Macquarie Research Announces Hire in Software Coverage

Macquarie Securities, the institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group (“Macquarie”) (ASX:MQG; ADR:MQBKY), today announced the appointment of Sarah Hindlian as Senior Vice President covering Enterprise Software and Services.

Ms. Hindlian has 15 years of experience in Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT). She began her career at Goldman Sachs, where she spent eight years in various technology-sector and equities trading capacities before she joined R Suite, an early stage cloud computing start-up, as Chief Operating Officer in 2008. More recently, she spent four years at JP Morgan as the TMT On-Desk Analyst before joining the Research Team at Brean Capital where she covered Software & Internet. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2001 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Economics, and a concentration from MIT’s Sloan School of Business.

Christine Farkas, Managing Director and Head of US Equity Research said: “Sarah’s background combines deep analytical expertise in TMT equities with industry and operational experience. Her appointment brings a diversified skill set that will complement our existing TMT team and provide unique industry insights to Macquarie’s clients.”

Globally coordinated with counterparts in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, Macquarie Securities’ TMT research team covers the IT services, IT hardware, enterprise IT and data center infrastructure, internet, semiconductor, software, telecommunications, cable, satellite, media, radio, and advertising sectors. Macquarie is the presenting sponsor of the Montgomery Summit, a leading conference held in Santa Monica, CA, focused on emerging growth companies in the Internet, mobile, IT and media sectors.

About Macquarie Group

Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Macquarie’s main business focus is making returns by providing a diversified range of services to clients. Macquarie acts on behalf of institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties around the world. Founded in 1969, Macquarie operates in more than 70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie employs approximately 13,500 people and has assets under management of more than $353 billion (as of September 30, 2015).

Macquarie Securities Group operates as a global institutional securities house covering sales, research, ECM, execution and derivatives activities, and offers full-service cash equities in Australia, Asia, South Africa and Canada with specialized offerings in the US and Europe. Macquarie Securities Group operates in the US as Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., a member of FINRA and SIPC. Further information can be found at http://www.macquarie.com/us/corporate/research.

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