Western Reserve Partners advises ESSCO in Sale of Company to MCM Capital Partners II LP

January 26, 2006

Western Reserve Partners LLC advised Merc Acquisitions, Inc. which does business as Electric Sweeper Service Company (ESSCO), in the sale of the Company to MCM Capital Partners II LP. ESSCO, an 81-year-old business headquartered in Valley View, Ohio, is the leading wholesaler of vacuum cleaner parts and a leading distributor of vacuum cleaners to independent vacuum dealers in the United States.

Western Reserve Partners worked with ESSCO’s management team to find a suitable equity partner to help execute the company’s growth plan. Managing Directors David Dunstan and Mark Filippell led the Western Reserve Partners team advising ESSCO.

“ESSCO is the market leader in a unique niche and is currently faced with significant growth opportunities,” Dunstan reported. “We thoroughly enjoyed working with Bob and Bunnie Merckle as they searched for the right partner to help realize the maximum growth potential of the company.”

Filippell added, “We are proud to have represented ESSCO in the process to locate an experienced equity sponsor such as MCM.”

ESSCO President Bob Merckle said, “The entire Western Reserve Partners team was very helpful from beginning to end and was the right group to guide us through this very important process.”

Western Reserve Partners LLC is a Cleveland-based boutique investment banking firm that provides customized investment banking solutions for middle-market companies. The firm’s founding partners collectively have executed more than 400 transactions and managed more than 1,200 transactions.

For additional information, please contact David Dunstan at (216) 589-9530 or ddunstan@wesrespartners.com, or Mark Filippell at (216) 589-9532 or mfilippell@wesrespartners.com

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