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December 21, 2009 – Tess Oxenstierna, Managing Director of the Bank Street's Aerospace and Defense Technology group was interviewed by Defense News in connection with ManTech International's $242 million acquisition of Sensor Technologies, a company that specializes in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and biometrics services.

December 11, 2009 – Bank Street released the December 11th edition of its bi-weekly Capital Markets Update, which provides market data and commentary on debt and equity capital markets activity across Bank Street's core aeas of focus, including communications, media, technology, healthcare, and aerospace and defense.

December 8, 2009 – Bank Street issued a press release highlighting recent activity by Scott R. Singer, Managing Director and Head of Media & Entertainment, who is being acknowledged for his opinions and advice regarding the massive changes taking place in the media industry, his view on the impact of Comcast's agreement to acquire majority ownership of NBC Universal, and the key strategic issues other media companies need to consider as a result of this landmark strategic combination.

November 18, 2009 – Scott R. Singer, Managing Director and Head of Media & Entertainment at The Bank Street Group, will be speaking on "The Media Outlook: Investments, Mergers, and Acquisitons" panel moderated by Richard Siklos, Fortune Editor-at-Large on Friday, November 20th at 2:00 p.m. at The Paley Center for Media’s 15th Annual International Council Meeting in NYC. He will be commenting on the future of the media industry alongside many other renowned experts like Frank Bennack of Hearst, Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner, Philippe Dauman of Viacom, Leslie Moonves of CBS, Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon, Anne Sweeney of Disney/ABC, Jeff Zucker of NBC Universal as well as Dick Parsons, Henry Kissinger and Ted Turner.

November 2, 2009 – Scott Singer was quoted in a Forbes article titled "Big media stocks rally; will business follow?"

October 22, 2009 – Bank Street sponsored the "Picking Winners and Losers in Health Care" Seminar along with Foley Hoag and Pharmawire. Institutional and strategic investors have triaged their existing portfolios to identify winners and losers. How will the winners be supported going forward? The panel addressed these key topics with reference to early-stage and late-stage companies.

July 14, 2009 – Bank Street hosted a conference call on July 14th to discuss a number of key telecom legal and regulatory issues that have recently risen to the forefront, including the Broadband Stimulus package, the implications of the new FCC leadership, the recent DC Circuit Court Ruling on the Verizon Forbearance Petitions, and the Proceedings on Special Access.

June 29, 2009 – Bank Street issued a press release highlighting the appointment of Peter P. Buckley as head of the firm’s Equity Private Placement Group. Buckley has over 25 years of investment banking experience, having originated, structured and executed more than $6 billion of privately placed securities across Bank Street’s focus industry sectors, including Telecom, Media, Technology, Health Care and Energy.

June 11, 2009 – Bank Street issued a press release highlighting the recent announcement that its client Cleartel Communications, Inc., a leading provider of voice and data telecommunications solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of substantially all of its operating assets and customers to Birch Communications, Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of telecommunications services. Included in the sale are approximately 100,000 business and residential access lines as well as a state-of-the-art facilities-based network in Florida.

May 19, 2009 – Hibernia Atlantic announced a $12 million Senior Secured Financing for its subdidiary Hibernia Atlantic US, LLC. Hibernia Atlantic is a leading provider of broadband connectivity services to enterprises and carriers over its unique and differentiated TransAtlantic fiber optic cable system and substantial terrestrial fiber optic network in North America and Europe. Bank Street Group served as exclusive financial advisor and sole placement agent in connection with the financing.

May 12, 2009 – Birch Communications, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cleartel Communications, Inc., a portfolio company of MCG Capital Corporation. Included in the acquisition are approximately 100,000 business and residential access lines as well as a state-of-the-art facilities-based network in Florida. Bank Street served as exclusive financial advisor to Cleartel and MCG in connection with this transaction.

May 11, 2009 – James H. Henry participated as a panelist at the Content Delivery Summit in New York on May 11, 2009. Sponsored by Adobe, Internap, Level 3, Limelight and Tata Communications, the Content Delivery Summit was been created at a component of the Streaming Media East conference to bring together customers, vendors, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss and definewhere the video delivery industry is headed.

April 13, 2009 – StreetWise Partners highlighted the upcoming “Unleashing Talent to Accelerate Economic Change” benefit at Christie’s Auction House. In honor of the occasion, Executive Director of StreetWise Partners, Allison Devore, Senior Managing Director of Bank Street, Richard Lukaj, and other StreetWise Partners board members rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

April 13, 2009 – Bank Street submitted a comment to the NTIA and RUS in connection with the agencies’ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Broadband Initiatives. Bank Street’s comment focused on the ability to leverage broadband recovery grants through the use of private sector financing. Bank Street Senior Managing Director, Richard Lukaj, recently spoke on this topic as a panelist at the New England & The Broadband Recovery Act Conference in Boston, MA. Co-Sponsored by Atlantic-ACM, MassNetComms and National League of Cities TV.

April 9, 2009 – Bank Street announced today that it has hired Scott R. Singer as a Managing Director and Head of Media & Entertainment. Singer has originated, structured and executed more than $110 billion of financial and strategic transactions for many of the premier media companies in the industry over the past 20 years.

April 7, 2009 – Scott Singer was interviewed on Fox Business News along with Benchmark Capital Media Analyst, Ed Atorino, during which they discussed media consolidation and market concentration issues in the context of the ongoing negotiations between The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

April 3, 2009 – Richard S. Lukaj participated as a panelist at the New England & The Broadband Recovery Act Conference in Boston, MA. Co-Sponsored by Atlantic-ACM, MassNetComms and National League of Cities TV, the event focused on the opportunities for telecom companies to capitalize on the new administration's economic stimulus initiatives.

March 9, 2009 – Bank Street issued a press release today highlighting the formation of its New Energy investment banking practice. With the recent addition of a team of senior investment banking professionals focused on the energy sector, Bank Street has assembled broad and deep experience in the renewable and traditional energy industries in addition to complementary product expertise in project and lease financing as well as public finance.

February 19, 2009 – The Bank Street Group LLC today issued a press release highlighting the placement of a $25 million senior secured Credit Facility for the recently formed Pocket Communications Northeast.

January 2, 2009 – Bank Street is co-sponsoring a half-day healthcare seminar with Baker & McKenzie on February 12, 2009 in New York City. The complimentary seminar will focus on the financial, economic and political developments affecting the healthcare industry and its investors in the New Year.

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