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JEGI is the leading investment banking firm serving the Business Information sector, a highly specialized part of the media and information industries. Business Information companies provide analytical, business development or operational business intelligence that is becoming a more integral part of users' workflow, delivered increasingly via the Internet using purpose built software and via desktop applications.

With the hiring of Michael Marchesano, the former CEO of Nielsen Business Media, in August 2007, JEGI continues to enhance its coverage of this critical, high-growth area of the media and information landscape.

JEGI has completed transactions with many of the leading global business information companies, as highlighted in the following selection of recent transactions:

• The sale of Hallmark Data Systems, a leading information services and technolgy provider, to EBSCO Industries;
• The sale of Think Service, a membership association for IT professionals, to CMP (United Business Media);
• The sale of Money-Media, a leading provider of information for the asset management industry, to Pearson;
• The acquisition of NavTech by Cambridge Information Group and ABRY Partners;
• The sale of Trade Service, a leading database provider of robust product and pricing solutions, to GF Capital Management;
• The sale of Aberdeen Group, a leading provider of technology market research, intelligence and demand generation services, to Harte-Hanks;
• The sale of Thomson’s Peterson’s, a leading provider of education and career guidance, to Nelnet;
• The sale of Commonwealth Business Media, the premier provider of business intelligence for the international trade and transportation industry, to United Business Media;
• The sale of Governance Institute, a provider of knowledge and solutions for hospital Boards of Directors and management, to National Research Corp.;
• The sale of Gold Standard, a premier US-based developer of online clinical drug information, to Elsevier;
• The sale of Wicks Business Information’s Alternative Investor, a leader in providing data to the private equity community; and
• The sale of Hearst's Medi-Span, a provider of electronic drug data and clinical information, to Wolters Kluwer.

For more information, contact Managing Directors Michael Marchesano (mikem@jegi.com), Scott Peters (scottp@jegi.com), Richard Mead (richardm@jegi.com), or David Clark (davidc@jegi.com), all at 212-754-0710.

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