Additional Senior Professionals Join Harris Williams & Co. Ltd's London Office as Part of its European Expansion

LONDON and RICHMOND, Virginia, January 21 - Harris Williams & Co. Ltd announces the hire of Redvers Norrie
and Francois Morin as senior professionals in its London office, which opened
in December as part of its international expansion to serve the middle
market. The firm anticipates increased global M&A activity throughout 2010
with cross-border deal activity continuing to rise. In December alone, Harris
Williams & Co. closed 12 transactions, and nearly half of its 2009 strategic
acquisition assignments were cross-border with buyers around the world
spanning North America, Europe and Asia.

Norrie joins the firm having previously worked at Deutsche
Bank in both London and Sydney advising clients on a wide variety of
assignments, including public and private divestments and acquisitions,
public takeover defence, fairness opinions, acquisition debt and equity
financing and strategic advisory assignments. Norrie has extensive
cross-border experience across Europe, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, and across
a wide range of industries such as technology, telecom and media, energy and
power, and industrials amongst others.

Morin joins the firm from The Blackstone Group having
represented clients on numerous advisory and capital-raising assignments
focused primarily in the technology industry including mergers and
acquisitions, private placements, initial public offerings, board advisory,
and restructuring assignments. Morin's previous experience also includes work
at UBS Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank and his industry experience spans
the software, digital media and information technology services sectors.

"Red and Francois are outstanding additions to our team," said
Thierry Monjauze, managing director and head of Harris Williams & Co. Ltd's
London office. "They each bring deep sector expertise and strong advisory
capabilities, which will be highly valued by our international client base."

"Having such a talented team of seasoned professionals in
London provides significant momentum to the international expansion of our
platform," said Chris Williams, co-founder of Harris Williams & Co. "We will
continue to recruit high calibre professionals throughout 2010 to enhance our
European advisory practice."

Harris Williams & Co. Ltd is the U.K. affiliate of Harris
Williams & Co., one of the largest and most reputable U.S. middle market
advisors with a 20 year legacy in mergers and acquisitions. The firm, focused
exclusively on the middle market, serves clients worldwide across a broad
range of industries by providing sell side and acquisition advisory,
restructuring advisory, board advisory, private placements and capital
markets advisory services. Harris Williams & Co. (
www.harriswilliams.com) is a member of The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a global diversified financial services
organization.

Investment banking services are provided by Harris Williams LLC, a
registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, and Harris Williams &
Co. Ltd, an Appointed Representative of Sturgeon Ventures LLP, which is
Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority or FSA. Harris
Williams & Co. is a trade name under which Harris Williams LLC and Harris
Williams & Co. Ltd conduct business in the US and Europe, respectively.

For further information, please contact:

Smithfield: John Kiely/ Elaine Bartleet/ Will Henderson
+44(0)20-7360-4900;

Harris Williams & Co.: Kimberly Baker +1-804-762-4306

For further information, please contact: Smithfield: John Kiely/ Elaine Bartleet/ Will Henderson
+44(0)20-7360-4900; Harris Williams & Co.: Kimberly Baker +1-804-762-4306