Intrepid Investment Bankers Releases Annual Beauty Care M&A Report

LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC ("Intrepid"), a leading middle market investment banking firm, today announced the release of the annual Beauty Care Mergers and Acquisition Report.  The Intrepid Beauty Care M&A Report is a unique newsletter designed to provide middle market business owners and investors with updated information and trends on the M&A landscape within the beauty care industry.   

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Steve Davis, Managing Director and Head of Consumer Products Group, remarked, "The beauty care industry is a core and strategic focus for Intrepid -- our principal bankers have been among the most active advisors to the middle market beauty care sector.  We hope this report will allow business owners to stay on top of M&A developments that impact the strategic value of their companies."

Mr. Davis brings 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions focused on the middle-market and the consumer products industry.  Over his career, Mr. Davis has built an in-depth understanding of key trends and value drivers and has developed strong relationships with major industry participants and private equity groups across the beauty care industry.  Selected transactions in which Mr. Davis served as a senior advisor include the sale of PureOlogy Research, LLC to L'Oreal SA; the sale of Alterna to TSG Consumer and Markham Prestige Group; the sale of Joico Laboratories to Zotos International, a subsidiary of Shiseido; and the recapitalization of Salon Grafix with CID Capital and management.

Copies of the Intrepid Beauty Care M&A Report may be requested by visiting our website at www.intrepidib.com.

About Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC 

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC, based in Los Angeles, California, is a mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory firm focused on the middle-market. Intrepid was founded in 2010 by the former principals of Barrington Associates, a firm that grew to become a leading national middle market M&A advisor before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2006. Intrepid's services include M&A advisory, equity and debt capital raising and providing strategic advice in complex securities transactions. The firm focuses on the middle market corporate finance needs of entrepreneur and family-owned businesses, private equity sponsors and major corporations. Collectively, the senior team at Intrepid brings over 100 years of mergers and acquisitions advisory experience and has advised on over 250 transactions spanning a broad range of industries, including consumer products and services, industrial manufacturing, healthcare products and services, building products, business services and retail. www.intrepidib.com Member FINRA/SIPC. 

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