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15 /PRNewswire/ CPM Braxis, the largest BrazilianIT ser ices company, has announced that Jose Luiz Rossi has been named the irm's new CEO.Prior to joining CPM Braxis, Jose Luiz was responsible orIBM Global Business Ser ices in southwestern Europe, including TheNetherlands, rance, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Israel, Greece, among others.Jair Ribeiro, co- ounder o the company, will transition rom the role o CEOto Chairman o the newly created Board o Directors' Executi e Committee. Rossi holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering rom the ederalUni ersity o Rio de Janeiro (U RJ). ABOUT CPM BraxisCPM Braxis is the largest Brazilian IT ser ices and outsourcing companypro iding IT consulting, application de elopment and maintenance, so twareintegration and remote in rastructure support ser ices to global companies. With our mergers in the last two years, a 26 year track record o success, 12de elopment centers, and 5,400 pro essionals, CPM Braxis is a serious playerin the global IT ser ices market.In 2008, CPM Braxis' IT ser ices salesincreased 30 year-on-year, and despite the global economic slowdown, CPMBraxis estimates 15 o erall re enue growth or 2009.CPM Braxis' industry expertise spans inancial ser ices, telecom, consumergoods, manu acturing and retail.The company has the technical competence andpro en experience in most leading technologies, with special emphasis onCOBOL, CICS, Ja a, .NET, as well as Oracle and SAP plat orms.CPM Braxis isone o the irst Latin America based irms to quali y as a gold partner in theSAP Consulting Partner Program or North America, and was the 1st Brazilian ITser ices company to achie e CMMI 1.2 Le el 5 certi ication. Braxis i ian Bastos Jenkins, CPM Braxis, 1-212-717-8500,. LONDON(Business Wire) As Agent Bank, please be ad ised o the ollowing rate determined on: 15/01/09Issue Links inance Corporation -Series 155 - GBP 25,000,000 RNDue 15 Apr 2009ISIN Number XS0295741978ISIN Re erence 029574197 Issue Nomin GBP 25,000,000Period 15/01/09 to Payment15/04/09Date 15/04/09Number o Days 90Rate 2.26625Denomination GBP 100,000 25,000,000 Amount Payable per Denomination 558.80 139,700.34 Bank o New YorkRate ix DeskTelep 44 1202 hone 689580Corporate Trust Ser ices acsi 44 1202mile 689601 Links inance Corporation Copyright Business Wire 2009. SALT LAKE CITY(Business Wire)Raser Technologies (NYSE: RZ), a Utah-based geothermal de elopment company, willhelp pro ide research assistance as Salt Lake City and the State o Utahconsider the iability o low-temperature geothermal electrical generation. The e ort is part o the recent announcement by the City to de elop geothermalprojects to help meet renewable energy goals and quali y or unding rom theproposed Obama stimulus plan.

The City and the State are looking to de elop a project that will generatecost-competiti e electricity that can meet their own energy needs. I theinitial project is success ul, others may ollow and thereby extend the bene itso clean renewable geothermal energy to the residents o Salt Lake and the Stateo Utah. On its part, the City is considering the project to take ad antage o President-elect Barack Obamas stimulus package, which requires "sho el ready"projects that can begin within six months. The City belie es its geothermalresources can be de eloped rapidly using new technology to erect a geothermalpower plant in as little as six months. De elopment o geothermal resources whether locally ornationally o ers the opportunity to stimulate economic de elopment and promotea Utah-based technology. Raser will help in assessing the scale and the scope o resources in Salt LakeCity.

The Company is at the ore ront o geothermal de elopment in the UnitedStates. The City o Anaheim, Cali ornia, has already contracted to purchasepower rom the irst phase o Rasers new geothermal plant near Bea er, Utah.The company currently has eight projects in de elopment in the Western U.S anda project in Indonesia. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, a longtime ad ocate o clean energy,commented, "With geothermal power, we ha e an opportunity to bring theen ironmental and economic bene its o renewable energy directly to theresidents o Salt Lake. This e ort has the potential to make Salt Lake anational leader in energy independence while utilizing a local renewable energysource that is right here under our eet." Jason Perry, executi e director o the Utah Go ernors O ice o EconomicDe elopment, welcomed the possibility o geothermal generation in Utah.