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COMPANY SNAPSHOT

Wall Street Systems has a 20 year heritage and track record of providing treasury and high performance transaction processing software to the world’s leading financial institutions and corporations. The company has an outstanding reputation for quality and responsive service, and prides itself in helping its customers achieve long lasting benefits and results.

Wall Street Systems is best known for providing functionally-rich, integrated and scalable solutions, which improve workflow, control and greatly reduce transactions costs for customers. The company is the market leader in foreign exchange transaction processing and is widely recognized for its global back-office solutions. Its award-winning and popular treasury management products are used by leading organizations around the world.

Wall Street Systems has 500 employees servicing over 300 banking, corporate and central bank customers, operating out of 12 offices worldwide. Our software processes millions of transactions, aggregating to trillions of dollars every day.

Wall Street Systems is a privately held corporation, which is majority owned by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investor.

FULL-TIME GRADUATE HIRES

We have a wide range of opportunities from Professional Services/Consulting, R&D, QA, Product Management, Finance, and Sales & Marketing.

How many places have been filled in 2007?
20

How many Graduate places do you anticipate offering in 2008?
30

In which areas of Wall Street Systems (UK) are you placing graduates?
We have a wide range of opportunities from Professional Services/Consulting, R&D, QA, Product Management, Finance, and Sales & Marketing.

What does a typical graduate rotation look like?
Attracting the right people has been key to our success, this process is the main source of our future talent. Graduates will spend the first 6 months in a department, and then they will have the option to rotate according to their identified strengths.

Which offices take graduates?
For 2008 we are looking to place graduates in our offices in the UK, US, France and the Czech Republic.

What are your application deadlines?
The current application process is for a September 2008 intake, interviews will be taking place throughout June and July.

What is the ratio of applicants to the positions?
We have a large number of applicants – for 2007 the ratio was 40:1

Briefly describe the hiring process:
The initial programme will be based at our flagship European Headquarters in London. For the first 4 weeks graduates will undergo training, induction and they will be given an opportunity to learn about Wallstreet Systems and how we work. The initial training programme spans 6 months and covers many disciplines. During this time we will work with candidates to establish their longer term career development plan and decide which department will best utilize and develop their skills and experience.

How much do you pay graduates?
We pay competitive rates with regular reviews to ensure our graduates receive a salary matched to their individual skills and experience.

Do you allow deferred entry and if so, under what circumstances?
No

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COMPANY CULTURE

Our Core Values are:

We are passionate about achieving excellence in everything we do. Our reputation is based on doing quality work in a professional manner. We continuously improve our practices and procedures in order to set the highest standards in our industry.

Employees are the company’s greatest asset. Each individual’s contribution, by doing a little bit more, a little bit better and a little bit faster, each and every day, cumulatively will make us a great company.

Ethical behavior, integrity and honesty are core principles of the company. We will demonstrate honesty in our business dealings, consistency in our behavior, commitment to keep our promises and earn the trust of stakeholders.

We will be the thought leader within our market and routinely innovate and improve the value proposition for our clients. We will continually provide our clients with a meaningful return on their investment.

We pride ourselves in team work. Though we encourage individual creativity and initiative, we find the energy and resourcefulness of the team produces the best results. We will take responsibility for our own performance, we will recognize the contribution of our colleagues, and we will engender a learning, not “blame” culture.

Profitability is in the best interest of our clients, employees and shareholders. It allows us to deliver superior products and services, and the means to attract and retain the best people..

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FINANCIAL FACTS

$120m+ and growing, profitable.

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