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Hi Hunter,

I hope you are well. It is starting to feel like spring here in Chicago so the golf season cannot be far away.

I have something that I think will be very interesting for your father and the White House. Our firm was selected by the SBA to receive the SBIC of the Year Award for 2015. That is a significant award bestowed on the best Small Business Investment Company in the U.S. What we do is assist small businesses and particularly woman and minority owned and operated businesses by providing them capital to grow and expand. This SBIC program sponsored by the SBA has wide bi-partisan support across all aisles. I would think that the White House would like to be actively involved in this award process since they are the ones that have championed this program so successfully.

Please take a look at the attachments to this email, particularly the word documents, and let me know your thoughts as to how we should proceed and who I should be in contact with.

Thanks much.

Ted


Theodore L. Koenig
President & CEO
Monroe Capital LLC
311 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 6400
Chicago, IL 60606
Direct Phone: 312-523-2360
Fax: 312-258-8350
Email: tkoenig@monroecap.com<mailto:tkoenig@monroecap.com>
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From: Theodore L. Koenig
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:54 PM
To: 'bpalmer@sbia.org'
Cc: Thomas Aronson; Zia Uddin (zuddin@monroecap.com)
Subject: Monroe Capital Fund SBIC of the Year Award

Hi Brett,

As a follow up to our conversation, I think we have a unique opportunity to proactively appeal to both the legislative and executive branch of government with something that they all can agree upon whether Democrat or Republican, and that is doing something significant to help U.S. small business. I would like to take the occasion of this SBIC of the Year Award that our firm will receive during Small Business Week (May 4-8) and allow it to be used to further the agenda of the SBIA as well as its members by advancing the interests of the SBIC program and raising the profile of the SBA. What the SBA does for U.S. small business and the SBIC program in particular, are probably the best kept secrets in Washington these days.

What I need is your expertise and assistance. We need to plan now and set forth a coordinated game plan to maximize the benefit of this award and the profile that it should receive in DC. I leave that to you to come up with a thoughtful plan. I will put my firm's resources behind this and I will make myself available for meetings, presentations, etc.

Attached are the following documents:


1. Monroe Capital Firm and SBIC Fund Overview;

2. SBIC - SBA Fact Sheet;

3. Monroe Capital SBIC Statistics by City and State;

4. Small Business Monroe Case Study - Alora Pharmaceuticals;

5. Small Business Monroe Case Study - Simply She; and

6. Small Business Monroe Case Study - Summit Container

I believe that the foregoing documents should be everything that you need to accomplish your goals. Let me know if there is anything else that we can provide to you. I would like to approach the White House as well as Congressional leadership about getting involved in the SBIC and SBA awards. I think they will relish the opportunity to take some bi-partisan bows on all the good that this program does for small business in the U.S.

Let me know what our plan should be. Let's try and chat on Friday this week to do set things in motion.

Thanks much.

Ted


Theodore L. Koenig
President & CEO
Monroe Capital LLC
311 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 6400
Chicago, IL 60606
Direct Phone: 312-523-2360
Fax: 312-258-8350
Email: tkoenig@monroecap.com<mailto:tkoenig@monroecap.com>
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