Page Perry Assists Triad Advisors With Merger

Page Perry announced today (8/13/08) that it has assisted its client, Triad Advisors, Inc., in completing a merger with Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc.   Page Perry Partners Daniel I. MacIntyre and J. Steven Parker represented Triad in connection with the merger.

Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, Triad is a full service broker/dealer and investment advisor, registered with FINRA and the SEC.  Triad has approximately 380 registered representatives and investment advisory representatives nationwide and 9 billion dollars in client assets.  Triad generated consolidated revenues of approximately 60 million dollars in its fiscal year end of December 31, 2007.  Following the merger, Mark Mettelman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Triad, and the rest of Triad’s management team, will continue to operate Triad as a stand-alone business based out of its Norcross, Georgia headquarters.

Ladenburg Thalmann is a public company included in the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices.  It is engaged in retail and institutional securities brokerage, investment banking, research and asset management services through its subsidiary, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc.  Founded in 1876 and a New York Stock Exchange Member since 1879, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. is a full service investment banking and brokerage firm providing services principally for middle market and emerging growth companies and high net worth individuals.  Ladenburg Thalmann also owns two leading independent broker/dealers:  Investacorp, Inc., headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida and now, as a result of the merger, Triad Advisors.