Mr. Allan F. Hickok

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  www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/mcds/dowjonesnewswir050 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/2/2003    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  Allan Hickok of U.S. Bancorp's Piper Jaffray unit suggests that deciding not to give guidance may be a trend for under-performers.Hickok covers McDonald's, which had a dismal performance in 2002 and missed its fourth-quarter estimate.
  
  "For the most part, companies that are doing well aren't afraid, ashamed or embarrassed to give their best thinking in terms of what they can earn," said Hickok, who doesn't own any McDonald's shares.

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  Published on: 1/10/2007    Last Visited: 1/1/2009  

  ALLAN HICKOK JOINS HOULIHAN LOKEY AS HEAD OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY GROUP
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  ALLAN HICKOK JOINS HOULIHAN LOKEY AS HEAD OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY GROUP
  
  NEW YORK, NY - January 10, 2007 - Houlihan Lokey announced today that Allan Hickok has joined Houlihan Lokey as a Managing Director in the firm's Minneapolis office where he will head the Restaurant Industry Group.
  
  Commenting on the hire, Bob Hotz, Senior Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking of Houlihan Lokey, said, "Allan is well known on Wall Street for his coverage of the restaurant industry.
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  Mr. Hickok added, "Houlihan Lokey is known throughout the world as a leader in middle market banking. With the majority of the restaurant industry falling within this market, the firm provided a perfect platform for my clients."
  
  Mr. Hickok is an experienced Wall Street professional with over twenty years of Capital Markets experience as a consumer focused investment banker and equity research analyst. Mr. Hickok is a restaurant industry veteran, advising and capitalizing restaurant, food and specialty retail concepts, including some of the largest chains in America. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hickok was the founder of Restaurant & Retail Strategies, an advisory firm located in Minneapolis. Prior to starting his consulting firm in 2003, Mr. Hickok spent over fifteen years at Piper Jaffray and was widely acknowledged by institutional investors and restaurant companies as one of the most influential industry analysts in America. He was directly involved in the placement of almost $2 billion of public and private equity and a large number of merger and acquisition assignments. He is a five-time All Star Analyst as chosen by The Wall Street Journal and is a recipient of many other honors.

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  Published on: 5/6/2001    Last Visited: 11/17/2001  

  Allan F. Hickok U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.

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  Published on: 5/15/2009    Last Visited: 5/15/2009  

  Allan Hickok, managing director of consulting firm Restaurant & Retail Strategies, said in an April report that during tough times restaurants must focus on cost reduction opportunities to protect assets, the most important of which is profit.
  
  “Profits are the oxygen of business,†he said. “To protect your assets you must protect your earnings.â€
  
  Streamlining an operation’s cost structure is essential as operators adjust to lower levels of profitability that could linger as long as top-line trends remain slow. The cost side of the equation is where operators have more flexibility, Hickok said, because today’s environment will not allow for menu price increases to offset the sluggish traffic.
  
  Hickok suggested in his report that operators should follow the 80/20 rule: spend 80 percent of the asset protection effort on the highest and most critical priorities.
  
  “Rent is more important than laundry,†he said.
  
  General and administrative spending, or G&A, should follow the traditional rule of between 6 percent and 7 percent of sales, and may even need to be less, he noted.
  
  “I would not be surprised to learn that the normalized G&A average is reduced from this long-standing average as operators tighten their belts,†Hickok said.
  
  Finally, while cost cutting and profit protection are essential in tough times, restaurants still need to focus on the top line that drives the business. Cost containment strategies to help operations stay afloat should not come at the expense of hospitality, as consumers will be quick to find flaws, Hickok said.

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  Published on: 8/7/2008    Last Visited: 8/7/2008  

  Chain Leader's David Farkas writes: "It's a sad day for a vibrant concept," sighed restaurant analyst-turned investment banker Allan Hickok.

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  Published on: 3/26/2009    Last Visited: 3/26/2009  

  Allan Hickok
  
  Managing Director Phone: 612.215.2259 Office: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  Allan Hickok is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey's Minneapolis office, where he heads the Restaurant practice. In a career spanning more than two decades, he has advised and capitalized what are now some of the largest restaurant chains in America. As a consumer-focused investment banker, he has placed nearly $2 billion of public and private equity. His equity research has played a pivotal role in many M&A assignments in the restaurant and retail food industries.
  
  Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hickok founded the Minneapolis-based advisory firm Restaurant & Retail Strategies. Before that, he spent over 15 years in the equity capital markets division at Piper Jaffray. A five-time Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst, he is widely acknowledged by institutional investors and restaurant companies as one of the industry's most influential analysts in America. He is a frequent speaker at restaurant industry events, and he consults widely on operational, growth and liquidity alternatives.
  
  Mr. Hickok received his B.A. in business and music and his M.B.A. with a focus in finance from St. Thomas University. He is registered with FINRA (formerly the NASD) as a General Securities Representative (Series 7 and 63).

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  Published on: 5/28/2009    Last Visited: 5/28/2009  

  Allan Hickok, managing director of consulting firm Restaurant & Retail Strategies, said in an April report that during tough times restaurants must focus on cost reduction opportunities to protect assets, the most important of which is profit.“Profits are the oxygen of business,†he said. “To protect your assets you must protect your earnings.â€Streamlining an operation’s cost structure is essential as operators adjust to lower levels of profitability that could linger as long as top-line trends remain slow. The cost side of the equation is where operators have more flexibility, Hickok said, because today’s environment will not allow for menu price increases to offset the sluggish traffic.
  
  Hickok suggested in his report that operators should follow the 80/20 rule: spend 80 percent of the asset protection effort on the highest and most critical priorities.“Rent is more important than laundry,†he said. eneral and administrative spending, or G&A, should follow the traditional rule of between 6 percent and 7 percent of sales, and may even need to be less, he noted.“I would not be surprised to learn that the normalized G&A average is reduced from this longstanding average as operators tighten their belts,†Hickok said.Finally, while cost cutting and profit protection are essential in tough times, restaurants still need to focus on the top line that drives the business. Cost containment strategies to help operations stay afloat should not come at the expense of hospitality, as consumers will be quick to find flaws, Hickok said.

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  Published on: 5/1/2009    Last Visited: 11/1/2009  

  Alan Hickok, a restaurant analyst for Restaurant & Retail Strategies, an international investment bank, said at FSN's February Restaurant Executives Forum that BWW reminded him of "Champps 20 years ago. It's a multi-purpose concept.

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  Published on: 1/8/2009    Last Visited: 1/17/2009  

  by Allan Hickok, Derek Pitts
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  Allan Hickok Managing director
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  Hickok has more than 20 years of capital markets experience as a consumer-focused investment banker and equity research analyst specializing in the restaurant and specialty retail food industry segments. He advises on a wide variety of strategic, capitalization, and liquidity alternatives.

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  Published on: 8/8/2002    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  "We are in a very brittle market and any spook is enough to send trigger-happy investors to the exits," said U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray restaurant analyst Allan Hickok.

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