Sales Volume:

Businesses with minimum annual revenues of $500,000.

Transactions:

Expansions, management buy-outs, leveraged buy-outs,joint ventures, alliances and recapitalizations. 

Characteristics:

Experienced management, positive cash flow, established market, growing market niche.

Industries:

Atlantis finances and invests domestically and globally in a wide range of businesses. The Company's primary interest is middle market growth and later stage manufacturing, distribution and service companies featuring innovative, proprietary products and services coupled with competitive market positions. High-tech, biotechnology, commercial real estate, joint ventures and financial institutions are given consideration.

Geography:

Domestic and Globally with a preference to Latin America, South America, Africa and the Asian Rim

Financing Size:

$500,000 to $25,000,000.

Structure:

Instruments appropriate for each transaction will be chosen and can include: Common Stock, Subordinated Notes, Convertible Notes, Convertible preferred Stock, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock.

Current Return:

Interest (12% to 18%) or dividend (9% to 14%) payments.

Ownership:

Minority interest, usually 10% to 49% fully diluted. Not active in daily operations, Board Representation.

Exit:

Sale to management, sale to strategic buyer, recapitalization, public or private offering.

Not Considered:

Retail, food, beverage, gambling, alcohol and tobacco.