Close Deals Faster and Optimize Business ProcessesWebcast for Mining, Oil & Gas Executives

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Mining, Oil & Gas in the News…

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Mining and Oil & Gas

Common Characteristics• Natural resource-based

• Intense business cycles

• Capital intensive

• Geographically dispersed operations

Common Drivers• Growing consolidation

• Mergers & acquisitions• Asset purchases• New partnerships

• Greater financing needs

• Increasing land and mineral rights leasing

• More regulation• Environmental• Safety• Operations

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• High volume of business-critical documents shared across functions• Many third party stakeholders• Limited IT support in some locations• Geographically dispersed personnel

Mining, Oil and Gas Executives Have High Demand for Document Management

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Current Document Exchange Methods Have Limitations

• Expensive• Time consuming• IT required

• Confidentiality risks• Inefficient• Information protection risks

Common Problems and Concerns

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Characteristics of Efficient, Effective Document Exchange

• CENTRALIZED – a single, online location for organizing, storing and exchanging high-value documents

• CONTROLLED - business managers control and monitor access to confidential information

• Individual permissioning• Document protection

• ACCESSIBLE – via the Internet to authorized individuals from anywhere, and at any time

• BEYOND THE CORPORATE NETWORK – documents can be shared instantly and securely with internal team members and external partners

• NO IT SUPPORT NEEDED - No IT resources required; no software installation, maintenance or training

Online workspaces meet these requirements

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Online Workspaces Streamline Document Exchange

Benefits• Reduces costs• Ensures confidentiality• Maintains compliance

• Reduces administrative burden• Improves information sharing• Provides insight into information access

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How Are Companies Like Yours Addressing The Challenges of Document Management & Exchange for…

• Merger, acquisition, divestiture and financing transactions?

• Regulatory, audit and compliance processes?

• Project management?

• Critical business information including business operations information, board reporting and more?

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Mergers & AcquisitionsFreeport-McMoRan – Mining

DealAnnounced

Pre-CloseAction

Post-CloseIntegration

March 2007Companies begin integration

March 2007Merger closes;largest mining merger at the time ($26B)

Sept/Oct 2006FCX and Phelps Dodge enter merger discussions

November 2006Freeport-McMoRanand Phelps Dodgeannounce merger

1H 2006Phelps Dodge pursues acquisition of Inco Limited – deal falls through

DueDiligence

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Mergers & Acquisitions Freeport-McMoRan – Mining

General Counsel and Management TeamsPhelps Dodge acquisition ($26B )

How an online workspace facilitated the merger:• Quick & easy upload of information to support due diligence• Controlled access to information; ability to limit copying and forwarding• Geologists, engineers and others appreciated the ease of access to

detailed information• Advance access made in person meetings more productive• Easy to support geographically dispersed team• Familiarity and recognition of IntraLinks by key advisors including

investment banks and law firms• Jump-started post-merger integration

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Divestitures and Asset Sales Global Oil Company

Corporate Development department uses for global strategic management of company assets, including sales and divestments ($15B in deals in past five years)

How They Use Online Workspaces• To comprehensively and powerfully present an asset for sale including

all relevant business management and operations information

Key Benefits• Presents information effectively

and efficiently • Cut travel expenses• Raises employee efficiency• Eliminate administrative burden• Promote information sharing

“For companies like ours that aggressively manage their business to a strategic plan, an online workspace in the most efficient, effective way to organize information with external parties. Online workspace is a tool to help us meet our business development objectives.”

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Global Management and Board Reporting Trico Marine – Marine Support Services to the Oil & Gas Industry

Corporate Secretary and Global Management Team — Corporate repository

Global Business Drives Needs for Document Exchange Tools

• Globally dispersed operations and assets

• Executives and directors worldwide

Online Workspaces Support• Real-time decision making

Using key data: current operations information and archived documents

• Board communicationsEnhanced Board book and materialsReduced administrative time and expenses

“In this day of magnified responsibilities for public company directors, having the virtual library at their fingertips lets them act with the confidence that they are fully informed. That is the recipe for increasing shareholder value.”

- Rishi Varma, General Counsel

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Regulatory Process Management Natural Gas Pipeline Development and Operation Company

Large North American company that gathers, processes, transports, store and distributes natural gas.

Key Benefits• Streamlines the process for review and

response to queries that are part of the rate case process; replaces time-intensive, manual process.

• Provides a means to easily organize and store information and enables efficient access to key information by auditors, should that need arise.

How They Use Online Workspaces• Rate case process management

Inquiries from Interveners are posted for review by internal regulatory teams, and for sharing with the federal regulatory agencies (e.g. FERC).

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Project ManagementNTSG – Professional Services Company

NTSG, a privately held company, offers a full suite of professional services, including network deployment, for the telecom industry.

How They Use Online Workspaces• Initially, to facilitate document

management with clients • For all aspects of project management

including drawings, engineering designs and deployment plans

Key Benefits• Overcomes limitations of email and

FTP to improve organization of information

• Reduced time spent on document management for project managers by 20-30%

“I was amazed at how the online workspaces increases efficiencies and reduce risk and uncertainty. I wish I knew about it years ago.”

- Deborah McCarthy, VP of Finance and Business Development

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Online Workspaces Improve Document Exchange for Mining, Oil & Gas CompaniesFor financial transactions

Saves money:• Travel, staffing and traditional document exchange costs

Saves time:• Enables 20% more opportunity review on the front end• Close deals 30% faster

Allows you to “cast a wider net”Increases deal intelligence

For global business managementProvides a central, organized location for all high-value informationAllows instant access to information to facilitate decision makingEliminates many challenges of inherent in geographically dispersed teamsSupports information protection requirements

For business operationsStreamlines project management of large-scale programsReduces time spent on document management by 20-30%

For regulatory, compliance and audit requirementsReplaces administrative-intense, paper-based processesImproves response timeIncreases efficiency and lowers costs associated with these processes

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IntraLinks: the Leading Global Provider of Online Workspaces

• Pioneered the secure online workspace concept• 10+ years of experience with Fortune 1000 companies• Trusted advisor to the mining, oil and gas community

Used on 30+ M&A mining dealsUsed on 100+ oil & gas M&A deals

• Trusted by over 700,000 users representing 80,000 organizations across 200 countries

• Award-winning customer service providing live customer service in 170 languages

The LeadingSolution

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Unparalleled Security & Reliability

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Questions?

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Please Contact Us to Discuss How Online Workspace Can Support Your Business

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