the leading Investor Relations CRM and Institutional Investor Targeting Tool

New York, June 13, 2011 - MZ-Ilios, the premier provider of global capital market intelligence, targeting and comprehensive financial communications consulting services has been selected by Business Wire to provide IRNavigator 2.0 (www.irnavigator.com) to its corporate clients.

As the world leader in news distribution, Business Wire chose the award-winning IRNavigator to complete its offering in Investor Relations products and services.

Business Wire’s clients will now be able to leverage a comprehensive database of 70,000+ institutional investors along with a CRM interface that is intuitive and easy to use. Backed by an extensive global equity database, IRNavigator has extended its depth in the emerging markets, including Asia and Latin America.

“IRNavigator is the only IR CRM known for an intuitive and user-friendly interface that actively links targeting data with IR activities in a seamless and simple fashion. With over 70,000+ institutional contacts including Asia and Latin America, the quality and integrity of our database is second-to-none and this agreement with Business Wire endorses our position as the leading provider for IR technology solutions,” says Enzo Villani, President of MZ North America.

“Business Wire continues to offer best-in-class solutions to our clients, and this agreement to offer IRNavigator continues this tradition. We are especially excited to offer a tool that is very focused on the needs of the IRO, allowing for a comprehensive targeting tool and all encompassing CRM,” says Michael Becker, Senior Vice President of Financial Product Strategy at Business Wire.

About MZ-Ilios: MZ-Ilios, is part of the MZ Group companies in North America. MZ Group is the world’s largest independent global investor relations, corporate governance and integrated corporate communications firm. MZ focuses on innovative IR solutions and customized client service with its unique one-stop-shop business model. With offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, New York, São Paulo, San Diego, Shanghai, and Taipei, MZ has 250 professionals serving more than 550 clients in 10 countries. Please visit www.mzilios.com for more information.

About Business Wire: Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011 as the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. Public relations and investor relations professionals rely on Business Wire for both broad-based and targeted market reach. A recognized disclosure service in the United States, Canada and a dozen European countries, Business Wire handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into EDGAR, SEDAR and other systems. Business Wire provides online newsroom hosting and integration services as well as search engine optimization, mobile distribution and detailed measurement on every press release. Its patented NX delivery platform provides simultaneous full-text posting of Business Wire content to news systems and websites in virtually any country or language. With 32 bureaus worldwide, Business Wire offers local service and global reach.

Learn more at BusinessWire.com and the BusinessWired blog; follow updates on Twitter: @businesswire or on Facebook.

Contact at MZ-Ilios
Faviana McGrody
212-813-2976
Faviana.McGrody@mzilios.com

Contact at Business Wire
Michael Becker
212-752-9600
Michael.Becker@BusinessWire.com

Group continues global acquisitions with further expansion in the North American market

Chicago and New York, February 15, 2011 -- MZ Group (www.groupmz.com), a multinational company and the world’s largest independent investor relations consulting firm, providing onestop- shop financial, corporate governance, applied technology and integrated corporate communications services, today announced that its subsidiary MZIlios LLC (www.mzilios.com) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Ilios Partners LLC, a premier shareholder identification and investor targeting firm. In connection with this acquisition, Ilios Partners’ research analysts and managers have joined MZIlios and will help to serve over 500 clients globally, offering a premier collection of integrated corporate communication services, IR tools and technology, and award winning capital markets intelligence and shareholder analytics.

Enzo Villani, President of MZ North America and a member of MZ Group’s Executive Committee, will serve as MZIlios’ Chief Executive Officer, and Nick Trikolas has joined MZIlios as President and will serve as Managing Director of Capital Markets Intelligence for MZ Group.

“The global reach of MZ Group and MZIlios’ focus on being the best at providing dynamic shareholder ownership information and analysis make a unique and powerful combination for the North American market and beyond,” commented Enzo Villani. MZIlios will also continue serving clients via the award-winning irNavigator (www.irnavigator.com) software-as-a-service solution for IR professionals..

Rodolfo Zabisky, Chairman of MZ Group, said, “We are excited to combine MZIlios’ premier team in shareholder identification and stock surveillance with the reach of MZ Group, both in the U.S. and in emerging markets. MZ Group is the investor relations leader (consulting, services and technology) in Asia (including China's A-share market) and Latin America, and MZIlios provides an important component to our unique one-stop-shop offering of stakeholder services and presents synergies for MZ Group’s continued expansion in the North America market.”.

Nick Trikolas, MZIlios’ President, said, “MZ Group is a true multinational company and the largest independent investor relations consulting firm in the world, with superior products and services and a dominant market position in emerging markets. Its entrepreneurial environment, which is further enhanced by the capitalization from the private-equity firm JBVC in late 2009, makes for a great combination with our culture and provides a solid foundation for expanding our service offering in the U.S. market.” .

The acquisition was completed on February 7, 2011. Arnold & Porter LLP and Ernst & Young advised MZ Group on the transaction, and Steeplechase, LLC and Ungaretti & Harris LLP advised Ilios Partners on the transaction. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About MZIlios (www.mzilios.com): MZIlios is a provider of capital markets intelligence and shareholder analytics. With a relentless focus on accurately identifying shareholders for publicly traded companies on a dynamic basis, MZIlios quickly delivers to its clients detailed and accurate shareholder ownership information. MZIlios combines a leading proprietary database developed for accurately tracking shareholder movements, a robust network of investor contacts, seasoned research analysts with an average of 10 years of industry experience in navigating the nuances ofshareholder identification, and an award winning database and CRM tool (irNavigator – www.irnavigator.com) that is fast and intuitive.

About MZ Group (www.groupmz.com): MZ Group is a multinational company and the world’s largest independent investor relations consulting firm, providing one-stop-shop financial, corporate governance, applied technology and integrated corporate communications services. Established in 1999, MZ Group focuses on innovation and customiz