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Sep 22, 2009

NYSE Euronext Agrees to Sell Hugin Group to Thomson Reuters

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Today we announced that our client NYSE Euronext has signed an agreement to sell Hugin Group to Thomson Reuters. As part of the agreement, Thomson Reuters and NYSE Euronext will expand their strategic partnership toward offering value-added services to the issuer community. Based in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Paris, France, and Leipzig, Germany, Hugin has built its position as the leading pan-European provider of investor relations and press distribution services. Currently, Hugin helps over 1,700 companies in Europe to meet their communications and disclosure obligations. In recent years, Hugin has introduced solutions for the newly implemented EU regulatory framework and continues…

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Aug 27, 2009

Marlin & Associates Named a Finalist for Three Global M&A Awards

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Today we announced that The M&A Advisor has named our firm as a finalist for three of its Global M&A Awards, including Global Investment Banking Firm of the Year (Europe) Nominations for the Global M&A Awards are based on creativity and resourcefulness, persistence, business savvy and value added. Additionally, “Deal of the Year” awards are based on importance, difficulty, unique characteristics and industry impact of each transaction. This year, Marlin & Associates is a finalist for: Global Investment Banking Firm of the Year (Europe) US–European Cross–Border Deal of the Year Deal of the Year (Europe) “We’ve built a practice around the idea…

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Aug 3, 2009

Thomson Reuters Acquires M&A Client Vhayu Technologies

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Today we announced that Thomson Reuters has acquired our client, Vhayu Technologies. Vhayu, based in Los Gatos, CA, is a leading provider of high–speed data analysis solutions. The terms of the deal for privately–held Vhayu were undisclosed. Vhayu is the leading provider of enterprise tick data solutions with over 70 customers worldwide. Through its patented Velocity and Squeezer technologies, Vhayu combines software and hardware to provide significant competitive advantages by enabling faster and smarter trading decisions for financial firms concerned with the processing and storage of market data. Marlin & Associates helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and…

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Jul 23, 2009

Apax Partners To Use All Equity In $571M Bankrate Deal

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Today our managing partner Ken Marlin was quoted in a discussion of Bankrate Inc by Sasha Dai and Kathy Shwiff for The Wall Street Journal. Apax Partners has agreed to acquire personal-finance Web site Bankrate Inc. in a $571 million deal that is especially notable because it is all equity. Bankrate got its start about 30 years ago as a print publisher of the newsletter Bank Rate Monitor, and through 1996 it was primarily a print publication business. In 1996, it started up Bankrate.com, and has built up its online operations over time, including with several acquisitions in 2008. The…

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May 22, 2009

Standard & Poor’s, A Division of McGraw-Hill, Sells Vista Research to Guidepoint Global

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Today we announced the sale of Vista Research to Guidepoint Global. Marlin & Associates initiated this transaction, helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw–Hill Companies. “We are pleased to have helped S&P to develop and evaluate strategic alternatives for Vista, and to advise them on this transaction,” said Ken Marlin, M&A’s managing partner. “Vista and Guidepoint are among the leading expert networks in the country. Their strengths are complementary, and the combination should bring considerable benefits to the customers and employees of…

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