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1 Investment banking services are provided by Harris Williams LLC, a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, and Harris Williams & Co. Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Harris Williams & Co. is a trade name under which Harris Williams LLC and Harris Williams & Co. Ltd conduct business.

2 HW&CO. DEAL SPOTLIGHT TRANZACT TO BE ACQUIRED BY CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE TRANZACT is a provider of turn-key, direct-to-consumer marketing services to US insurance carriers. The Company leverages and integrates sophisticated digital, data and direct marketing solutions that combined with licensed sales execution capabilities deliver new policy holders to carriers seeking to manage larger numbers of customers. The Company is being sold by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, who purchased it in 2007 for $185 million. Read about it here. KRW INSURANCE TO BE ACQUIRED BY ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. KRW Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker providing commercial property and casualty, risk management, employee benefits and personal lines insurance and consulting services to clients in the United States. The Company specializes in coverage for the construction and maintenance industries. "For over 70 years, KRW has focused on developing its depth of industry expertise, strong market relationships and quality client service," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO or Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Read about it here. MANPOWER GROUP ACQUIRES CIBER Ciber is a leading global information technology consulting, services, and outsourcing company. Manpower has announced the acquisition of Ciber s Dutch division in order to bolster the Manpower s IT service offering. Jilko Andringa, President ManpowerGroup Northern Europe, said rapid technological advances mean the best IT professionals are more in-demand than ever. This move allows us to broaden our offerings and bring even more IT talent to our clients so they can achieve their business objectives in this rapidly changing competitive environment. Read about it here. EPIQ AND ACTIVIST VILLERE ENTER BOARD COMPOSITION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Epiq (NASDAQ: EIPQ) is a leading global provider of integrated technology solutions and services for the legal profession. On May 7 th, the Company announced that it has reached an agreement with activist investor St. Denus J. Villere & Company regarding the composition of the board of directors. Following the report, Epiq suiter P2 Capital Partners said that it had re-engaged in talks with the Company regarding a possible transaction. Read about it here. OPEN TEXT TO ACQUIRE RECOMMEND CONTENTS BUSINESS SERVICES UPDATE EQUITY TRADING OVERVIEW ECONOMIC TRENDS M&A MARKET TRENDS PUBLIC COMPARABLES GROUP OVERVIEW Harris Williams & Co. is a leading advisor to the business services market. Our significant experience covers a broad range of end markets, industries, and business models. This particular report focuses on trends and metrics in the following areas: Business Process Outsourcing Consulting Human Resources Insurance, Legal, and Risk Services Marketing and Information Services Transaction Processing Education and Training Facility Services CONTACTS Derek Lewis Managing Director [email protected] +1 (804) Bob Baltimore Managing Director [email protected] +1 (804) John Klim Director [email protected] +1 (804) Marshall Croft Vice President [email protected] +1 (804) Josh Garner Vice President [email protected] +1 (804) Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Recommind, Inc., a provider of ediscovery, and information analytics. They offer SaaS and managed services solutions. The acquisition is expected to expand Open Text s expertise in cloud and developing and using analytics to solve concrete and expensive business problems. Read about it here. PAGE 1

3 12-month % Change in Stock Price BUSINESS SERVICES EQUITY TRADING OVERVIEW KEY TRADING STATISTICS 1,2 Sector Number of Companies Median Enterprise Value ($mm) Change in Stock Price LTM Multiples 2016E 3 mos. 12 mos. EV/EBITDA P/E EV/EBITDA P/E Business Process Outsourcing 11 $5, % 2.1% 11.7x 20.8x 10.9x 16.7x Consulting 10 1, % 6.5% 10.2x 20.3x 10.3x 17.4x Human Resources 17 1, % (0.0%) 9.6x 16.2x 9.7x 13.3x Insurance, Legal, and Risk Services 7 9, % 3.9% 12.1x 21.9x 10.5x 16.1x Marketing & Information Services 29 6, % 3.4% 13.7x 25.2x 13.0x 17.3x Transaction Processing 9 11, % (1.5%) 14.8x 27.6x 14.1x 19.2x Education & Training (1.5%) 1.8% 6.3x 12.6x 4.9x 16.0x Business Services Index 99 $5, % 2.1% 11.7x 20.8x 10.5x 16.7x As of June 9, 2016 PUBLIC COMPANY SECTOR PERFORMANCE 1,2 10.0% 16.0x 14.1x 5.0% 13.0x 14.0x 0.0% (5.0%) (10.0%) 10.9x 9.7x 10.5x 10.5x 10.6x 10.3x 12.0x 10.0x 8.0x EV/2016E EBITDA Multiple (15.0%) 4.9x 6.0x (20.0%) Business Transaction Process Processing Outsourcing Human Resources Business Services Index Marketing & Insurance, Information Legal, and Services Risk Services S&P 500 Consulting Education & Training 4.0x 12-month % Change in Stock Price EV/2016E EBITDA Multiple As of June 9, 2016 PAGE 2

4 YOY Change BUSINESS SERVICES ECONOMIC TRENDS A SNAPSHOT OF KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS U.S. GDP GROWTH 3 CONS. CONFIDENCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4,5 (In trillions of chained 2009 dollars) % GDP $ % $16.0 $ % $ % $14.5 $14.0 (5.0%) $13.5 $13.0 Dec-07 Dec-09 Dec-11 Dec-13 (10.0%) Dec-15 Annual Percentage Grow th Consumer Confidence % % 8.0% % % % % Mar-08 Mar-10 Mar-12 Mar-14 Mar-16 Consumer Confidence Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Sources: (1) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Sources: (2) The Conference Board and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics NON-FARM PAYROLLS (1-MONTH NET CHANGE) 5 U.S. INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS 6 (Payrolls in 000s) (Claims in 000s) (200) (400) (600) (800) (1,000) May 16: 38 Initial Claims 700, , , , , , ,000 0 May 16: 267,000 Sources: (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics Sources: (4) United States Department of Labor CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 5 ISM NON-MANUFACTURING INDEX 7 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% Apr 16 YOY Change: 1.1% May 16: % % 1.0% 0.0% -1.0% -2.0% -3.0% Sources: (5) Bureau of Labor Statistics Sources: (6) The Institute for Supply Management PAGE 3

5 Number of Deals BUSINESS SERVICES M&A MARKET TRENDS SELECT RECENT M&A TRANSACTIONS Date Target Business Description Acquirer 06/09/2016 MG LLC MG LLC provides marketing consulting services. The company was founded on 2003 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, NY. Clayton Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP 06/07/2016 Business Resource Group, Inc. Business Resource Group, Inc. provides process consulting, technology deployment and operational outsourcing services. Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 06/07/2016 Elemica, Inc. Elemica, Inc. provides supply a chain operating network for the process industries. Thoma Bravo LLC 06/07/2016 Northstar Travel Media LLC Northstar Travel Media LLC publishes directories, periodicals, and destination information services. Wasserstein & Co. LP 06/02/2016 Flex-Pay Business Services, Inc. 06/02/2016 SleeveCo, Inc. 06/02/2016 Sage Tree LLC 06/02/2016 Recommind, Inc. 06/01/2016 OnRamp Technologies LLC Flex-Pay Business Services, Inc. provides payroll processing services. Its services include payroll, time and attendance and optional services.. SleeveCo, Inc. manufactures shrink sleeve and stretch sleeve labels. Its services include graphics and prepress, equipment support, technical services, and customer services. Sage Tree LLC operates as an ecommerce channel. It specialized in online sales, e-commerce, website development, channel management, and sales representation. Recommind, Inc. develops and sells software for electronic discovery, information governance, enterprise search, and content categorization. OnRamp Technologies LLC provides online retail intelligence, channel management, and brand protection solutions. CBIZ, Inc. Fort Dearborn Co.; KRG Capital LLC Leonard Green & Partners LP Open Text Corp. Market Track LLC; Aurora Capital Group LP BUSINESS SERVICES M&A VOLUME (BY YEAR) 1,2 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,830 2,475 2,153 2,624 2,924 3,057 2,740 3,431 3,815 2,000 1,500 1,459 1, YTD Undisclosed <$100M >$100M & <$250M >$250M & <$500M >$500M & <$1.0B >$1.0B+ Source: FactSte (1) Represents all announced or closed M&A transactions in the United States and Canada (2) No transaction value provided for undisclosed deals PAGE 4

6 PUBLIC COMPARABLES PUBLIC COMPANY PERFORMANCE 1,2 Price at As a % of Market Enterprise EBITDA EV / LTM EV / 2016E ($ in millions, except per share data) 6/8/16 52-wk High Cap Value (EV) Margins Revenue EBITDA Revenue EBITDA Business Process Outsourcing Tata Consultancy Services Limited $ % $77,181 $72, % 4.4x 15.6x 4.6x 16.3x Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A % 37,334 33, % 2.7x 13.1x 2.7x 13.8x Wipro Limited % 20,153 17, % 2.3x 10.6x 2.4x 10.9x Computer Sciences Corporation % 7,270 8, % 1.0x 8.6x 1.0x 5.7x Genpact Limited % 5,935 6, % 2.6x 14.2x 2.6x 14.9x Computershare Limited % 4,285 5, % 2.9x 11.7x 2.9x 10.7x Convergys Corporation % 2,739 2, % 1.0x 6.9x 1.0x 7.7x ExlService Holdings, Inc % 1,761 1, % 2.5x 14.4x 2.6x 16.5x WNS (Holdings) Limited Sponsored ADR % 1,610 1, % 2.5x 13.9x 2.6x 12.6x TeleTech Holdings, Inc % 1,332 1, % 1.1x 8.0x 1.1x 8.4x Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated % 1,312 1, % 0.9x 7.4x 0.9x 7.3x Mean 90.2% $14,628 $13, % 2.2x 11.3x 2.2x 11.3x Median 90.0% $4,285 $5, % 2.5x 11.7x 2.6x 10.9x Consulting Accenture Plc $ % $74,923 $71, % 2.1x 13.9x 2.3x 13.8x CEB Inc % 2,140 2, % 2.7x 11.5x 2.7x 10.4x FTI Consulting, Inc % 1,782 2, % 1.2x 10.3x 1.2x 10.5x Advisory Board Company % 1,442 1, % 2.5x 13.6x 2.5x 11.2x Huron Consulting Group Inc % 1,309 1, % 2.2x 10.2x 2.4x 11.8x ICF International, Inc % 801 1, % 1.0x 10.3x 1.0x 10.2x Navigant Consulting, Inc % % 1.0x 7.9x 1.2x 8.2x Resources Connection, Inc % % 0.8x 8.7x 0.8x 8.5x CBIZ, Inc % % 1.0x 9.1x 1.0x 8.9x CRA International, Inc % % 0.7x 8.6x 0.7x 5.0x Mean 85.3% $8,454 $8, % 1.5x 10.4x 1.6x 9.8x Median 88.4% $1,055 $1, % 1.1x 10.2x 1.2x 10.3x Human Resources Randstad Holding NV $ % $9,880 $10, % 0.5x 10.2x 0.5x 10.2x ManpowerGroup Inc % 5,732 5, % 0.3x 7.4x 0.3x 7.5x Robert Half International Inc % 5,413 5, % 1.0x 8.1x 1.0x 8.2x Hays plc % 2,819 2, % 0.5x 9.9x 0.5x 10.3x On Assignment, Inc % 2,042 2, % 1.2x 11.3x 1.3x 11.4x Michael Page International PLC % 1,898 1, % 1.1x 10.8x 1.1x 11.3x 51job Inc Sponsored ADR % 1,769 1, % 3.4x 11.4x 3.6x 10.3x Korn/Ferry International % 1,740 1, % 1.4x 12.0x 1.4x 9.2x USG People NV % 1,617 1, % 0.6x 15.2x 0.7x 13.4x Insperity, Inc % 1,592 1, % 0.5x 11.8x 0.5x 12.1x TrueBlue, Inc % 864 1, % 0.4x 6.8x 0.4x 6.8x Kelly Services, Inc. Class A % % 0.1x 8.1x 0.1x 6.2x SThree plc % % 0.5x 9.4x 0.5x 9.7x Kforce Inc % % 0.5x 7.8x 0.5x 7.6x Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc % % 0.5x 6.3x 0.5x 5.5x Barrett Business Services, Inc % % 0.3x 4.8x 0.0x NA Towers Watson & Co. Class A % 0 (406) 21.3% NM NM NA NA Mean 78.2% $924 $2, % 0.8x 9.5x 0.8x 9.3x Median 75.6% $1,679 $1, % 0.5x 9.6x 0.5x 9.7x As of June 8, 2016 PAGE 5

7 PUBLIC COMPARABLES PUBLIC COMPANY PERFORMANCE 1,2 Price at As a % of Market Enterprise EBITDA EV / LTM EV / 2016E ($ in millions, except per share data) 6/8/16 52-wk High Cap Value (EV) Margins Revenue EBITDA Revenue EBITDA Insurance, Legal, and Risk Services Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. $ % $34,704 $38, % 3.0x 13.4x 3.0x 13.6x Aon plc % 29,080 34, % 3.0x 14.0x 3.0x 13.8x Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company % 17,863 20, % 4.2x 19.0x 5.4x 25.1x Arthur J. Gallagher & Co % 8,477 9, % 1.7x 12.1x 1.7x 10.5x Brown & Brown, Inc % 5,098 5, % 3.3x 10.0x 3.4x 10.2x Epiq Systems, Inc % % 1.7x 10.9x 1.8x 8.8x Crawford & Company Class B % % 0.5x 5.4x 0.5x 5.9x Mean 93.4% $13,746 $15, % 2.5x 12.1x 2.7x 12.5x Median 96.8% $8,477 $9, % 3.0x 12.1x 3.0x 10.5x Marketing & Information Services Thomson Reuters Corporation $ % $32,084 $40, % 3.4x 12.0x 3.3x 12.1x WPP Plc % 30,045 34, % 1.9x 11.8x 1.9x 11.8x Omnicom Group Inc % 20,297 23, % 1.5x 10.4x 1.5x 10.4x Nielsen Holdings Plc % 19,732 26, % 4.3x 15.5x 4.4x 14.5x Moody's Corporation % 19,638 21, % 6.1x 13.8x 6.0x 13.1x Experian PLC % 18,567 21, % 4.7x 13.5x 4.8x 14.0x Publicis Groupe SA % 15,701 17, % 1.6x 8.9x 1.7x 9.7x Equifax Inc % 14,991 17, % 6.6x 20.2x 6.7x 19.5x Verisk Analytics Inc % 13,440 16, % 7.7x 15.9x 7.9x 16.5x Alliance Data Systems Corporation % 13,190 30, % 4.6x 16.3x 4.7x 17.4x Wolters Kluwer NV % 12,245 14, % 3.0x 11.9x 3.1x 12.3x Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc % 9,754 10, % 1.4x 10.4x 1.4x 10.0x IHS Inc. Class A % 8,086 11, % 5.0x 19.2x 5.0x 15.7x CoStar Group, Inc % 6,922 6, % 9.1x 54.5x 9.6x 50.2x FactSet Research Systems Inc % 6,526 6, % 6.2x 17.5x 6.3x 17.4x Informa Plc % 6,305 7, % 4.1x 12.9x 4.3x 13.4x Dun & Bradstreet Corporation % 4,654 6, % 3.7x 13.2x 3.6x 12.8x DST Systems, Inc % 4,007 4, % 1.6x 11.0x 2.3x 10.5x UBM PLC % 3,836 4, % 3.9x 14.4x 3.2x 12.1x Morningstar, Inc % 3,611 3, % 4.4x 14.0x 4.4x NA Fair Isaac Corporation % 3,580 4, % 4.8x 20.8x 4.9x 17.2x Havas SA % 3,565 3, % 1.5x 10.5x 1.5x 9.6x CoreLogic, Inc % 3,442 4, % 2.9x 12.5x 3.0x 10.9x comscore, Inc % 1,849 1, % 4.8x 67.6x 4.7x 18.3x Acxiom Corporation % 1,718 1, % 2.0x 15.1x 1.9x 11.4x Forrester Research, Inc % % 1.7x 16.5x 1.8x 16.3x Viad Corp % % 0.7x 10.2x 0.7x 10.1x QuinStreet, Inc % NM 0.5x NM 0.5x 14.0x Harte-Hanks, Inc % % 0.3x 4.9x 0.3x 3.4x Mean 89.2% $9,633 $11, % 3.6x 17.0x 3.6x 14.5x Median 95.6% $6,526 $6, % 3.7x 13.7x 3.3x 13.0x Transaction Processing Automatic Data Processing, Inc. $ % $39,732 $38, % 3.4x 16.1x 3.4x 16.5x Fidelity National Information Services, Inc % 24,608 35, % 4.7x 15.7x 5.3x 17.3x Paychex, Inc % 19,850 19, % 6.8x 15.8x 6.8x 16.1x Total System Services, Inc % 9,869 10, % 3.8x 13.1x 4.3x 13.2x Western Union Company % 9,710 11, % 2.2x 9.4x 2.1x 8.4x Vantiv, Inc. Class A % 8,351 11, % 3.5x 14.8x 6.7x 14.1x Jack Henry & Associates, Inc % 6,740 6, % 5.1x 14.8x 5.2x 14.9x VeriFone Systems, Inc % 2,351 3, % 1.5x 10.7x 1.5x 9.2x Heartland Payment Systems, Inc % % 0.2x 1.4x 0.6x 2.0x As of June 8, 2016 Mean 91.8% $13,468 $15, % 3.5x 12.4x 4.0x 12.4x Median 95.8% $9,710 $11, % 3.5x 14.8x 4.3x 14.1x PAGE 6

8 PUBLIC COMPARABLES PUBLIC COMPANY PERFORMANCE 1,2 Price at As a % of Market Enterprise EBITDA EV / LTM EV / 2016E ($ in millions, except per share data) 6/8/16 52-wk High Cap Value (EV) Margins Revenue EBITDA Revenue EBITDA Education & Training Pearson PLC $ % $10,141 $10, % 1.6x 7.7x 1.7x 8.8x John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A % 3,098 3, % 2.0x 9.2x 2.0x 9.9x Grand Canyon Education, Inc % 1,986 1, % 2.3x 7.2x 2.4x 7.5x Scholastic Corporation % 1, % 0.7x 11.5x 0.6x 9.2x DeVry Education Group Inc % 1, % 0.4x 2.5x 0.4x 2.5x Capella Education Company % % 1.1x 5.4x 1.2x 5.2x Strayer Education, Inc % % 1.0x 4.7x 1.0x 4.6x K12 Inc % % 0.3x 2.8x 0.3x 3.1x American Public Education, Inc % % 1.0x 4.4x 1.0x 4.3x GP Strategies Corporation % % 0.9x 10.9x 0.9x 10.9x Bridgepoint Education, Inc % % 0.1x 1.5x 0.1x 1.5x Franklin Covey Co % % 1.2x 8.0x 1.2x 8.0x Cambium Learning Group, Inc % % 2.2x 8.5x NA NA Universal Technical Institute, Inc % % 0.2x 10.4x NA NA ITT Educational Services, Inc % % 0.2x 1.1x 0.2x 1.3x Lincoln Educational Services Corporation % % 0.4x 3.8x 0.2x 3.5x Mean 70.8% $1,315 $1, % 1.0x 6.2x 0.9x 5.7x Median 74.5% $458 $ % 0.9x 6.3x 0.9x 4.9x Facility Services Compass Group Plc $ % $31,089 $35, % 1.3x 14.1x 1.3x 14.4x Sodexo SA % 16,974 17, % 0.8x 11.4x 0.8x 11.5x Cintas Corporation % 10,181 11, % 2.3x 12.1x 2.4x 12.1x Aramark % 8,193 13, % 0.9x 10.9x 0.9x 10.4x ISS A/S % 7,519 9, % 0.8x 11.8x 0.8x 12.3x Rentokil Initial plc % 4,893 6, % 2.4x 10.1x 2.5x 10.8x Berendsen plc % 3,062 3, % 2.3x 7.4x 2.4x 7.4x EMCOR Group, Inc % 2,953 2, % 0.4x 7.9x 0.4x 7.9x ABM Industries Incorporated % 1,950 2, % 0.4x 15.0x 0.4x 10.2x FirstService Corp % 1,660 1, % 1.9x 20.2x 1.4x 17.7x G&K Services, Inc., Class A % 1,507 1, % 1.8x 11.6x 1.8x 11.4x MITIE Group PLC % 1,467 1, % 0.5x 8.0x 0.5x 8.2x Comfort Systems USA, Inc % 1,228 1, % 0.8x 10.5x 0.8x 11.2x TRC Companies, Inc % % 0.7x 7.5x NA NA Mean 97.6% $8,847 $10, % 1.4x 12.1x 1.3x 11.5x Median 98.5% $6,206 $7, % 1.1x 11.6x 1.1x 11.2x As of June 8, 2016 PAGE 7

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