Awards

Marlin & Associates Earns Four Awards at The M&A Advisor Conference; Wins "Middle Market Financing Deal of the Year"

New York, NY (July 11th, 2007) The M&A Advisor, a conference producer and newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry, announced the winners of the 2007 Middle Market Financing Awards at its 2nd annual awards dinner held in Chicago.

Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("Marlin") took top honors in four categories, including:

• Middle Market Financing Deal of the Year
• Middle Market Financing Agent of the Year – Equity
• Financial Services Deal of the Year
• Computer, Technology and Telecommunications Deal of the Year

Overall, The M&A Advisor bestowed 15 awards to top financial professionals serving the $10 million – $1 billion (sales) market in fields such as investment banking, private equity, legal services and accounting. The awards are made on the basis of excellence in transacting equity, debt and mixed debt–equity deals. Other firms that were honored include BMO Capital Markets and Citi Capital Strategies.

"We are honored to repeat as award winners and to be recognized for our role in helping middle market firms successfully transact," said Ken Marlin, founder and Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates. "At the same time, we are humbled to be among such distinguished company."

About Marlin & Associates

Founded in 2002, Marlin & Associates New York LLC is a boutique investment banking and strategic consulting firm focused on providing highly strategic, transaction–related services to U.S. and international middle–market firms engaged in technology, information, on–line media and business–services. The firm is based in New York City with a Washington, DC office and has been the recipient of numerous awards. Marlin & Associates’ professionals have advised on over 200 successfully completed transactions in the technology and information services sector. Recent Marlin & Associates transactions include:

• StarMine Corporation of San Francisco, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Reuters Group PLC (LSE: RTR). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to StarMine.
• Applied Financial Technology of San Francisco, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as strategic and financial advisor to AFT.
• Global Energy Decisions of Boulder, Colorado, which recently was acquired by Ventyx, Inc., an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco. Vista is a leading private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology–enabled services. Marlin & Associates identified Global Energy as a potential opportunity, helped Vista conduct a thorough review of Global Energy’s business and financial results and worked with Vista to assess Global Energy’s strategic fit within Vista’s portfolio.
• Xcitek LLC market data of New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Xcitek.
• Hugin ASA of Oslo, Norway, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Euronext N.V. of Amsterdam, Netherlands (ENXTPA: NXT). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Hugin.
• Triple Point Technology of Westport, Connecticut, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale of a majority interest to ABRY Partners, one of the most experienced and successful private equity firms in North America. M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Triple Point Technology.
• Brainpower N.V. of Lugano, Switzerland, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Bloomberg L.P. M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Brainpower.
• Cameron Systems (Vic) of Sydney, Australia, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Orc Software of Stockholm, Sweden (STKM: ORC). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Cameron.
• Derivative Solutions of Chicago, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Derivative Solutions.
• Beauchamp Financial Technology Ltd. of London, England, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Linedata Services of Paris, France (PARIS: LIN). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to BFT.
• Global Securities Information, Inc. of Washington, D.C., which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC). M&A initiated the transaction, helped to manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to GSI.

For more information Contact:

Michael Maxworthy | (646) 495-5141 | Contact@MarlinLLC.com | www.MarlinLLC.com