Sunbelt Continues Growth in United Kingdom

CLEVELAND, OH, June 12, 2006 – Sunbelt®, the place to go to buy or sell a business, continues to expand throughout the United Kingdom. Four new offices have recently opened in Central London, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Poole and Bournemouth.

“Since joining Sunbelt in 2004, Master Franchisee Stuart Montgomery has established nearly twenty offices in the United Kingdom and Ireland,” stated Matt Ottaway, Sunbelt Brand Manager. “His aggressive expansion of the brand in this region has helped make Sunbelt the dominate worldwide leader in business brokerage services.”

The new franchise owners are Sam Hendry (Central London), Dominic Marlow (Oxfordshire), Anthony Woodward (Norfolk) and Chris and Rebecca Jones (Poole and Bournemouth). The new owners will complete training next month in Cleveland.

Sunbelt specializes in helping individuals and companies buy and sell businesses in all four areas of the private business market: Main Street, Franchise Sales, Franchise Resales and Mergers & Acquisitions. Sunbelt is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrymeeting®, Inc. (MMI), a Cleveland-based investment firm specializing in the acquisition and development of franchised brands. MMI currently operates four franchise systems with more than 1,200 franchised locations worldwide. To learn more, please visit either www.sunbeltnetwork.com or www.merrymtg.com.