FocalPoint Client HQ Gift Cards Nominated for Business to Business Services Deal of the Year by the M&A Advisor

(New York) The M&A Advisor, a financial information services provider, announced a record breaking 132 finalists representing 52 firms for the 6th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala. FocalPoint client HQ Gift Cards LLC (“HQ”), was nominated for the Business to Business Services Deal of the Year for its sale to Comdata, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceridian Corporation.

Headquartered in Culver City, CA, HQ provides management services for mall, airport and casino gift card programs. The Company oversees gift card operations in over 200 malls nationwide. HQ has been integrated into Comdata’s Stored Value Solutions division which is located in Louisville, KY.

"In closing this deal with Comdata, a leader in the stored value industry, FocalPoint was able to identify the right partner and maximize value for HQ’s shareholders,” commented Nishen Radia, managing director of FocalPoint. “Leveraging our knowledge of the payment processing industry, FocalPoint is uniquely qualified to assist entrepreneurs in this evolving area of the financial services sector.  We are honored to have our client HQ Gift Card LLC recognized as a finalist by The M&A Advisor Awards.”

The recognition program will honor top professionals and the deals completed over the past twelve months in 26 categories, including the coveted “Deal of the Year” and “Dealmaker of the Year” awards.  Winners of the awards program will be revealed before colleagues, peers and clients during the black-tie awards gala held at a new venue: the historic Hudson Theatre in New York City on December 11, 2007.

For the first time, the awards will recognize lower middle market transactions (transactions below $100 million in deal value) giving them their own classification within the industry categories.  “Many people do not realize the impact middle market transactions have on the overall economy, especially the smaller, sub $100 million deals,” said Roger Aguinaldo, founder and chief executive of The M&A Advisor

About The M&A Advisor
The M&A Advisor is a progressive information services provider for executives in the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing, and related financial industries. The company was founded 10 years ago to offer insight about mergers and acquisitions activities.

The M&A Advisor produces a series of industry conferences and celebrates contributions made by the professionals and firms through an independently judged awards program. The company also publishes the M&A Alerts, a weekly newsletter distributed electronically over 35,000 subscribers.

About FocalPoint
FocalPoint is an independent investment bank, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private placements (both debt and equity), and financial restructurings. The firm’s primary focus is on middle-market companies with revenues between $25 million and $250 million. FocalPoint focuses on five key sectors which include business services, consumer, health care, industrials and technology.

Please contact Nishen Radia at (310) 405-7040 with any questions about this transaction.

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