David P. Adams III
CPA, ABV, ASA
President

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Mr. Adams is president of Adams Capital, Inc. He is an expert in the valuation of businesses, business interests, and tangible and intangible property for mergers and acquisitions, corporate recapitalization, privatization, gift and estate tax planning, bankruptcy proceedings, dissenting shareholders, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, and financial and tax reporting. Prior to forming Adams Capital, Inc., Mr. Adams practiced business valuation services with Coopers & Lybrand LLP and KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, two of the international “Big Four” accounting and consulting firms.

Mr. Adams’ extensive corporate finance background includes: sellside and buyside advisory, divestitures, private placements, transaction negotiation, structure, and strategy. Mr. Adams has experience with over 2,000 transactions ranging from multi-billion dollar international conglomerates to smaller family owned and start up businesses. Transaction advisory experience includes: fairness opinions, due diligence, equity structuring, debt structuring, recapitalizations, solvency opinions, acquisition consulting, board presentations, going public, going private, shareholder stock repurchases, and business planning in support of financing.

Mr. Adams assists firms in need of financing by locating both debt and equity capital, helping clients to prepare business plans and presentation materials, and guiding clients through the funding process.

Mr. Adams has managed major international acquisition engagements in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay.

Mr. Adams’ industry experience includes agribusiness, automotive, banking, distribution, entertainment, foods, healthcare, high technology, insurance, manufacturing, mining, petrochemicals, plastics, real estate, retail, telecommunications, textiles, and utilities.

Professional Memberships:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
   Estate, Gift & Trust and Personal Finance Committees
   Leadership Academy Class of 2003
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Cost Engineers
National Association of Corporate Directors – Atlanta Chapter,
Advisory Board

Publications:
The Engaged Appraiser in Journal of Practical Estate Planning, June - July 2005
Co-author, Fundamentals of Business Valuation: Part I. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2001

Education:
M.B.A., Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986, Mechanical Engineering

Employment:
Adams Capital, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
   President, 1996 to present
Coopers & Lybrand LLP
   1993 to 1996
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
   1988 to 1993

February 8, 2008 - Valuation Issues and Options – Managing the Valuation Process
    Institute for Continuing Legal Education

May 18, 2007 - Valuation and Emerging Ventures
   Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Society

March 20, 2007 - The Importance of Valuation for Technology Companies
   Technology Executives Roundtable (Panelist)

September 13, 2006 - The Value of Value - An Executive Summary
   The Atlanta Rotary Club

March 13, 2006 - Strategic Appraisal Use - Trends in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Financing
   North Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Society of Cerified
   Public Accountants