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Euronext Agrees to Acquire Hugin ASA
Marlin & Associates Acted as Exclusive Strategic and Financial Advisor to Hugin
| Source: Marlin & Associates
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 13, 2006 -- Marlin & Associates New York LLC announced that
its client: Hugin ASA, the leading provider of news dissemination services
for European companies, has agreed to be acquired by Euronext N.V., the
pan-European exchange (AMS : NXTA ) (PARIS : ENX ). Marlin is the exclusive
strategic and financial advisor to Hugin. The acquisition is expected to be
completed before the end of this year.
"Our firm enjoys strong relationships with many of the world's most
creative and forward-thinking financial, legal, and marketing technology
and content businesses," said Ken Marlin, Managing Partner, Marlin &
Associates. "Hugin and Euronext are both such companies. We enjoyed working
with these two fine companies and are pleased to have played a role in
bringing them together."
"News dissemination services and press release distribution is an industry
that has been consolidating globally over the past year," said
Karl-Christian Agerup, one of the founders and Chairman of Hugin ASA. "The
European Disclosure directive being implemented from January 2007 will fuel
European market growth in the next years. We conducted a structured process
to find a new owner for Hugin that could capitalize on this opportunity. We
are pleased with the process and the outcome. Euronext is a great brand
and a long term owner that will ensure that Hugin will stay a leader in
this industry in the future."
Marlin & Associates
Founded in 2002, Marlin & Associates is a boutique investment banking and
strategic consulting firm focused on providing highly strategic and
specialized, 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,
D.C. office.
Marlin & Associates' professionals have advised on over 200 successfully
completed transactions in the technology and information services sector.
Recently, the firm was recognized by the The M&A Advisor for leading the
"Financial Technology Deal of the Year". Marlin received the award for its
role as the exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Brainpower N.V.,
in its sale to Bloomberg L.P. The M&A Advisor award winners were chosen
based on the importance of the transaction, unique deal characteristics,
transaction difficulty, and overall impact on the industry. Marlin &
Associates was nominated for (and a finalist) for awards in three different
categories.
In addition to Hugin and Brainpower, Marlin & Associates was the exclusive
advisor to numerous technology-related firms that recently made strategic
moves including:
-- 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.
-- Cameron Systems (Vic) of Sydney, Australia, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to Orc Software of Stockholm, Sweden
(STKM : ORC ).
-- Derivative Solutions, of Chicago, which Marlin & Associates advised
on its sale to FactSet Research Systems (NYSE : FDS ).
-- Beauchamp Financial Technology Ltd. of London, England, which Marlin
and Associates advised on its sale to Linedata Services of Paris,
France (PARIS : LIN ).
-- Global Securities Information, of Washington D.C., which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to the Thomson Corporation (NYSE : TOC ).
- Interactive Technologies, Inc. of Summit, NJ, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to Fiserv (NASDAQ : FISV ).
-- europrospectus.com, of East Sussex, UK, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its sale to FactSet Research Systems (NYSE : FDS ).
For more information go to www.MarlinAndAssociates.com