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Linedata Services (LIN.FP), today announced that it has inked a deal with Morval Bank & Trust Cayman Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss Private Bank Banque Morval, owned by Morval Vonwiller Holding S.A., which will add the complete Linedata accounting suite. This Linedata suite includes the integrated MShare and MPartner solution, the only integrated transfer agency and partnership accounting solution in the market, and MFact, an easy-to-use global fund accounting solution. Morval Bank and Trust Cayman Ltd. has outgrown their current solution and the Linedata suite will allow them to grow its business and add new types of funds to their portfolio. �Linedata�s platform allows us to work with the largest and most complex funds without tapping the capacity of the system,� said Alessandro Gysin, Managing Director, Cayman Operations. �Linedata�s tools will have a major impact as we continue to grow our business.� The software will be used out of the Cayman office and will be used to support back-office systems for all of their private trust customers. �We are delighted to have been chosen by one of the world�s top private banking organizations to support its global business,� said Peter Muldoon, Executive Vice President at Linedata Services, Hackensack. �We look forward to working with Morval to optimize the inherent value in using all three of our back-office products so that they can achieve even greater success.� Notes to Editors ABOUT LINEDATA SERVICES Linedata Services (Bloomberg: LIN:FP) is the�global leader for investment software, solutions, and support. Linedata combines technological innovation, financial strength, and a deep understanding of�the Asset Management, Leasing & Credit Finance, and Insurance & Savings industries. Linedata Services� asset management division provides comprehensive, scalable solutions to the buy-side,�to manage the entire investment process from pre-trade to post-settlement. Linedata is unique�in offering a full front- to back-office solution via enterprise installation, or as an Application Service Provider (�software as services� or �service bureau� delivery), and has 20 years experience delivering ASP solutions. Headquartered in France, Linedata Services achieved revenues of EUR 164.8 million in 2007, has offices worldwide and services more than 1000 clients across 50 countries. For more information visit Linedata Services corporate site at www.linedata.com. ABOUT MORVAL BANK AND TRUST CAYMAN LTD. Morval Bank and Trust Cayman Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Banque Morval is a Swiss Private Bank, owned by Morval Vonwiller Holding S.A., based in Geneva and controlled by the Zanon di Valgiurata family. Morval began its operation in 1974 as a Swiss fund management company. It became a private bank during the 1980s to enable it to widen the range of services to its clients. The Bank is at the core of a privately owned group with strong Swiss roots, dedicated to private banking and fund management. It is regulated by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission. (For more information go to http://www.morval.ch/index.cfm) ABOUT MShare MShare is a completely scalable transfer agency system that supports the needs of domestic mutual fund operations, as well as the specialized requirements of offshore markets, including equalization. MShare provides an intuitive, rules-based processing and inquiry system designed to respond to the industry�s most demanding service environments. MShare can handle the high volumes of retail fund complexes and institutional funds� complex reporting needs. MShare is completely scalable, employs the most recent advances in client/server technology, and can support a wide range of transfer agency operations. With its open architecture, it can interface with a variety of third-party reporting and data-analysis tools. ABOUT MPartner MPartner is a powerful accounting solution that automates capital activity and income allocations for investment partnerships with complex multi-level fund structures such as funds of funds and master-feeders. MPartner provides book accounting, handles the tax and regulatory issues specific to cross-fund investments and simplifies tax accounting for hedge funds. ABOUT MFact MFact is a complete fund accounting solution that helps clients improve productivity by providing complete portfolio and financial accounting, NAV calculation, and regulatory compliance and reporting in a single package. MFact is particularly well suited to funds that invest in complex securities and multiple currencies. For those organizations that act as advisor to their own funds, MFact provides information to support and control the investment process.