Audio Visual Innovations and Signal Perfection, Ltd. Announce Completion of Merger

Establishes AVI-SPL as World's Largest Provider of Global Audio
Video Systems Integration and Services

Silver Lake Sumeru Acquires Equity Stake
TAMPA, Fla. & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Audio Visual Innovations, Inc. ("AVI") and Signal Perfection, Ltd.
("SPL") announced today that the companies have merged to form
AVI-SPL, establishing the largest provider of global audio video
systems and integration services.

AVI-SPL has more than 1,200 employees in more than 40 offices
across the United States, Mexico and Dubai that provide a network of
services including custom design and installation of audio video
equipment as well as rental services, product sales, managed
conferencing, IP integration, staging and production and event
management services to corporate, education, healthcare, government
and military, hospitality, financial institutions, performance venues,
stadiums and arenas, and house of worship clients. AVI-SPL is at the
leading edge of designing and delivering high-definition solutions
that have the power to transform the way individuals and organizations
live, work and play.

"This merger enables AVI and SPL to build on their respective
track records by creating a new company with a national and global
presence while offering our customers a wide range of services that
are consistent and compatible across geographies and throughout an
enterprise," said Martin Schaffel, executive chairman of AVI-SPL. "Our
customers can now employ just one company for all of their AV needs
for all of their locations across the map."

"We believe our clients want to work with a company with
sophisticated resources, a high level of brand recognition, and
rock-solid reliability," said Dennis Cahill, a director of AVI-SPL.
"Joining together AVI and SPL gives us the scale we need to continue
meeting the needs of the world's most demanding clients and to drive
better understanding in the marketplace of how AV can help companies
become more productive."

The merger was supported by equity financing from Silver Lake
Sumeru, the middle-market group of Silver Lake, the leading investment
firm focused on technology-driven growth industries.

"We are pleased to be partnered as a value-added investor with the
talented and accomplished AVI-SPL management team as we work together
to capitalize on the robust transformation taking place in
applications for high-definition audio and video conferencing systems
and services," said Kyle Ryland, managing director of Silver Lake, "We
look forward to facilitating further growth and innovation in
AVI-SPL's operations."

Financial terms of the merger and the Silver Lake investment were
not disclosed.

About AVI-SPL

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, AVI-SPL is the result of a merger
between Audio Visual Innovations (AVI) and Signal Perfection, Ltd.
(SPL). With more than 40 years of aggregate experience in the
industry, AVI and SPL bring together long traditions of providing
quality audio visual technology. AVI-SPL delivers the most
comprehensive line-up of audio visual and presentation solutions
including systems integration, sales and rentals, complete staging
productions, managed conferencing, IP integration and event
management. For more information, please visit www.avispl.com.

About Silver Lake Sumeru

Silver Lake Sumeru pursues private investments in middle-market
technology companies. The Silver Lake Sumeru team applies fundamental
operating insight, deep technology sector expertise, and world-class
investing skills to acquiring and managing the companies in its
portfolio. Silver Lake Sumeru is a group within Silver Lake, a private
investment firm with a leading market position in large-cap
investments in technology, technology-enabled, and related growth
industries. Silver Lake's portfolio includes or has included
technology industry leaders such as Ameritrade, Avago, Avaya, Business
Objects, Flextronics, Gartner, Gerson Lehrman Group, Instinet,
Intelsat, IPC Systems, MCI, Mobile Messenger, NASDAQ, NetScout, NXP,
Sabre Holdings, Seagate Technology, Serena Software, SunGard Data
Systems, Thomson and UGS. For more information, please visit
www.silverlake.com.

For AVI-SPL:
AVI-SPL
Krystle Czajkowski / Michelle Oswald
813-884-7168 x 2944 / 813-884-7168 x 2298
krystle.czajkowski@avispl.com
michelle.oswald@avispl.com
or
For Silver Lake Sumeru:
Sard Verbinnen & Co
Elizabeth Hanahan / Kara Findlay
415-618-8750 / 212-687-8080

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