Manifest is pleased to announce that it has been selected as Winner in the M&A category of Britain's Digital Elite Awards 2007

About Digital Elites

Real Business magazine and Microsoft set out to identify the nation's most intelligent users of software. These firms are harnessing software to radically improve performance, transforming their sector in the process. The winners were decided by a panel of four judges including two entrepreneurs, Charles Orton-Jones from Real Business and Simon Hughes of Microsoft.

Entrants were judged on three criteria:

• Excellence in execution of IT project
• Support from the board of IT projects that drive growth and place technology at the heart of the business
• Recognition of that IT as a driver for growth – and success in driving this growth

Also short-listed were Taylor Nelson Sofres and Project Fusion.

M&A

Manifest: This firm is changing the face of electronic proxy voting at general meetings of listed companies worldwide. Currently, getting approval for a resolution at an AGM can be time consuming and with a very low voter turnout. Manifest’s voting system puts the voter in direct contact with the issuer, making the chain of intermediaries system redundant. Manifest’s system is particularly relevant at EGMs, where takeovers need to be rapidly authorised.

Here's what the Judges said:

“It’s easy to get carried away by flash ideas and blue sky thinking but where these businesses really excel is through execution. These businesses have demonstrated excellence in not only what they provide, but innovation in the way they provide it.” Simon Hughes, Director for Small and Medium-Sized Business at Microsoft UK

"Manifest’s voting systems puts the voter in direct contact with the issuer, making the chain of intermediaries system redundant." Chareles Orton -Jones, Editor, Real Business.

“Manifest’s system looks terrific,” says Digital Elite awards judge Jay Bregman.

For more information on Britain’s Digital Elite please go to www.realbusiness.co.uk/elite