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Val de Vie Estate, situated in the Paarl-Franschhoek Valley, celebrates the beginning of the polo season with the Cintron Pink Polo powered by Vodacom with Julius Baer, the leading Swiss private banking group, as the official banking partner and Gaggenau as Pink Polo’s sub sponsor for the third year. We are ecstatic to introduce Cintron, the World’s Premium Energy Drink, as the new headline sponsorof Pink Polo. Cintron is an international beverage brand and is crafted from all natural ingredients withenough energy to get you through any busy day. This annual event, in its 5th year, raises funds for CANSA, in awareness for breast cancer. Fundsraised by the Cintron Pink Polo will be used to assist women throughout South Africa with their practicaland medical needs in their fight and recovery from this disease. The event brings a unique blend of glamour, fashion and polo action on the 25th October 2014. PinkPolo has become a highlight on the Cape Town and South African social calendar. Guests are hostedin style and treated to a VIP experience as they enjoy a day of polo and fashion while sipping CintronCocktails or Pongracz MCC and also enjoying the decadent high tea treats. The two polo team sponsors, Cintron and Gaggenau, will put on a world-class polo match featuringsome of South Africa’s best players including Springbok players Tom de Bruin & Le Roux Hendriks.The teams will even feature female players, Julia Pilbeam and Sally Jellis Taylor, who will be in a bid towin the coveted Cintron Pink Polo trophy. Guests can expect a day full of spoils and treats by all of the wonderful sponsors involved, including Elle magazine, Sisley, GHD and many more. Celebrating half a decade of miracles, come join us by visiting Computicket for ticket sales.

Cintron World, an international beverage company with a line of flavored energy drinks Cintron Premium Energy, is proud to announce that they are the headline sponsors of the prestigious Pink Polo event in South Africa, naming it “Cintron Pink Polo.” Cintron World is pleased to have established this strategic relationship with the luxurious Val de Vie Estate, where the polo event is taking place, as there is much synergy between the lifestyle of these brands. Val de Vie is the perfect place outside of Cape Town, South Africa to experience polo in a fun, exciting and fashionable manner. Cintron World will also contribute to the Pink Polo event with its tantalizing flavors, premium energy, delicious cocktails and fabulous style. The vision of Cintron World is to be a premier luxury lifestyle brand that encourages people to aspire to look good and feel great by living a fashionable, productive healthily lifestyle. Cintron World’s mission to its customers is to excite with flavor and taste, stimulate with healthy and natural ingredients as well as inspire with style and sophistication. Cintron Premium Energy drinks have great taste and come in three flavors: Original, Cranberry and Pineapple. The premium quality is due to the fact that Cintron Premium Energy is crafted from natural ingredients, real fruit juice, natural mineral water, contains no artificial coloring or chemical preservatives and is Halal Certified. Cintron’s premium ingredient of Glucoronolactone delivers nice long-lasting energy to get its consumers through busy days and fun nights. Chelsea Brehm, Director of Business Development & Marketing for Cintron World commented, “With our beverage line, Cintron Premium Energy, we are focused on expanding distribution throughout South Africa and creating brand awareness through polo events. Cintron Pink Polo at Val de Vie is a great opportunity to support the amazing athleticism of polo and take part in the fabulous lifestyle of polo all while raising funds for breast cancer. Therefore, everyone wins!” Vale de Vie Estate, situated in the Paarl-Franschhoek Valley, will celebrate the beginning of summer and the polo season on October 25th 2014 with the Cintron Pink Polo powered by Africa’s strongest cellphone network, Vodacom with the private Swedish bank, Julius Bar as Pink Polo’s official banking partner and Gaggenau as Pink Polo’s sub sponsor for the third year. Simone de Wet, Managing Director of Val de Vie Events commented, “The last 4 years of celebrating miracles have truly been amazing, with Cintron Pink Polo around the corner we invite you to join in on this very glamorous, festive celebration in the most breathtaking outdoor location in the world. With the event partnership between Val de Vie and Cintron, expect nothing less than the exceptional.” This annual event, in its 5th year, raises funds for The Cancer Association of South Africa, in awareness for breast cancer. Funds raised by the Cintron Pink Polo will be used to assist women throughout South Africa with their practical and medical needs in their fight and recovery from this disease. The event is a unique blend of glamour, fashion and polo action. Cintron Pink Polo has become a highlight on the Cape Town and South African social calendar. Guests are hosted in style and treated to a VIP experience as they enjoy a day of polo and fashion while sipping Cintron Cocktails, Pongracz MCC and enjoying the decadent high tea treats. Guests can expect a day full of spoils and treats by all the wonderful sponsors involved, including Elle magazine, Sisley, GHD and many more. The two polo team sponsors, Cintron and Gaggenau, will put on a world-class polo match featuring some of South Africa’s best players. The teams will even feature female players whom will all be in a bid to win the coveted Cintron Pink Polo trophy. Cintron is more than just a premium energy drink; it’s a lifestyle. The Cintron brand is an embodiment of Sophistication, Premium Taste, Luxury and Energy. Cintron host events in the most fabulous locations, inthe most premium venues and with the most beautiful people around the world. This is why Cintron is very pleased and excited to be the title sponsor of “Cintron Pink Polo” at the Val de Vie Estate. There is synergy between these brands, as Cintron and Val de Vie both value premier events that are fun andexciting in a fashionable manner. Therefore, Cintron Pink Polo is the perfect event for all the prestigiousguests to enjoy polo and drink Cintron. #CintronPinkPolo

Background Mr. Victor Edozien has been Chief Executive Officer and President of SET Enterprises, Inc. since August 2012. Mr. Edozien is the founder/Managing Principal of The Asaba Group, Inc., a strategy consulting/private equity holding company and is a veteran of the US Army. He has been in the automotive business for over 15 years and operates other automotive businesses under AG-Manufacturing Inc. (an affiliate of The Asaba Group) with locations in Harbor Beach, MI, Rochelle, IL, and Wetumpka, AL. Corporate Headquarters 30500 Van Dyke Avenue Warren, Michigan 48093 United States Phone: 586-573-3600 Fax: 586--573-3601

Nigeria-American businessman, Victor Edozien, has quietly built a $400m portfolio in the American automotive manufacturing industry. He towers elegantly as Nigeria’s image builder in the global community. MANUFACTURING plants across the United States of America have faced steady close-downs as businessmen move their operations to Asia and Latin America to reduce cost and optimize profits. This has led to high unemployment and dislocation, leaving industrial centres such Detroit in ruins. If the situation is to be resolved however, it will be due to brave souls such as Nigerian American investor and business personality, Mr. Victor Edozien, whose string of plants are keeping thousands of people in jobs and last year returned a healthy $400million turnover. Edozien’s Asaba Holdings operates manufacturing, consulting and lifestyle businesses and has operations in five states in the US. Its portfolio companies include the AG Manufacturing Inc, which is an Electrical and electronics sub-assembly manufacturer for the automotive, marine and military defense industries; the SET Enterprises, which is a major provider of steel processing services to the automotive industry and the Asaba Group which offers strategy consultancy to the automotive industry and the US Air Force. The companies operate manufacturing plants in Michigan, Illinois, Alabama and Indiana. ‘We have a portfolio turnover of $400m last year and our goal is to reach $1billion by the end of the decade,’ Edozien told The Guardian at his office located on the 66th floor of the iconic Empire State building in New York. ‘The basics are there. We have over 700 highly motivated employees and our businesses are well run.’ It is hard not be infected by Edozien’s optimism about the ability of his businesses to continue its dizzying growth, after all the total portfolio turnover of the operation was a mere $1.2million in 2004. So, how has this man, who grew up in Nigeria been able to leverage his talents to build a successful business in the United States? Edozien said: ‘What I do is seek competitive white space to invest in. I usually use my own money to do business, so I have independence in decision-making. But I also have a strong management team to run the various operations. I rely on them a lot. I just provide guidance and strategic visioning. The crucial question for us is always, is there opportunity for us to move in? Once this is clear, I take the decision to invest or not.’ A Nigerian Life Born in New Jersey, but educated in Nigeria up till undergraduate level at the University of Port Harcourt, Edozien – a scion of the Edozien royal family of Asaba – dropped out of school to relocate to the United States in the 1980s where he obtained a Masters’ degree and served in the US army, 10th mountain division. ‘I gained a lot from the military experience,’ he said. ‘The US military is one of the best in the world and you leave with focus and belief that you can do anything. The slogan used to be: ‘be all you can be’. Does that give you the grounding to take on life’s challenges, of course it does. I just see hurdles as challenges and I move ahead to climb it. ‘When I was at Uniport, I wasn’t the most disciplined student. That was the time of Andrew and I was one those that checked out and never looked back. I did two years in Geology at Uniport and transferred to Syracuse where I got a super education.’ After school, Edozien worked on electrical controls for air-conditioning, from 91-92 and was part of the team that designed the now ubiquitous remote control system for split-unit air conditioners. ‘I have a patent for one of those designs’ he said. But he always wanted to be at the business end of things. ‘The quantitative side of me is where I am more comfortable and that works fine in Finance, but the human relations part is the weak spot. I started working to get on with the business management side of things.’ He started a consultancy, the Asaba Group, which had a good client list including General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. It even executed contracts worth $20million for the US Air Force. ‘I was making quite a lot of money out of the consulting,’ he said. ‘But I still wanted to be in a situation where I moved away from giving advice to doing things. I want to run better-managed and more profitable companies. I always have my eyes on the automobile industry because most of my clients on the consulting side are in the industry. I tried to convince people to buy non-performing firms in the sector. I talked to a lot of people in Nigeria to join me, but they did not want to invest. So, I stopped trying to depend on anyone for what I do.’

Mr. Robertson has over 20 years of combined experience in investment banking, leveraged finance, engineering, and project management. Mr. Robertson is a Director with Seneca Partners, an investment banking and private investment firm located in Birmingham, MI, where he advises clients on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions. Prior to Seneca, Mr. Robertson spent five years in the Leveraged Finance Group for Wachovia Securities, with transaction experience in leveraged buyouts, corporate restructuring, and senior and subordinated debt underwriting. Prior to Wachovia, Mr. Robertson was an engineer with General Motors, specializing in vehicle dynamics control and software development. Mr. Robertson has an MBA from the University of Michigan and BS in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M University. Victor Edozien joined SET Enterprises as President and CEO. Edozien brings a wide array of automotive and manufacturing experience and will assist the Company as it continues to execute its growth initiatives. SET Enterprises, Inc. is a leading provider of steel processing, duct manufacturing and construction services with operations in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Alabama.