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  DEAL INFORMATION

May 12, 2004

In a recent AlacraBlog entry, Alacra CEO Steve Goldstein mentions that despite reports predicting the demise of the recent M&A boom, "it ain't over yet." He cites the recent volume of Alacra usage in investment banking as indicative of this and he knows our customers are tuned in to the activity as well. Alacra clients have access to deal information from every major investment banking source available. The listings below highlight our deal information sources and content. Click the links to see a sample report or email us at [email protected] for more information. If you prefer, download the Alacra Deal Information fact sheet.


           
TheDeal.com provides the most incisive news and analysis on M&A, Private Equity, VC, IPO and Bankruptcy available on the Web. TheDeal.com articles and analysis provide invaluable financial news, expert commentary, data and services to corporate and financial dealmakers, their investors and advisers worldwide.

More Deal Information from Alacra:

Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions
Public and private transactions including m&a, stock swaps, LBO's, spinoffs, rumored and seeking buyer deals, and more. U.S. deals as far back as 1979, and international deals to 1985.

Mergerstat
Comprehensive information on U.S. and European Mergers and Acquisitions transactions including cross border deals. Mergerstat's database contains information on both public and private transactions dating back to 1996.

Thomson Financial New Issues
Authoritative coverage of global equity issues, Eurobonds, U.S. Private Placements, and more -- giving you the same critical information used by leading investment banks and top financial publications. The New Issues databases cover more than 300,000 transactions and include coverage as far back as 1989.

M&A Monitor
A database that analyzes selected corporate mergers and acquisitions. Founded by individuals with backgrounds in corporate finance, the primary purpose of the M&A Monitor database is to provide users with access to the highest quality corporate valuation data through the analysis of precedent transactions.

Thomson Financial Venture Economics
The largest private equity research database available, with over 200,000 transactions dating back to 1970. Updated daily, the database includes complete and in-depth coverage of firms, funds, companies and executives.

BvD ZEPHYR
Data on M&A, IPO and venture capital deals. ZEPHYR contains data on close to 150,000 transactions. Approximately 50,000 new deals are added per year and the database is also expanding to cover more historical American and Asian transactions. Please note, BvD Zephyr is available by subscription only.

Thomson Financial Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Details on all types of business alliances including joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing agreements, research & development agreements, marketing agreements and supply agreements. Information is available from 1988.

MCM CorporateWatch�
The leading provider of the most timely and accurate new issue data in U.S. financial markets. It includes over 50 fields of data dating from 1995 to the present, and 144A's dating back to 1996.

Coming Soon!

Mergermarket.com - Deal information on mergers & acquisitions in Europe and North America. Scheduled to be released during this year's SLA Annual Conference, Alacra plans on carrying the full Mergermarket database which will complement our M&A coverage from Thomson Financial, Mergerstat, M&A Monitor, BvD Zephyr, and TheDeal.com. For more info now, check out www.mergermarket.com

Download a PDF file about Alacra Deal Information.