Palladium Capital Advisors

Palladium Capital Advisors Ranked in Top 10 Most Active Placement Agents YTD

Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC has been recognized as one of the most active PIPE placement agents in the USA, according to Sagient Research’s PlacementTracker League Tables, as of July 28, 2008.

Top 25 Agents By Number of Deals - 2008*
(Excluding financial Advisors; All PIPEs Excluding Structured Equity Lines and Canadian Companies)

Rank	Agent Name	Deals
1	Rodman & Renshaw, LLC	28
2	Canaccord Adams, Inc.	14
3	Lazard	12
4	Roth Capital Partners, LLC	12
5	Midtown Partners & Co., LLC	8
6	Merriman Curhan Ford & Company	7
7	Lehman Brothers, Inc.	6
8	Maxim Group LLC	6
9	Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC	6
10	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	5
11	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.	5
12	Mirabaud Securities Limited	5
13	Emerging Growth Equities, Ltd.	5

Rank	Agent Name	Deals
14	Jefferies & Company, Inc.	4
15	Collins Stewart Inc.	4
16	BMO Capital Markets Corp.	4
17	Leerink Swann & Co.BS	4
18	Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.	4
19	Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	4
20	T.R. Winston & Company, Inc.	4
21	Goldman, Sachs & Co.	3
22	Morgan Stanley	3
23	Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	3
24	Cowen and Company, LLC	3
25	RBC Capital Markets, Inc.	3
* According to PlacementTracker.com as July 28, 2008

Palladium’s CEO, Joel Padowitz, commented, “We are passionate about becoming the premier investment bank for emerging growth public companies in general and in the communications and technology sector in particular. We see this news as confirmation that our growing team of seasoned bankers is bringing real value to our clients.”

PlacementTracker is “a dynamic, customizable research service that provides clients with market data, research, and analysis on the PIPE market.” The League Tables show the top agents for the number of deals placed for all PIPEs, excluding Structured Equity Lines, 144-A Convertibles, Reg S Placements, and all Canadian companies. In a PIPE deal, a public company issues unregistered equity-linked securities to a group of qualified investors at a discount to the current market value of the stock, for the purpose of raising capital.

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