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IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator Shows Q2 2010 Global M&A Deal Activity has Increased 40 percent Over Q2 2009

Significant growth in activity observed in all regions over the last 12 months

The Q2 2010 IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI) was released today and reports a 40 percent increase in global M&A deal activity versus Q2 2009. Despite the continuing economic uncertainty, IntraLinks observed an 11 percent increase in global activity when comparing Q2 2010 to Q1 2010.

Significant increase in M&A deal activity was observed in all regions over the last 12 months. Asia Pacific led the way with a 59 percent increase in Q2 2010 compared to Q2 2009, followed by Europe/Middle East/Africa (53 percent), North America (32 percent) and Latin America (19 percent).

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IntraLinks and mergermarket Global Survey: 78 Percent of M&A Practitioners Expect an Increase in Deal Activity Over the Next 12 Months

Findings from a new global mergermarket survey commissioned by IntraLinks, a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, have found that 78 percent of M&A practitioners expect the level of dealmaking in their region to increase over the next year. The survey of 160 global dealmakers from advisory, corporate and private equity companies across the world also found that 52 percent of respondents expect an improved market and financial conditions to be the principal deal drivers behind the expected uptick in M&A activity going forward.

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IntraLinks Establishes Local Brazilian Entity; Opens Office in São Paulo

São Paulo will also serve as Latin America headquarters as IntraLinks demonstrates commitment to its already strong client base in the region

IntraLinks, a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the formation of Intralinks Serviços de Informática Ltda, its São Paulo-based business entity. IntaLinks has also opened a São Paulo office that will be the headquarters for the Latin America region, where the company now has a full service local team including sales, customer support, technical and finance staff. The establishment of an entity in Latin America signifies IntraLinks’ commitment to the geographic area, and in particularly, the numerous customers that the company has been working with in the region since it began conducting business there in 2005.

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IntraLinks Global Survey Finds that 37 Percent of Investors Have Been Sent Another Institution’s Capital Call, Statement or Tax Document

Joint report with Preqin illustrates that an automated, online solution provides strong benefits for both private equity firms and institutional investors

A new joint report from IntraLinks and Preqin titled: “Establishing an Investor Focused Reporting Program” was released today, which presents the results of a global online survey showing that institutional investors have a strong preference for receiving and managing their statements and reports via an automated, online solution. The survey, conducted by IntraLinks, uncovers how common it is for investors to receive another institution’s confidential information. The survey also illustrates that private equity firms still regularly use hard copy for distributing information despite the wishes of institutional investors.

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Independent Research Firm Identifies Importance of Leveraging Dedicated and Integrated Technologies during M&A Process

A new study was released today on “Trends, Challenges and Technology Usage in a Changing M&A Environment” that was conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by IntraLinks. The study identifies technology as the missing link to help companies institutionalize M&A and that professionals are looking for a broad set of capabilities in a solution, which cover all parts of a deal.

Forrester’s recommendations include: “Point solutions and generic tools are not an effective means to manage the entire M&A life cycle. Only through an integrated portfolio of technologies will companies be able to constantly advance their M&A competence.” Forrester notes the opportunity that this provides to technology vendors, referencing that the more complex the deal is, the higher the requirement is to leverage dedicated tools.

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IntraLinks Enhances its SaaS-based Safety Document Exchange Solution for the Life Sciences Industry

Leading global pharmaceutical companies, biotechs and CROs use IntraLinks to move away from non-secure paper-based methods

IntraLinks, a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced an enhanced version of its SaaS-based Safety Document Exchange, a scalable solution for safety teams that manage reporting for Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) around the world. IntraLinks’ Safety Document Exchange enables users to save time and money related to SAE intake and subsequent safety letter distribution, while adding a layer of security and control to the process. Key enhancements delivered in the new release include configurable rules-based automated workflow, intuitive organization and user-based views, and detailed compliance reporting.

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IntraLinks Global Survey: 90% of Virtual Data Room Users Believe that the Quality of the Solution is Vital to the Success of an M&A Deal and to their Work

IntraLinks, a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the results of a global survey that was conducted in March 2010 with more than 200 M&A professionals who have used Virtual Data Room (VDR) solutions for deals. The survey findings show the importance of VDRs during the M&A process, as well as IntraLinks’ superior reputation within the M&A industry.

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IntraLinks Announces Partnership with SAFE-BioPharma; Will Provide Digital Identity Capabilities with its Life Sciences Solutions

IntraLinks will help to meet the pharmaceutical industry’s objective to move towards completely paperless clinical trials

IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced a partnership with SAFE-BioPharma, the non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE-BioPharma® digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. IntraLinks users, which include the top 10 pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research organizations (CROs) worldwide, will now be able to use the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity for signing documents. They can increase clinical trial efficiency by signing paperwork with a SAFE credential that provides additional security and speed, eliminating printing of hard copy casebooks and other documents.

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IntraLinks Survey Finds that 86 Percent of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Executives Expect to Conduct Deal Activity over the next 12 Months

Seventy-two percent of respondents to the IntraLinks Life Sciences Deal Activity Survey anticipate up to 10 deals this year

IntraLinks, a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the results of the latest IntraLinks Life Sciences Deal Activity Survey, which was conducted at the recent BioNetwork East 2010 Conference in Miami, Fla. The BioNetwork East Conference provided an interactive forum for key members of the pharmaceutical and biotech communities to network, discuss business challenges and exchange information. The event was attended by business development executives from leading global companies such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline.

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IntraLinks Takes on a Leading Role in the Cloud Security Alliance

IntraLinks joins Cloud Security Alliance’s Subject Matter Expert Board; working with other SaaS leaders to promote best practices for security of cloud computing

IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced that the Cloud Security Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that promotes best practices and education around the security of cloud computing, has asked IntraLinks to join its SME (Subject Matter Expert) Board, which sets the focus, strategy and content for the organization.  John Landy, chief technology officer, and Mushegh Hakhinian, security architect, will represent IntraLinks on the board.  As SMEs, Landy and Hakhinian will work with the Cloud Security Alliance to promote a common level of understanding between the consumers and providers of cloud computing, and to create consensus around best practices for cloud security. 

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