MI Marshall & Ilsley Corp

Leading Provider of Print and Electronic Health Care Payment Distribution Services to Join Metavante Payment Solutions Group MILWAUKEE, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Metavante Corporation, the financial technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (M&I) (NYSE:MI), today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to acquire AdminiSource Corp. of Carrollton, Texas. The company will continue to operate under the name of AdminiSource, and will become an affiliate of Metavante Corporation, with existing management continuing in their positions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The purchase is not expected to have a material impact on the financial results of Metavante or M&I. AdminiSource is a leading provider of health care payment distribution services, providing cost-effective printed and electronic payment and remittance advice distribution services for payer organizations nationwide, such as claim check, billing statements, ID card and welcome kit fulfillment services to insurance carriers, and other health care organizations. "AdminiSource presents Metavante with additional capability to expand our growing health care payment solution," said Frank R. Martire, Metavante president and chief executive officer. "Acquiring AdminiSource also enhances our focus on helping clients transition from paper-based to electronic payments and information flow within the health care industry." AdminiSource will enable Metavante to further expand its participation in the consumer-directed health care payments area begun with the 2003 acquisition of Printing for Systems (PSI), a leading provider of identification cards to the health care insurance industry, and the 2005 acquisition of MBI Benefits, a leading provider of benefits cards electronic payment services for employee benefit and consumer-directed health care accounts. "Consumer-directed health care payments complement Metavante's existing consumer-directed electronic payment solutions, such as online bill payment and presentment, flexible spending accounts and prepaid debit cards," said Frank D'Angelo, president and chief operating officer, Metavante Payment Solutions Group. "The AdminiSource market position complements our existing services to the third-party administrator market and offerings to health care insurance providers, such as health savings accounts." According to Dennis Magill, AdminiSource president, chairman and chief executive officer, the payment solutions of AdminiSource integrate well with Metavante and offer additional opportunities for cross-sell within the companies. "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with other Metavante companies to create solutions that fit the current health care industry's need for consumer-directed health care and cost-effective solutions." About AdminiSource AdminiSource, located in Carrollton, Texas, is a technology company that has clients in 30 states across the nation. Formed in 1997, AdminiSource continues to provide customized payment distribution services, both print/mail and electronic, along with other applications including: ID cards, billing statements, correspondence and fulfillment services. All services are Web- enabled, with secure access ensuring client data and information is protected. AdminiSource currently produces 300,000 - 400,000 transactions daily for over 120 client locations nationwide. For more information on AdminiSource, please visit http://www.adminisource.com/ . About Metavante Metavante Corporation delivers banking and payment technologies to financial services firms and businesses worldwide. Metavante products and services drive account processing for deposit, loan and trust systems, image- based and conventional check processing, electronic funds transfer, consumer health care payments, and electronic presentment and payment. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Metavante ( http://www.metavante.com/ ) is wholly owned by Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. Metavante is a registered trademark of Metavante Corporation. This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning M&I's, Metavante's and AdminiSource's future financial results and operations, including expected closing dates, and operating activities. Such statements are subject to important factors which could cause M&I's and Metavante's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward- looking statements. These factors include (a) receipt of regulatory approvals without unexpected delays or conditions; (b) timely implementation and execution of integration plans; (c) retention of customers and critical employees; (d) successfully leveraging the Metavante/AdminiSource comprehensive product offering to the combined customer base; (e) unanticipated changes in laws, regulations, or other industry standards affecting Metavante/AdminiSource businesses which require significant product redevelopment efforts, reduce the market for or value of its products or render products obsolete; (f) successful management of any impact from slowing economic conditions or consumer spending; (g) no catastrophic events that could impact Metavante/AdminiSource or its major customers' operating facilities, communication systems and technology or that has a material negative impact on current economic conditions or levels of consumer spending; (h) no material breach of security of any Metavante/AdminiSource systems; and (i) those referenced in M&I's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, under the heading "Forward- Looking Statements" and such other factors as may be described from time to time in M&I's subsequent SEC filings, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. DATASOURCE: Metavante Corporation CONTACT: Sam Baumgarten of Metavante Corporation, +1-678-533-4861, or Web site: http://www.metavante.com/ http://www.adminisource.com/

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