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font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/3/2008 - </b>Mercury is retained by the City of Yonkers (NY) to conduct an analysis of parts supply outsourcing options. This project will involve projecting the cost of outsourcing to a new contractor to those for current outsourced parts operations.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/1/2008 - ARAMARK</b>, Supply Chain Management, engages Mercury to assist it in recruiting for two key positions in its Fleet Department. The Vice President of Strategic Fleet Operations will oversee all aspects of implementing a total fleet management program. The Director of DOT Compliance will be responsible for ensuring the 5000+ fleet vehicles are in compliance with all state and federal safety regulations. ARAMARK is one of the world’s largest providers of food, facility management, and uniform and apparel services to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses; the company has 240,000 employees in 19 countries.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/17/08 - </b>Mercury is selected to host fleet information system for the <b> Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)</b>. The organization is the primary law enforcement and counterintelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy. It works closely with other local, state, federal, and foreign agencies to counter and investigate the most serious crimes: terrorism, espionage, computer intrusion, homicide, rape, child abuse, arson, procurement fraud, and more.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/10/08 - </b>Mercury is retained by <b>Duke University</b> to conduct a review of fleet practices. This project includes a best practices assessment, a fleet right-sizing analysis, and development of a long-range fleet replacement plan. Duke is one of the nation's leading, private higher education institutions with nearly 13,000 students served by over 30,000 full and part-time employees.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/3/08 - </b>Mercury is contracted to work onsite in the <b>General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)</b> Office of Travel & Transportation to assist GSA and Federal agencies to realign relocation homesale program services available to transferring Federal employees. Relocation benefits available to Federal employees have been impacted by effects of the housing and mortgage crises. Mercury is assisting the Government to implement bridge solutions for the near-term to keep the Federal workforce mobile while working toward a long-term, sustainable relocation contracting model that is less susceptible to shifts in the real estate market and economy. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/31/08 - </b>In an expansion of its current marketing efforts to industrial organizations into the automotive fleet industry, <b>New Pig Corporation</b> of Tipton, PA has engaged Mercury to assist with its market research efforts in serving fleet markets. New Pig has been providing products and services designed specifically for leak and spill management, industrial safety and plant maintenance to industrial, institutional and governmental facilities since 1985. They are a multi-channel, multi-brand supplier serving more than 170,000 customers in more than 40 countries.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/15/08 - </b>The <b> Alaska Railroad </b>contracts with Mercury to conduct an assessment of fleet right-sizing opportunities and to develop a long-range fleet replacement plan. These two efforts were key recommendations in a fleet management best practices report that we delivered to the railroad late last year.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/14/08 - Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.</b>, the largest producer of aggregate material in the Ohio River valley engages Mercury to assist it in developing elements of a fleet replacement strategy including 1) the determination of optimal replacement cycles for its loaders and 40 to 100-ton haul trucks; 2) the development of a long-term replacement plan for the entire company fleet; and 3) the analysis of alternative capital financing approaches including leasing versus buying.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>12/6/07 - </b>A <b>New York-based global private equity firm</b> retains Mercury to assist it in evaluating the business processes, performance, costs, and competitiveness of a Central European fleet leasing company in which it is considering investing.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12062007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>12/5/07 - </b>The <b> Hillsborough County, FL County Administrator</b> engages Mercury to assist in the conduct of a fleet utilization and right sizing study and the development of guidelines for the ongoing management of fleet size, composition, and utilization.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12052007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>12/4/07 - UGI Utilities, Inc.</b> retains Mercury to assist it in identifying the costs and benefits of constructing a fleet maintenance facility at its planned Harrisburg-Reading (PA) operations center and comparing them with those associated with outsourcing the maintenance and repair of the portion of its fleet that otherwise would be serviced there.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12042007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>11/1/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by <b>Chesterfield County, VA</b> to assess the costs and benefits of building new fleet and radio shop facilities versus outsourcing these services. In this project we will determine the County’s shop space needs and develop a projected development cost. We will also conduct a competitiveness assessment of current fleet and radio shop operations, compare the cost of in-house operations to the private sector, and determine the feasibility of outsourcing some or all services.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-11012007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/30/07 - Military Sealift Fleet Support Command (MSFSC) </b>selected Mercury Associates as service integrator to provide temporary housing in San Diego for the USNS Robert Peary crew while the ship undergoes renovation. This contract, valued at $309,000 is the second housing requirement Mercury has provided for MSFSC. Mercury also coordinates housing requirements for the USNS Richard Byrd crew via a similar contract currently valued at $646,500.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10302007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/26/07 - </b>Mercury awarded a contract to assist the <b>U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> with the creation of an electronic tool to enable the right sizing of its fleet. The effort is part of a Federal-wide initiative known as a Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM). The electronic tool will require vehicle users to justify retention of low use vehicles, or the addition of new vehicles, via a series of questions whose answers automatically feed into the electronic tool. The tool then uses proprietary algorithms to determine whether the vehicle is approved, and if so, what type of vehicle is recommended (an automated vehicle selector). Mercury's contract is in cooperation with Runzheimer International.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10262007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/22/07 - The Nielsen Company</b>, the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services, has contracted with Mercury to review and make recommendations regarding their vehicle replacement criteria and retention cycle in an effort to reduce the Company’s total cost of vehicle ownership.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10222007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/5/07 - FLD</b> of Delray Beach, Florida has retained Mercury to recruit a business development manager specializing in the federal government segment of the fleet market. This unique position will be responsible for seeking new business opportunities to remarket vehicles for the many branches of the federal government. FLD is recognized nationally for providing unique and comprehensive vehicle remarketing services to banks, financial institutions, credit unions and commercial fleets.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10052007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/3/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to host Collective Data's fleet management information system for <b>Time Warner</b>, a leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include Internet and interactive systems, cable services, television networks and publishing. Mercury provides application hosting services to six fleet software development companies.</span><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10032007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" style="font-size: 11pt">read more ></font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/1/07 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection</b> awards Mercury a contract to provide technical services related to upfitting new vehicles. CBP purchases thousands of vehicles each year which must be retrofitted to meet the mission of protecting our borders. Mercury will assist CBP by helping to set-up additional vendor locations to increase production capacity and speed the preparation of vehicles for service.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/28/07 - </b>The <b> Department of Homeland Security</b> has awarded Mercury and its partner, Defense Solutions, a one-year contract to provide professional management support services to the Office of Asset Management and Logistics (Personal Property). The staff position will be located in Washington, D.C., and support the Assistant Director of the Office with the Mobile Assets (Marine/Aviation) Program.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt">9/27/07 - </span></b> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>Department of State</b> expands the scope of work for fleet management consulting services awarded to Mercury and its partner Runzheimer International to include facilitation and support for consolidation of fleet management, a key recommendation of a previous project performed by Mercury.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/25/07 - </b>Mercury and its partner firm Defense Solutions are awarded a five year contract by the <b>National Park Service (NPS)</b> to prepare strategic fleet management plans for NPS regions around the country. The focus of this project is to identify and describe past and present fleet management practices and propose new management direction and improved operational activities to bring park fleets into compliance with NPS fleet management policies. Mercury will also undertake fleet management studies for individual parks throughout the United States.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/24/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to provide application hosting services to <b>Willbros Group, Inc.</b> With over 400 clients in over 55 countries, Willbros is recognized for completing many logistically complicated pipeline projects around the world. Moreover, the company provides project management, engineering, and material procurement services to the oil, gas and power industries and government agencies.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/18/07 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> hires Mercury as part of team to perform a Household Goods Savings Analysis to compare costs and services of household goods shipments contracted via the Centralized Household Goods Traffic Management Program (CHAMP), the Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Solutions Schedule (TDRS), and other methods used by federal agencies to contract for the shipment of household goods (HHG). Mercury assisted in a similar assessment of federal household goods programs two years ago. GSA anticipates the program assessment will be required annually; therefore, the current contract allows GSA to renew the consulting team’s services annually for up to four additional option years.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>8/31/07 - </b>The <b> Florida Department of Transportation</b> selects Mercury to update its fleet management program. This project will include conducting a fleet right-sizing analysis, developing a long –range fleet replacement and financing plan, updating the departments fleet policy manual, and calculating fully-allocated shop rates.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>8/20/07 - </b>Mercury is awarded a five year contract renewal with <b>Harris County (Houston, TX)</b> to provide application hosting services. Since 2002, Mercury has provided hosting services to the County for its fleet management system, ad hoc reporting solution, data replication, and electronic repair and maintenance manuals. Harris County is the third largest county in the United States.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/12/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>Alaska Railroad Commission (ARRC)</b> to conduct a review of fleet management activities. ARRC is a state owned railroad that operates freight and passenger lines throughout Alaska. Most of ARRC’s vehicles are equipped with high rail devices and are essential for safe operation of the railroad.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/2/07 - Louisville Metro Government</b> selects the team of QK4 and Mercury Associates to conduct a staffing analysis and space needs assessment for their fleet maintenance and repair operation. Louisville Metro operates a fleet of over 4,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The project will identify space requirements and adjacencies for a new fleet maintenance facility.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/29/07 - Kane County, IL</b> chooses Mercury to conduct a fleet maintenance facilities space needs assessment. The project will include evaluating the opportunity to centralize fleet maintenance and repair operations under a single organization and determining the appropriate size of the fleet maintenance facility. The project will also include development of a fleet replacement plan for a fleet of nearly 400 units.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/12/07 - Southern California Edison (SCE)</b> retains Mercury to assist with the optimization of acquisition, replacement cycle planning and remarketing processes for its fleet of 6,000 vehicles, SCE is the largest subsidiary of Edison International and is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. The company provides 13 million people in 430 cities and communities with electricity.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/4/07 - </b>Mercury partners with the <b>University of Auburn Montgomery</b> on a strategic assessment of fleet operations for the State of Alabama. The project will include the review of essential fleet management activities, such as organizational structure and roles, fleet replacement practices, policies and procedures, and maintenance activities.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/10/07 - U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) </b>selects Mercury as service integrator to provide corporate housing services to USNS Richard Byrd civilian mariners assigned to San Diego, California. The small business set-aside contract extends from May 14 through mid-November 2007. The mission of MSC is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/25/07 — Benchmark Assisted Living, LLC (BAL)</b> engages Mercury Associates to review options for financing its 64 vehicle fleet of passenger vans and buses. Mercury will also prepare a formal request for proposal (RFP) for fleet management services and assist BAL in evaluating RFP responses and negotiating a contract with the successful bidder. BAL owns and operates 43 senior living communities in New England, which include living arrangements for independent, assisted and specialized assisted seniors. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/20/07 - Nutramax Laboratories</b> of Edgewood, Maryland, contracts with Mercury Associates to review its current vehicle allowance program for employees who drive their own cars for business purposes throughout the United States. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. researches, develops, and markets high quality products to promote joint health in people and animals as well as environmentally safe biofertilizers for the turf industry.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/18/07 - U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Career Development</b> exercised the option to continue its contract with Mercury Associates to provide corporate housing management services for DOL’s MBA Fellows and Senior Executive Service Training Programs and other DOL Career Development programs through May 25, 2008. This is the first of four potential option years for the small business set-aside contract originally awarded to Mercury in May 2006 and valued at $1.7 million if DOL exercises all options.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/16/07 — Schindler Elevator Corporation</b> has contracted with Mercury Associates to develop a request for quotation (RFQ) for fleet management products and services for its US and Canadian fleet operations. Founded in Switzerland in 1874, Schindler is the largest supplier of escalators and the second largest manufacturer of elevators in the world. The company operates a fleet of 2,800 vehicles in the US, an equal number in Europe, and about 300 units in Canada. Mercury will also assist Schindler in evaluating proposals and negotiating a contract with one or more successful bidders.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt">3/28/07 - City of San Antonio</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt"> Administrative Services Department selects Mercury to conduct a comprehensive review of its fleet replacement and operating cost charge back programs and to implement Mercury’s fleet replacement planning and rate development program CARCAP. The Fleet Maintenance and Operations Division manages the City’s fleet of 3,700 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt">3/27/07 - RAND Corporation</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt"> retains Mercury’s president, Paul Lauria, to provide technical review of its draft research report for the US Army on Metrics and Cost Effective Practices for a CBM Based Maintenance System. This is the third RAND research project on US Army fleet management and maintenance practices for which Lauria has served as a technical analyst or advisor.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt">3/19/07 - </span></b> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury is selected to conduct a best management practices evaluation for <b> Flint Hill Resources</b>, a leading producer of fuels, lube oils, and other petrochemical and commodity products. The Wichita, KS based company has more than six decades of refining and chemicals industry experience. The evaluation includes about 400 vehicles and pieces of equipment at three separate facilities in the city</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt">3/12/07 -</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt"> Mercury Associates, Inc., the largest independent fleet management consulting company in North America, today announced several new client engagements as it celebrated the start of its <b>fifth year in business</b>.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/7/07 - Commonwealth of Virginia</b> Department of General Services awards multi-year contract to Mercury Associates to provide consulting services to its Office of Fleet Management Services. Under the agreement, OFMS, which manages a fleet of approximately 3,500 light-duty vehicles, will issue task orders for assistance in such areas as business process review and reengineering, strategic business plan development, and cost charge-back rate development.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/5/07 - </b>Mercury is selected to provide fleet management consultant services to the <b>University of Massachusetts Amherst</b>. UMASS is located in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and has an enrollment of nearly 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Mercury will review existing fleet practices, make recommendations for improvements and develop a transition plan to help the University reach these goals.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/1/07 – </b>Mercury has been selected to work on a team headed by WCGS Architects of Albany, New York to design a new facility complex for the <b>New York State Police</b>. The scope of services includes conducting a business case analysis of the centralization of all patrol car upfitting and decommissioning services in Albany and providing space programming and master planning guidance for a new facility at this complex.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/1/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by a <b>major telecommunications company</b> to assist with the selection and implementation of a new information system to support the management of a fleet of over 15,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment geographically dispersed throughout the US.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/21/07 - </b>The <b> City of Houston, TX</b> expands the scope of its contract with Mercury to include a city-wide fleet renewal and rightsizing study encompassing all of the city’s 12,000 vehicles and pieces of rolling stock equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/19/07 – Citgo</b> engages Mercury to provide technical assistance associated with a pilot project using a new industrial lubricant for transit fleets. Based in Houston, Texas, CITGO is a refiner and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/5/07 - Colorado Springs Utilities</b> has retained Mercury to conduct a comprehensive fleet rightsizing and utilization study. CSU is a community-owned utility that provides natural gas, electricity, water and wastewater services to customers in the Pikes Peak region. CSU operates a fleet of nearly 2,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/26/07 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Boise, ID</b> to prepare a fleet strategic plan. Mercury's consultants will work with stakeholders to develop a program that a employs a strategic perspective regarding fleet management including City-wide fleet policies and procedures, consistent vehicle assignment criteria, development of comprehensive data on fleet costs and performance, and rational replacement planning and financing practices.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/19/07 – </b>Mercury is awarded a contract with the <b>City of Olympia, WA</b> to conduct a review of the city’s fleet internal service fund working capital requirements and cost charge-back rates. The City owns a fleet of 200 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/10/07 - </b>Mercury is retained to conduct a market research study relative to fleet fuel acquisition methods, hedging products, and fuel card providers for <b>a start-up fuel financial management company</b>, which will provide fuel hedging strategies and products for both the consumer and commercial fleet markets.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>12/26/06 – </b>The <b> City of Edmond, OK</b> selects Mercury to assist with the conduct of a managed competition for fleet maintenance services. This engagement will include assisting the City define the scope and structure of the competition, preparing solicitation documents, and evaluating proposals. A separate team of Mercury's fleet management consultants will assist the City’s fleet staff prepare an in-house proposal.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>12/26/06</b> - Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Houston, TX</b> to develop a long-term replacement plan for 4,000 emergency response vehicles. The project includes developing optimized replacement cycles, quantifying long-term replacement funding requirements, developing a list of vehicles recommended for replacement next fiscal year, and developing reserve fund charge-back rates.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b> 12/21/06 -</b> The <b>City of Stamford, CT </b>has selected Mercury Associates to evaluate and identify opportunities to improve how it acquires, finances, maintains, and assigns motor vehicles, and to assess the potential of consolidating fleet maintenance and management.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b> 12/20/06 -</b> The <b>City of Torrington, CT</b> contracted Mercury Associates to study three major components of its fleet operations: 1) an evaluation of fleet replacement financing practices and the appropriateness of the current replacement reserve fund balance; 2) an evaluation of fleet size, composition, and utilization; and 3) a fleet management best practices review.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>11/22/06 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>State of Oregon</b> to make recommendations about the effectiveness of state light-duty fleet operations and to conduct an independent review of state fleets to determine compliance with applicable federal and state regulatory requirements. This is the second biennial review of fleet management operations that Mercury has been selected to conduct for Oregon.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>11/21/06 – </b>The <b>City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, WI</b> selects Mercury to review fleet information system requirements and to recommend a refined cost charge-back methodology. Eau Claire has a population of over 65,000 with an expanding economic base in manufacturing, information technologies, health care, and retail trade. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>11/21/06 – </b>Mercury awarded a contract with the <b>Leon County Sheriff’s Office (FL)</b> to conduct a review of fleet operations. Leon County includes Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee. Moreover, the County covers approximately 671 square miles, with a population of almost 245,000 people.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>11/9/06 - ALLETE, Inc.</b> of Duluth, MN has retained Mercury Associates to conduct market research in connection with its exploration of strategic business opportunities in the fleet industry. In 1996, ALLETE acquired the used vehicle auction company ADESA, which ultimately grew into the second largest such company in the US with some 11,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $2.25 billion. ALLETE completed its divesture of ADESA through a public offering and stock dividend distribution in 2004.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>11/1/06 - Shell Canada</b> retains Mercury to evaluate its vehicle lease and fleet management services agreement and identify opportunities to improve contract terms and conditions. The Calgary-based company operates a fleet of approximately 700 vehicles deployed throughout Canada.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>10/31/06 - Slovak Telecom</b>, a member of the Deutsch Telekom Group of companies which includes mobile phone giant T-Mobile, has engaged Mercury and its Central and Eastern Europe affiliate Incoma Research of Prague, Czech Republic (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.incoma.cz/en">www.incoma.cz/en</a>) to conduct a comprehensive review of fleet management and operating practices for its fleet of 2,000 vehicles. In response to numerous inquiries from consulting firms around the world, Mercury has begun to establish an international network of affiliates to jointly pursue fleet, travel, and mobility management consulting projects outside of North America. This program combines our extensive, but predominantly US, experience working with organizations of all types and sizes with our affiliates’ physical presence, market knowledge, and business relationships to serve client organizations in other countries effectively and affordably. The study for Slovak Telecom is the first project pursued jointly by Mercury and Incoma since agreeing to work together earlier this year.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>10/28/06 - </b>Mercury has been selected to assist the <b>State of Washington Motor Pool Operation</b> with developing a long-range strategic business plan. This plan will identify, prioritize, and outline action plans for pursuing a number of improvement opportunities, including the integration of small State agency fleets comprised of more than 5,000 vehicles into the Motor Pool and the implementation of mandated sustainability initiatives.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>10/16/06 –</b> The <b>California Conservation Corps (CCC) </b> selects Mercury to develop a strategic plan for the agency’s fleet management program. The CCC offers young men and women the chance to serve their state and become employable citizens through life skills training and hard work in environmental conservation. The CCC operates a fleet of 500 vehicles spread across California at 24 work force development centers.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>9/25/06 - Genesee County, Michigan</b> extends contract with Mercury for the purpose of developing service based charge-back rates and identifying costs associated with consolidation of the Motor Pool and Road Commission fleet maintenance operations. This is the third study that Mercury has conducted for the County.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b> 9/25/06 - Commonwealth of Virginia Department of General Services</b> retains Mercury Associates to assist it in developing an approach for implementing an executive order directing DGS to establish uniform policies and procedures for the management and operation of the state’s 8,000+ passenger vehicles.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>9/12/06 – </b>The<b> Orlando Utility Commission (OUC)</b> selects Mercury to fleet management consulting services. The first phase of this project focuses on an analysis of the costs and benefits of providing executive staff with monthly car allowances versus an assigned vehicle. The second phase of the project involves a best practices assessment of OUC’s fleet operations. OUC provides water, power, and related utility services. It is the second largest locally owned electric utility in Florida and the 16th largest in the nation.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>9/6/06</b> - The <b>Montgomery County, Alabama Board of Commissioners</b> has engaged Mercury to evaluate the fleet operations of the Sheriff. Fleet support is currently handled by contract and the stakeholders are interested in whether this is the most cost effective solution. The Sheriff is a constitutional officer, elected county-wide, and provides a variety of law enforcement duties across the Capitol region.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>8/30/06 –</b> The <b>State of California Lottery</b> selects Mercury to develop a strategic plan for its fleet management program. The plan will address issues such as vehicle inventory size requirements, lease versus buy, fleet services delivery model, and information management needs. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>8/28/06 –</b> The <b>County of Albemarle (Virginia)</b> selects Mercury to conduct an assessment of the County's fleet operations. Albemarle County occupies approximately 726 square miles in the Northern Blue Ridge and Northern Piedmont of Virginia. The County owns a divers fleet of vehicles and equipment and is interested in establishing a more formal fleet management program. The study will evaluate fleet management policies and procedures and benchmark current maintenance and repair practices against standards. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>8/1/02 - </b>The <b>State of Washington Department of General Administration</b> selects Mercury to develop a strategic business plan for the State Motor Pool. The Motor Pool has direct responsibility for the management of a fleet of 1,400 vehicles and a recent executive order directed the organization to assume control of all vehicles assigned to State agencies with fleets of 100 or fewer units. When fully implemented, this will increase the size of the Motor Pool fleet to more than 6,000 vehicles.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b> 7/31/06 –</b> The <b>State of California Department of General Services </b>selects Mercury to benchmark fleet service costs, develop recommendations for centralized services, and provide recommendations for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of fleet service activities. With over 50,000 vehicles, the State owns one of the largest fleets in the world.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b> 7/18/06 -</b> The <b>San Antonio Water System (SAWS)</b> selects Mercury to conduct a comprehensive review of its fleet operations. SAWS owns 1,800 vehicles and is one of the largest municipal water utilities in the country. Moreover, the SAWS supports more than 9,000 miles of water and sewer mains, water wells, pumps, storage tanks, treatment facilities, and pump stations in its 560-square mile service area.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt">7/17/06 - </font> </b><font style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>State of Florida Department of Transportation and Department of Management Services</b> select Mercury to conduct an in-depth review of fleet management policies and practices. Florida, which operates a fleet of approximately 25,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment, is the eleventh state to engage Mercury in the last four years.</font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/29/06 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>Port of Oakland, California</b> to conduct a lease versus buy analysis for the organization’s 600 unit fleet. The Port of Oakland is one of the largest container ports in the world and operates the Oakland International Airport.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/30/06 –</b> The <b>City of North Las Vegas, Nevada</b> extends its contract with Mercury to include assistance with the selection and implementation of a new fleet management information system. Mercury will assist evaluating proposals from software vendors, negotiate pricing, and manage implementation of the new system.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/23/06 - </b>The <b>City of Bellingham, Washington</b> contracts with Mercury to develop a comprehensive fleet replacement plan for their fleet of over 325 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The project, which is the result of an earlier fleet operations study completed by Mercury Associates, will identify replacement costs and dates for each unit in the fleet over a 20 year planning period. It will also evaluate the appropriate fund balance for the City's fleet replacement reserve fund. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/23/06 - Montgomery County (Maryland) Fire and Rescue Services</b> retains Mercury to develop a facilities Master Plan for a new fleet maintenance and repair facility located in Rockville, Maryland. This facility will provide maintenance and repair services for the County's fire and rescue emergency response fleet.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>5/22/06 -</b> <b>Harris County Hospital District</b> retains Mercury Associates to conduct a comprehensive review of the management and operation of its vehicle fleet, which is used to support a network of 17 hospitals and other medical facilities in the third largest county in the US (Houston, Texas).</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>5/19/06 -</b> Mercury Associates and <b>JARIC ESH</b> complete <b>Second Annual Fleet Management and Road Safety Conference</b> in Trinidad. Turnout for this year’s conference, held May 17-19 in Port-of-Spain, was double that of last year’s inaugural event, and the demand for more in-depth fleet management training in Trinidad and Tobago, the financial capital of the eastern Caribbean, is so great that Mercury and JARIC have agreed to conduct a five-day fleet management training and certification program in late July.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>5/19/06 -</b> <b>City of Boston Police Department</b> hires Mercury Associates to conduct an independent evaluation of the terms and conditions of its full-service lease agreement for undercover vehicles.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>5/18/06 -</b> <b>Polk County, Florida</b> contracts with Mercury to develop a performance measurement and reporting system for the Fleet Management Division. This project also includes creation of a dashboard performance reporting tool for key measures of fleet program performance.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>5/16/06 -</b> <b>Synergy Healthcare Group, Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana</b> engages Mercury Associates to review the management and operation of its fleet. Synergy provides a wide array of home health care services and operates community mental health care centers in Louisiana and Mississippi.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>4/17/06 -</b> Mercury develops website (<a title="Click here to lear more about NISH's vehicle and equipment maintenance services for Federal agencies and the military." target="_blank" href="http://www.nishfleet.com/#fleet maintenance services">www.nishfleet.com</a>) for <b>NISH</b> in support of its nationwide initiative to provide fleet management and maintenance services for federal DoD and civilian agencies. NISH is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to create employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities through the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Program.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>4/4/06 - Altorfer</b>, a major Midwest <b>Caterpillar</b> dealership with facilities in five states, selects Mercury to provide application hosting services. Mercury is to deliver CollectiveData's fleet information system over the Internet. CollectiveData is one of five vehicle and equipment management systems that Mercury hosts for public and private entities.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/3/06 - The United States Department of State (DOS)</b> has awarded a contract for Mercury Associates to conduct a comprehensive analysis of fleet management functions Agency-wide, including vehicles and equipment, operations, and administration and management. The study will include all DOS foreign and domestic fleet programs and foreign and domestic owned and leased vehicles. Mercury will document the current characteristics of fleet management (the "as-is" fleet program) and develop a plan for improvement (the "to-be" fleet program), including transition and implementation steps.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/30/06 - </b>Mercury Associates, Inc. provided expert witness testimony in a successful personal injury suit involving the plaintiff and the <b> State of New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services (DYFS)</b>. Mercury provided expertise on behalf of the plaintiff in the analysis of the vehicle operation for DYFS that resulted in a settlement to the plaintiff of $950,000. Mercury provides expert witness assistance in all aspects of fleet management.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/10/06 – </b>Mercury is selected to provide application hosting services to the <b>City of McKinney, Texas</b>, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. The City's Fleet Division will utilize Mercury's services to deliver CCG Systems' FASTER C/S fleet information system over the Internet.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/8/06 – ARAMARK Supply Chain Management </b>engages Mercury to assist it in recruiting a new Director of Indirect Sourcing who will oversee a number of corporate support functions including fleet and travel management for ARAMARK’s Food and Support Services lines of business. Collectively these units operate a fleet of more than 9,000 vehicles in the US. ARAMARK is one of the world’s largest providers of food, facility management, and uniform and apparel services to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses; the company has 240,000 employees in 19 countries.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/7/06 – The State of Georgia</b> selects Mercury to provide project planning, management, quality control, and related technical assistance consulting services in connection with the implementation of a new enterprise asset management information system, MRO Software’s Maximo. This system will be used by the State to support the management of its fleet of more than 19,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/21/06 – Genesee County, Michigan</b> selects Mercury to conduct a fleet management operational review for the Genesee County Road Commission. The project is a follow-up to an initial study completed by Mercury in 2004. In addition to performing a best practices assessment of the fleet maintenance and repair practices of the Road Commission, the study will include an assessment of the opportunity to consolidate fleet operations within the County. Examining consolidation of the decentralized fleet operations of the County was a major recommendation from the initial study of the County's Motor Pool operations.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/26/06 –</b> Mercury is awarded a contract by <b>Sarasota County, Florida</b> to conduct a fleet operations and facilities assessment. This project entails a review of the efficiency of various fleet programs in the county, opportunities to consolidate and collaborate, and development of a master plan for new fleet related facilities.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/25/06 - The City of Boulder, Colorado</b> selects Mercury to assist in the development of a strategic plan for the City’s fleet management program. The plan will include a fit - gap analysis of the City’s operations in relation to industry best practices and the development goals, objectives and key measures of performance.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><font style="font-size: 11pt">1/20/05 - </font></b> <font style="font-size: 11pt"> <b>Laidlaw Education Services (LES)</b>, the largest provider of K-12 student transportation services in North America engages Mercury Associates to develop, test, and implement, new vehicle maintenance procedures. LES operates a fleet of more than 40,000 school buses in almost 600 locations in the US and Canada, transporting some 2 million school children each day.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 11pt">