Netik Appoints John Mason as COO

NEW YORK, August 2, 2010 - Netik LLC, a global leading provider of financial data management and
reporting services and products, announced today the appointment of John
Mason to the role of Chief Operating Officer. He will sit on Netik's
executive management team reporting directly to Rob Flatley, CEO and
President of Netik LLC.

Mason will assume responsibility for the direct management of the
company's day to day global operations, as well as the strategic and
operational leadership of Netik's sales department. His focus will be to
expand Netik's drive into its key market areas of delta one trading data,
managed reference data services and data warehousing. The role will also see
Mason taking responsibility for the company's employees and clients across
Netik's centers in Asia, Europe, Middle East, South Africa and North America.

"The addition of Mason to Netik's executive team demonstrates how serious
Netik is in attracting high quality, experienced staff as it continues to
expand. I know he will apply his distinct set of skills and significant
experience in financial services to focus and drive the company's performance
forward," says Rob Flatley, CEO and President of Netik LLC.

Mason comes to Netik most recently from Smartstream where he was CEO of
DClear Utilities and responsible for running the division's drive toward
utility based industry solutions, having previously been UK Managing Director
responsible for sales and services for Smartstream's range of financial
solutions. Prior to joining Smartstream, he worked for Capco Reference Data
Services (CRDS) as the Managing Director responsible for the EMEA region
providing managed services and utility based offerings to the financial
services industry. Prior to that, he held senior management positions with
software solutions providers such as BCS Plc, Aleri and GoldenSource
(formerly FTI).

About Netik

Netik is a global provider to the securities industry of financial data
management and reporting services and products with operations in Asia,
Europe, Middle East, South Africa and North America. As a growing and
expanding company, Netik seeks to increase the sophistication and calibre of
what it produces, as well as provide limitless services that bring together
people, product, well-honed process and proven technology in the delivery of
leading financial data management. Netik's data management products include
Netik Global Securities Master, Netik GSMA(SM), a reference data managed
service, Netik InterView(TM) a data warehouse for the storage of holistic
financial data and Netik Information Portal(SM) to visualize and report on
data. These Netik solutions sit at the heart of investment and securities
operations at many of the world's leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Wealth
Managers, Private Banks, Prime Brokers, Fund Administrators, Custodians,
Investment Operations Outsourcing providers and Investment Banks. For more
information please visit www.netik.com

Netik Media Inquiries: Paul Bowhay / Claudia Coleman, Tel: +44(0)20-7438-1100, netik at cognitomedia.com