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Identity Software
                    February 2021
Identity Software SECTOR SNAPSHOT: GCA Advisors
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Identity Software SECTOR SNAPSHOT: GCA Advisors
IDIQ CASE STUDY
GCA advises IDIQ on its sale of a majority stake to Corsair Capital
Transaction Overview                                                                Select Transaction Commentary
                           GCA acted as financial advisor to IDIQ on its sale
                                                                                      “With Corsair’s proven sector expertise, significant resources and
                           of a majority stake to Corsair Capital
                                                                                      relationship-driven approach, we are confident we will be able to
                                                                                      accelerate the growth of our business, further enhance our
                            On December 15th, IDIQ announced that it had
                             received a majority investment from Corsair              solutions and provide crucial protection and peace of mind to
                             Capital                                                  even more Americans.”
                                                                                                                             Scott Hermann
                            IDIQ is a tech-enabled leader in credit report and
                                                                                                                             CEO,
                             identity theft monitoring industry                                                              IDIQ
                            The Company provides the most comprehensive
                             protection services in the rapidly evolving $20
                             billion consumer identity monitoring market              “IDIQ’s innovative solutions address the critical need for credit,
                                                                                      identity and cybersecurity protection, which the global pandemic
                            As IDIQ’s partner, Corsair will leverage its deep        has demonstrated to us is more important than ever, and IDIQ
                             fintech expertise to accelerate continued                has achieved tremendous success growing its tech-enabled
                             profitable growth and support the company as it          product offering.”
                             grows its customer base and product breadth
                                                                                                                             Jeremy Schein
                             through its unique partnership-driven model                                                     Partner,
                                                                                                                             Corsair Capital

Leading Credit Report and Identity Theft Monitoring Solution with a Comprehensive Product Offering
                           Products                                                        Key Features

  Credit and identity      Identity protection  Provides data breach
   theft monitoring         product featuring     preparation and                 Credit Reporting &   Enhanced Credit       Dark Web           PII & Data Breach
                                                                                     Score Alerts        Monitoring          Monitoring             Monitoring
         product         FICO® scores allowing    management, so
  utilizing innovative   consumers to stay on customers are ready
    and enhanced            top of their FICO®      to act in the
       monitoring         Scores and actively   unfortunate event of
       techniques        monitor for changes in    a data breach                     Application        Identity Theft   Identity Restoration   Family Protection
                            their credit report                                      Monitoring           Insurance

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Identity Software SECTOR SNAPSHOT: GCA Advisors
DIGITAL IDENTITY USE CASES
               Digital identity is pivotal to unlocking a wide range of new interactions between consumers, businesses and governments
               Plays a key role in providing access to new digital services, streamlining operations, reducing onboarding costs and managing fraud

                                       Commercial providers                                                                                                   Asset-based service
             Consumers                  of goods & services                                                                   Asset owners                    providers & buyers

              Streamlined registration and authentication
                                                                                                                                  Formalized land ownership
              Secure digital payments
                                                                                                                                  Facilitated sales and purchases
              e-KYC for financial services

                                                                                                                                     Civically minded                  Governments &
    Workers                         Employers                                                                                                                          other individuals
                                                                                                                                        individuals
    Facilitated talent matching                                                                                                          Online voting
    Automated background verification                                                                                                    Verification of political donations
    Efficient payroll services                                                                                                           School enrollment
                                                                       3.2B global individuals
                                                                         have identities and a digital trail

               Micro-                  Consumers and broad                                                                 Taxpayers &                       Public providers of
             enterprises                range of institutions                                                              beneficiaries                     goods and services

                                                                                                                                 Streamlined e-government services
              Formalized business registration
                                                                                                                                 Digital tax filing
              High-assurance contracting and transacting
                                                                                                                                 Direct disbursement of government benefits

                                      Notes:
                                      Source: McKinsey (2019).                                                                                                                     5
PROMISE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY IS NOT WITHOUT RISKS
With momentum in digital identity adoption enterprises are increasingly vulnerable to attacks

Personal identifiable information (“PII”) is digitalization’s Achilles heel
                                                                                                              Biometric Identifiers                              Address
 Increased reliance on technology and digitally identifiable
  personal information to deliver goods and services produces
                                                                                                                                 Birth                 Account
  numerous outlets susceptible to attack                                                                                       Certificate             Number
 As consumers continue to shift their financial and retail habits
  online, ever growing amounts of personally identifiable
  information (PII) have been placed into the hands of businesses
 Rapid enterprise migration to the cloud makes consumer data                                           Social Security                                            Medical & Health
  increasingly vulnerable across network that is difficult to monitor                                                                                                 Plan Info

 Proliferation of mobile devices used in business-critical functions
  adds additional levels of exposure and creates an ever-growing set
  of entry points for hackers to execute major breaches
                                                                                                                                Geographic            Phone       Email
                                                                                                                     Face ID       Info

Personal identity has become a critical attack surface for bad actors, who seek out critical applications and data
 With an increasingly distributed tech architecture, limited or
  single-point solutions are no longer effective as bad actors                                               Cum. Data Breaches              Cum. Individuals Impacted (B)
  constantly adapt to new methods of hacking                                               12, 000

                                                                                                                                                           8.1             8.5
 In 2019 alone, 1,500+ data breaches led to 900+ million
                                                                                                                                                                                       9.0

                                                                                                                                              7.2
  individuals being impacted and 15+ billion records being exposed
                                                                                           10, 000

                                                                                                                                                                                       7.0

                                                                                                                                      4.9                              7,442
 Attackers continue to leverage multiple types of attacks to gain                          8,0 00

                                                                                                                                                         6,314                         5.0

  stolen credentials, using this information to wreak havoc on                                                      2.9
                                                                                                                                             4,801
                                                                                            6,0 00

  consumers and businesses, with the average data breach costing                                                                                                                       3.0

  $3.9 million in 2020                                                                      4,0 00    0.3                         3,520
                                                                                                                                                                                       1.0

                                                                                                                  1,889
                                                                                                      785
                                                                                            2,0 00
                                                                                                                                                                                       -1.0

                                                                                                0                                                                                      -3.0

                                                                                                                                                                                 (1)
                                                                                                     2015A        2016A           2017A      2018A       2019A        2020E

                       Notes:
                       Source: IBM (2020), Identity Theft Research Center (2020).
                       (1) Identity Theft Resource Center estimate as of September 2020.                                                                                           6
PROMISE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY IS NOT WITHOUT RISKS
Rising security threats are driving innovation and consolidation

Verifying and identifying customers throughout their journey remains a top challenge
 Identity theft continues to become more complex as hackers                                 Account Takeover
  become more sophisticated in finding ways to break barriers                  Occurs when a malicious third              14%
  surrounding confidential data                                                party successfully gains access      YoY growth in new
                                                                               to user account credentials         account attack rate in
 Synthetic ID theft is as prevalent as ever, accounting for 80 – 85%                                                     1H20
  of all identity fraud cases, while YoY bot attack volume increased                            Bot Attacks
  by 13% in 1H20
                                                                               Use of automated web requests to         442M
 KYC processes, meant to combat fraud, are currently failing, as              manipulate, defraud, or disrupt an   Automated Bot
  they do not confirm the individual applying or transacting is the            application, API, or end-user      Attacks in the U.S. in
  legitimate identity owner                                                                                               1H20
                                                                                             Synthetic ID Theft
 To prevent fraud, a multi-layered and risk-based identity solution                                                     >$6Bn
                                                                               Occurs when a fake identity is
  is required to differentiate a trusted user from a fraudster and             created by mixing real SSNs with     Cost of Synthetic ID
  combat all types of fraud, beginning with account origination to             other pieces of information         Fraud to U.S. financial
  the transactions that follow                                                                                      institutions in 2019
Multiple protection solutions or capabilities are necessary to implement an effective end-to-end strategy
 The identity solution landscape is evolving on both ends of the
  ecosystem to meet increasing needs:                                           Proofing               Authentication

    – There is an increasing convergence among fraud detection,
      authentication and proofing, with all three being required
      across the customer journey, and vendors offering services
      that fall into more than one of these categories
    – Data aggregators have been the first to recognize the
      sensitivities around having an abundance of digital PII
      available and have begun to consolidate by acquiring assets in
      the prevention, detection and remediation spaces
    – Meanwhile, historical fraud detection providers, which have
      historically focused on the moment a customer selects to
      “buy” a product, have begun working up the identity
      ecosystem by focusing on login process and ATO prevention                            Fraud Detection
                       Notes:
                       Source: LexisNexis Risk Solutions (2020).                                                                             7
OVERVIEW OF THE END-TO-END IDENTITY SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEM

                                                  Identity Theft Protection
                                                                                                                                                              Provide software and services to reduce the risk of
                                                                                                                                                               ID theft from online or electronic media
                                                      Identity Theft              Password              Personal Identity           Self-Sovereign            Utilize monitoring software to track unauthorized
                                                        Protection                Managers                  Products                 Identity (SSI)            use of credit and other personal information

                                                  Fraud Detection
                                                                                                                                                              Provide tools to monitor user behavior and
Data – Prevention – Detection – Remediation

                                                                                                                                                               transactions in real-time to detect suspicious
                                                    User & Entity    Fraud Prevention & Regulatory Compliance & Behavioral Biometrics Endpoint Malware
                                                                                                                                                               activity and prevent account fraud
                                                  Behavior Analytics Risk Management Transaction Monitoring       & Bot Detection        Detection

                                                  Identity Access Management (IAM)
                                                                                                                                                              Define and manage the roles and access privileges
                                                                                                                                                               of individual network users and the circumstances
                                                     Privileged Access                                Identity Governance     Customer Identity & Access
                                                                                                                                                               in which users are granted (or denied) those
                                                                             Identity-as-a-Service                                                             privileges
                                                       Management                                       & Administration         Management (CIAM)

                                                  Identity Authentication
                                                                                                                                                              Provide recognition technology for a user’s identity
                                                                                                                                                               by associating an incoming request with a set of
                                                      Multi-factor                                                                Mobile Identity &
                                                                                                                                                               identifying credentials
                                                                                     SSO                  Token Access
                                                     Authentication                                                              Device Management

                                                  Identity Proofing
                                                                                                                                                              Verify and affirm the true identity of an individual
                                                                                                                                                               interacting with an organization for the first time,
                                                  Know Your Customer &       Identity & Document            Identity                 Background
                                                                                                                                                               based on document verification, digital attributes,
                                                    Entity Verification          Verification               Proofing                  Screening                and national identity systems

                                                  Data Aggregation
                                                                                                                                                              Identity data gathered from multiple sources for
                                                                                                                                                               combination into a summary analysis and to
                                                          Credit                    Data               Alternative Credit &        Master Data &
                                                                                                                                                               present a single view of an individual
                                                         Scoring                 Aggregators            Financial History       Consent Management

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IDENTITY SOFTWARE LANDSCAPE
                   Proofing                                         Fraud Detection                                                     IAM                       Identity Theft Protection
KYC & Entity Verification                              User & Entity Behavior Analytics                              Privileged Access Mgmt.                  Identity Theft Protection
                                                                                                                                                                                                       *
                                                                                                                                                         *
                                               *                                                         *                 *
                                                                                                                                                                                                           *
                                                                      *                                                        *
Identity & Document Verification
                                       *        *                      *

                                                                                                 *                   Identity-as-a-Service                    Password Managers
Identity Proofing
                                   *       *
                                                       Fraud Prevention & Risk Mgmt.
                                                                  *
      *                                                                                                                                                                                *
                                                                    *                                        *

Background Screening
                                                                      *                                          *
                                   *                                                                                 Identity Gov. & Administration           Personal Identity Products
                                                                                                     *

                                                       Reg. Compliance & Txn Monitoring
                                                                                                                                                                       *
              Data Aggregation
                                                                                        *
Credit Scoring
                                                                                                                     Customer Identity & Access Mgmt.         Self-Sovereign Identity
                                                                                                                                                                                   *                       *
Data Aggregators
                                                                   *
                                                                                    *
                           *
                                                                                                                                                                                               *
Identity Resolution
                                                                                                *
                   *           *               *
                                                       Behavioral Biometrics & Bot Det                                                                Authentication
               *
                                                                                                                     Authentication                           Mobile Identity & Device Mgmt.
Alt. Credit & Financial Identity                                                                                                         *
                                                                                                                                                                           *               *
                                                                                                                                        *
                                                                                            *
      *
                                                                                                                                    *
Master Data & Consent Mgmt.
          *            *                               Endpoint Malware Detection
                                                                                                                                                                               *

                                                                                                * Indicates acquired / subsidiary
                                       Notes:
                                       Source: Company filings, GCA research, Gartner, One World Identity.                                                                                         9
IDENTITY SOFTWARE M&A TIMELINE
    Selected recent transactions

                                                                  Sep-18: Cisco acquires        May-19: Mastercard              Mar-20: LexisNexis                                              Dec-20: Corsair Capital
                              Sep-17: Google acquires                                                                                                           Sep-20: STG acquires RSA
                                                                  Duo Security                  acquires Ethoca (Fraud          acquires Emailage (Fraud                                        acquires a majority stake
                              Bitium (IAM)                                                                                                                      Security (Authentication)
                                                                  (Authentication)              Detection)                      Detection)                                                      in IDIQ (Identity Theft)

          Mar-17: Mastercard                   Jul-18: Transunion                  Feb-19: GB Group                  Nov-19: FICO acquires              Apr-20: Foursquare                  Dec-20: Intuit acquires
          acquires NuData (Fraud               acquires Iovation (Fraud            acquires Idology                  EZMCOM                             acquires Factual                    Credit Karma (Identity
          Detection)                           Detection)                          (Proofing)                        (Authentication)                   (Authentication)                    Theft)

      Q3’16      Q4’16       Q1’17         Q2’17        Q3’17            Q4’17   Q1’18      Q2’18     Q3’18         Q4’18       Q1’19      Q2’19        Q3’19      Q4’19        Q1’20       Q2’20       Q3’20         Q4’20

          Feb-17: Symantec                     Feb-18: LexisNexis                                                                                       Jan-20: F5 acquires                 Ann. Nov-20: Nasdaq
                                                                                   Jan-19: Akamai acquires           Sep-19: Visa acquires
          acquires Lifelock (Identity          acquires ThreatMetrix                                                                                    Shape Security (Fraud               acquires Verafin (Fraud
                                                                                   Janrain (IAM)                     Verifi (Fraud Detection)
          Theft)                               (Fraud Detection)                                                                                        Detection)                          Detection)

Aug-16: Experian                                                           Nov-18: Broadcom                  Jul-19: Imperva acquires           Jan-20: LexisNexis               Nov-20: Mastercard
                                  Nov-17: SAP acquires
acquires CSIdentity                                                        acquires CA Technologies          Distil Networks (Fraud             acquires IDAnalytics             acquires Finicity
                                  Gigya (IAM)
(Identity Theft)                                                           (IAM)                             Detection)                         (Proofing)                       (Proofing)

                                        Notes:
                                        Source: Capital IQ, Pitchbook.                                                                                                                                                10
IDENTITY SOFTWARE PUBLIC COMPANY VALUATION

LTM Share Price Performance
 40%
                                                                                                                                                            34%
 30%

 20%
                                                                                                                                                            16%
 10%                                                                                                                                                        11%
                                                                                                                                                             4%
  0%

(10%)

(20%)

(30%)

(40%)
    Feb-20   Mar-20      Apr-20            May-20            Jun-20   Jul-20     Aug-20       Sep-20      Oct-20     Nov-20   Dec-20      Jan-21   Feb-21
                                                      CyberSecurity      Data Aggregation       Fintech        S&P 500

Public Identity Ecosystem
              Cyber Security                                               Data Aggregation                                     FinTech

                  34%                                                            4%                                               11%

                                                                           LTM Share Price
                                                                            Performance
                        Notes:
                        Source: Capital IQ as of 2/1/2021.                                                                                          11
IDENTITY SOFTWARE PUBLIC COMPANY VALUATION

EV / 2021E Revenue                              EV / 2021E EBITDA                                 2021E Revenue Growth                        2021E EBITDA Margin
                                                    27.4x                                            18.0%                                      46.4%
 10.3x

              8.7x                                                                                                                                           36.0%

                              7.0x                                     18.2x           17.9x                      12.0%

                                                                                                                                  6.6%
                                                                                                                                                                           13.7%

FinTech   Cyber Security      Data                 FinTech         Cyber Security      Data         FinTech   Cyber Security      Data         FinTech        Data     Cyber Security
                           Aggregation                                              Aggregation                                Aggregation                 Aggregation

Public Identity Ecosystem
                 Cyber Security                                                          Data Aggregation                                                FinTech

          8.7x / 18.2x / 12.0% / 13.7%                                              7.0x / 17.9x / 6.6% / 36.0%                              10.3x / 27.4x / 18.0% / 46.4%

                                     2021E Revenue / 2021E EBITDA Multiple / 2021E Revenue Growth / 2021E EBITDA Margin

                              Notes:
                              Source: Capital IQ as of 2/1/2021.                                                                                                                   12
SELECTED PUBLIC COMPANY DETAIL
  $MMs, except per share data
                                                                                             Financial Metrics                                         Operating Metrics
                                            Stock Price     Equity     Enterprise   EV / Revenue           EV / EBITDA           CY Rev. Growth          Gross Margin         EBITDA Margin
  Company                                    2/1/2021       Value        Value      CY 20E    CY 21E      CY 20E     CY 21E      20E/19A   21E/20E      CY 20E      CY 21E    CY 20E     CY 21E
  Cyber Security
  Okta, Inc.                                  $266.37        $34,486      $33,903    41.3x     31.6x         NM           NM          NA       31%         78%          78%       3%           3%
  Splunk Inc.                                 $171.63        $27,756      $28,424    13.1x     10.9x         NM           NM         20%       21%         79%          78%     (4%)           4%
  Akamai Technologies, Inc.                   $111.65        $18,176      $18,331     5.8x      5.4x        13.2x        12.4x       17%        7%         64%          66%      44%          44%
  NICE Ltd.                                   $267.20        $16,762      $16,231     9.8x      9.0x        29.4x        27.0x       14%       10%         71%          71%      33%          33%
  NortonLifeLock Inc.                          $21.44        $12,690      $15,165     6.1x      5.9x        11.2x        10.4x        NA        3%          NA           NA      55%          57%
  Proofpoint, Inc.                            $130.62         $7,538       $7,362     7.1x      6.2x        39.9x        38.0x       46%       14%         80%          80%      18%          16%
  Micro Focus International plc                $5.69          $1,905       $6,312     2.1x      2.2x         5.6x         5.9x      (5%)      (4%)          NA           NA      38%          38%
  CyberArk Software Ltd.                      $163.68         $6,340       $5,716    12.7x     11.8x         NM           NM         31%        8%         85%          84%      20%          13%
  SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.        $57.20         $5,200       $5,077    14.2x     12.7x         NM           NM         43%       12%         81%          80%      12%           8%
  Rapid7, Inc.                                 $89.49         $4,639       $4,768    11.7x      9.8x         NM           NM         67%       19%         74%          75%       4%           6%
  Ping Identity Holding Corp.                  $30.83         $2,501       $2,497    10.0x      8.7x         NM           NM         24%       15%         81%          80%      13%          14%
  OneSpan Inc.                                 $23.37           $947         $849     4.1x      3.8x         NM          40.7x      (3%)       10%         70%          72%       5%           9%
  Mitek Systems, Inc.                          $16.83           $718         $653     6.2x      5.5x        23.8x        18.2x       52%       14%         86%           NA      26%          30%

                                                                       Mean          11.1x         9.5x     20.5x        21.8x     28%        12%         77%           76%    20%        21%
                                                                       Median         9.8x         8.7x     18.5x        18.2x     24%        12%         79%           78%    18%        14%

  Data Aggregation
  RELX PLC                                     $25.23        $48,582      $57,700     5.9x      5.5x        17.6x        15.4x        2%        7%         64%          64%     34%           36%
  Experian plc                                 $36.10        $32,975      $36,549     7.1x      6.5x        20.9x        19.7x        7%        9%          NA           NA     34%           33%
  Equifax Inc.                                $180.31        $21,933      $24,775     6.1x      5.7x        17.0x        16.9x       20%        7%         58%          59%     36%           34%
  TransUnion                                   $90.83        $17,285      $20,342     7.5x      7.0x        19.6x        17.9x       17%        7%         67%          67%     38%           39%
  Fair Isaac Corporation                      $451.98        $13,214      $14,009    10.7x     10.4x        34.9x        27.0x       27%        3%         72%           NA     31%           38%
  Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.              $24.55        $10,534      $13,575     7.8x      7.3x        18.9x        17.3x        1%        7%         69%          71%     41%           42%
  CoreLogic, Inc.                              $76.18         $5,925       $7,315     4.3x      4.5x        11.5x        11.8x      (5%)      (3%)         59%          63%     38%           38%
  GB Group plc                                 $11.84         $2,324       $2,331     8.5x      8.0x        35.3x        33.4x        NA        NA          NA           NA     24%           24%
  GlobalData Plc                               $17.64         $2,081       $2,186     8.8x      8.4x        30.5x        27.5x       23%        6%         41%          42%     29%           30%
                                                                       Mean           7.4x         7.0x     22.9x        20.8x     12%            5%      62%           61%    34%        35%
                                                                       Median         7.5x         7.0x     19.6x        17.9x     12%            7%      64%           64%    34%        36%

  FinTech
  Visa Inc.                                    $198.36      $423,950     $426,803    19.9x     17.7x        29.0x        25.4x        1%      12%          97%           NA     69%           70%
  Mastercard Incorporated                      $321.56      $320,098     $322,174    21.1x     17.8x        36.9x        29.9x        2%      18%         100%          67%     57%           60%
  PayPal Holdings, Inc.                        $241.85      $283,374     $275,447    12.9x     10.9x        44.7x        37.4x       39%      18%          55%          54%     29%           29%
  Intuit Inc.                                  $373.58      $103,125      $99,938    12.4x     10.3x        32.0x        29.5x       28%      20%           NA           NA     39%           35%
  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. $129.23       $80,188      $97,824     7.8x      7.2x        18.5x        15.9x       50%       8%          34%          37%     42%           45%
  American Express Company                     $117.03       $94,233      $84,233     3.1x      2.1x          NA           NA      (13%)      45%          81%          10%      NA            NA
  Global Payments Inc.                         $182.91       $54,752      $62,316     9.2x      8.2x        20.2x        17.1x      102%      12%          68%          68%     45%           48%
                                                                       Mean          12.3x     10.6x        30.2x        25.9x     30%        19%         72%           47%    47%        48%
                                                                       Median        12.4x     10.3x        30.5x        27.4x     28%        18%         74%           54%    44%        46%

                               Notes:
                               Source: Capital IQ as of 2/1/2021.                                                                                                                                   13
SELECTED M&A ACTIVITY
 Announced                                                  Enterprise              EV / LTM                  EV / NTM
   Date      Acquirer                          Target         Value      Revenue        EBITDA      Revenue       EBITDA      Target Description

   Jan-21                                                     $640           NA                NA       NA               NA   Kount Inc. develops diversified fraud prevention solutions.

                                                                                                                              Avira Holding GmbH provides information technology-security protection solutions
  Dec-20                                                      $359           NA                NA       NA               NA   to computers, smartphones, servers and networks through software and cloud-based
                                                                                                                              services.
                                                                                                                              Verafin Inc. develops cloud based enterprise fraud detection and anti-money
  Nov-20                                                      $2,750         NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              laundering software solutions for financial institutions in North America.

                                                                                                                              Tapad, Inc. provides marketing technology solutions that enables users to project
  Nov-20                                                      $280           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              known data about their customers onto new prospectsi via predictive modeling.
                                                                                                                              Symphonic Software Ltd develops access and authorization management software
  Nov-20                                                       $32           NA                NA       NA               NA   platform to safeguard sensitive information for cross-sector multi-dimensional
                                                                                                                              organizations.
                                                                                                                              Preempt Security, Inc. develops a software platform that protects organizations by
  Sep-20                                                       $96           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              eliminating insider threats and security breaches.

                                                                                                                              Finicity Corporation provides personal financial management and consumer financial
  Jun-20                                                      $985           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              wellness platform solutions.
                                                                                                                              IDaptive, LLC develops next-gen access platform that secures access to applications
  May-20                                                       $70           NA                NA       NA               NA   and endpoints by verifying every user, validating their devices, and intelligently
                                                                                                                              limiting their access.
                                                                                                                              Risk Management division of Arvato Financial Solutions comprises risk management
  May-20                                                      $338           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              and fraud detection solutions.

                                                                                                                              DivvyCloud Corporation develops a software that allows enterprise customers to
  Apr-20                                                      $148          23.2x              NM       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              automate security, compliance, and governance risks.
                                                                                                                              Merkle Inc. operates as a marketing agency. Its services include performance media,
  Mar-20                                                     $32,413         NA                NA       NA               NA   enterprise technology, customer relationship management, analytics, digital and
                                                                                                                              user experience, B2B marketing solutions, and others.
                                                                                                                              Credit Karma, Inc. provides credit scoring, reporting, and monitoring services online,
  Feb-20                                                      $7,828        7.8x               NA       NA               NA   as well as on iOS and Android platforms to consumers for optimizing their credit and
                                                                                                                              personal finances.
                                                                                                                              RSA Security LLC develops and provides intelligence driven security solutions
  Feb-20                                                      $2,075         NA                NA       NA               NA   including threat detection and response, SIEM, threat defense, log mintoring,
                                                                                                                              network traffic analysis and forensics and other applications.
                                                                                                                              Simeio Solutions, LLC develops enterprise identity and access management (IAM)
  Feb-20                                                      $240           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              solutions.

                                                                                                                              Emailage Corp. develops and delivers fraud prevention and core risk detection
  Feb-20                                                      $480           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              solutions that assess digital entity risks for various industries.

                                                                                                                              Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. provides governance, risk, and compliance solutions to
   Jan-20                                                     $696           NA                NA       NA               NA
                                                                                                                              Fortune 100 companies across a range of industries.

                        Notes:
                        Source: Capital IQ and Pitchbook.                                                                                                                                                         14
SELECTED M&A ACTIVITY (CONT’D)
 Announced                                                  Enterprise              EV / LTM                     EV / NTM
   Date      Acquirer                          Target         Value      Revenue        EBITDA         Revenue       EBITDA      Target Description
                                                                                                                                 ID Analytics, LLC develops consumer risk management software solutions including
   Jan-20                                                     $375          7.8x                NA         NA               NA   authentication and verification, account management, compliance and identity
                                                                                                                                 verification solutions.
                                                                                                                                 Shape Security, Inc. develops and provides cyber security solutions to defend web
  Dec-19                                                      $1,028        17.1x               NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 and mobile applications from malicious automated cyber-attacks.
                                                                                                                                 Ubusha Technologies Pty Limited provides identity management, management
  Dec-19                                                      $360           NA                 NA         NA               NA   services framework implementation, and IT rollout planning services to the local and
                                                                                                                                 international corporate market.
                                                                                                                                 ObserveIT LTD. provides insider threat management software solutions that detect,
  Nov-19                                                      $217           NA                 NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 investigate and prevent threats.
                                                                                                                                 OverWatch ID, Inc. develops converged identity security solutions for cloud
  Oct-19                                                       $21           NA                 NA         NA               NA   applications, cloud computing, and hybrid IT environments, and on-premise
                                                                                                                                 infrastructures.
                                                                                                                                 Refinitiv US Holdings Inc. develops data, analytics, trading, and risk assessment tools
  Aug-19                                                     $28,940         NA                 NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 to provide information, insights, and technology for the global financial markets.

                                                                                                                                 Total System Services, Inc. provides payment processing, merchant and related
  May-19                                                     $26,216        6.4x               21.8x      6.4x          17.5x
                                                                                                                                 payment services to financial and nonfinancial institutions.
                                                                                                                                 Interset Inc. is an enterprise threat detection company which provides behavioral-
  Feb-19                                                       $90           NA                 NA         NA               NA   centric security solutions focused on protecting sensitive data such as intellectual
                                                                                                                                 property, trade secrets and classified files.
                                                                                                                                 IDology, Inc. develops digital identity verification and authentication solutions to
  Feb-19                                                      $302          7.9x               18.5x       NA               NA   validate personal information, evaluate risk and analyze email addresses to detect
                                                                                                                                 threats.

   Jan-19                                                     $121           NA                 NA         NA               NA   Janrain, Inc. develops customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions.

                                                                                                                                 Compuscan Information Technologies (Pty) Ltd. operates as a credit bureau and
  Dec-18                                                      $3,720         NA                 NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 information services provider that collects, provides, and protects data.

                                                                                                                                 Intersections Inc. provides identity risk management and privacy protection services
  Oct-18                                                      $115          0.7x               20.6x       NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 in the United States and Canada.

                                                                                                                                 Vix Verify Global Pty Ltd offers identity verification and location intelligence
  Oct-18                                                       $38          1.7x                NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                 software.

                                                                                                                                 Imperva, Inc. develops, markets, sells, and supports cyber security solutions to
  Oct-18                                                      $1,815        5.2x               NM         5.0x          46.1x
                                                                                                                                 protect business critical data and applications in the cloud or on premises worldwide.
                                                                                                                                 InfoArmor, Inc. develops data security software for businesses including employee
  Aug-18                                                      $525           NA                 NA         NA               NA   identity protection services, fraud detection and monitoring capabilities to detect,
                                                                                                                                 intercept and restore misuse of personal information.
                                                                                                                                 Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. provides business decisioning data and analytics in
  Aug-18                                                      $6,675        3.7x               12.5x      3.8x          12.6x
                                                                                                                                 North America and internationally.

                        Notes:
                        Source: Capital IQ and Pitchbook.                                                                                                                                                            15
SELECTED M&A ACTIVITY (CONT’D)
 Announced                                                  Enterprise             EV / LTM                     EV / NTM
   Date      Acquirer                          Target         Value      Revenue       EBITDA         Revenue       EBITDA        Target Description

                                                                                                                                  Duo Security, Inc. provides unified access security and multi-factor authentication
  Aug-18                                                      $2,350         NA                NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                  solutions for customers worldwide.
                                                                                                                                  CA Technologies develops enterprise IT software designed to eliminate the barriers
   Jul-18                                                    $18,448        4.4x              14.7x      4.3x          11.3x      between ideas and business outcomes including mainframe solutions, enterprise
                                                                                                                                  solutions, and affiliated services.
                                                                                                                                  LiveRamp provides data, technology, and services to power customer experiences.
   Jul-18                                                     $2,300        3.5x               NA         NA               NA     The Company enables people-based marketing to connect systems and data that
                                                                                                                                  drives seamless customer experiences and higher ROI.
                                                                                                                                  Simility, Inc. provides real-time risk and fraud detection solutions in the areas of
  Jun-18                                                      $124           NA                NA         NA               NA     account takeover fraud, new accound fraud, wire fraud, anti-money laundering,
                                                                                                                                  mobile remote check deposit fraud and trade surveillance.
                                                                                                                                  Callcredit provides consumer information management and direct marketing
  Apr-18                                                      $1,000         NA                NA         NA               NA     services to businesses to assess credit risk and affordibility, fraud and ID collection
                                                                                                                                  and recoveries.

                                                                                                                                  Refinitiv US Holdings Inc. develops data, analytics, trading, and risk assessment tools
   Jan-18                                                    $31,455        5.1x              16.4x       NA               NA
                                                                                                                                  to provide information, insights, and technology for the global financial markets.

                                                                                                                                  ThreatMetrix Inc. provides context-based business security and fraud prevention
   Jan-18                                                     $830           NA                NA         NA               NA
                                                                                                                                  solutions for businesses in various industries worldwide.

                                                                                                                                  Gemalto N.V. provides digital security products and services worldwide. The
  Dec-17                                                      $5,388        1.8x              11.1x      1.5x              9.7x   company operates through two segments, Identity, IoT & Cybersecurity; and
                                                                                                                                  Smartcards & Issuance.

                        Notes:
                        Source: Capital IQ and Pitchbook.                                                                                                                                                               16
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