Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator Shows Flat Quarterly Growth in Global Early-Stage M&A Activity with Strong Regional Variations in Performance

NEW YORK, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intralinks® Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IL), a leading, global SaaS provider of content management and collaboration solutions, today announced the release of the Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI) for the first quarter of 2013. The DFI, which provides an indication of future merger and acquisition activity by tracking global sell-side M&A mandates and deals reaching due diligence prior to public announcement, presented varied quarter-on-quarter numbers for Q1 2013 as compared to Q4 2012, with an overall increase globally of half of one percent. North America and Asia Pacific showed increases of six percent and two percent respectively, while Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) dropped less than half of one percent and Latin America decreased 26 percent.

Despite varied quarter-on-quarter numbers, the DFI showed an 11 percent increase in M&A deal activity year-on-year, with most regions showing positive trends for Q1 2013 over Q1 2012 except Latin America, which dropped one percent. EMEA showed the strongest growth (24 percent), with smaller positive trends in Asia Pacific (six percent) and North America (five percent).

"This quarter is showing us a global rebalancing of dealmaking activity," said Matt Porzio, vice president, M&A product marketing at Intralinks. "Emerging markets like Latin America and Asia Pacific declined dramatically over the quarter to approach normal levels as investors sought balance and a return to mature markets. We are definitely seeing some of the larger deals starting due diligence, but middle-market deals are moving at a slower pace than last year. The market remains ripe for deals, but a key element is the willingness of management and boards to move forward. Multiple sources have cited the lack of CEO confidence as a continued drag on activity."

The Intralinks DFI is based on the company's involvement in a significant percentage of early-stage M&A deals, providing a leading indicator of global deal activity. Intralinks has been a global provider of M&A virtual data rooms for more than 15 years, providing a cloud-based platform that accelerates deals from the beginning to the end of the process. In today's economy, the ability to conduct due diligence on opportunities around the world and execute on deals that achieve value requires a concentrated strategy.

About Intralinks
Intralinks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IL) is a leading, global technology provider of inter-enterprise content management and collaboration solutions. Through innovative Software-as-a-Service solutions, Intralinks solutions are designed to enable the exchange, control, and management of information between organizations securely and compliantly when working through the firewall. More than 2 million professionals at 800 of the Fortune 1000 companies depend on Intralinks' experience. With a track record of enabling high-stakes transactions and business collaborations valued at more than $19 trillion, Intralinks is a trusted provider of easy-to-use, enterprise strength, cloud-based collaboration solutions. For more information, visit www.intralinks.com.

About the Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator
The Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator is intended to provide Intralinks' perspective on the level of M&A due diligence activity taking place during any given period of time. The statistics contained in the DFI represent the volume of virtual data rooms opened, or proposed to be opened, through Intralinks for the purpose of conducting due diligence on proposed transactions including asset sales, divestitures, private placements, financings, capital raises, joint ventures, and partnerships. These statistics are not adjusted for changes in Intralinks' share of the virtual data room market or changes in market demand for virtual data room services. These statistics may not correlate to the volume of completed transactions reported by market data providers and should not be construed to represent the volume of transactions ultimately consummated during any period of time. In addition, the statistics provided by such market data providers may be compiled with a different set of transaction types than those set forth above.  For more information about the DFI, please visit http://www.intralinks.com/knowledge/intralinks-deal-flow-indicator.

THIS PRESS RELEASE AND THE DEAL FLOW INDICATOR (COLLECTIVELY "THE MATERIALS") ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  INTRALINKS MAKES NO GUARANTEE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE TIMELINESS, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OF THE MATERIALS.  THESE MATERIALS ARE BASED ON INTRALINKS' OBSERVATIONS AND SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF DUE DILIGENCE ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE, OR PROPOSED TO TAKE PLACE, ON INTRALINKS' VIRTUAL DATA ROOM PLATFORM FOR A LIMITED SET OF TRANSACTION TYPES. THESE MATERIALS ARE  NOT INTENDED TO BE AN INDICATOR OF INTRALINKS' BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OR OPERATING RESULTS FOR ANY PRIOR OR FUTURE PERIOD.  THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONVEY INVESTMENT ADVICE OR SOLICIT INVESTMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER.

THE INTRALINKS DEAL FLOW INDICATOR MAY BE USED SOLELY FOR PERSONAL, NONCOMMERCIAL USE.  THE CONTENTS OF DFI MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED OR PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF INTRALINKS. FOR PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH DEAL FLOW INDICATOR CONTENT, PLEASE CONTACT [email protected].

Forward Looking Statements
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