IMAP Provides Exclusive Access to the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Market With New Web Site

SARASOTA, FL--(Marketwire - December 18, 2009) - IMAP, Inc., an exclusive global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) organization, unveiled its new Web site today, www.imap.com. Supporting IMAP's collaborative capabilities, the new Web site is an excellent resource for private equity firms, business owners, corporate development officers and other industry professionals wishing to locate investment banking professionals that are helping shape the global middle-market. The Web site also provides access to exclusive IMAP information including industry reports, regional perspectives, transaction results, case studies and details on upcoming global collaboration symposiums.

"The new IMAP Web site is designed to be an active collaboration tool for professionals involved, or seeking to get involved in the global M&A industry," said IMAP President, Mark Esbeck. "We invite professionals to engage our advisers from all over the world and in our thirteen industry segments to collaborate on M&A projects. IMAP looks forward to having the opportunity to demonstrate our creative methods and techniques to complete transactions that maximize results for our clients."

Visitors to the IMAP Web site are also encouraged to view the conferences page, which provides updates on IMAP's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Symposiums, which are held twice each year in various locations throughout the world. The next symposium will be held on Friday, April 9, 2010, in Miami, Florida at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. More information on this spring symposium will be announced and posted to the Web site in January.

About IMAP

IMAP is an exclusive global organization of independent merger and acquisition advisory offices. Formed in 1973, IMAP is composed of 50 offices in more than 30 countries throughout North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, and Asia. In 2008, IMAP advisers completed 252 transactions, with an aggregate transaction value of more than $13 billion. IMAP advisers provide strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and related corporate finance services. Sellers of mid-size companies and corporate acquirers alike rely upon IMAP for essential local market knowledge and industry expertise delivered with unparalleled global reach. Every business day, somewhere in the world, an IMAP adviser is completing an M&A transaction. More information is available via the Internet at www.imap.com.

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