Bain Capital Ventures Invests $12 Million in EDGAR Online

EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDGR), a leader in the distribution of public company filings and in the XBRL financial reporting standard, today announced that it has completed an agreement for Bain Capital Ventures to purchase $12 million worth of convertible Series B Preferred Stock of the Company. EDGAR Online expects to use the newly-secured funding to scale its pioneering leadership position in the filing business associated with XBRL, the eXtensible Business Reporting Language standard, and simultaneously invest to expand its data and subscription offerings.

Bain Capital Ventures is an affiliate of Bain Capital, one of the largest and most respected private investment firms in the world. Bain Capital Ventures is known for its exceptional approach to identifying and partnering with the management teams of early and growth stage entrepreneurial companies to build market leaders

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ZixCorp's Preliminary Results for Fourth Quarter 2009 Point to Best Quarter in Company History

Zix Corporation (ZixCorp®), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in email encryption services, today offered a financial update on the fourth quarter 2009 and provided guidance for 2010. Current estimates indicate the Company has achieved a record for new first-year orders in its Email Encryption business with $2.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, 61 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2008. Total orders for Email Encryption were $11.3 million in the fourth quarter, also a record for the Company. The Company's renewal rate in the fourth quarter for Email Encryption customers was 93 percent, resulting in a 91 percent overall renewal rate for calendar year 2009. The Company's ending cash balance at December 31, 2009 is estimated to be $13.2 million. ZixCorp also affirmed its fourth quarter 2009 guidance for revenue of $7.9 to $8.1 million and adjusted non-GAAP earnings of $0.01 to $0.02 per share.

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Digital River Signs Game Publisher THQ

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that it has signed THQ Inc. as a client. As part of an e-commerce agreement between the companies, Digital River is hosting and managing a THQ online store, located at http://store.thq.com/. The new U.S. store supports digital download sales of THQ’s PC games, including popular titles such as Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II and Red Faction®: Guerrilla. THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software.

“Our proven e-commerce infrastructure and portfolio of best-in-class technologies and services are designed to help publishers build relationships, drive traffic and generate revenues,” said Jeff Hemenway, group vice president of games for Digital River. “Using our world-class e-commerce solution, more game publishers, like THQ, are diversifying and growing their revenue streams while catering to the increasing consumer demand for both direct and digital purchase options.”

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First Advantage Corporation Announces Receipt of Proposal From The First American Corporation

--Transaction to Enhance Financial Flexibility and Operational Efficiency--

- The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), America's largest provider of business information, today announced that it has made an offer to acquire the issued and outstanding common stock of its publicly traded subsidiary, First Advantage Corporation (Nasdaq: FADV).

Under the terms of the offer, First Advantage's shareholders would receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.5375 of a share of First American common stock for each share of First Advantage common stock. The proposed exchange ratio represents an offer price of $14.04 per share and a 10.2 percent premium to First Advantage's stock price, based on First American's and First Advantage's closing stock prices on Friday, June 26, 2009.

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DUBAI – May 18, 2009 (Cards Middle East Conference) – VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced the QX1000 plug-and-play solution for adding contactless card payment acceptance to existing point-of-sale devices, electronic cash registers (ECR) and PCs. The QX1000 is based on an advanced contactless architecture that utilizes a single contactless interface (SingleCI) and incorporates the most sought-after features in user-friendly design and customer branding.   The QX1000 is a global contactless solution from the leader in payments and is suited to the widest range of EMV and mag-stripe contactless cards from Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, as well as non-payment applications such as MiFare. Installation involves quick connections via factory-installed USB or serial options.
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