“Prestige just announced record sales and profits in large part due to our increased investments in marketing and promotion,” stated Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Tim Connors. “In order to partner and grow our Core OTC brands with our customers, we need to provide promotional recommendations that deliver against our agreed upon goals. TABS Promo Advantage is the service that provides us the best capability to do that.”

TABS Promo Advantage is an Excel-based solution that includes TABS PromoMaster software for instant sales and profit analysis of trade promotion events and full account P&L’s. Additionally, it will include the TABS Promotion Planner that provides top-down, corporate goal setting and bottom-up, account-level promotional planning. Finally the TABS Trade Promotion Optimizer utilizes the modeling expertise of TABS CEO and Founder, Dr. Kurt Jetta, to provide specific recommendations for promotional timing and tactics by account and brand. TABS Group is partnering with Hybrid Intelligence of Shelton, CT (www.hybridintelligence.com) on the development of the TABS Promo Advantage Software.

“We are gratified that Prestige Brands has shown the confidence in us to lead this important initiative,” commented Dr. Jetta. “They are a perfect partner for us with this service, as they place a high priority on operational efficiency and speed-to-market. Consistent with that approach we expect full implementation of this service within four months. Since the software is developed with an Excel background and utilizes Cloud based technology we anticipate there will be minimal IT or training barriers in getting full compliance within the organization.”

“TABS Group has done some great work for us in the past in the areas of Category Management and ad-hoc analytics,” commented Bill Maher, Vice President of Sales Planning at Prestige Brands. “Therefore, we have confidence that they will maintain their superior service with this offering. From what we’ve seen so far we can’t wait to get our hands on these tools.”

About TABS Group, Inc.

TABS Group, based in Shelton, CT, is a technology-enabled analytics firm that has been in business since 1998. Its mission is to simplify and improve the way analytics are conducted in the Consumer Products industry. Their primary service offerings are TABS CatMan Advantage™, an outsourced Category Management solution, TABS WorldView™, a global business intelligence tool, and TABS Promo Advantage, a software and consulting service that helps companies measure, plan and optimize trade spending.

The entire report can be viewed here: http://www.mobileiron.com/en/analyst-report/gartner-2013-report-magic-quadrant-mobile-device-management-software.

According to the report, “Interest and adoption in mobile device management continues to grow at a fast rate, with companies looking for enterprise security and mobile optimization and enablement. Strong offerings go beyond policy to support enterprise mobile management.”

“Customer success through focus and innovation is the heartbeat of MobileIron,” said Bob Tinker, CEO, MobileIron. “We believe our position in the Leaders Quadrant recognizes our ability to establish a strong vision for enterprise mobility and earn the trust of our customers on their journeys to becoming Mobile First organizations. To do this, we have built a Mobile IT platform that scales globally, innovates rapidly, and deploys easily both in the cloud and on-premise.”

Mobile First Customer Journey

Mobile First organizations embrace mobility as their primary IT platform in order to transform their businesses and increase their competitiveness. The Mobile First Customer Journey has three steps. The first step is migrating to the new generation of mobile smartphones and tablets and adopting ownership models like BYOD without sacrificing enterprise security or employee privacy. The second step is moving beyond email to mobile apps and content. The third step is driving true business transformation through the creation of new user experiences and business models that are only possible through mobile. MobileIron’s mission is to power this revolutionary Mobile First transformation.

Mobile First Platform Innovation

Mobile user requirements and technologies evolve rapidly. The extensibility of the MobileIron platform( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/solutions/platform-mobile-it ) led to the development and delivery of several unique solutions over the last year:

– MobileIron was named Best Enterprise Mobile Service( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/company/press-room/press-releases/mobileiron-wins-gsma-award-best-enterprise-mobile-service-mobile ) at the 2013 GSMA Mobile World Congress for its ability to separate business apps, content, and policies into an enterprise persona that can be managed separately from personal data.

– MobileIron AppConnect( http://www.mobileiron.com/products/appconnect ) was the first app containerization solution to provide dynamic policies and tunneling through both an SDK and app wrapper.

– MobileIron App Delivery Network( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/solutions/app-delivery ) was the first app provisioning solution to allow the delivery of in-house enterprise apps to thousands of users without increased internal network load or download latency.

– MobileIron Docs@Work( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/solutions/enterprise-solutions/mobile-content-management/product-overview ) was the first mobile DLP solution to stop the loss of email attachments in the native mobile email user experience.

– MobileIron VSP V5( http://www.mobileiron.com/solutions/platform-mobile-it ) was the first on-premise mobile management appliance to be scale-tested( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/whitepaper/real-world-scale-mobile-it-nine-core-performance-requirements ) for 100,000 fully-configured mobile devices on a single server.

– MobileIron Connected Cloud( http://www.mobileiron.com/products/deployment-options/trust ) was the first mobile management cloud service to both complete a SOC 2 Type I assessment and provide full operational service transparency.

– MobileIron was granted the patents for mobile application management (U.S. Patent Number 8,359,016( http://www.google.com/patents/US8359016 )) and mobile activity intelligence (U.S. Patent Number 8,340,633( http://www.google.com/patents/US8340633 )).

Mobile First Business Scale

Mobile First is a global phenomenon and requires software vendors to be able to scale their businesses rapidly while providing the highest levels of customer service.

– The largest companies in the world are going mobile, with 8 of the top 10 automotive manufacturers, 7 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, 5 of the top 10 banks, 5 of the top 10 law firms, and 4 of the top 10 retailers in the world choosing MobileIron as their Mobile IT platform.

– The overall MobileIron customer base( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/customers/mobileiron-customers ) is now almost 5,000 enterprises.

– The MobileIron global partner network( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/partners/partner-overview ) now includes over 10,000 sales and support staff trained on the MobileIron platform. This ecosystem allows the MobileIron business to scale rapidly while providing customers the local support they require.

– As a result of this global reach, almost 50% of the MobileIron customer base is now outside North America.

– MobileIron customer support satisfaction( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/company/contact-us/customer-support ) exceeds 95% as a result of extensive investments in support personnel, MobileIron University( http://www.mobileiron.com/en/resources/mobileiron-university ), and best practice development.

*Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software” by Phillip Redman, John Girard, Terrence Cosgrove, Monica Basso, May 23, 2013. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About MobileIron

The leader in security and management for mobile apps, documents, and devices, MobileIron’s mission is to enable global companies to become Mobile First organizations, embracing mobility as their primary IT platform in order to transform their businesses and increase their competitiveness. Recognized by IDC as the fastest growing mobile enterprise management vendor in the world, MobileIron provides the scalable architecture, rapid innovation, and best practices for global companies to transform into Mobile First organizations. Leading global companies use MobileIron as the foundation for their Mobile First initiatives, including 8 of the top 10 automotive manufacturers, 7 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, 5 of the top 10 banks, 5 of the top 10 law firms, and 4 of the top 10 retailers. For more information, please visit www.mobileiron.com.

House Bill 1223 (“H.B. 1223″) by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Harvey Hilderbran (R-Kerrville) passed Friday after Hilderbran told the House that he was willing to accept two important changes that the Senate made to the bill:

1. The Senate increased the minimum capital investment required to qualify for the exemption. Under the finally agreed upon version, only projects involving a capital investment of at least $200 million may qualify for a ten-year sales tax exemption, while those having a $250 million capital investment may qualify for a 15-year exemption. Hilderbran had proposed a lower threshold: $150 million for a ten-year exemption and $200 million for a 15-year exemption.
2. The Senate also defined a qualifying data center to require that the center be used by a single occupant.

If the bill is signed, the sales and use tax exemption will become effective on September 1, 2013 and apply to personal property that is necessary and essential to operate a qualified data center, including electricity; an electrical system; a cooling system; an emergency generator; hardware or a distributed mainframe computer or server; a data storage device; network connectivity equipment; a rack, cabinet, and raised floor system; a peripheral component or system; software; and any other equipment or system necessary to operate qualified property, including a fixture; and a component part of any qualified property.

The exemption specifically does not apply to office equipment or supplies, maintenance or janitorial supplies or equipment, equipment or supplies used primarily in sales activities or transportation activities, property on which the purchaser has received or has a pending application for an enterprise zone refund, personal property not otherwise exempted that becomes an improvement to real property, equipment rented or leased for a year or less, or a taxable service that is performed on property exempted by the bill.

To be eligible for the exemption, the data center owner, operator, or occupant must jointly or independently:

• Meet the required capital investment requirement, and
• Create at least 20 full-time permanent jobs that pay at least 120% of the average weekly wage in the county in which the job is located. The jobs must be maintained for five years.

Other important requirements include:

• The Comptroller of Public Accounts (“Comptroller”) must pre-approve a qualifying data center, owner, operator, or occupant. The Comptroller will issue registration numbers for use in claiming the exemption.
• The exemption begins on the date the registration number is issued and expires in either 10 or 15 years, depending on the amount of capital investment.
• No investments made or jobs created prior to September 1, 2013 would count toward the eligibility criteria.
• Each applicant for the exemption must certify to the Comptroller that it will meet the job creation and investment requirements within a five-year period that begins on the date the Comptroller certifies the applicant’s right to participate.

Further, data centers that have property tax abatement agreements under Tax Code Chapter 313 are not eligible for the sales tax exemption.

About Ryan
Ryan is an award-winning global tax services firm, with the largest indirect tax practice in North America and the seventh largest corporate tax practice in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides a comprehensive range of state, local, federal, and international tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including audit defense, tax recovery, credits and incentives, tax process improvement and automation, tax appeals, tax compliance, and strategic planning. Ryan is a three-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multi-disciplinary team of more than 1,600 professionals and associates serves over 9,000 clients in 40 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at www.ryan.com.

Access to sensitive data and inconsistent security make mobile devices enticing targets for attackers. Security threats to mobile devices can be a challenge for organizations of every size. Whether a device is provided by an employer or for personal use, data leakage, malware, theft, and mobile device attacks are a problem. Those charged with securing mobile devices and data must understand the vulnerabilities and threats, platforms, encryption, and the security tools offered by the major vendors. The GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst (GMOB) certification ensures that your security professionals know, and can mitigate, the risks to your environment presented by mobile devices.

The new GMOB certification indicates that an information security professional understands mobile device penetration testing and the ability to perform a security analysis of mobile applications. In addition, this person can apply security policies, including Bring Your Own Device “BYOD” policies, in a mobile environment. The GMOB also covers mobile device architecture, operating systems, security features, and mitigation against common vulnerabilities and security threats. The GMOB certification assures candidates are aware of common methods used to attack mobile devices, including jailbreaking, rooting, sidejacking, and web application attacks, and techniques to protect mobile devices, including configuration management and encryption.

GIAC is offering an early registration option for the GMOB. The certification attempt will be available October 1, 2013. To learn more, or to register, please visit: http://www.giac.org/info/130847

About GIAC
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) is a certification body featuring over 20 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. GIAC has certified over 49,000 IT security professionals since it was founded in 1999. The GIAC program is accredited under the IEC/ISO/ANSI 17024 quality standard for certifying bodies. GIAC is an affiliate of the SANS Institute. (www.GIAC.org)

“Peanut Butter, Jelly & Kung Fu Sandwich” represents the first three chapters of a longer saga and is the result of a Kansas City-based collaboration between illustrator/Kid Rocket Inc. founder Jason Bays and the digital design and app publishing/development team at Propaganda3.

As an immersive children’s application for the iPad, Kung Fu Robot combines an original storyline, art, animation and a full soundtrack composed by local Kansas Citian Noel Selders (Substream Music and Sound Design, Quixotic). This interactive experience includes a soundboard that allows users to mix “nunchuck attacks” and “kung fu splats” against a breakdown of beats. Kids can also play the role of the story’s hero with the “Whack-A-Ninja” mini-game, bashing android ninjas with a broom as they pop out of kitchen drawers and cabinets.

“Regardless of the audience, our craft must be both our first and final focal point,” says Propaganda3 founder/CEO Cello Vergara. “Yet designing digital experiences for kids is really demanding. They have very refined tastes when it comes to what’s cool and high expectations for what is entertaining.”

Kung Fu Robot came from creator Jason Bays‘ desire to further fuel a passion for reading among his own children.

“While the concept has been in my head for a number of years, the story itself has always been evolving,” Bays says. “It’s the most important piece to get right. Ultimately, reading should be fun. When presented with the idea, the team at Propaganda3 instantly understood that need. That made it easy to trust them with an idea that’s deeply personal to me.”

For more information about Kung Fu Robot and to download the app, visit KungFuRobot.com.

About Propaganda3
For nearly 12 years, Propaganda3 has been an interactive production studio for the leaders of the advertising, marketing and design industries. With a focus on the craft behind digital and a strong pedigree in gaming and experiential design, “P3″ has also embraced a new future with a turn towards mobile app development for both the iOS and Android platforms. The P3 team is a meld of skilled developers, designers and producers whose fusion offers both clients and partners premium properties that tell dynamic and effective stories. For more information, visit Propaganda3.com.

Chapters will be released on a weekly basis with expandable sections and video interviews. Contributors to the book include: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson; Fiona Stang, Chip’s first yoga instructor; Baron Baptiste, founder of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga; and Tom Stemberg, founder and former CEO of Staples.

whil is a content portal, online community, and lifestyle brand for professionals seeking new ways to embrace the chaos of everyday life and set achievable goals for themselves. Through a 60-second meditation technique, whil encourages you to power down, power up and power forward. Chip’s book allows people to learn about his past and join him and his wife, Shannon Wilson, as they embark on this new adventure of whil.

“Whil is a brand about nothing. But in that nothingness exists infinite possibility,” says Chip. “I hope that, through reading this book, you’ll see how committing to powering down, ‘getting present’ and powering back up again will help turn dreams into reality.”

About whil

It all starts with the dot. Founded by lululemon founders Chip and Shannon Wilson, whil is an online resource to bring personal goals and intentions to fulfillment through a meditative approach to life. Chip and Shannon have created the whil brand around a powerful tool for living in the most data-intensive era in the history of humankind: a meditation technique that not only conveniently fits into our busy, hyper-connected lives but enables us to live those lives with more control, more productivity, more creativity, more serenity and more joy than most of us had thought possible. The intersection of will and where can be found at whil.com.

About Chip Wilson

Chip Wilson is a businessman and entrepreneur who has founded several retail apparel companies, most notably yoga-inspired athletic apparel company lululemon. Chip founded his first retail apparel company, Westbeach Snowboard Ltd., in 1979. The pioneer venture sold apparel targeted at the emerging surf, skate, and snowboard markets. He went on to sell Westbeach in 1997 and founded lululemon in 1998. In 2004, Chip was named Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation and Marketing by Ernst & Young.

Here is a link to the spring/summer issue: http://www.mofo.com/files/Uploads/Images/130521-MoFoTech-Spring-Summer-2013.pdf.

The current issue’s cover story offers an in-depth look at how President Obama’s second term is likely to play out for the technology industry – from the appointment of the country’s first chief technology officer to the president’s call to reverse government spending cuts on research and development, as well as legislative and regulatory efforts to prevent a destabilizing cyberattack on the nation.

Since its launch in 2009, MoFo Tech is one of the only magazines to focus on the intersection of law and technology. Written by prominent business and tech journalists, MoFo Tech has won the Custom Publishing Council’s Pearl Award four years running and was named “Best New Magazine” in its class. Its readership has grown each year and now surpasses 20,000, which primarily includes C-level executives and general counsel at many of the country’s top tech and life sciences companies. MoFo Tech is also distributed at major airport executive lounges.

Last year, MoFo added an online companion with the launch of the MoFo Tech Blog (www.mofotechblog.com), offering each issue digitally, with updates on stories and additional content. MoFo Tech can also be followed on Twitter, @MoFoTech, and on the firm’s mobile app, MoFo2Go, available on iPhone and iPad through Apple’s App Store.

The magazine also arrives on the heels of a new survey jointly conducted by Morrison & Foerster and leading technology market intelligence firm 451 Research, which explored M&A trends in the tech sector. The M&A Leaders Survey is designed to take the pulse of tech industry insiders on the dealmaking market, and represents the views of nearly 200 investment bankers, venture capitalists, financial advisers and senior executives. Read the full report here: http://www.mofo.com/files/Uploads/Images/130510-451-Survey-Results.pdf.

“Our technology practice has long been one of the cornerstones of the firm, and it’s from this strong foundation that MoFo Tech was created,” said Tessa Schwartz co-chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions Group and one of the partners in charge of the magazine. “We’ve been extremely pleased at the penetration of MoFo Tech among so many key decision makers in the industry – especially as we continue to make our content available on digital platforms.”

“There is really no other publication like it,” said Morrison & Foerster intellectual property litigator Michael Jacobs, a partner who also directs the magazine’s content. “Each issue gets richer in terms of news, analysis, trend-watching and thought leadership.”

Among some of the other topics covered in the new issue of MoFo Tech:

• The recent rise of 3-D printing has opened up the ability to digitally build intricate objects such as heavy machinery, aircraft components and replacement parts for consumer products, launching a new chapter in the file-sharing debate, and a potentially new theater in patent and copyright infringement.

• Morrison & Foerster’s proprietary BioMeter deal index reports that the average development costs for new therapeutics and other biotech products rose to $1.3 billion in 2011, up from $54 million in 1979 and $231 million in 1991. Also trending up, according to BioMeter: The percentage of biotech deals for already-approved assets – until 2012, when the trend reversed itself, perhaps signaling a fresh phase in the biotech deal market.

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is spreading from building specifications to plans for entire corporate parks, marking a new holistic approach to fighting greenhouse gases that encompasses elements such as landscaping and commuter transportation.

• Two American exchange students who met in China went on to form a successful capital management firm that pioneered biopharma royalty bonds, by which young companies with a new product receive royalty payments from established firms that agree to manufacture and market the products. When the term of the bond is up, ownership and royalties revert to the original company. This company, Capital Royalty, has since branched out into other innovative ways of investing venture capital in healthcare startups.

ABOUT MOFO
We are Morrison & Foerster — a global firm of exceptional credentials. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, investment banks, Fortune 100, technology and life science companies. We’ve been included on The American Lawyer‘s A-List for nine straight years, Chambers Global named MoFo its 2013 USA Law Firm of the Year, and BTI named MoFo among its 2013 Brand Elite. Our lawyers are committed to achieving innovative and business-minded results for our clients, while preserving the differences that make us stronger.

Vital Products is implementing its solid business plan and continues to record impressive sales! Our 10q for the period ended April 30, 2013 is being prepared currently and with increased sales and continued growth and gross profits, Vital is on the way to make 2013 its year to shine!

“Since we broke the $1,000,000 sales mark, we have continued to grow and now as we approach the year end I’m confident we can double that number and more!” commented James McKinney, CEO of Vital Products. McKinney continued, “‘This is just the beginning of great things for Vital Products. Our team is responding and sales are growing! We plan to double sales next year again and look forward to keeping you up to date.”

About Vital Products, Inc.

Vital Products, Inc. is a business to business supplier of remanufactured and compatible LaserJet and inkjet cartridges.

User Traffic Data:

The allegations stipulate that user traffic, as measured by Alexa, does not match with the data provided by the Company. Alexa tracks internet traffic through browser based tool-bar plug-ins, but many Chinese internet users do not have Alexa plug-ins on their computers. Therefore, Alexa’s user traffic data cited in the allegations under-estimate Vipshop.com’s actual user traffic, which has grown rapidly.

Revenue Growth:

The allegations question the Company’s rapid growth without the number of website visitors increasing. This conclusion is very misleading in that it failed to take into account the Company’s actual user traffic growth as well as other factors in the Company’s operation that drive business growth, including growth in total active customers and increase in the average order size, which was in turn due to the Company’s continued efforts to optimize brand and product selection, increase the number of sales events and increase the number of SKUs available on the Company’s website, all in an effort to enhance customer experience.

Fulfillment Expenses:

The allegations challenge the Company’s decreased fulfillment expenses as a percentage of total revenues despite its opening of new regional logistics centers. All these logistics centers are leased and the related expenses have been recognized in fulfillment expenses. In addition, the Company continued to shift more fulfillment needs to quality regional and local couriers, which generally have lower average delivery charges than national delivery companies. The above factors coupled with the Company’s improved operational efficiency have led to the decrease in the fulfillment expenses as a percentage of total revenues.

Certain Other Claims:

The allegations stipulate that the Company did not fully disclose related party transactions. The Company has made explicit and transparent disclosures in the relevant filings with the SEC, including disclosure of related party transactions on pages 82, 83, F-34 and F-35 of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for year 2012. The allegations also speculate that the Company’s appearance at recent investor conferences is related to a potential follow-on offering in the near future. The Company clarifies that it is attending investor conferences and meeting with investors in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practice.

Vipshop is dedicated to continuing open and transparent communications with investors, analysts and the public. The Company welcomes opportunities for direct dialog with all parties that are genuinely interested in gaining a better understanding of the Company’s business model, operations, as well as the China‘s online discount retail market. Vipshop always aspires to act in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and reserves legal rights against any deliberately false accusations or attacks.

About Vipshop Holdings Limited

Vipshop Holdings Limited (“Vipshop” or the “Company”) is China‘s leading online discount retailer for brands. Vipshop offers high quality and popular branded products to consumers throughout China at a significant discount to retail prices. Since it was founded in August 2008, the Company has rapidly built a sizeable and growing base of customers and brand partners. For more information, please visit ir.vipshop.com.

Under the terms of the agreement, NeoHydro agrees to pay up to a $100,000 in cash and restricted preferred shares in exchange for the acquisition of the entire business and operations of Couponz, Inc.

About Couponz, Inc.

Couponz Inc is the developer of Epoxy app, an application or “app” for iPhone iOS and Android operating systems. Epoxy is an innovative smart phone application designed and created to conveniently connect business owners and consumers in order to ease marketing frustrations. The mobile app gives loyal customers the ease of keeping track of rewards and punch cards all in one place while also giving opportunities to review and share businesses with friends. In turn, Epoxy provides businesses the ability to reward, share offers and deliver information about special events with their customers. Epoxy designers are dedicated to providing a superior and easy-to-use product for business owners to reward loyal customers.

$850 million of 1.75% senior notes due June 1, 2018

$1,050 million of 3.25% senior notes due August 1, 2023

$950 million of 4.75% senior notes due June 1, 2043

Northrop Grumman expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the redemption of its then outstanding 3.70% senior notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and its then outstanding 1.850% senior notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment, share repurchases, pension plan funding, acquisitions and working capital. As of the date of this press release, $350 million aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes and $500 million aggregate principal amount of the 2015 Notes were outstanding.

The offering is expected to close on May 31, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus related to the offering may be obtained by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll free at (800) 831-9146, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533, RBS Securities Inc. toll free at (866) 884-2071 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll free at (800) 326-5897. A copy of these documents may also be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The securities are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the shelf registration statement.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.

“Acceller is excited to join the Convergent Connections team,” said Brian Thomas, Chief Revenue Officer at Acceller. “Acceller’s technology and existing relationships in the industry add great value to the utilities that partner with Convergent Connections, and more importantly provide a positive customer experience for the residential customers interacting with the utilities we work with.”

Convergent Connections allows utilities to gain quick, turnkey access to valuable Home Premise Services that will improve shareholder value while also enhancing customer satisfaction. Home Premise Services is comprised of a comprehensive portfolio of products, including customer care center sales and support, TV, phone, Internet, home security, surge protection products, air filter subscription services, warranty protection for home wiring and operational sourcing for meter reading, field services and AMI deployments.

Through their relationships with major utility partners, and the top players in the digital home services industry, including Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Dish Network, Acceller has developed flexible solutions for utilities looking to expand their product offerings using Acceller’s technology platform. Teaming with Convergent Connections allows for a portfolio approach that enables utilities to adapt the portfolio to their unique business and customer needs.

“Acceller was selected as a partner under the Convergent Connections umbrella because of their technology, flexibility, speed to market, and experience across many channels, which enables us to provide much more value for our utility, municipal, and cooperative clients,” said Convergent Connections Vice President Rudy Masi. “Our unique partnership affords our clients cost efficiencies with improved revenue and energy efficiency opportunities.”

About Acceller
Acceller is a technology and marketing partner focused on enabling consumers to live the connected life. We join forces with the nation’s leading digital service providers to enrich their marketing and distribution channels. Using our technology and marketing insight, channel partners are able to enhance their value to consumers and drive incremental revenue. Our agile business model and deep relationships within the digital service industry, enables the education and empowerment of consumers through our comparison shopping and content site, Digital Landing. For more information, please visit: www.acceller.com, follow us on Twitter @AccellerHQ and Facebook.

The Broadridge solution supports SWIFT GETC messages (MT515, MT509 and MT517) on a global basis, and provides operational control through full transparency of the message generation, flows and statuses. Upon receipt of the successful affirmation message (MT517), a SWIFT MT54X settlement message is released, allowing clients to efficiently manage and control their post-trade activities. The solution extends the range of confirmation-related market services already supported which includes Omgeo’s Central Trade Manager (CTM) and OASYS Global, and SWIFT’s Accord for Securities.

“We have worked closely with SWIFT to ensure support for the mutual client base interested in GETC,” said Phil Dobson, Director, Strategy and Product Management, Broadridge. “We will continue to keep our solutions aligned to market advancements for a range of service providers. The proposed introduction of shortened settlement cycles in some markets in 2014 will put even greater emphasis on timely and efficient confirmation and allocation processes.”

“We’re delighted to further advance our relationship with Broadridge, and are pleased with their speed to market as one of the first to offer a GETC solution,” said Arun Aggarwal, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, SWIFT. “We are seeing a growing demand for our GETC solution, and we are firmly committed to working in alliance with best-in-class solution providers to help our customers drive greater efficiencies in their post-trade operations.”

Broadridge will be exhibiting at the SWIFT Business Forum on April 30^th at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, City of London.

About Broadridge

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) is the leading provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions for broker-dealers, banks, mutual funds and corporate issuers globally. Broadridge’s investor communications, securities processing and operations outsourcing solutions help clients reduce their capital investments in operations infrastructure, allowing them to increase their focus on core business activities. With 50 years of experience, Broadridge’s infrastructure underpins proxy voting services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America, and processes more than $4.5 trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day. Broadridge employs approximately 6,200 full-time associates in 13 countries.

For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.

Participants in the test included Extreme Networks, Arista, Brocade and Avaya. Extreme Networks’ Open Fabric switches performed with the best overall latency of core modular and edge Top of Rack (ToR) swtiches and demonstrated resiliency with fast recovery times in three simulated failure scenarios – server link, T-o-R uplink and core. This is key to network operators seeking technology for cloud, disaster recovery and Internet exchange point designs that underpin data centers and converged storage systems with five nines reliability and impressive fault tolerance.

“Extreme Networks, having tested its data center solutions over the past two years, remains stubbornly consistent in delivering superior test results, be it capacity, latency, and now active active fabric configuration,” said Nick Lippis, Lippis Reports. “The 2013 results set a high standard for performance and reliability.”

“The Lippis Report tests demonstrate that Extreme’s Open Fabric 10/40GbE switches offer one of the industry’s fastest, most scalable and resilient data center Ethernet fabric solutions, providing investment protection and optimized TCO for their next generation data centers,” said David Ginsburg, CMO for Extreme Networks.

Extreme Networks Active-Active results are based on standards-based Multi System Link Aggregation (M-LAG) technology, delivering both performance and interoperability with existing network deployments to preserve customers’ prior investments in infrastructure and tools for fault management and network troubleshooting.

Test Highlights:

• Extreme Networks Open Fabric switches performed with the best overall latency and demonstrated resiliency with fast recovery times in three simulated failure scenarios – server link, ToR uplink and core.
• Extreme Networks Open Fabric demonstrated superior end-to-end latency of only 2.23 microseconds for server-to-server communications across two ToR switches and a core switch.
• Extreme Networks was the only vendor that demonstrated a simulated core switch failure, by shutting off power, allowing traffic to fail over entirely to the adjacent core switch nearly instantaneously with minimal packet loss.

Details of the tests: Vendors used differing technologies to provide active-active connections to the next hop in the network with both devices forwarding and receiving traffic simultaneously. The full report can be found here: http://www.extremenetworks.com/libraries/products/EXTREME_Lippis_AA_Report_Spring_2013.pdf

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