Pittsburgh, PA, and Cincinnati, OH (August 14, 2008). Business Growth Alliance, LLC (BGA) is pleased to announce that The Malibu Group, a leading Midwest Region investment banking firm serving middle market companies, has joined BGA’s growing network of Affiliates. BGA has appointed Mr. Peter Kubasek to the BGA Affiliate Advisory Board.

The Malibu Group, founded in 1997 in Malibu, CA, then relocated to Cincinnati, OH, is a mergers and acquisitions consulting firm that helps owners of mid-size businesses buy, sell, value, and improve the financial strategies of their companies. The Malibu Group offers unique, specialized expertise in the mergers and acquisitions process including helping companies identify better transaction partners, reach smarter deal decisions, negotiate more favorable agreements and achieve greater value. Mr. Kubasek, Founder and Managing Partner, The Malibu Group said, “The Malibu Group is excited to join BGA, which shares common goals to provide growth advisory, buy-side and sell-side representation to quality family-owned and closely held middle market companies throughout the United States.”

BGA, founded in 2005, is an expanding national alliance of growth advisory and investment banking firms dedicated to providing services to controlling owners of family-owned and closely held middle market businesses. BGA has assembled a strategic mix of market leading firms, which collaborate on client matters, share back office data platforms, and research and business performance analytical tools to provide advisory and transactional services to clients throughout the United States. BGA is currently comprised of thirteen Affiliate Member Firms, with offices in 20 cities throughout the USA, and aggregating a professional team, which by year-end 2008 is expected to be approaching 300 professionals.

Manning J. O’Connor II, Executive Director of Business Growth Alliance, LLC said, “BGA continues to grow and be made stronger by the very welcome addition of The Malibu Group.” Mr. O’Connor added, “The Malibu Group understands the needs of family-owned and closely held middle market business owners, especially owners that need help identifying solutions for complex strategic or financial issues.” Additionally, Mr. O’Connor added, “The Malibu Group’s specialized industry expertise in manufacturing, consumer goods, technology, automotive and healthcare will help better meet the needs of BGA’s family-owned and closely held middle market business owner clients in those industries.”

“The addition of The Malibu Group helps ensure the success, unique capabilities and national scope of BGA,” said Francois M. de Visscher, Co-Chairman of BGA. “The Malibu Group ‘s strong track record in the middle-market , its unwavering commitment to the success of its clients and its pursuit of high quality advice is completely in line with BGA’s mission statement “, he added .

“The Malibu Group is a valuable addition to BGA, as we continue to add new clients and expand staff to meet the growing business needs of the middle market,” said James C. Bly, Jr., Co-Chairman of BGA. “With an Affiliate practice now located in Cincinnati, OH, BGA has significantly expanded its capacity to provide expert transactional and industry-specific growth advice that enhances the value to its middle market clients,” he said.

ABOUT BGA

Business Growth Alliance, LLC (BGA) (www.bgallc.net) believes that family-owned and closely held middle market businesses are materially important contributors to the betterment of regional economies and the social fabric within communities. BGA has carefully selected and organized a National Affiliate Network of seasoned, professional services firms, which are dedicated to providing growth advisory and investment banking services to middle market and family-owned companies and their principals. In addition to their core growth advisory and investment banking services, BGA Member Firms collaborate to address the Three Cornerstones that are needed by most successful middle market companies: Growing Business Value, Managing Capital and Liquidity, and Perfecting Governance and Control. The thirteen current Affiliate Members of BGA include: de Visscher & Co.; Source Companies, LLC; FOCUS, LLC; JD Ford & Company; The Malibu Group; yet2.com; The Pursuit Group; Tenzing Consulting; Alliance Cost Containment; Value Defined Middle Market, LLC; ASHER|Global Leaders in Sales Strategies; US China Business Solutions, Inc; and Herbein Consulting, Inc.

ABOUT THE MALIBU GROUP

The Malibu Group is a mergers and acquisitions consulting firm that helps owners of mid-size businesses buy, sell, value, and improve the financial strategies of their companies. They supplement the invaluable advice of attorneys and accountants with unique, specialized expertise in the deal process, helping companies identify better transaction partners, reach smarter deal decisions, negotiate more favorable agreements and achieve greater value. The Malibu Group has an unwavering commitment to conduct business in a principled manner. They are hard-working, responsive and completely committed to their clients' success ... they are on your side. For more information about the Malibu Group’s services, visit www.themalibugroup.com.

For further information, please contact:

Manning J. O’Connor II
Executive Director, Business Growth Alliance, LLC
Telephone (724)-933-6650
Email: moconnor@bgallc.net