XMS Capital Partners, LLC (“XMS”) has announced the hiring of Scott P. George as Managing Director in its Chicago office. Mr. George possesses a rare combination of investment banking and corporate development skills that will augment XMS’ core mission of delivering objective, value added advice and custom tailored solutions to help clients achieve their strategic goals.

“Scott brings to XMS a proven track record in investment banking, a long history of building and managing investment banking practices and recent experience as a senior corporate development executive at a NYSE-listed public company. We are thrilled to have Scott join our team,” said Ted Brombach and John “Yogi” Spence, Co-Founding Partners of XMS. “Joining an entrepreneurial, high quality firm like XMS will enable me to resume working with several people who I have known and respected since we worked together at Morgan Stanley. I am excited to help the firm as it continues to serve its clients well and successfully expand its footprint,” added Mr. George.

Prior to joining XMS, Mr. George was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development for Hillenbrand, Inc., a $1.8 billion in revenue NYSE-listed global company. Previous to helping transform Hillenbrand into a global diversified industrial company, Mr. George built the Chicago office of PMCF, LLC, the investment banking division of Plante Moran.

About XMS Capital Partners

XMS Capital Partners, established in 2006, is an independent, financial services firm providing M&A, corporate advisory and asset management services to clients globally. It has offices in Chicago, London and Dublin.

XMS provides Involvement Banking^TM, which goes beyond transaction oriented investment banking and focuses on providing objective, value added advice and custom tailored solutions to help clients achieve their strategic goals. It consistently creates value for its clients by giving them access to comprehensive, independent M&A, strategic advisory, financial restructuring, capital structure advisory and private capital advisory expertise. For more information, please visit www.xmscapital.com.

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“MDP”), a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, announced that it has engaged industry leader John Lewis as an Executive Partner in pursuit of attractive investment opportunities for MDP’s funds across the information services landscape. In particular, Mr. Lewis, who most recently served as Global President of Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE:NLSN), will assist MDP in identifying and developing businesses with differentiated capabilities in data and business analytics.

Mr. Lewis has a proven track record of achievement over a multi-year career spanning a variety of business situations, including globally scaled businesses, start-ups and turnarounds. Most recently, in his capacity as Global President of Nielsen, he oversaw Nielsen’s global “Buy” business and its ex-North America “Watch” business, which comprised approximately two-thirds of Nielsen’s more than $6 billion of annual revenue during his tenure. In addition, Mr. Lewis completed and successfully integrated more than 10 strategic acquisitions while at Nielsen.

Mr. Lewis has also joined MDP’s TMT Services Advisory Group, which comprises outside industry executives who assist MDP with identifying new investment opportunities and generating value for MDP’s funds within existing investments. MDP leverages the expertise of this and other industry-specific advisory groups to supplement and enhance its investment strategy across each of its industry areas of focus. These advisory groups have provided MDP with direct introductions to target companies and management teams, unique insights on sector trends, due diligence assistance and post-investment value enhancement support.

About Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (MDP), based in Chicago, is a leading private equity investment firm in the United States. Since MDP’s formation in 1992, the firm has raised seven funds with aggregate capital of approximately $23 billion and has completed approximately 130 investments. MDP is currently investing out of its most recent fund, $4.4 billion MDCP Fund VII, in businesses across a broad spectrum of industries, including telecom, media and technology (TMT) services; basic industries; business and government services; consumer; financial and transaction services; and health care. For more information, please visit http://www.mdcp.com.