 3 Drafters

9 Where can i find out more? If you d like to hear more about how much easier running your M&A data room with ansarada could be, give our friendly team a call now to arrange a free demonstration. Alternatively, visit our website at ansarada.com for more information, client testimonials, and to see our data room in action. We look forward to working with you soon. trusted by