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font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>4/20/2012 - KeyPoint Government Solutions</strong> chooses Mercury to assist the company in conducting the preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fleet management and leasing services. KeyPoint is a leading provider of investigative and risk mitigation services to government organizations, including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Customs and Border Protection, and Department of Homeland Security. </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>4/20/2012 - </strong>Mercury selected to conduct a feasibility study of propane and CNG for use in <strong>BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.’s</strong> North Slope vehicle fleet operation, as well as to understand and validate the compatibility and emission benefits of propane and natural gas vehicles. The study includes comparisons of capital asset replacement requirements to determine the “break-even” point for when specific vehicle classes should be replaced. BP Exploration Alaska is an “upstream” business unit of the BP Amoco Group Plc., and is engaged in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas in Alaska. </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>2/2/2012 - Biogen Idec</strong> contracts with Mercury for a best practices study of all fleet operations with a focus on assessment of program strengths and weaknesses as well as identifying opportunities to reduce service costsand/or to improve service quality. Biogen Idec has a fleet of about 370 light duty vehicles; however, significant growth is expected.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>2/2/2012 - Metra</strong> contracts with Mercury to assist the company in conducting the preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fleet management and leasing services. Metra is a regional commuter rail agency serving the Chicago area. Its vehicle fleet is comprised of approximately 553 vehicles and trailers, ranging from passenger sedans and patrol cars to medium and heavy-duty trucks.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>2/2/2012 - Genentech</strong> contracts with Mercury to assist the fleet department with the development of a draft fleet policy and procedure document to govern vehicles primarilyoperating on the company’s South San Francisco campus. Genentech has a diverse fleet of about 150 vehicles.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>2/2/2012 - City of Medicine Hat</strong>, contracts with Mercury to review the adequacy of fleet management system controls and practices; the extent to which fleet resources have been economically managed; and the effectiveness of the City’s internal cost charge-back methodologies. Located in southeast Alberta, Canada, the City has a fleet of 700 vehicles and 150 units of equipment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> 2<strong>/2/2012 - Hoosier Energy </strong>contracts with Mercury to assist the company in conducting the preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fleet management and leasing services. An additional project includes an assessment of the present mode of operation, identification of service and policy gaps, current internal administration costs, and assessment of the company’s fleet management information systems. Hoosier has a fleet of about 350 vehicles and 150 units of equipment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/4/2012 - Baldwin EMC,</strong> an electric cooperative based in southwest Alabama, selects Mercury to determine the optimal vehicle replacement cycles for selected types of vehicles in its fleet and to assess the benefits of standardizing its purchases of bucket and digger derrick trucks.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/4/2012 - Loudoun County, Virginia Government and Loudoun County Schools</strong> select Mercury to conduct a comprehensive fleet management best practices study and fleet rightsizing study for a countywide fleet of 2,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/4/2012 - The State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services</strong> selects Mercury to assist it in assessing the feasibility of outsourcing short-term rental (i.e., motor) pool services to a commercial car rental company.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/4/2012 - Gompers Habilitation Center</strong> in Phoenix, Arizona retains Mercury to conduct a best management practices review of its rapidly expanding wheelchair-equipped van fleet operation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/3/2012 - Pinellas County, Florida</strong> Fleet Management Division selects Mercury to conduct a fleet cost containment study and charge-back rate review. Severe budget constraints and County service-level cutbacks have reduced the size of the fleet and the demand for vehicle maintenance and repair and other services. The objective of this project is to assist the Division in identifying additional strategies and techniques for reducing its costs, and to update its charge-back rates to ensure that the County’s fleet management internal service fund remains solvent.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>1/3/2012 - </strong>The <strong>National Cooperative Highway Research Program</strong> of the Transportation Research Board selects Mercury to conduct a research synthesis on state department of transportation fleet replacement financing and funding practices. The objective of the study is to assist state DOT equipment managers in better understanding the different ways in which states try to provide for the timely replacement of their DOT fleet assets, especially in the wake of the widespread budget cuts necessitated by the recent recession.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>12/29/2011 -</strong> The <strong>City of Sacramento</strong> engages Mercury to conduct a fleet cost containment and efficiency improvement study for the Department of General Services, whose Fleet Management Division manages and maintains a fleet of approximately 2,400 units. The scope of the project includes conducting a cost of service analysis and evaluation of current charge-back rates relative to actual costs; an evaluation of long-term fleet replacement costs and alternative approaches to financing them; the determination of optimal replacement cycles for selected vehicle types; and an evaluation of fleet-related procurement and services delivery practices, all aimed at identifying both immediate and long-term cost savings.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>12/29/2011 -</strong> The <strong>City of Harrisonburg, Virginia Public Transportation Department</strong> engages Mercury to conduct an assessment of the organization and staffing of its Central Garage, which maintains the City’s 600-unit fleet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <strong>12/29/2011 - </strong>The <strong>County of Sacramento, California</strong> selects Mercury to conduct a fleet maintenance program competitiveness assessment. The Fleet Services Division of the Department of General Services manages and maintains a fleet of 3,200 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the project includes a review of the Division’s costs, cost charge-back rates, and all fleet maintenance and repair-related resources and business processes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>11/8/2011 - </b>Mercury has been awarded a <b>five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)</b> contract by the <b>General Service Administration’s (GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy</b>. The purpose of the contract is to facilitate the efforts of Federal agencies in obtaining support for fulfilling the goals and requirements of a Presidential Memorandum, Federal Fleet Performance, released May 24, 2011. Working with GSA, Federal agencies can award Task Orders under the contract for support services relating to Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) studies, lease vs. own analyses, life-cycle costing, replacement planning, agency fleet condition assessments, agency fleet operations, fleet management information systems, and policy and procedure development. The contract allows for task-specific projects or on-site staffing, as required.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">10/20/2011 -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> The <b>City of Tacoma, Washington</b> selects Mercury to conduct a fleet rightsizing study of it utilities fleet. Mercury will employ its proprietary Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) process to help the City save money through better use of vehicles and equipment. Tacoma is Washington state's third-largest city, with approximately 203,400 residents. Located at the base of Mount Rainier and along the shores of Commencement Bay, it is recognized as a business-oriented and progressive international city. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">10/10/2011 -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Charlotte, North Carolina</b> to conduct an assessment of existing asset management systems; Infor's Hansen and Spear 4i, Faster Asset Solutions' Faster Web, and Azteca's CityWorks. The focus of the project is to determine if opportunities exist to consolidate systems used to manage fleet assets. The City of Charlotte operates a fleet if over 6,000 assets, including light rail.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/22/2011 – St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District</span><span class="style2"> contracts with Mercury to conduct a comprehensive fleet maintenance program review. St. Louis MSD provides a full range of wastewater and stormwater services over a 500 square mile service area. The objective of the study is to evaluate current practices, organizational structure, staffing levels, and business processes and to identify opportunities for improvement. They operate a fleet of nearly 1,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/30/2011 - Colorado Springs Utilities</span><span class="style2"> engages Mercury to conduct a presentation on fleet replacement practices. Mercury had previously developed a long-term fleet replacement plan for the organization and was asked to present replacement financing alternatives to their finance committee.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/10/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury selected by <b> Rockwell Collins</b> to assist with determining the best channel of distribution for the sales, promotion, public relations, installation, and servicing of the iForce, an integrated public safety vehicle solution, to state, local, and county law enforcement users. Headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rockwell Collins has a market capitalization of $9.8 billion and annual sales of $4.7 billion.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/10/2011 - </b>Mercury to perform a best practices study to develop a single vehicle program for <b>Schneider Electric's U.S. and Canadian business operations</b>. Schneider offers employees choices between a company-provided vehicle program and employee-provided vehicle programs, which include a “FAVR” allowance program, as well as cents-per-mile reimbursement plans. The company operates a fleet of over 2,500 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/10/2011 - </b>Mercury to assist <b>Whiting Oil and Gas</b> with assessing the appropriateness of its fleet leasing agreement and management practices. Whiting operates a fleet of about 300 light and medium-duty vehicles throughout the U.S and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/10/2011 - </b>Mercury to provide <b>Ecofrotas</b> with a summary of the NAFA Fleet Management Association U.S. and Canadian educational programs to determine the extent that the material lends itself to the Brazilian market, including local laws and cultural differences. Headquartered in Sao Leopaldo, Brazil, Ecofrotas provides fleet management solutions with a drive toward sustainability. The company has a portfolio of 6,250 corporate customers and a combined fleet of 321,000 vehicles.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">5/30/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>State of Oregon</b> Department of Administrative Services hires Mercury to conduct a comparative analysis of the DAS Fleet program and other similar state fleet organizations throughout the United States. The study focused on the 4,500 DAS managed light duty vehicles. The study also included a review of their fleet maintenance shop operations. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/6/2011 - </b>The <b> City of Provo, Utah </b>selects Mercury to conduct a fleet rightsizing study and to identify optimal replacement cycles for key types of vehicles and equipment in its fleet. The City of Provo has a population of approximately 125,000; making it the third largest city in the State of Utah. It is also the principal in Orem-Provo metro area, which boasts a population of 541,000.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/6/2011 - </b>The <b> National Academy of Sciences’ National Cooperative Highway Research Program</b> engages Mercury to conduct a workshop for a cross-section of highways and public work equipment management professionals and experts to identify research needs associated with improving equipment fleet maintenance practices.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/6/2011 - </b>The <b> City of Phoenix, Arizona</b> selects Mercury to review and recommend improvements to the cost charge-back rates and rate development model used by the Department of Public Works’ Equipment Management Division to recover the costs of maintaining and repairing the City’s fleet of more than 7,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/1/2011 – </b>Mercury is hired to assist the <b>City of Corpus Christi, Texas </b>reduce costs by assessing the feasibility of outsourcing some or all fleet management functions. The project also includes an assessment of opportunities to reduce the size of the fleet.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">2/25/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury - Runzheimer team has been awarded a new contract with the <b>U.S. Department of State</b>, a five-year BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement; base + four option years) that broadens the scope of services of previous contracts and includes fleet consulting services, conduct special studies, vehicle allocation methodology (VAM), regulatory compliance, benchmarking, and general support.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/15/2011 - </b>The <b> State of California </b>engages Mercury to right size its 50,000 unit fleet. Project includes analyzing utilization data, surveying fleet users, developing recommendations to right size and right type the fleet, and presenting results to state officials. Savings projections for this project exceed $10 million.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/8/2011 – American Relocation Connections </b>engaged Mercury to assist in developing a concept Statement of Work and proposal for a business development opportunity with a federal government prospect.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">1/30/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Boston</b>’s Central Fleet Management organization hired Mercury Associates to conduct a facilities capacity study. The purpose of the study was to determine total fleet maintenance shop space requirements to maintain their diverse fleet of 1,200 units. The study included a review of the current 60,000SF shop and determination of the total amount of space needed to adequately maintain the fleet. The study also included operational improvement recommendations to obtain better use of the current shop configuration.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">1/30/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City Hyattsville, Maryland</b> hired Mercury Associates to review the effectiveness of their current decentralized fleet management and maintenance program. The focus of the study was to determine whether a consolidated fleet organization would be able to provide a higher level of service at a lower cost.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/7/2011 – Summit Relocation</b> engaged Mercury to assist in developing a proposal to submit to the U.S. General Services Administration for a contract under Schedule 48 Transportation, Delivery, and Relocation Services (TDRS).</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/3/2011 – </b>The <b> City of Saint John, New Brunswick </b>engages Mercury to conduct a comprehensive study of their fleet operations. Saint John is the largest province of New Brunswick and is the oldest incorporated city in Canada. The initial project focused on three essential elements of their fleet program: governance, business processes, and maintenance operations. During the course of the study, several maintenance and management practice improvements were recommended. It was also determined that there was an opportunity to reduce the size of the fleet which would lead to lowering overall fleet costs. A formal fleet right sizing study was conducted and several underutilized fleet assets were identified and eliminated from the fleet.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">1/3/2011 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury executes a contract with <b>Danella Companies</b>, a large equipment rental company headquartered in Pennsylvania, to implement and host an enterprise fleet management system (CollectiveFleet).</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/22/2010 -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> The <b>Boston Water and Sewer Commission</b> selects Mercury to conduct a best management practices review and fleet rightsizing study.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/22/2010 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>State of Alabama Department of Corrections</b> retains Mercury to conduct a fleet transformation project, the scope of which includes recruiting and furnishing an interim fleet manager; acquiring and implementing a new fleet management information system; rightsizing and developing a plan and financing strategy for renewing the fleet; and developing and implementing new fleet management policies and procedures. This project is a component of a major energy conservation and capital improvement program being conducted by Johnson Controls, Inc.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/22/2010 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Baltimore General Services Department</b> selects Mercury to conduct of best management practices review of its Fleet Management Division, which manages a city-wide fleet of 5,800 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the project also includes developing new charge-back rates and a long-term replacement plan for the fleet and evaluating alternative capital financing approaches such as leasing and lease purchasing.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/22/2010 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of New York</b>'s Department of Citywide Administrative Services and Information Technology and Telecommunications select Mercury Associates, working in partnership with KPMG, to develop requirements for, solicit, select, and provide project management and quality assurance services associated with the implementation of a citywide fuel management system. The City operates a network of more than 400 bulk fueling facilities for its fleet of 26,000 vehicle and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/22/2010 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Seattle Fleets and Facilities Department</b> selects Mercury to conduct a rightsizing study of the city-wide fleet of 4,400 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the project also includes determining optimal replacement cycles for fire engines and ladder trucks. This study follows on the heels of a project Mercury recently completed to develop a comprehensive set of repair parts management and fuel management policies and procedures for the Fleet Services Division.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">10/8/2010 -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> The <b>State of Alaska </b>has engaged Mercury Associates to conduct a feasibility study for the use of CNG as an alternative fuel in the state. The study, mandated under The Alaska Sustainable Energy Act, an energy policy bill passed earlier this year, requires the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to prepare a report on the feasibility of using CNG to power vehicles in the state, including vehicles owned or operated by the state, and including in that study, if warranted, a pilot program proposal for powering some vehicles owned or operated by the state with CNG. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">9/21/2010 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</b> awarded a three-year contract to Mercury for the provision of professional fleet management services in support of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Headquarters Fleet Management. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/30/10 - </b>The <b> County of Berks, Pennsylvania</b> has engaged Mercury to assist with the outsourcing of its fleet management services through solicitation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fleet management and leasing services. The County operates a fleet of 208 vehicles and 350 pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>6/1/10 - Hoosier Energy,</b> an electric supplier in southern Indiana, again contracted Mercury to assist with several fleet improvement initiatives in including policies and procedures, a fleet replacement plan and development of key decision-making tools. Mercury consultants have been assisting Hoosier Energy since 2001.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/25/10 - </b>The <b> San Antonio Water System</b> selects Mercury to assess fleet information technology options. This project focuses on assessing the capabilities of the current system SAWS uses to track fleet activities (Hansen) in comparison to the functionality provided by state-of-the-art dedicated fleet management software packages.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/20/10 - </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Huntington Beach, California</b> to conduct an assessment of fleet operations. This project focuses on the feasibility of consolidating fleet management operations of various departments and on determining which services should be performed in-house versus outsourced to local vendors.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/15/10 -</b> The <b> California Polytechnic University</b> selects Mercury to assess compliance of fleet program activities with State policies and mandates. Fits and gaps to program requirements will be identified and solutions proposed to bring Cal Poly’s program into full compliance.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/5/10 - </b>The <b> City of Boston Public Works Department</b> selects Mercury to conduct an assessment of the City’s primary fleet management organization, the Central Fleet Maintenance Division. Boston was first incorporated as a town in 1630, and later as a city in 1822. It is one of the oldest cities in America and boasts a population of 590,000. The City's Public Works Department is responsible for the roadways, streets, and bridges to support its residents and 12 million annual visitors.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/5/10 - Terra Renewal</b>, an environmental services company providing liquid waste management services to an array of industrial companies and municipalities in more than 20 states, selects Mercury Associates to conduct a comprehensive review of fleet management and operating practices.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/5/10 - </b>The <b> Yukon Territory Fleet Vehicle Agency</b>, a division of the Ministry of Highways and Public Works, engages Mercury to reengineer its cost charge-back systems, fleet replacement planning program, and operational consolidation feasibility.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>05/5/10 - Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department</b> retains Mercury Associates to conduct a best practices assessment of the management and operation of its 1,700-unit vehicle and equipment fleet. Miami-Dade County encompasses more than 2,000 square miles, includes 35 municipalities, and domiciles nearly 2.4 million people. It is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States with nearly one-third of its area located in Everglades National Park.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>04/30/10 - 3M Company</b> has engaged Mercury to assist the company in conducting the preparation, evaluation, and negotiation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for fleet management and leasing services. Founded in 1902 as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, 3M is a diversified technology company serving a variety of markets—from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives—for its customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M operates a fleet of about 2,500 light duty vehicles in the U.S.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>04/30/10 - Metra Transit</b> selects Mercury to conduct a best practices review with a focus toward whether the organization should outsource more or less of its fleet management activities. Metra is a regional commuter rail agency serving Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties in the Chicago area and operates a fleet of 567 vehicles and trailers.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>04/30/10 -</b> Mercury is selected by <b>Louisville Metro</b> to conduct a cost of service analysis to determine if the current in-house fleet maintenance and repair operation is competitive with commercial providers of fleet maintenance and repair services. Metro operates a fleet of over 3,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>3/1/10 - Sarasota County, FL</b> selects Mercury to perform a fleet rightsizing study, evaluate garage facilities, develop a 20 year fleet replacement and financing plan, provide motor pool options, and assess the feasibility of outsourcing the parts operation.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">1/27/10 – </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Fort Lauderdale, FL</b> selects Mercury Associates to conduct an assessment of fleet management operations. This project includes a high-level review of all primary fleet activities as well as a review of the current contract that the City has in place for fleet maintenance services. Fort Lauderdale has fleet of 1,500 units and has successfully outsourced fleet maintenance services for nearly 30 years.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">12/7/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Under a five-year BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement through mid 2012) with the <b>US National Park Service (NPS)</b> of the Department of the Interior, Mercury and its team-member Defense Solutions, have been awarded Task Orders covering strategic planning, workshops, webinars, fleet support documents, equipment replacement program (ERP), electronic tools, and life-cycle costing.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">12/7/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Wentzville, MO</b> selects Mercury to conduct a review of fleet operations. Wentzville is a growing community located in St. Charles County. The study is intended to evaluate all aspects of the fleet operation and assess its overall effectiveness. Primary areas of study will include fleet replacement planning, organizational structure and staffing, fleet utilization, and benchmarking current levels of service with industry standards.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">12/1/09 - San Bernardino County, CA</span><span class="style2"> selects Mercury to conduct a review of fleet operations. This project will focus on assessing the core organizational model for the fleet (i.e. more or less centralization) as well as the basic business model (i.e. in-house versus outsourced services.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">12/1/09 - EMD Serono, Inc.</span><span class="style2"> selects Mercury Associates to conduct a review of its written fleet policies and procedures documents and to consolidate a number of separate documents into one. Headquartered in Rockland, MA, EMD Serono operates a fleet of 200 vehicles.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>11/20/09 - </b>The <b> Fayetteville Public Works Commission</b> selects Mercury to conduct an assessment of its fleet management activities including maintenance programs, internal service rates, and related processes.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/23/09 - Bell Canada</b> selects Mercury to conduct a fleet management optimization study and to define the requirements for the acquisition of a new fleet management information system. The company operates a fleet of approximately 12,000 vehicles.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>10/23/09 - </b>The <b> City of Philadelphia</b> selects Mercury to assist the Office of Fleet Management in evaluating its fleet management information system, defining fleet management-related key performance indicators, and developing a fleet renewal and replacement strategy for its fleet of more than 6,000 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">9/14/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury is awarded a contract with the <b>U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory</b>, operated by Battelle Energy Alliance in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The project includes a fleet operations review, motor pool study, fleet utilization and rightsizing study, lease versus buy analysis, and a vehicle replacement plan.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">9/9/09 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</span><span class="style2"> selects Mercury to develop a website for its Employee Relocation Resource Center (ERRC), assist with the selection and implementation of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software solution, and provide customized training services. GSA is a Federal agency that provides operational support services to virtually every department and agency in the U.S. Federal government. Mercury has served GSA for several years under a variety of short-term projects and long-term, onsite support services contracts.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/28/09 – </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Ft. Worth, Texas</b> engages Mercury to assess the competitiveness of its fleet services and to provide recommendations that will improve cost performance and service levels. Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas with a population of 720,250. Located in North Texas the City covers nearly 300 square miles; additionally, it includes Tarrant, Parker, and Denton counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/25/09 – </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Tacoma, Washington</b> selects Mercury to conduct an analysis of fleet utilization policies and assess opportunities to right-size the fleet. Tacoma is Washington state's third-largest city, with approximately 203,400 residents. Located at the base of Mount Rainier and along the shores of Commencement Bay, it is recognized as a business-oriented and progressive international city. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/21/09 – </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury is retained by <b> Plant City, Florida</b> to develop new solicitation documents for rebidding fleet maintenance services, which have been outsourced for many years. Plant City is located in Hillsborough County with a population of approximately 35,000 residents.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/6/09 -</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> The <b>Town of Exeter, New Hampshire</b> selects Mercury to review its fleet management operations. Mercury will study all fleet related activities with a focus on improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Exeter is a town in Rockingham County and maintains an estimated population of 15,000 residents. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/12/09 – </b>Mercury is selected by <b>Berks County, Pennsylvania</b> to develop a long-range fleet replacement plan and assess the benefits of alternative financing approaches. The project also includes analyzing the competitiveness of current in-house maintenance activities. Berks County is an urban area with a population of approximately 375,000, situated in southeastern Pennsylvania.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/1/09 – </b>The <b> City of Dunedin, Florida</b> engages Mercury to conduct a competitiveness assessment of fleet maintenance including assessing the costs or benefits of outsourcing some or all activities. Dunedin is a city with a population of approximately 37,000,located in Pinellas County.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/18/09 - Almajdouie Group</span><span class="style2">, a diversified manufacturing and services company that is a major provider of freight transportation, heavy lift, 3PL, and other services in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region retains Mercury Associates to develop and conduct a fleet management best practices training program for its senior executives.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/12/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury chosen to develop RFP and provide project management services to the <b> Government of Saskatchewan, Canada</b> in the selection and implementation of a new fleet management information system.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/8/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury selected to develop and host website and member portal for <b>a fleet management association serving the Rocky Mountain area</b> in the United States.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">6/8/09 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Chandler, Arizona</b> engages Mercury Associates to conduct a review of current fleet replacement practices. The study will include developing a funding mechanism to recover capital and operating costs from user departments. The City operates a fleet in excess of 700 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/18/09 - Toyota Tsusho America </b>engages Mercury to perform an optimal replacement analysis for its light duty fleet. The project includes development of replacement cycle guidelines based on real-world costs. Mercury conducted a similar study for the company in 2005. Toyota Tsusho America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, which was founded as a trading and supply-chain specialist of the Toyota Group. The company has evolved from a trader in a limited number of commodities and finished goods to a multi-business enterprise, combing international trading with an expansive range of domestically targeted functions such as supply-chain services, intermediate goods processing, etc.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/18/09 - </b>The <b> Yukon Territory Department of Highways and Public Transportation</b> selects Mercury Associates to conduct several projects aimed at improving the management of the Yukon Government fleet, including an evaluation of the Transportation Maintenance Branch’s fleet replacement planning, replacement revolving fund, and capital and operating cost charge-back practices; and a best practices assessment of the Fleet Vehicle Agency, which manages the most of the light-duty vehicles in the Government fleet.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/12/09 -</b> Mercury is selected by the <b>Government of Saskatchewan, Canada</b> to provide consulting services that include the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) and selection of a new fleet information system, project management for the selected system, and business process reengineering and industry best practice integration. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/2/09 - </b>The <b> City of Olympia, WA</b> Department of Public Works retains Mercury to assist it in developing and implementing a new cost charge-back system for its Fleet Operations Division. The principal goal of the project is to improve the transparency of, and accountability for, the costs of the Division’s fleet management and maintenance services. The scope of the project also includes updating the City’s fleet replacement plan and providing training to several employees in the use of Mercury’s CARCAP™ replacement planning and rate development software, which was licensed to the City in 2008.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/12/09 –</b> Mercury is engaged by <b>NISH</b> to assist with preparing for a fleet program inspection at Tinker Air Force Base. Fleet services at the base are provided by contract under the AbilityOne program, which is administered by NISH. Mercury consultants will conduct a pre-inspection and train staff on Air Force inspection requirements in advance of the official inspection.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/5/09 - </b>The <b> City of Wilmington, Delaware</b> retains Mercury to conduct a fleet rightsizing study. Like many other organizations with which we are working, the City is seeking ways to reduce the costs of its fleet without impairing the delivery of services to residents and taxpayers. Mercury also is currently conducting fleet rightsizing studies for the cities of Salt Lake, San Francisco, and Tampa.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>2/5/09 - </b>The <b> City of Boston Fire Department</b> selects Mercury to review and assess the soundness of its apparatus maintenance and repair practices in the wake of a ladder truck accident last month in which a veteran firefighter was killed.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>1/1/09 -</b> The <b> City of Vancouver</b> selects Tridata and Mercury to conduct a study of the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service. Mercury’s role in the project will focus on reviewing fleet management practices for VFRS, assessing opportunities to consolidate fire fleet services, and recommending an optimized fire fleet program structure to the City.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">12/23/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Seattle</b> selects Mercury to develop a comprehensive set of parts and fuel management procedures for its Fleet Services Division and to train employees in their use. The Division provides fleet management services to more than 4,000 City-owned vehicles and pieces of equipment.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/25/08 - Salt Lake City</span><span class="style2"> selects Mercury to develop a comprehensive strategy for implementing a more efficient and sustainable fleet. The scope of the study includes identifying opportunities to rightsize, renew, and reduce the costs of the current 2,300-unit fleet; conducting a cost-benefit study of the take-home use of City police cars; evaluating vehicle acquisition, operation, utilization, and other management processes that affect the impact of the fleet on the environment; and developing processes for incorporating vehicle-related environmental impact considerations in the development of methods for delivering City services.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/25/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>State of Utah Department of Natural Resources</b> engages Mercury to brief officials during the 2009 session of the State Legislature on the potential benefits of issuing a request for proposals for fleet leasing and management services for the Department’s fleet of 700 vehicles.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">11/25/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of San Antonio</b> expands the scope of its contract with Mercury to include an analysis of optimal replacement cycles for five key types of vehicles in the City’s fleet.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">10/28/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Tampa</b> retains Mercury Associates to conduct a fleet rightsizing and renewal study for its fleet of 3,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the project includes identifying opportunities to reduce the size and costs of the fleet, developing a fleet renewal and ongoing replacement program, and evaluating alternative capital financing programs.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/5/08 – </b>The <b> State of California </b>grants Mercury a multiple award schedule contract to provide fleet consulting services . The CMAS program, administered by the California Department of General Services, enables state agencies and local government jurisdictions to access Mercury’s services through a streamlined procurement with pre-established pricing based on our Federal GSA schedule.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>9/19/08 – </b>The <b> City of Midland, Michigan</b> engages Mercury to conduct a comprehensive assessment of its fleet management program with a focus on financial and Internal Service Fund management. Midland is the home of Dow Chemical and is located northwest of Detroit.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/13/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Wilmington, Delaware</b> retains Mercury to provide ongoing fleet and fleet maintenance contract management support services under a multi-year contract. The City of Wilmington is the largest municipality in the state and the largest on the Delmarva Peninsula with a population of approximately 75,000. Mercury has assisted several public and private organizations with the management of their vehicle and equipment operations in order to achieve greater efficiencies, cost control, and productivity.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/12/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City and County of San Francisco</b> selects Mercury to conduct the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of it fleet management and operating practices. The scope of the study also includes an analysis of opportunities to right-size and improve the sustainability of the City’s light-duty vehicle fleet.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/11/08 - Community Emergency Medical Services,</span><span class="style2"> a rapidly growing medical and non-medical transportation services company based in Southfield, MI, engages Mercury to review its fleet management and operating practices.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">8/8/08 - Mercury to conduct seminar in China</span><span class="style2">. Marcus Evans, the international events management and professional training firm, has engaged Mercury Associates president Paul Lauria to conduct its first-ever fleet management training program in China. Scheduled for September 4-5 in Shanghai, this seminar follows in the footsteps of seminars Paul has recently conducted for other organizations in Australia, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">7/30/08 – The County of Ventura, California</span><span class="style2"> selects Mercury to update recommendations from the study that the firm completed for the County in 2004. The current review will focus on financial management and asset management issues. Ventura County has a population of over 830,000 and is one of the more populous counties in the State of California.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/23/08 - U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</b> contracts with Mercury to continue providing onsite subject matter expertise and support to the Federal Acquisition Service Office of Travel and Transportation to realign relocation programs for Federal employees. Relocation benefits for Federal Government employees have been impacted by downturns in the mortgage and housing markets. Mercury will continue to assist GSA to implement bridge solutions to keep the Federal workforce mobile while working toward long-term, sustainable contracting and service delivery models. The current contract was awarded to Mercury via GSA Schedule 48 (Transportation Services) and extends through September 30, 2008; the contract includes two, one-year option periods through September 30, 2010.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>7/15/08 – </b>Mercury is selected by the <b>City of Clearwater, Florida</b> to conduct a rightsizing study for its fleet of 1,000 vehicles. Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is located on the highest coastal bluff in Florida. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Clearwater is over 108,000 residents.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">7/7/08 – The Jackson Health System</span><span class="style2">, an independent arm of Miami-Dade County, selects Mercury to develop a fleet maintenance outsourcing solution for its fleet of support vehicles. This project will include review of outsourcing alternatives and development of a RFP to secure vendor services. </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span class="style3">7/3/08 - </span> <span style="font-size: 11pt">The <b>City of Mountain Brook, Alabama</b>, a city in Metropolitan Birmingham, has engaged Mercury to complete a fleet management best practices review with an emphasis on alternative fuels, methods for lower fuel costs, fleet right sizing and enhancements to automation. In addition, City leadership is interested in ensuring operations are aligned with the expansion and renovation of the Public Works complex currently underway.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/20/08 - UGI Utilities, Inc.</b> of Reading, PA contracts with Mercury to prepare and distribute a Request for Proposal for vehicle acquisition and fleet management services. The project includes a review of current practices, development of analytical scoring tools and evaluation of the proposals submitted by various fleet management companies. Mercury will also assist UGI during the presentation of proposals by the top-rated suppliers.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/15/08 - SCT Performance, LLC</b>, of Orlando, Florida has retained Mercury to recruit a Vice President of Sales who will be tasked with expanding their business into the fleet market. This unique position will be responsible for seeking new business opportunities and managing the sales group as they company expands. SCT currently provides products to enhance engine operation on domestic vehicles through the use of proprietary software which can help increase mile-per gallon, control engine speed and acceleration, and idle time before engine shut-off.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>5/14/08 - Alyeska Pipeline Services Company</b>, which operates and maintains the 800 mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System, retains Mercury to conduct several fleet-related projects, including the development of a new internal fleet cost charge-back system; the development of a fleet renewal and replacement financing strategy; and the development and issuance of an RFP for fleet leasing and management services.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <span style="font-size: 11pt"><b>4/3/2008 - </b>Mercury is retained by the <b>City of Yonkers (NY)</b> 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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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's Facilities Management Department </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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12062007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12052007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-12042007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-11012007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10302007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10262007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10222007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10052007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/rss-10032007a.htm"> <font color="#000080" class="style3">read more ></font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="style3">9/27/07 - </span> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="style3">3/28/07 - City of San Antonio</span><span class="style2"> 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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="style3">3/27/07 - RAND Corporation</span><span class="style2"> 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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="style3">3/19/07 - </span> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span class="style3">3/12/07 -</span><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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial"><font class="style3">7/17/06 - </font> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font class="style3">1/20/05 - </font> <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; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font class="style3">1/19/06 – </font> <font style="font-size: 11pt">Mercury is retained by the <b>City of Rialto, California</b> to conduct an assessment of the City’s fleet operations. In addition to benchmarking the City’s business processes and costs against industry standards, this project also includes development of a detailed business plan to guide future operations.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font class="style3">1/12/06 – The University of California at Davis</font><font style="font-size: 11pt"> hires Mercury to provide technical assistance in researching best business practices and best technology solutions for managing fleet utilization. This project, which is funded in part through grants from <b>Caltrans (California Department of Transportation)</b>, will include extensive market research, industry surveys, a symposium for state transportation departments, and development of a detailed research report.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font class="style3">1/9/06 - Mercury Associates Opens Second Data Center in Seattle, Washington </font> <font class="style2">to accommodate surge in demand for application hosting and custom solution development services. The data center is located in a tier-1, Level (3) Communications facility, which is directly linked to the company’s data center in Houston, TX. The new facility will allow Mercury to provide its clients, ranging from the City of Palm Beach Gardens, FL to Fort Lewis US Army Base to General Motors, with real-time data replication and disaster recovery services. Learn more about Mercury's application hosting services.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify"> <font FACE="Arial" class="style2"> <img border="0" src="blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"></font></td> <td valign="top" style="word-spacing: 0; font-family: Arial; margin: 0; text-align:justify; text-indent:0" align="justify" class="style2"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font class="style3">1/3/06 - Polaris Wireless</font><font class="style2"> engages Mercury to explore the feasibility of contracting with fleet operators to perform specialized field data collection services. Silicon Valley-based Polaris is the only company in the US that employs a software-based system to update data used by cellular telephone companies to pinpoint 911 emergency caller locations as required by the FCC. Mercury will determine the feasibility of developing contracts with fleet operators, initially in Charleston, SC and New York City, to collect data on changes in wireless communication signals that are critical for determining these locations.</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="16"> <hr color="#0033CC"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="36"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="2">To learn more about these and other projects performed by our team of professional fleet consultants, please contact us at:</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="126"> <font face="Arial"> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> <font size="2">Mercury Associates, Inc.</font><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> <font size="2">Fleet Management Consulting Services</font><p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> <font size="2">16051 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