Sparkasse KölnBonn's Corporate Finance Group Selects IntraLinks as Preferred Virtual Dataroom Provider


LONDON and COLOGNE, Germany, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

IntraLinks(R), the world's leading provider of online workspaces for
secure document exchange, today announced that Sparkasse KolnBonn, Germany's
second largest savings bank, has selected IntraLinks as its standard virtual
dataroom provider for its corporate finance division.

Under the terms of the agreement, Sparkasse KolnBonn corporate finance
professionals will use IntraLinks' On-Demand Workspaces(TM) to securely
exchange critical information with executive and financial teams, advisors,
underwriters and outside counsel on their projects and transactions.

"When a client is handling a merger or acquisition, capital increase or
management-led buyout, there is always a tremendous amount of sensitive
information involved," said Andrew Pearson, Managing Director of EMEA for
IntraLinks. "By using an IntraLinks workspace to manage these
document-intensive processes, our clients can focus on deal efficiency,
whether managing multiple bidders in global locations or gauging buyer
interest from workspace activity reports."

IntraLinks' On-Demand Workspaces help deal participants more efficiently
manage the entire lifecycle of M&A transactions, from deal preparation to
closing. IntraLinks maintains strict security standards and has received SAS
70 Type II certification for nine consecutive years.

About IntraLinks

IntraLinks(R) On-Demand Workspaces(TM) connect business communities and
accelerate 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 1997, more than 750,000 participants representing over 90,000
organizations worldwide have used IntraLinks On-Demand Workspaces(TM) to
communicate and collaborate on thousands of projects and transactions.
IntraLinks has been adopted widely in the financial services and
pharmaceutical industries, where its clients include AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, FDIC, TD Securities,
Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB, among hundreds of others. Founded in 1996,
IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with offices around the world. For
more information, visit www.intralinks.com.

About Sparkasse KolnBonn

Sparkasse KolnBonn is the market leader in the Cologne/Bonn region with
total assets of about 31,600,000,000 Euros and two million customer accounts.
It offers a full range of banking services to retail and corporate customers
at central branches and over 150 subsidiaries. More than 5,400 employees
assist customers with monetary transactions, financial planning and
management, wealth management, corporate banking and trust management.

Sparkasse KolnBonn is a competent and stable partner for both private and
corporate clients, providing one-stop financial services of high quality to
all customers. Sparkasse KolnBonn also plays a foundational role in the
region as a trainer, employer and engaged sponsor for cultural and social
projects.

For further information please click www.sparkasse-koelnbonn.de

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