Highline Financial provides banking-industry financial and market data, business information and analytic software to the financial services industry. HighlineFI, Highline Financial's flagship web and Excel-based product suite, enables on-demand access to complete, accurate and timely US banking data which is used by financial, corporate, and government organizations for strategic analysis that informs their decisions every day: Investment evaluation and monitoring, M&A analysis, industry trend analysis, business valuation, financial strength assessment, peer comparisons, prospecting and more. On the web: www.highlineFI.com.

Highline Financial is majority owned by Spire Capital Partners, L.P.; a private equity firm founded in 2000 with more than $350 million of capital under management. Spire partners with exceptional management teams to invest in middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations and growth equity investments in the media, communications, information services and business services industries.

Spire Capital's Principals have served as owners, managers, investors and advisors of companies in these industries for over 20 years. The firm's Principals have complementary industry experiences and have worked closely together as an investment team to initiate, negotiate, finance, manage and realize investments since 1997, and have worked together in various other capacities since 1985. Spire Capital prides itself on being an active, value-added investor. The firm is headquartered in New York. For further information, please visit the Spire Capital website at www.spirecapital.com.