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Marlin & Associates the boutique investment bank, today announced that one of its partners, Michael (Max) Maxworthy, has been recognized by The M&A Advisor as one of the leading 40 M&A, Financing and Turnaround professionals who have made great accomplishments before their 40th year.

Maxworthy was chosen for his accomplishments and expertise from a pool of international nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders.

"I am pleased to recognize Michael Maxworthy as a winner of our inaugural awards and bestow upon him The M&A Advisor's highest individual achievement," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and founder of The M&A Advisor. "We've been recognizing transactions and teams for their achievements over the past decade. This is the first time we will be recognizing individuals -- the up and coming leaders still under the age of 40 -- who've been handling the M&A, financing and turnaround transactions behind the scenes."

"We are proud of Max's accomplishments and are delighted to see him recognized for his hard work," said Ken Marlin, Founder and Managing Member of Marlin & Associates.

For more than twelve years, Maxworthy, a Partner with Marlin & Associates, has been advising middle-market companies in sectors such as Financial Technology, On-line Databases and Content, Enterprise Software, Digital Media, and eCommerce.

The M&A Advisor, which sponsored the 40-Under-40 Recognition Awards, is a conference producer and newsletter publisher serving the middle-market finance industry. The 40-Under-40 awards recognize top deal-making professionals under 40 years of age, who serve the $10 million - $1 billion (sales) market in fields such as investment banking, private equity, legal services, and accounting. Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been connecting professionals in the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing and related financial industries through its leading conferences and awards galas, M&A Alerts newsletter and online community.

On Monday July 26th, The M&A Advisor will host a televised black tie Awards Gala at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles to introduce the 40-Under-40 Award winners to the business community and celebrate their achievements.

About Marlin & Associates

Marlin & Associates 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. The firm is based in New York City with offices in Washington, DC and Toronto, Canada and with advisory relationships in London and Brussels.

M&A's professionals have advised on more than 200 successfully completed transactions. The firm is 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. For more information on Marlin & Associates, go to: www.MarlinLLC.com.

Some recent clients that Marlin & Associates has advised include:

- SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) of Brussels, Belgium, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard;

- 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. (NYSE: IDC).

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