Mirus completes valuation engagement for Jimmy Choo/Vidal Sassoon

Boston, MA, February 2001 – Mirus Capital Advisors, Inc., a middle-market investment bank, was retained by Salon Management, a British company, to provide the board of directors and shareholders of the Company with an independent valuation analysis of their U.S. subsidiaries, including the Vidal Sassoon haircare schools, The Vidal Sassoon Salons, and the U.S. retail outlets of Jimmy Choo shoes.

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Mirus Capital Advisors provides investment banking solutions to corporate clients in technology, business services, manufacturing, consumer products, health care, and the resort & hospitality industry. Since 1987, Mirus has provided corporate finance advisory services on engagements including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and valuations. For additional information, visit www.merger.com.