Imprima Opens Door To Nordic Success

Stockholm, Sweden, Jan 15, 2008 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - Financial communications specialist Imprima, has opened its first dedicated office in the Nordic region. Located in the centre of the Stockholm business district, the office is ideally situated to deliver a prompt and accurate service, ensuring consistently high levels of local service for Imprima's clients.

The expansion into the Nordic region is part of Imprima's ongoing strategy to expand its European footprint, taking global expertise and applying it on a local level.

Imprima's CEO, Frank Goovaerts says: "The opening of a Stockholm office sends out a very clear message about our commitment to provide an unbeatable level of local service on a global platform. We have spent 2007 investigating and developing this region to the point where we agreed that there was more than enough potential to create a local presence. Imprima is dedicated to realising this strategy, replicating the model in other regions where we identify the same potential."

Working within the areas of capital markets, due diligence services and investor communications, Imprima Nordics will provide the full portfolio of Imprima services. These include on-site solutions such as realisation of transactional documents for IPOs and other Equity Capital Markets, M&A, Debt and Securitisation transactions, as well as due diligence dataroom services and corporate reporting facilities.

David Aucott, managing director, says: " Imprima already has some well-established relationships in the region; it is a very progressive market and Imprima's services are a perfect fit here.

"We have recruited Sten von Troil to be our Nordic sales manager. Sten has an excellent knowledge of the market place and its needs, and most importantly, he can offer a much deeper understanding of the intrinsic nature of the region."

With the doors officially opening on 15th January, Imprima is keen to welcome any interested parties or prospective clients to visit and view the services and solutions that Imprima Nordics can offer.

Sales manager, Sten von Troil says: "This is a really exciting time in the Nordics. I have every confidence in our portfolio; products such as Imprima's virtual dataroom, iRooms, are well established in our other regions and known to be the best solution available. My challenge is to establish Imprima as the 'partner of choice'; I am convinced that people will agree, once they see what Imprima can do for them."

January 2008

For additional information, contact Nordics@imprimagroup.com For press enquiries:- Paula Battle, Battleplan Creative Communications on +44 (0) 771 944 0656 For sales enquiries:- Sten von Troil, Sales Manager - Nordics on +46 (0) 8 441 95 09 For all other enquiries:- David Aucott, Managing Director on +49 (0) 17 36 57 04 86

About Imprima

Imprima is the financial communications arm of the Mercurius Group B.V, a specialist printing, publishing and communications group with a Pan-European base and a presence in over 40 key financial centres worldwide. Mercurius employs over 900 people and is wholly owned by HAL Investments B.V, a Dutch Investment company listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange.

Through concentrating on its core skills, Imprima has the flexibility to function as an independent, whilst offering its customers inherited skills gained from a century of successful operations.

Imprima has developed an evolving portfolio of products and services to meet its clients' financial communications needs. Operating in three key areas, Capital Market Transactions, Due Diligence Services and Investor Communications, Imprima provides services to investment banks, financial institutions, law firms and corporations across the globe. Where Imprima really excels is in its ability to create a bespoke experience, devising flexible solutions and delivering on every deadline.

All of Imprima's operational procedures are blueprinted and constantly scrutinised to identify areas where improvements can be made. Imprima holds the quality certification BS EN ISO 9001:2000. This means that the British Standards Institute has independently confirmed that its procedures and controls meet international standards. Imprima's clients can be confident that not only is Imprima committed to providing exceptionally high standards, there is also a quality management system in place that provides an illustration of precisely how its processes and practices should be carried out, at all times.

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