Overview of Transaction

• Optimal Blue has agreed to sell to GTCR, a leading private equity firm
• Backed by Serent Capital, Optimal Blue is one of the largest SaaS providers of enterprise services to mortgage originators & investors
• The Company created the first cloud-based Product & Pricing Engine ("PPE") and is now the largest independent provider of pricing solutions in the mortgage ecosystem
• GTCR has committed up to $350 million of equity capital to the investment to pursue growth initiatives at Optimal Blue as well as complementary acquisitions to provide information and other digital services to the $14 trillion mortgage marketplace

Significance of Transaction

• Represents one of the largest Mortgage Technology M&A transactions in recent times
• Represents a highly favorable outcome to Optimal Blue management and Serent Capital, its private equity backer

FT Partners' Role

• FT Partners served as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Optimal Blue and its Board of Directors
• FT Partners leveraged its deep knowledge, extensive experience and broad industry relationships to help bring in a knowledgeable partner with deep domain expertise in financial services
• Transaction demonstrates FT Partners' continued success advising top-tier financial technology companies