Goldsmith Agio Helms Completes the Sale of Hayden & Associates, Inc.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001--Goldsmith Agio Helms, the nation's leading privately-held, sell-side, middle-market investment banking firm, announced today the completed sale of their client, Hayden & Associates, Inc. ("Hayden & Associates"), to TMP Worldwide Inc. ("TMP Worldwide"), the world's leading supplier of human capital solutions, including the preeminent Internet career portal Monster.com.

Terry Lynner, managing director and partner of Goldsmith Agio Helms, commented, "Hayden & Associates creates an instant market presence in the Twin Cities for TMP Worldwide. Hayden's strong market position, track record of success, and long list of blue chip clientele will benefit from its affiliation with TMP".

Hayden & Associates, Inc. is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. Founded in 1970, Hayden & Associates began as a recruiting firm specializing in staffing solutions for client companies in sales and sales management. Since that time, Hayden has evolved into a multifaceted search and contract services company providing solutions across a wide range of environments. More information about Hayden & Associates is available at www.haydenassoc.com.

TMP Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:TMPW), headquartered in New York with more than 9,500 employees in 32 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the world's largest Recruitment Advertising agency network, and one of the world's largest Executive Search and Executive Selection agencies. TMP Worldwide is also the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 480 of the Fortune 500 companies. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www.tmp.com.

Monster.com, the flagship brand of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide, is the leading global career portal on the Web. Monster.com connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. The Monster.com global network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, India and Italy. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com.

Goldsmith Agio Helms is the nation's leading independent investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services to sellers of middle market businesses. The firm represents public and private companies, with values in the $25 million to $500 million range, in mergers, sales, joint ventures, divestitures, recapitalizations and restructurings. In 1999 and 2000, the firm completed 76 transactions, at purchase price multiples well in excess of industry norms. Goldsmith Agio Helms has 55 professionals with offices in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Naples, Florida.

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