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TMP Directional Marketing, World's Largest Yellow Pages Advertising Agency, Acquired from MonsterWorldwide by Audax Group

Sale allows TMP to focus exclusively on Yellow Pages clients and consumer local search

NEW YORK, June, 1 2005 - TMP Directional Marketing, LLC ("TMP"), the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency, formerly TMP Worldwide Directional Marketing, announced today that it has been acquired by Audax Group, a leading private equity firm, from Monster Worldwide, Inc. The acquisition, which closed today, includes the purchase of four Monster Worldwide units: TMP Yellow Pages, Moving.com, TMP Worldwide Japan and TMP Medical Listings. The units will operate as a private, wholly-owned, stand-alone entity. Stuart McKelvey, Chief Executive Officer of TMP, will continue to lead the new organization with the support of the existing executive team.
Commenting on the transaction, McKelvey said, "This transaction will allow our company to focus exclusively on serving our Yellow Pages clients. As the leading print Yellow Pages and interactive local search agency, we will continue to grow and expand while providing our clients the highest level of service in the industry."

About TMP Directional Marketing, LLC

TMP Directional Marketing, LLC is the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and the leading online local search agency serving advertisers in North America and the Asia Pacific Rim for 38 years. TMP has over 1,700 clients in more than 600,000 locations, including 90 of the Fortune 500 companies, that have been customers of TMP on average for 17 years, that trust TMP to build, enhance and protect their brand images within 9,000 Yellow Pages directories and additional online directories. With strategic marketing plans, award winning creative and sophisticated research methodologies, TMP is focused on consumer behavior and product/service usage to construct advertising programs that continually deliver customers to its clients businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.tmpdm.com.
About Audax Group

Audax Group, founded in 1999, is a leading investor in middle market companies. With offices in Boston and New York, Audax manages in excess of $1.5 billion in equity and mezzanine debt capital. For more information, visit the Audax Group website http://www.audaxgroup.com.

Source: TMP Directional Marketing, LLC

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