FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DRESNER PARTNERS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH RICHMOND VIRGINIA-BASED INVESTMENT BANK

New affiliate company will be called Dresner MB Partners

CHICAGO – April 22, 2014 – Dresner Partners, a leading FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and IMAP member firm with offices in Chicago and New York, is pleased to announce that is has entered into a partnership agreement with IMAP MB Partners to create a new affiliate company called Dresner MB Partners. Dresner MB Partners is located in Glen Allen, Va. and will be run by Istvan “Steve” Preda, who founded IMAP MB Partners’ in Hungary in 2002. He has supervised numerous successful M&A transactions internationally, primarily in Europe. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“Under the leadership of Steve Preda, Dresner MB Partners will maintain the legacy of its predecessor while driving new opportunities in the construction, defense and engineering sectors,” said Steven M. Dresner, President of Dresner Partners. “We see tremendous opportunity for growth and anticipate that this new venture will be highly successful.”

“We are very excited to be affiliated with Dresner Partners, which I became familiar with while working in Hungary. Dresner has a reputation for providing excellent results to middle-market clients while maintaining the highest standards for more than 25 years,” said Steve Preda, President of Dresner MB Partners. “There will be a great number of synergies between our companies and we look forward to a bright future.”

About Dresner Partners
Dresner Partners is a FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an office in New York City. Founded in 1991, Dresner Partners provides financial advisory services to middle market companies throughout the world, including institutional private placements of debt and equity, merger and acquisitions advisory, financial restructuring & corporate turnarounds, valuations and strategic consulting services. Dresner Partners is also a member of IMAP, an exclusive global organization of leading merger and acquisition advisory firms. An affiliated company, Dresner Corporate Services, is a strategic communications firm specializing in public and investor relations. More information is available at www.dresnerpartners.com or www.imap.com/locations/office.cfm?OfficeID=416. You can also follow Dresner partners on Twitter: www.twitter.com/DresnerPartners.

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Doug Dusik, Dresner Corporate Services, (312)780-7218, ddusik@dresnerco.com
David Gutierrez, Dresner Corporate Services, (312)780-7204, david.gutierrez@dresnerco.com