<p> CIUNI & PANICHI, INC.</p><p>NEWS RELEASE</p><p>Contact: Lauren Clemmer Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. 216.831.7171 [email protected]</p><p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p><p>Peter Constantino Awarded Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) Designation</p><p>CLEVELAND, OH, June 17, 2010– The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® (AM&AA) has conferred “Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor®” (CM&AA) certification upon Peter Constantino, Partner of Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. in Cleveland. He is one of an elite group of over 350 experienced corporate financial advisors worldwide to have earned the CM&AA certification. The CM&AA designation serves to distinguish those individuals who have mastered a comprehensive body of essential knowledge and also have committed to staying abreast of continuing new developments in the M&A profession.</p><p>“ Achieving CM&AA certification has been enormously rewarding” commented Pete. “As a CPA and Business Advisor, I’ve been helping clients with their businesses and M&A needs for years, but pursuing CM&AA certification advanced my skills — and my ability to help business clients with transaction advisory needs — to a new level.” Pete, who has been with Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. for 26 years, went on to say that the pursuit of CM&AA certification grew out of the commitment to help private business owners improve business value and increase their personal wealth.</p><p>The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® initiated the CM&AA program to develop an essential standard of excellence for middle market corporate financial advisory. “To achieve our goals,” noted Michael Nall, Executive Director of AM&AA, “we’ve created a practical, relevant, and comprehensive professional development program that builds on the previously existing skills. This advanced credential provides an important ‘gold standard’ to assist the client in selecting the best advisor. Moreover, we’ve established extremely high professional and ethical requirements to insure the integrity of the CM&AA designation. For the 1st time ever, owners of privately held companies now have a key benchmark of competency for help with critical ‘once in a lifetime’ kinds of decisions.” Ciuni & Panichi, Inc., a C&P Advisors company located in Beachwood, complements traditional accounting, auditing, and tax services with a broad range of management advisory services including assistance with obtaining financing, mergers and acquisitions, business valuation, financial forecasts and projections, succession planning, and litigation support, among others. C&P Advisors, LLC is also comprised of C&P Wealth Management LLC., a financial planning and investment advisory firm and Joel Strom Associates LLC, a management consulting firm. Securities offered through 1st Global Capital Corp., Member FINRA/SIPC.</p><p>— # # # —</p>