june 2006 starshak welnhofer & co 55 west monroe street suite 2530 chicago illinois 60603 tel 312 444 9367 fax 9519 william g b swandco com page 1 investment bankers sw distribution ev and ebitda indexes 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 j an 0 3 ma r m a y 03 ju l se p no v ja n 4 04 ul s ep o 5 05 6 06 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 enterprise value index conformed s&p500 news dear clients friends in this issue we discuss the updates of our as may 31 report on general m&a activity during month ment selected transactions involving industrial distribu tors