FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 

Charles K. Oppenheimer

Amvest Financial Group, Inc.

816-461-3312

coppenheimer@amvest.com

Amvest Financial Group Announces

Lincolnshire Acquires Logistics Co.

KANSAS CITY, MO – January 24, 2002 – Amvest Financial Group, Inc., a national investment banking firm announced the completion of its client’s acquisition of Americas Management and Logistics. Amvest conducted the acquisition search and represented Lincolnshire in the transaction.

Lincolnshire Management acquired Americas Management and Logistics, in conjunction with management. Americas Management is a provider of port-based logistics services to domestic and international automobile manufacturers.

The terms of the transaction, Lincolnshire’s fifth this year, were not disclosed.

Americas Management receives vehicles from manufacturers and processes them for distribution throughout the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. The services provided by Americas Management at its facilities include pre-delivery inspections, accessory installation, inventory management, storage, vehicle preparation and transport scheduling. Americas Management is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland and has facilities in Mexico, Altimira, Mazatlan, and Lazaro Cardenas.

In a statement, Doug Bagin, senior managing director of Lincolnshire, predicted continued strong growth for the auto processing business as manufacturers seek to exploit opportunities to reduce the amount of high-cost in-plant labor required for each vehicle.

“Lincolnshire believes it is an excellent time to enter this industry and intends to leverage the expertise of Americas Management's management to pursue growth both organically and through acquisitions.”

Founded in 1985, Lincolnshire closed a $315 million Lincolnshire Equity Fund II in November of last year. The firm specializes in acquiring middle market companies in transactions structured as leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations. Previous transactions include the acquisition of the Kathryn Beich Division community fundraising unit of Nestle USA in September, the security systems business of London-based paint, chemical, and other specialty product company Imperial Chemical Industries in June, and non-hazardous waste recovery services company NexCycle in February. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Amvest Financial Group, Inc.,  with over twenty-six years experience in representing buyers and sellers and having has the unique distinction of being run by individuals with first-hand experience in buying, owning and selling their own companies.  Amvest has advised clients nationwide with sales ranging from $5 million to over $4 billion.  www.amvest.com

For additional information, contact Charles K. Oppenheimer toll-free at 888-451-9698. ###