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Marlin & Associates Earns Four "M&A Advisor" Awards
"Middle Market Investment Banking Firm of the Year"
| Source: Marlin & Associates
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 13, 2007) - "The M&A Advisor," a conference producer and
newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry, announced
the winners of the 2007 M&A Advisor Awards at its 6th annual awards dinner.
Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("Marlin") was recognized as the Middle
Market Investment Banking Firm of the Year.
In addition, Marlin took top honors in three deal categories:
-- Middle Market International/Cross Border Deal of the Year (Below $100M)
-- Middle Market Financial Services Deal of the Year (Below $100M)
-- Middle Market Computer and Information Technology Deal of the Year
(Below $100M)
In July, "The M&A Advisor" recognized Marlin as the Middle Market Financing
Agent of the Year - Equity, and also awarded Marlin & Associates honors in
three Middle Market Financing "Deal of the Year" categories. In 2006,
Marlin was recognized for leading the Financial Technology Deal of the Year
and was a finalist in three other categories.
"The M&A Advisor" recognizes top deal-making 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 creativity and resourcefulness, persistence, business savvy, and
value-added. Other finalists included Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin,
Harris Williams and Co., FT Partners, Morgan Joseph & Co., and Robert W.
Baird & Co.
"2007 has proven to be another banner year for Marlin & Associates. We are
honored to repeat as award winners and to be recognized for our role in
assisting 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 of San Francisco, which Marlin & Associates advised on its
sale to Reuters (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 NV 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 the 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
and 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, DC which Marlin and
Associates advised on its sale to the 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.