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IntraLinks Enhances Loan Syndication Service with
Public vs. Private Feature to Aid Market Compliance
NEW YORK, NY
BUSINESS WIRE
March 28, 2005
IntraLinks, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand workspaces to the
financial services industry, today announced a new enhancement to
its service to assist the syndicated loan market in classifying and
separating public and private information for loan investors. For
the first time, investors will be presented with an option to "declare"
their status on a transaction as either "public" and thus
able to view information appropriate for public side investors, or
"private" and allowed to view all information including
material, non-public information. The new feature enables investors
to better control what information they see regarding a company, thereby
reducing the risk of accidental exposure to material non-public information.
"This innovation removes a potential regulatory headache for
the market while further supporting the integrity of the loan syndication
process," said Andy Fieweger, Vice President of Product Marketing
at IntraLinks.
IntraLinks developed the new functionality in consultation with numerous
syndicating agents, investors and law firms throughout the industry,
as well as the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA), the
trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of the syndicated
lending and loan trading markets.
"We are pleased to have been able to provide input to IntraLinks
as they developed this improved functionality," said Jane Summers,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the LSTA. "Efforts
such as this address a critical need throughout the loan syndications
and trading communities."
Information in connection with the placement of a syndicated loan
often includes material, non-public information that should not be
viewed by investors who may trade in the stocks or bonds of the borrower.
IntraLinks offers loan managers and compliance officers a full history
and audit trail of the disclosures of both public and private information
to individual loan investors and their institutions. The majority
of U.S. based syndicated loans are facilitated by IntraLinks' service.
About IntraLinks
IntraLinks (www.intralinks.com),
a leading provider of on-demand workspaces, connects business communities
and accelerates the intelligent flow of information and documents
among participants. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments,
companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential
business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid
workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using
a web browser.
Since April 1997, more than 200,000 participants representing over
10,000 organizations worldwide have used IntraLinks on-demand workspaces
to communicate and collaborate on more than 20,000 projects and transactions.
IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by the financial services and
pharmaceutical markets. Over 250 global companies are IntraLinks clients,
including AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Bear Stearns,
Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young, FDIC, TD Securities, Thomas Weisel
Partners and WestLB. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered
in New York with offices in Boston and London.
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