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Longstreet Partners Participates in Industry Ranking of 2005 Top M&A Deals

February 13, 2006 - Vienna, Va.

Longstreet Partners, LLC ("Longstreet") and its partner, Mark D. Moore, was one of 10 investment banking professionals/firms to participate in Washington Technology's ranking of the "Top 10 Deals of 2005." This is Longstreet's and Mr. Moore's second consecutive year participating with this panel of experts for Washington Technology. The investment banking panel ranked the top 10 merger & acquisitions deals in the government services sector during 2005, and the panelists involved shared their insights and rationale for ranking the deals as they did.

Longstreet would like to congratulate the winners of Washington Technology's "Top 10 Deals of 2005." As has been the case in recent years, the robust M&A activity of 2005 illustrates the dynamic nature of the government services market and underscores how companies within this sector are following growth strategies combining organic growth and expansion through strategic acquisitions. The investment banking panel's results are below:

L-3 Communications buys Titan LLC
Nortel Networks Corp. buys PEC Solutions
QinetiQ Ltd. buys Apogen Technologies
Veritas Capital Fund buys DynCorp's Technical Services from CSC
Serco Group, Plc. buys RCI Holding Corp.
Alion Science and Technologies, Inc. buys Carmel Applied Technologies
SRA International buys Galaxy Scientific Corp.
Apptis Inc. buys Seta Corp.
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) buys Geo-Centers Inc.
INDUS Corp. buys Aaron B. Floyd Enterprises Inc. and Halifax Corps.' Secure Network Division

The investment banking "Panel of Experts" included: John Allen, Windsor Group LLC; Don Blair, Raymond James & Associates Inc.; Chuck Chappell, Minuteman Ventures LLC; William Farmer, Jefferies Quarterdeck; Jerry Grossman, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin; Kerry Hall, Grant Thornton LLP; Bob Kipps, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin; Mark Moore, Longstreet Partners LLC; Tom Peltier, Stifel Nicolaus; Rob Rubin, National Capital Companies; and Paul Serotkin, Minuteman Ventures LLC.

You will find more details on this project and the findings of the panel of experts in the Washington Post and Washington Technology at these website links:

Washington Technology
Washington Post
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About Longstreet Partners, LLC

Longstreet Partners, LLC ("Longstreet") is a private investment banking and consulting services firm focused on regional small to mid-sized enterprises. Founded in 2002, the firm's partners bring over 100 years of experience of investing in, operating, growing, acquiring and divesting businesses. Longstreet provides services to regional enterprises seeking liquidity events in the near and mid term horizons, including companies that require capital injections or other corporate financings. Longstreet is focused upon partnering with talented managers to help them build thriving businesses, which create substantial value as a part of a structured business process and definite liquidity event plan. For more information about Longstreet partners visit www.longstreetpartners.com.