Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("M&A"), the boutique
investment banking firm specializing in acquisitions and
divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market technology,
information and business services firms, today announced that
M&A 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 to develop innovative technology
and workflow solutions for IR and PR professionals for the global
market.
Marlin & Associates initiated the transaction, managed the
process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive
strategic and financial advisor to NYSE Euronext. The transaction
is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2009, subject
to customary regulatory approvals.
"Hugin is an attractive company with well-respected products,
broad customer penetration and strong leadership," said Ken Marlin,
M&A's Founder and Managing Partner. "Several years ago, we
advised the previous owners of Hugin on their strategic options and
on their ultimate sale to Euronext. And, it was a particular honor
to have NYSE Euronext select us to advise them on this process.
We're pleased with the results. Hugin should be a great fit with
Thomson Reuters."
About Hugin Group
Hugin Group is the leading pan-European provider of innovative
services and professional support for connecting communication
professionals with their target audiences. At the same time, Hugin
ensures compliance with market authorities' regulations. From its
start in 1995, Hugin has pioneered the regulatory and news
distribution service industry, developing methods driving best
practice. Hugin helps companies with their complete distribution
and compliance needs. Hugin's distribution channels connect
companies directly to hundreds of thousands of journalists,
analysts, institutional investors and their specific stakeholders.
Hugin Group is the favored partner of Investor Relations and Public
Relations Officers, offering a full range of services including:
financial, regulatory and media news distribution, online services,
broadcast services and client services. Hugin Group today forms an
international group present in 11 countries through 12 offices in
Belgium, France, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and The United
Kingdom. Hugin solution is technically integrated to 27 stock
exchanges in 15 markets. Hugin has more than 1700 clients in 26
countries. For more information, go to www.hugingroup.com.
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent
information for businesses and professionals. It combines industry
expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical
information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax
and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered
by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in
New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota,
Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in
over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. For more
information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.
The Corporate Services business of Thomson Reuters provides more
than 6,000 corporations worldwide with solutions across the
Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Treasury and Business
Intelligence functions. Leveraging more than two decades of
experience, the solutions are designed to increase the efficiency
and effectiveness of business decision-making.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial
markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The
company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities,
futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With
more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets --
the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex --
represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the
most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also
operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and
the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of
trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology,
connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE
Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the
only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500.
For more information, please visit: www.nyx.com.
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, online media and business services. The firm is based
in New York City, with offices in Washington, DC and Toronto,
Canada. The firm has been the recipient of numerous awards,
including "Middle Market Investment Banking Firm of the Year,"
"Middle Market Financing Agent of the Year - Equity" and numerous
"Deal of the Year" awards. M&A's professionals have advised on
over 200 successfully completed transactions in the technology and
information services sector, recently including:
-- Vhayu Technologies of Los Gatos, CA, which M&A advised on its sale to
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI).
-- Standard & Poor's of New York, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
(NYSE: MHP), which M&A advised in the sale of its Vista Research subsidiary
to Guidepoint Global.
-- Tenfore of London, which M&A advised on its sale to Morningstar, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MORN).
-- LexisNexis of New York, a division of Reed Elsevier Group (LSE: REL),
which M&A advised in the sale of its Mealey's Conferences subsidiary to
Business Valuation Resources (BVR).
-- InfoDyne Corporation of Park Ridge, IL, which M&A advised on its sale
to International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM).
-- LowerFees, Inc. of Westlake Village, CA, which M&A advised on its sale
to Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ: RATE).
-- Netik LLC of London and New York, which M&A advised on its
simultaneous acquisition of Capco Reference Data Services and replacement
of its primary investor, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp, with Symphony
Technology Group.
-- Hemscott of London, a division of Ipreo Holdings LLC of New York
(principally backed by Private Equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson), which
M&A advised on the sale of Hemscott to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN).
-- StarMine Corporation of San Francisco, which M&A advised on its sale
to Reuters (now Thomson Reuters) (NYSE: TRI).
-- Applied Financial Technology (AFT) of San Francisco, which M&A advised
on its sale to Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS), formerly a division
of Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS).
-- Ventyx, Inc, an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco,
which M&A advised in its acquisition of Global Energy Decisions of Boulder,
CO.
-- Xcitek LLC's Market Data Division of New York, which M&A advised on
its sale to Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC).
-- Brainpower N.V. of Lugano, Switzerland, which M&A advised on its sale
to Bloomberg L.P.
-- Cameron Systems (Vic) of Sydney, Australia, which M&A advised on its
sale to Orc Software of Stockholm (STKM: ORC).
-- Derivative Solutions of Chicago, which M&A advised on its sale to
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS).
-- Beauchamp Financial Technology Ltd. of London, which M&A advised on
its sale to Linedata Services of Paris (PARIS: LIN).
For more information, go to www.MarlinLLC.com.
CONTACT: Marlin & Associates Contact@MarlinLLC.com +1 (212)
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