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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC's office in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce the sale/recapitalization of Value Merchandise International, Inc. based in Minneapolis to an investor group operating as Value Merchandise International, LLC.

Value Merchandise International, Inc. (VMI), founded in 1996, is one of the largest and most successful wholesalers of merchandise in the "closeout"industry, with customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Shareholders of VMI engaged the Austin, Texas office of Hunter Wise Financial, LLC to market the business and connect with a financial acquirer. Phillip Wilhite, a Managing Director in Hunter Wise's Austin office, explains.

"The shareholders of Value Merchandise International were extremely successful in building a stable, growing business, with a solid management team, enabling the business to command an excellent valuation in the transaction. We expect the company to continue its record of solid revenue and profit growth, as the injection of new growth capital coupled with energetic management pays dividends going forward," Mr. Wilhite said.

About Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC

Headquartered in Irvine, California, with 13 offices throughout the U.S. and offices in Beijing and London, Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, is a specialized investment bank providing the highest quality level of corporate financing, merger, acquisition, divestiture and advisory services. The Company's clients include small to medium-sized public companies, as well as selected middle market privately-held businesses.

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IRVINE, California and NEW YORK, N.Y. January 3, 2012 – Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, announced today that Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc., for whom it serves as investment banker, has won “Deal of the Year” honors in all three categories in which it was a finalist at the 10th Annual M&A Advisor Awards presented recently in New York City.

Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. is the M&A Advisor Awards. only winner in each of three categories: Lower Middle-Market Deal of the Year (over $25 million to under $50 million), Cross-Border Deal of the Year (under $200 million) and Deal of the Year in Industrial Goods and Basic Resources.

“Well done to Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC,” said Farm Lands of Guinea CEO Mark Keegan. “Three awards with such an accomplished and exclusive peer group of finalists is especially rewarding in recognition of our efforts to bring food security to West Africa,” Mr. Keegan said.

“I am very pleased that Hunter Wise has been recognized for our work on this important project,” said Fred Jager, Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC CEO and President. “I am especially delighted for these accolades because of the diligent and tireless work done by our entire professional team led by Managing Director Daniel McClory on these transactions”. A record 389 nominations representing more than 500 companies were considered for the awards.

“We believe these awards are proof that Hunter Wise, headquartered in California, with 15 office locations in the U.S., as well as London and Beijing, and affiliated partners in 18 other countries worldwide, should be a first choice for mid- market investment banking services,” Mr. Jager said.

The M&A Advisor was founded in 1998 to offer insights and intelligence on financial activities and it has grown into the premier membership network of merger and acquisitions, turnaround and financial professionals. It annually recognizes the achievements of the industry’s top performers throughout the U.S. and international markets.

FLGI is engaged in acquiring long-term leases and consolidating farm land and operations in the Republic of Guinea and rehabilitating them back into production using modern agricultural techniques and practices. “It is gratifying to win this award for such a worthwhile company and also we’re extremely proud to be honored with some of the year’s leading transactions, such as General Motors’ Initial Public Offering, the sale of Burger King, and acquisitions by Wal-Mart Stories, Inc., and to be singled out along with some of the financial industry’s leading firms, including Bank of America, Ernst & Young, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo Bank,” Mr. Jager concluded.

About Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC

Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, is a specialized investment bank providing the highest quality level of corporate financing, merger, acquisition, divestiture and advisory services. The Company’s clients include small to medium-sized public companies, as well as selected middle market privately-held businesses. Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC has 15 office locations in the U.S., as well as London and Beijing, and affiliated partners in 18 other countries worldwide.