PAKISTAN HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION

37-H, BLOCK-6 P.E.C.H.S., KARACHI-PAKISTAN

TEL: 0092-21-34522769, 34522685, 34544765 FAX: 0092-21-34543774

E-MAIL: info@phmaonline.com URL www.phmaonline.com

Ref. No. PHMA/Cir-072/2013

Dated: 27^th May, 2013

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

BEING CURCULATING TO MEMBERS IN YOUR OWN INTERESTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SEMINAR.

IMPORTANT: IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE ENCLOSED BE COMPELTED SENT TO:

Syed Babar Umar

Management Associate

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA)

Ministry of Industries, Government of Pakistan

05th Floor, Bahria Complex-II,

M.T. Khan Road, Karachi, Pakistan.

Tel: (92-21) 111-111-456, 35610432, Fax: (92-21) 35610 572,

Email: sbabar.umar@gmail.com

THANKS & BEST REGARDS,

AAMIR HAIDER BUTT

CHAIRMAN, SZ

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Family businesses are one in which members of a family have a controlling ownership and occupy one or more leadership positions. Managing and working in a family business presents unique challenges: family issues can conflict with the business issues.

Understanding the importance of the subject Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Government of Pakistan in collaboration with Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi and Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) is pleased to announce a seminar on” Managing Family Businesses” at PHMA House Karachi. The Family business owners and their family members working with them will find the seminar immensely useful as they attempt to place the foundation for sustaining their firms in place.

Speaker of Workshop:

Professor Parimal Merchant: Director Family Managed Businesses at S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research India (For Detailed Profile Read The Attached Flyer)

Designed For:

Family Owned Business Owners and their Family Members.

Program Schedule:

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 29^th 2013, 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm (Sharp)

Venue : 01^st Floor PHMA House, 37-H Block -6 PECHS, Karachi

Fees : Free of Charge.

Note : Prior Registration is Mandatory. Limited Seats Are Available For Participation. Send your details on the registration form attached to the undersigned. Registration will be on first come first serve basis. Last date of registration: 28th May 2013.

Seminar Benefits:

1. Networking Options: A number of business people on the other side of fence would like to collaborate with their counterparts in Pakistan. Prof. Merchant could facilitate the process.

2. Sharing Vast Experience in Family Businesses: Prof. Parimal Merchant has been involved in consulting projects for over 20 different industries. For the past 15 years he worked in the program for Family Managed Businesses. By now he has interacted with over 2,000 students from family businesses who have gone through Family Business program. In the last few years, he started special programs for fathers, uncles and mothers of the business families.

3. Learning & Development (L&D) Opportunities:

(a). Continuity and sustainability of current success. (b). Keeping next generation’s interest alive in the family business (c). Successful succession planning (d) Thinking beyond boundaries (e) Increasing readiness for transforming opportunities into successful ventures

Registration & Information:

For registration, please send the duly filled registration form to the undersigned by Tuesday 28^th May, 2013 along with a brief profile detailing name, address and nature of business. Please note that limited seats are available for participation. Nominations will be made on a ‘first come, first served basis’. For further information read the attached seminar flyer or contact the undersigned.

Best Regards,