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IntraLinks Names Peter J. Boni Chairman of the Board



NEW YORK, NY
BUSINESS WIRE
February 1, 2005

IntraLinks, Inc., the leading provider of digital workspaces to the financial services and pharmaceutical industries, today announced the appointment of Peter J. Boni as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Boni succeeds Milton Pappas, who will remain on the Board of Directors

Mr. Boni is an Operating Partner of Advent International, one of the world's largest global private equity firms with $6 billion under management. Mr. Boni has a 20-year track record of increasing shareholder value as a technology CEO and Fortune 500 executive with companies at various stages of growth and maturity. The firms he led have been recognized among the Inc. 500, achieved an IPO, or were acquired by industry leaders such as Computer Associates and Cisco Systems.

"We are pleased to have someone with Peter's extensive experience help us expand our industry leadership and position the Company for future growth," said Patrick J. Wack, President and CEO of IntraLinks. "We would like to thank Milton Pappas for his service as Chairman. His guidance has been crucial during the Company's rapid growth over the last three years."

Previously, Mr. Boni served as Chairman and CEO of Surebridge, Inc., an applications outsourcer serving the middle market. At Surebridge he acquired and integrated competing firms, formed alliances with Microsoft and PeopleSoft, and positioned the company for its acquisition by NASDAQ-listed NaviSite.

Mr. Boni has also served as CEO of Prime Response, CEO of Cayenne Software, President of On-Line Software International, and as president of the Software and Information Services Group of Paramount Communications, Inc. (now Viacom, Inc.).

Mr. Boni has been a member of IntraLinks' board since December 2003, when he joined as an independent board member. The eight-member board is comprised of Patrick Wack, President and CEO of IntraLinks; James Datin, CEO of TouchPoint Solutions; John Curran, Executive Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Reuters Group; Roger Hurwitz, partner at Apax Partners; Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners; Milton J. Pappas, founder of Euclid Partners; and David Wassong, partner at Soros Private Equity Partners.

Trained as an Infantry Army Officer in Special Operations, Mr. Boni is a decorated combat veteran. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and studied for an MBA at Boston University.

About IntraLinks
IntraLinks (www.intralinks.com), the leading provider of digital workspaces, connects business communities and accelerates the intelligent flow of information and documents among participants. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a web browser.

Since April 1997, more than 200,000 participants representing over 13,000 companies worldwide have used IntraLinks digital workspaces to communicate and collaborate on more than 20,000 projects and transactions. IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by the financial services and pharmaceutical markets. Over 250 global companies are IntraLinks clients, including AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Ernst & Young, FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, TD Securities, Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston and London.

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