Marlin & Associates ("Marlin"), the boutique investment banking
and strategic advisory firm, today announced that the firm has been
nominated and named a finalist for Boutique Investment Bank of the
Year. Additionally, five transactions on which Marlin advised were
named finalists for "Deal-of-the-Year" Awards, including:
- SMARTS Group (Sydney, Australia), which Marlin advised on its
sale to NASDAQ OMX;
- Avox (Wexford Wales, UK), a majority-owned company of Deutsche
Börse, which Marlin advised on its sale to The Depository Trust
& Clearing Corporation (DTCC);
- iSuppli Corporation (El Segundo, California), which Marlin
advised on its sale to IHS Inc.;
- SWIFT (Brussels, Belgium), which Marlin advised on its
acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard; and
- Qatar Insurance Services (Doha, Qatar), which Marlin advised on
its acquisition of RI3K (London, UK).
Each year, The M&A Advisor, a conference producer and
newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry,
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, resourcefulness, persistence, business
savvy, and value-added. The finalists are judged by an independent
panel. The winners will be announced at the 6th Annual Financing
Awards Gala on the evening of Monday, May 16 at The Drake Hotel in
Chicago, Illinois.
"It is humbling to be nominated again as the 'Boutique
Investment Bank of the Year' and again to be a finalist for these
'Deal-of-the-Year' Awards," said Ken Marlin, Founder and Managing
Partner of Marlin & Associates. "We are grateful to be
recognized for our hard work during tough times. We are more
pleased that we were able to help our clients achieve the results
that they sought."
"It is an honor to recognize the achievements and
accomplishments of Marlin & Associates," said Roger Aguinaldo,
CEO of The M&A Advisor. "We are very impressed with the quality
of the nominations for the 2011 Financing Awards and the range of
leading and emerging firms who are finalist candidates. As we
continue through this period of recovery, the activity clearly
demonstrates the importance of the financing industry to the
overall health of the economy."
Marlin & Associates is one of the most active firms advising
buyers and sellers of US and international middle-market
information-technology firms. The firm is headquartered in New
York, NY and has additional offices in Washington, DC and Toronto,
Canada. Marlin has been the recipient of numerous awards, including
twice being named "Middle-Market Investment Banking Firm of the
Year," as well as the "Middle-Market Financing Agent of the Year --
Equity," and has been recognized for leading multiple
"Deals-of-the-Year" Awards including: the "Financial Technology
Deal of the Year," the "International Cross-Border Deal of the
Year," and the "Middle-Market Financing -- Computer, Technology and
Telecommunications Deal of the Year." Marlin & Associates' team
of professionals has advised over 200 information-technology
transactions.
About M&A Advisor's
6th Annual Middle-Market Financing Awards
The M&A Advisor's 6th Annual Middle-Market Financing Awards
Gala is a premier feature of the M&A Advisor's Alternative
Investing and Financing Summit. The program attracted finalist
companies in 22 different categories in preparation for its annual
tribute to the outstanding achievements in the middle market
financing industry. An independent body of experts, who represent a
cross-section of the middle market financing industry, will judge
the finalists' deals.
About Marlin & Associates
Marlin & Associates Holding LLC is a boutique investment
banking and strategic advisory firm specializing in acquisitions
and divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market firms that
provide technology, digital information and healthcare-related
products, technology and services. Marlin & Associates
Securities LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marlin &
Associates Holding LLC, is a broker-dealer registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is a FINRA/SIPC member firm
(www.finra.org). Investment banking and/or securities are offered
through Marlin & Associates Securities LLC. More information is
available at www.MarlinLLC.com. Some clients that Marlin &
Associates has advised include:
- NaviNet, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, which Marlin &
Associates advised on the purchase of Prematics;
- iSuppli of El Segundo, California, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to IHS (NYSE: IHS);
- Qatarlyst of Doha, Qatar, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its acquisition of London-based RI3K;
- SMARTS Group of Sydney, Australia, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ);
- SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication) of Brussels, Belgium, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from
SunGard;
- Avox of Wexford Wales, UK, a majority-owned company of
Deutsche Börse (ETR: DB1), which Marlin & Associates advised on
its sale to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
(DTCC);
- Strategic Analytics of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:
VRSK);
- Logical Information Machines, Inc. (LIM) of Chicago, Illinois,
which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Morningstar,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN);
- NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) of New York, New York, which Marlin
& Associates advised on the sale of its Hugin subsidiary to
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI);
- Vhayu Technologies of Los Gatos, California, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Thomson Reuters (NYSE:
TRI);
- Standard & Poor's of New York, New York a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), which Marlin & Associates
advised on the sale of its Vista Research subsidiary to Guidepoint
Global;
- Tenfore of London, England, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its sale to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN);
- LexisNexis of Dayton, Ohio, which Marlin & Associates
advised on the sale of its subsidiary Mealey's Conference to
Business Valuation Resources (BVR);
- InfoDyne Corp. of Park Ridge, Illinois, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to International Business Machines
Corp. (NYSE: IBM);
- Orimos of Zurich, Switzerland, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its acquisition of ION Trading;
- LowerFees, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:
RATE);
- Netik LLC of London, England and New York, New York, which
Marlin & Associates advised on its simultaneous acquisition of
Capco Reference Data Services and the replacement of its primary
investor, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), with
Symphony Technology Group;
- Applied Financial Technology (AFT) of San Francisco,
California, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to
Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS);
- Xcitek LLC's Market Data Division of New York, NY, which
Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Interactive Data
Corp.
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