MZ Group Acquires Assets of Ilios Partners, a Premier Shareholder Identification and Investor Targeting Firm

CHICAGO and NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Group (www.groupmz.com), 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, 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, 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 in 2009, makes for a great combination with our culture and provides a solid foundation for expanding our service offering in the U.S. market."

SOURCE MZ Group

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