Marlin & Associates Acted as Exclusive Strategic and Financial
Advisor to Hugin
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
Contact:
Michael Maxworthy
+1 646 495-5141
contact@marlinandassociates.com
