Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group Inc.'s broker-dealer subsidiary, Rodman & Renshaw LLC maintained its leading position in PIPE transaction deal volume during the first half of 2009, gaining the top position in PlacementTracker's PIPE Market League Tables, published by Sagient Research Systems.

During the first half of 2009 Rodman completed 29 transactions raising a total of $420.6 million. Rodman completed more than three times as many PIPE financing transactions as its nearest competitor. Rodman was also the number one ranked PIPE advisor by deal volume for all of 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

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