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1 Jefferies Maritime Group Maritime Market Update July 28, 2014 IN THIS ISSUE Maritime Update Tanker Market Update Tanker Universe Equity Comparables Tanker FFA Curve Dry Cargo Market Update Drybulk Universe Equity Comparables Drybulk FFA Curve Gas Carrier Market Update Gas Carrier Universe Equity Comparables Equity Market Conditions U.S. Equity Market Overview U.S. IPO Market Overview Summary of Issuance U.S. Industrials IPO Market Overview U.S. Followon Market Overview Debt Market Update Debt Market Overview Maritime Bonds INVESTMENT BANKING Jefferies LLC Member SIPC

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3 Table of Contents Maritime Update 1 Equity Market Conditions 10 Debt Market Update 15 ii

4 Maritime Update 1

5 Tanker Market Update Week of July 21, 2014 Last Twelve Months Indexed Performance Indexed to % 130% 120% 110% 100% xc Stock Price % of 52 LTM 7/25/2014 Week High Change Weekly Change (%) Ardmore Shipping $ % NA Capital Product Partners % 15.0% DHT Holdings % 39.4% Frontline % (13.5%) Navios Maritime Acquisition % (11.5%) Nordic American Tankers % (14.0%) Scorpio Tankers % (5.7%) Ship Finance International % 14.2% Teekay Corporation % 41.1% Teekay Offshore Partners % 5.9% Teekay Tankers % 39.8% TORM % (39.0%) Tsakos Energy Navigation % 37.6% Mean 75.6% 9.1% (4.4%) (0.8%) (3.7%) (5.2%) (2.2%) (4.8%) (2.5%) (0.4%) 2.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.5% 5.7% 90% 7/25/13 9/23/13 11/23/13 1/23/14 3/25/14 5/25/14 7/25/14 Tanker Companies S&P 500 Recent News (July 20, 2014 July 25, 2014) Recent Sector News West Texas Intermediate crude prices decreased 1.0% on the week from $ per barrel to $ Brent crude prices increased 1.1% on the week from $ per barrel to $ In response to cleared shipping lanes from melting Arctic ice, South Korea is adding tanks to store 60 million barrels of crude and refined products by 2020 India s June oil product imports gained 32 percent year over year to 1.41 million metric tons Albany, N.Y. may join U.S. energy hubs such as Houston and Cushing, Oklahoma, as oil terminal operator Global Partners expands China s shipping fuel sales are expected to rise 1.7 percent year over year to 11 million metric tons Regulatory Filings 7/25: Capital Product Partners reported second quarter 2014 earnings of $0.04 per share ($0.09 gain per share consensus) 7/24: Capital Product Partners acquired three containerships for $244.5 million and two product tankers for $71 million, to be delivered between March and November /24: Ardmore Shipping increased its $53 million senior loan facility to $225 million 7/24: Ship Finance International sold the following VLCCs: Front Opalia, Front Comanche and Front Commerce for $77.5 million, to be delivered in the fourth quarter of /22: Scorpio Tankers completed the note offering of Seven and Seven, issuing $125.3 million in floating rate guaranteed notes due /22: Navios Maritime Acquisition received the Nave Electron, built in 2002, on July 21 st 7/22: Scorpio Tankers purchased 6.3 million common shares at an average price of $9.74 per share under its $150 million stock buyback plan Source: Bloomberg, Capital IQ and SEC filings. 2

6 Tanker Universe Equity Comparables ($Millions, except per share data) Stock Total TEV / EBITDA P / E Dist Cash Yield Dividend Yield Price / TEV / Price % 52Week Market Enterprise Adjusted Adjusted 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 7/25/2014 High Cap Value NAV Asset Value Ardmore Shipping Corporation $ % $ $ x 5.6x NM 11.5x 5.0% 16.5% 3.1% 3.1% 102.6% 102.4% Capital Product Partners % , x 12.0x NM NM 10.0% 10.6% 8.5% 8.8% NM 161.1% DHT Holdings % x 6.4x NM 18.9x 5.3% 11.6% 1.3% 1.3% 90.7% 90.4% Frontline % , x 9.5x NM NM 10.5% 28.8% 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Navios Maritime Acquisition % , x 8.1x NM 8.1x 18.1% 28.8% 5.9% 5.9% 114.1% 103.7% Nordic American Tankers % x 9.1x NM NM 6.3% 10.3% 8.9% 9.7% 142.3% 136.2% Scorpio Tankers % 1, , x 6.6x NM 12.0x 5.2% 16.3% 3.9% 3.9% 110.8% 109.5% Ship Finance International % 1, , x 8.4x 21.1x 16.1x 21.2% 21.4% 9.1% 9.4% NM NM Teekay Corporation % 4, , x 11.3x NM NM 8.3% 13.5% 2.3% 3.4% NM NM Teekay Offshore Partners % 2, , x 9.4x NM 18.2x 11.2% 12.4% 6.3% 6.6% NM NM Teekay Tankers % , x 9.4x 15.2x 7.0x 18.3% 27.9% 2.7% 2.9% NM 131.7% TORM % , x 7.7x NM 1.5x NA NA NA NA NM NM Tsakos Energy Navigation % , x 9.0x 21.0x 8.5x 20.3% 27.0% 2.8% 2.8% 103.2% 101.0% Mean 13.0x 8.6x 19.1x 11.3x 11.7% 18.8% 4.6% 4.8% 110.6% 117.0% Source: Forward calendar year estimates per Bloomberg. 3

7 Tanker FFA Curve (July 25, 2014) VLCC TD3 FFA ($/Day) Suezmax TD5 FFA ($/Day) $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $34,276 $22,127 $23,713 Q $27,000 $24,000 $21,000 $18,000 $15,000 $12,000 $9,000 $6,000 $3,000 $24,644 $18,126 $16,134 Q Panamax LR1 TC5 FFA ($/Day) Handymax MR TC2 FFA ($/Day) $18,000 $15,000 $12,000 $12,049 $11,519 $15,741 $8,000 $6,000 $5,223 $6,049 $7,000 $9,000 $4,000 $6,000 $3,000 $2,000 Q Q Source: Bloomberg. 4

8 Dry Cargo Market Update Week of June 21, 2014 Last Twelve Months Indexed Performance Indexed to % 180% 170% 160% 150% 140% 130% 120% 110% 100% 90% 7/25/13 9/23/13 11/23/13 1/23/14 3/25/14 5/25/14 7/25/14 Drybulk Companies Container Companies S&P 500 Drybulk Stock Price % of 52 LTM 7/25/2014 Week High Change Weekly Change (%) Baltic Trading $ % 35.4% Diana Shipping % (4.7%) DryShips % 46.6% Euroseas % 9.6% FreeSeas % (62.3%) Globus Maritime % (72.7%) Goldenport % (43.5%) Hellenic Carriers % (38.1%) Knightsbridge Tankers % 50.8% Navios Maritime Holdings % 40.2% Navios Maritime Partners % 28.7% Paragon Shipping % 6.3% Safe Bulkers % 55.7% Scorpio Bulk % (84.9%) Seanergy Maritime % 1.4% Star Bulk Carriers % 79.1% Ultrapetrol % 14.8% Mean 68.0% 3.7% Container Box Ships $ % (87.8%) Costamare % 101.5% Danaos % 22.2% Diana Containerships % (83.9%) Global Ship Lease % (17.5%) Seaspan % 12.8% Mean 68.9% (8.8%) (20.3%) (14.6%) (2.2%) (2.9%) (0.9%) (7.0%) (3.9%) (8.1%) (5.5%) (3.2%) (6.2%) (3.2%) (5.5%) (2.7%) (3.2%) 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 1.2% 4.5% 0.8% 0.5% 2.0% Recent News (July 20, 2014 July 25, 2014) Recent Sector News Tugboat deckhands at Australia s Port Hedland approved an industrial action for a second time this year over leave and wages, potentially risking $100 million of supplier disruption Coking coal trade growth forecast for 2014 was reduced from 4 percent to 1 percent China s coal stockpiles grew 47 percent at Qingdao port due to rising hydropower generation, which increased 18 percent year over year Indonesian mining companies resumed concentrate exports to China this month after agreeing to pay the 20 percent export tax France s Rouen port weekly grain exports increased 56 percent, from 84,451 to 131,693 metric tons at the end of the week China export container shipping rate increases flattened out to 3 percent year over year Australia s Mermaid Marine port employees notified the company they intend to take protected industrial action as negotiations continue for a new labor agreement Regulatory Filings 7/24: Star Bulk took delivery of M/V Peloreus, a 182,000 dwt Capesize built by Japan Marine United and the first of six vessels ordered 7/23: Costamare reported second quarter 2014 earnings of $0.48 per share ($0.39 gain per share consensus) 7/22: Scorpio Bulkers received commitment for a $540 million loan facility, which will be used to finance up to 55 percent of the contract price of six Ultramax and nine Capesize vessels for delivery in 2015 and /22: Box Ships announced the full repayment of the $21.5 million outstanding amount under its loan agreement with Commerzbank AG, amounting to $15 million plus accrued interest in full and final settlement of the loan Source: Bloomberg, Capital IQ and SEC filings. 5

9 Drybulk Universe Equity Comparables ($Millions, except per share data) xc Stock Total TEV / EBITDA P / E Dist Cash Yield Dividend Yield Price / TEV / Price % 52Week Market Enterprise Adjusted Adjusted 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 7/25/2014 High Cap Value NAV Asset Value Drybulk Baltic Trading $ % $ $ x 7.4x NM 10.9x 8.3% 17.2% 1.7% 5.3% 101.0% 100.7% Diana Shipping % x 8.0x NM 20.4x 6.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 81.8% 84.2% DryShips % 1, , x 7.4x NM 11.0x 57.3% 87.2% 0.0% 0.0% 93.9% 98.9% Euroseas % x 12.3x NM NM NA NA 11.4% 7.0% 65.8% 74.7% FreeSeas % NA NA NM NM NA NA NA NA NM 116.1% Globus Maritime % NA NA 5.6x 4.5x 50.7% NA NA NA 45.7% 75.0% Goldenport % x 8.1x NM 18.7x NA NA NA NA 62.1% 85.8% Hellenic Carriers % x 5.4x NM NM NM 44.5% NA NA 81.1% 93.3% Knightsbridge Tankers % 1, , x 6.8x NM 9.4x 8.6% 14.5% 6.6% 6.6% 138.0% 137.6% Navios Maritime Holdings % , x 8.0x NM 9.4x 14.4% 24.3% 3.0% 3.0% 116.1% 105.2% Navios Maritime Partners % 1, , x 10.7x NM 24.5x 10.7% 10.5% 9.1% 9.1% NM 173.1% Paragon Shipping % x 6.0x NM 8.4x 7.1% 31.6% NA NA 66.9% 82.5% Safe Bulkers % , x 7.4x 14.9x 7.6x 12.7% 20.8% 2.9% 3.3% 139.1% 118.4% Scorpio Bulkers % 1, NA 8.6x NM NM NM 4.9% NA 2.2% 102.4% 104.0% Seanergy Maritime % NA NA NM NM NA NA 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Star Bulk Carriers % , x 6.9x NM 7.3x 9.0% 19.1% NA NA 96.0% 97.1% Ultrapetrol % x 6.6x 24.4x 12.2x 15.2% 20.8% 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Mean 14.2x 7.8x 14.9x 12.0x 18.2% 25.8% 3.5% 3.3% 91.5% 103.1% Container Box Ships $ % $ 36.0 $ x 7.4x NM NM NA NA 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Costamare % 1, , x 10.9x 14.9x 14.0x 13.4% 16.5% 4.6% 4.7% NM NM Danaos % , x 9.7x 11.5x 6.1x 30.3% 35.8% 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Diana Containerships % x 13.9x NM NM 11.8% 3.7% 11.8% 13.1% NM NM Global Ship Lease % x 7.4x 19.5x 16.3x NA NA 0.0% 0.0% NM NM Seaspan % 2, , x 10.8x NM 18.1x 13.4% 15.3% 5.6% 6.1% NM NM Mean 9.7x 10.0x 15.3x 13.6x 17.2% 17.8% 3.7% 4.0% NM NM Source: Forward calendar year estimates per Bloomberg. 6

10 Drybulk FFA Curve (July 25, 2014) Capesize 4TC FFA ($/Day) Capesize C7 FFA ($/Ton) $19,000 $18,250 $18,200 $13.00 $16,000 $16,938 $12.00 $12.05 $11.65 $13,000 $11.00 $10.48 $10,000 Remaining $10.00 Remaining Panamax 4TC FFA ($/Day) Supramax 5TC FFA ($/Day) $12,000 $8,525 $10,150 $10,600 $15,000 $10,000 $9,113 $10,250 $10,500 $8,000 $5,000 $4,000 Remaining Remaining Source: Bloomberg. 7

11 Gas Carrier Market Update Week of July 21, 2014 Indexed to % 150% 140% 130% Last Twelve Months Indexed Performance xc Stock Price % of 52 LTM 7/25/2014 Week High Change Weekly Change (%) Dorian LPG $ % NA Dynagas LNG Partners LP % NA GasLog % NA GasLog Partners % NA Golar LNG % 76.8% Golar LNG Partners % 7.7% Navigator Holdings % 81.7% Stealthgas % 1.6% Teekay LNG Partners % 4.0% Mean 90.9% 34.3% (2.2%) (0.3%) (1.4%) (3.3%) (1.4%) (2.7%) (2.0%) 0.5% 4.0% 120% 110% 100% 90% 7/25/13 9/15/13 11/6/13 12/28/13 2/18/14 4/11/14 6/2/14 7/25/14 Gas Comps S&P 500 Recent News (July 20, 2014 July 25, 2014) Recent Sector News Henry Hub gas prices decreased 3.1% on the week from $3.91 per MMbtu to $3.79 North American spot LPG propane (Mt. Belvieu) prices increased 0.7% on the week from $11.30 per MMBtu to $11.38 North American spot LPG Butane (Mt. Belvieu) prices decreased 0.2% on the week from $13.13 per MMBtu to $13.10 North American spot LPG Ethane (Mt. Belvieu) prices decreased 2.7% on the week from $2.58 per MMBtu to $2.51 Total U.S. working gas in underground storage increased 4.2% on the week from 2,129 billion cubic feet to 2,219 China s June LNG imports increased 7.4 percent to 1.34 million metric tons Regulatory Filings 7/23: Dynagas LNG Partners acquired the Arctic Aurora, an ice class LNG carrier built in 2013, from Dynagas Holding for $235 million Source: Bloomberg, Capital IQ, U.S. Energy Information Administration and SEC filings. 8

12 Gas Carrier Universe Equity Comparables ($Millions, except per share data) xc Stock Total TEV / EBITDA P / E Dist Cash Yield Dividend Yield Price % 52Week Market Enterprise 7/25/2014 High Cap Value 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E 2014E 2015E Dorian LPG $ % $ 1,264.8 $ NA 8.1x NM NM NA NA 0.0% 0.0% Dynagas LNG Partners LP % x 7.9x 15.6x 13.8x 8.7% 9.7% 6.1% 6.9% GasLog % 1, , x 7.6x 22.4x 17.4x 8.2% 10.0% 1.9% 1.9% GasLog Partners % x 9.7x 19.1x 14.2x 8.7% 12.2% 3.9% 5.3% Golar LNG % 5, ,224.9 NA 31.2x NM NM 0.6% 3.2% 2.9% 2.9% Golar LNG Partners % 2, , x 9.8x 13.5x 13.3x 12.7% 13.0% 6.2% 6.5% Navigator Holdings % 1, , x 12.2x 14.5x 12.8x 10.1% 13.1% NA NA Stealthgas % x 5.4x 8.5x 6.9x 21.4% 27.9% 0.9% 3.7% Teekay LNG Partners % 3, , x 12.3x 21.2x 19.9x 8.7% 9.0% 6.3% 6.5% Mean 12.0x 11.6x 16.4x 14.0x 9.9% 12.3% 3.5% 4.2% Source: Forward calendar year estimates per Bloomberg. 9

13 Equity Market Conditions 10

14 Mutual Fund Flows Equity ex ETF ($bn) OffertoCurrent U.S. Equity Market Overview Recent Profit Taking & Repositioning of Portfolios After Substantial Gains 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Dec JanFebMarAprMayJun Jul AugSep OctNovDec JanFebMarAprMayJun (10%) Nikkei 225: +44.6% S&P 500: +38.7% Russell 2000: +34.8% Dow Jones: +29.4% EuroSTOXX: +23.1% Hang Seng: +6.9% MSCI EM: +2.2% Wall Street Predicting Modest Upside To Stocks In 2014 (1) 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% (10%) (20%) (30%) (40%) 7% (2%) 34% 20% +1, % 31% 27% 20% (10%) (13%) (23%) 26% 9% % 3% 14% 4% (38%) 23% 13% (0%) 13% % 30% 7% (20%) Inflows Into U.S. Equities Continues (2) $50 $40 $37.8 $30 $20 $15.4 $10 $0 ($10) ($20) ($30) ($11.4) ($40) ($50) ($60) ($51.9) U.S. Market Volatility Remains Low 60.0 Peak VIX: 48.0% Current VIX: 12.7% /11 07/11 01/12 07/12 01/13 07/13 01/14 07/14 VIX Index U.S. IPOs Are Producing Outsized Returns IPOs FOs LTM Last 8 Weeks 6.8% 0.8% 6.9% 19.1% 11.9% 30.1% 19.7% 38.2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% OffertoCurrent IPOs FOs % Source: Dealogic. CapitalIQ. Bloomberg. (1) 2014E based on S&P 500 consensus price target estimate of 1,986 vs. closing price on 12/31/13. (2) Equity fund flows exclude ETFs. 11

15 Issuance ($bn) U.S. IPO Market Overview Summary of Issuance Most constructive IPO market in the past decade Most Active IPO Market Since 2000 Growth Sectors Leading Issuance $104.3 Healthcare 84 TMT 72 $46.2 $27.1 $18.2 $51.5 $38.1 $46.8 $53.2 $26.8 $27.0 Visa $44.0 $40.7 GM $46.7 FB $60.4 $37.3 Finance Energy Industrials # Consumer Real Estate LTM IPO Issuance (# of Offerings) Favorable IPO Pricing Environment for Issuers Number of Volume Average Aftermarket Performance Month Offerings ($bn) Pricing vs. Filing Range T+1 T+30 Current July % 18% 12% 13.3% 10.3% June % 47% 27% 12.9% 18.9% 12.8% May % 38% 19% 7.9% 27.8% 30.5% April % 41% 7% 8.8% 6.6% 14.8% March % 64% 25% 24.5% 9.6% 7.0% February % 60% 10% 11.0% 31.8% (0.1%) January % 41% 18% 24.1% 36.9% 14.7% December % 58% 25% 26.3% 36.1% 46.7% November % 48% 20% 15.2% 33.8% 35.2% October % 35% 35% 26.6% 38.5% 36.3% September % 45% 32% 25.2% 32.4% 20.5% August % 53% 13% 18.1% 26.3% 18.6% LTM 271 $ % 45% 21% 17.7% 25.9% 19.7% Below Within Above Average Aftermarket Performance Healthcare 17.1% TMT 22.4% Finance 4.6% Energy 33.2% Industrials 12.0% Consumer 33.9% Real Estate 16.9% LTM OffertoCurrent % Source: Dealogic. Excludes transactions less than $20.0 million, BCC/SPACs and reipos. 12

16 U.S. Industrials IPO Market Overview Summary of issuance, pricing and aftermarket performance of recent Industrials IPOs IPO Issuance $25.0 $20.0 $15.0 $10.0 $5.0 $0.0 $5.8 $2.4 $2.4 $23.4 Pricing vs. Filing Range 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Aftermarket Performance 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% (25%) $4.4 $3.8 $ $ % 50% 29% 29% 38% 43% 8% 11% 25% 67% 32% 57% 19% 44% 38% 6% 35% 59% 27% 27% 11% 42% 47% 47% Below In Range Above 22.6% GM 48.5% 45.9% 145.8% 44.0% 9.1% (2.2%) (16.6%) OffertoCurrent % 104.4% Ex. SCTY 19 Industrials IPOs Since 2013 Pricing Offering Pricing % of Pricing Offerto (%) Date Issuer Name Size ($m) vs. Range Subsector Market Cap Metric 1Day Current 07/24/14 Advanced Drainage Systems Inc 232 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA /24/14 Orion Engineered Carbons SA 351 B Chemicals EV / EBITDA (1.4) (1.4) 07/17/14 TerraForm Power Inc 577 A Clean Tech 22.8 Dividend Yield /25/14 ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc 702 B Business Services EV / EBITDA /25/14 TCP International Holdings Ltd 79 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA (5.2) (4.2) 06/17/14 Foresight Energy LP 350 R Mining 13.5 Dividend Yield (5.0) (3.8) 06/17/14 Century Communities Inc 103 R Construction/Building EV / EBITDA (7.6) (7.7) 06/12/14 Abengoa Yield plc 829 A Clean Tech EV / EBITDA /12/14 Aspen Aerogels Inc 83 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA (2.3) (15.7) 06/11/14 Nordic American Offshore Ltd 94 R Transportation EV / EBITDA (4.7) /11/14 Trinseo SA 219 R Chemicals EV / EBITDA 6.6 (1.4) 05/07/14 Dorian LPG Ltd 140 R Shipping 12.8 Price / NAV (1.9) /06/14 GasLog Partners LP 203 R Shipping 48.2 Dividend Yield /10/14 Farmland Partners Inc 53 R Other EV / EBITDA (7.3) (13.8) 02/12/14 Installed Building Products LLC 94 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA /04/14 Continental Building Products Inc 189 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA 8.5 (4.8) 01/31/14 New Home Company Inc 99 B Construction/Building 54.6 Price / Book /30/14 Malibu Boats Inc 113 R Transportation Price / Earnings /16/14 CHC Group Ltd 310 B Aero/Def EV / EBITDAR (2.0) (30.1) 12/11/13 Scorpio Bulkers Inc 351 A Shipping 26.0 Norway OTC Listed (2.6) (15.0) 11/20/13 Evogene Ltd 85 A Clean Tech 21.6 TASE Listed / DCF /20/13 Navigator Holdings Ltd 262 R Shipping EV / EBITDA /12/13 Dynagas LNG Partners LP 259 B Shipping 48.0 Dividend Yield /06/13 Avianca Holdings SA 409 B Aero/Def EV / EBITDAR (6.7) /06/13 LGI Homes Inc 114 B Construction/Building Price / Earnings /06/13 Norcraft Companies Inc 118 R Construction/Building EV / EBITDA (3.1) (14.8) 10/03/13 OCI Partners LP 315 B Chemicals EV / EBITDA /12/13 OCI Resources LP 95 R Mining EV / EBITDA (5.3) /08/13 Stock Building Supply Holdings Inc 113 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA /07/13 Fox Factory Holding Corp 148 R Auto/Truck Price / Earnings /01/13 Marrone Bio Innovations Inc 66 B Clean Tech EV / EBITDA 14.6 (19.6) 07/31/13 Ardmore Shipping Corp 140 B Shipping 55.4 Price / NAV (3.6) (7.9) 07/24/13 WCI Communities Inc 102 B Construction/Building 26.5 Price / Book /17/13 UCP Inc 116 R Construction/Building 42.0 Price / Book (6.7) (15.7) 07/16/13 NRG Yield Inc 495 A Clean Tech EV / EBITDA /26/13 HD Supply Holdings Inc 1,101 B Construction/Building EV / EBITDA /22/13 Constellium NV 367 B Metal & Steel EV / EBITDA (3.1) /22/13 Global Brass & Copper Holdings Inc 89 B Metal & Steel EV / EBITDA /22/13 Ply Gem Holdings Inc 381 A Construction/Building EV / EBITDA 11.0 (56.1) 05/15/13 William Lyon Homes Inc 250 A Construction/Building 32.5 Price / Book /09/13 BioAmber Inc 80 B Clean Tech EV / Sales (16.0) /08/13 Emerge Energy Services LP 131 B Mining EV / EBITDA (2.7) /17/13 Taminco Corp 254 B Chemicals EV / EBITDA (3.0) /09/13 KNOT Offshore Partners LP 180 R Shipping 49.0 Dividend Yield /09/13 Taylor Morrison Home Corp 723 R Construction/Building EV / REV 4.7 (11.2) 02/05/13 Boise Cascade Co 284 A Forestry & Paper EV / EBITA /30/13 TRI Pointe Homes Inc 268 A Construction/Building 49.8 Price / Book 12.1 (16.5) 01/17/13 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd 514 A Shipping EV / EBITDA /17/13 SunCoke Energy Partners LP 257 R Metal & Steel 42.1 Dividend Yield (4.0) Deals Mean: 99 A 20% Median: 18 R 33% Source: Dealogic. Excludes transactions less than $20.0 million. 13

17 Aftermarket Performance (%) U.S. Followon Market Overview Summary of issuance, pricing and aftermarket performance of recent FOs Key Points LTM Total: 744 Deals / $195.5bn 2013 Total: 688 Deals / $195.4bn 2012 Total: 534 Deals / $184.8bn LTM Issuance by Sector # of Transactions TMT 18% Consumer 6% Energy 15% Followon Aftermarket Performance 40.0% 30.0% 39.3% Filetooffer pricing discounts have narrowed since 2012: 2014 Average: 3.8% 2013 Average: 5.1% 2012 Average: 6.1% Real Estate 13% Industrials 16% Healthcare 21% Finance 11% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 20.2% 4.5% 3.1% 1.8% 2.1% 1.0% 1.8% 1.4% T+1 T+30 Current LTM Followon Issuance, Pricing and Aftermarket Performance Number of Volume Average Aftermarket Performance Month Offerings ($bn) FiletoOffer Discounts T+1 T+30 Current July % 2.2% June % 2.1% 0.1% May % 8.4% 9.1% April % (1.6%) 3.9% March % (6.2%) (3.9%) (5.1)% February % 5.5% 0.1% January % 6.5% (2.3%) December % 7.3% 9.0% (5.3)% (4.4)% (4.2)% (4.0)% November (4.7)% 1.7% 5.6% 17.9% October (3.8)% 2.2% 3.2% 14.8% September (3.9)% 2.6% 6.6% 8.9% August (4.9)% 2.1% 4.0% 19.3% LTM 744 $195.5 (3.9)% 1.9% 3.6% 6.9% (2.7)% (2.8)% (1.8)% Source: Dealogic. Excludes transactions less than $20.0 million. 14

18 Debt Market Update 15

19 $Millions $Billions $Millions Debt Market Overview New Bank Loan Syndications Last Twelve Months High Yield Debt Issuance Last Twelve Weeks $70.0 $60.0 $50.0 $40.0 $30.0 $20.0 $10.0 $65.6 $61.7 $55.1 $49.8 $51.5 $47.5 $47.9 $47.4 $43.4 $37.4 $34.4 $ Number of Deals $16,000 $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $9,975 $8,555 $14,260 $1,925 $4,820 $10,040 $3,885 $7,960 $5,530 $5,215 $4,555 $4, Number of Deals Bank Deals Deals Weekly Issuance High Yield Mutual Fund Flows Last Twelve Weeks $1,000 $500 $368 $472 $744 $600 $302 $277 $619 $90 $107 ($500) ($239) ($1,000) ($1,500) ($2,000) ($2,500) ($3,000) ($1,677) ($2,384) Source: Standard & Poor s LCD, Jefferies Leveraged Finance Group. 16

20 Spread YTW Debt Market Overview L L Bank Loan Secondary Spreads Last Twelve Months High Yield Broad Market Index Last Twelve Months 8.00% 7.00% 6.00% L /13 11/13 1/14 3/14 5/14 7/14 7/14 BB B 5.00% 4.00% 3.00% 7/13 9/13 11/13 2/14 4/14 7/14 B BB Market Metrics This Week Last Week One Year Ago 3 Month LIBOR 0.23% 0.23% 0.26% Prime 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 5 year Treasuries 1.67% 1.67% 1.38% 30 year Treasuries 3.24% 3.29% 3.64% Source: Standard & Poor s LCD, Jefferies Leveraged Finance Group. 17

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