MailSouth, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama and established in 1988, is the nation's largest provider of shared mail marketing programs in the rural and suburban U.S. MailSouth delivers monthly shared mail advertising packages to approximately 17 million households in over two hundred predominantly southern and mid-western rural and suburban markets. The Company offers its customers the ability to reach 98% of all households in its markets as well as the ability to target geographic regions ranging from national coverage to a region as narrow as a single postal carrier route.

New Mountain acquired a majority ownership position in MailSouth in March 2005, as a result of a proactive analytical focus on the marketing services and specialized media industry which had begun in early 2004. The Firm acquired MailSouth through preemption of a competitive process due to management's strong support for New Mountain as its partner. MailSouth management chose New Mountain due to the firm's proven ability to create value at its previous portfolio companies and the firm's depth of knowledge of their business and industry.

New Mountain is currently supporting the management team in its execution of an accelerated growth strategy. Two strategic acquisitions have been completed, expanding the company's household coverage by approximately 70%. In addition, the Company has accelerated its introduction of new mid-month products in response to strong customer demand.

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