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James O’Gara—Termination of Analyst Career On June 26, 2007, UBS acted as Exclusive Contributor on the termination of employment for James O’Gara, Analyst Class of 2005 Career Highlights
Transaction Highlights
♦ Breaking up with his girlfriend over Project Washington
♦ Progressive check-out since April 30 announcement of transaction
♦ Repeatedly wanting to bludgeon himself to death during Project Concord / Duke
♦ Famous last words: “If anyone is looking for me, tell them to f*ck off”
♦ Record-setting numbers of failed M&A transactions: – Impressive three (3) failed attempts to close Project Washington / Project Columbia – Project Sepia – the pain that knew no end
♦ Represents the fifth transaction that UBS has acted as Exclusive Contributor to in this analyst year
♦ Managing to eat the same meal on 720 out of the 730 days (98.6% success rate) ♦ Putting up with the “perfect storm” of Kristin Kusmierz, Pete Francis and Timothee De Mierry as cubemates ♦ Significant change in demeanor since August 2005 – “Really psyched” to “I just don’t care” – “Go-getter” to “gone” ♦ Inspiring a new generation of analysts with unprecedented level of bitterness and sarcasm
UBS Role ♦ UBS proudly acted as Exclusive Contributor to this transaction
Exclusive Contributor
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