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Rockefeller & Co. Appoints Susan Traver
Managing Director, Marketing and Sales

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Market Commentary Update
November 20, 2007

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Rockefeller & Co.’s Integrated Wealth Services Business Appoints Michael J. Collins Chief Marketing Officer;
Daniel H. Berg Chief Technology Officer

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New York, NY – November 13, 2007

Rockefeller & Co., Inc. - a leading global wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations and endowments - announced today that its Integrated Wealth Services (IWS) business has appointed Michael J. Collins as Chief Marketing Officer and Daniel H. Berg as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Both the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer roles are newly created positions based out of New York City that report directly to Roy King, President and Chief Executive Officer of IWS, and a Managing Director of Rockefeller & Co.

Rockefeller & Co.’s IWS business provides cost-effective back and middle office services to both Rockefeller & Co. clients, as well as on an outsourced basis to single-family and multi-family offices, high wealth individuals and financial institutions. At the core of IWS services is a proven technology-enabled service platform that provides IWS clients with reconciled, flexible and actionable data aggregation and reporting across their financial portfolios. As of September 30, IWS administered approximately $30 billion in assets.

Roy King, President and CEO of IWS, said, “We are delighted to welcome Michael Collins and Daniel Berg, veterans in their respective fields, to Integrated Wealth Services. Both Michael and Dan bring a remarkable depth of go-to-market and technology leadership, and their appointments highlight our commitment to offer continued superior information management services to our clients, and reflect the strong momentum that is behind the development of IWS. Since joining IWS in May of this year, I have made the enhancement of our services and growth of our business top priorities. Together, Michael and Dan will accelerate our management team’s progress towards these twin goals, while furthering the Rockefeller & Co. promise of delivering nothing less than the highest level of comprehensive and integrated wealth management services to its clients.”

In his new role as Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Collins, 43, will be the senior leader of the IWS marketing team. As part of this role, he will manage the creation and execution of the IWS marketing strategy in support of the company’s objectives of delivering accelerated revenue growth and client base expansion through innovative branding, product marketing and management, marketing communications and public relations, lead generation, and alliance partner programs.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Collins served as Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Gevity HR, Inc., a business process outsourcer of human resources services for small and mid-size businesses. Previously, he also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Mercator Software, a publicly-traded enterprise integration company, now part of IBM. Mr. Collins holds a B.A. in Communications and Journalism from Rowan University.

In his new role as Chief Technology Officer, Daniel Berg, 42, will develop and modify the IWS technology roadmap based on market and client-driven requirements and will also focus on product architecture, evolution, and integration of new technologies into the existing infrastructure.

Prior to joining IWS, Mr. Berg was Senior Vice President, Product Development at Foundation Source Philanthropic Services, Inc., where he led a team that brought innovative philanthropic and financial technology and services to the ultra high net worth community. He has also led R&D and product development efforts at both public and privately-held commercial technology companies, including Eastman Software - a division of Eastman Kodak, Wang Software, Comfidex Corp. and others. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Science from the University of Rochester.

Rockefeller & Co. hosted its fourth annual Family Office Forum

Rockefeller & Co.'s CEO Letter to Friends and Clients
October 31, 2007

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Rockefeller & Co. hosted a forum entitled Mothers, Daughters and Money: What We All Need to Know About Wealth

Investment Review - Third Quarter 2007

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Thought Piece:
The Ugly Side of Credit and the Lessons That It Teaches

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Rockefeller & Co. hosted its annual Conference for Foundations and Endowments
Jackson Hole, WY – August 12th - 14th, 2007

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Rockefeller & Co.'s CEO Letter to Friends and Clients

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Rockefeller & Co. Appoints Darcy H. Stern Director of Research, Global Equities
New York, NY – June 11, 2007
Rockefeller & Co., Inc. – a leading global wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations and endowments – announced today that it has appointed Darcy H. Stern as Director of Research, Global Equities.

In her new role, Ms. Stern will play an integral role in the development and execution of the firm’s global equity management. Among her responsibilities, she will oversee five to six sector-specific research analysts, participate in global fundamental research, and integrate her efforts with the fixed-income and alternative investments teams as part of the firm’s ongoing commitment to optimize overall value creation for its clients. She will report directly to David Harris, Chief Investment Officer of Rockefeller & Co., and will be located in the New York headquarters office.

Prior to joining Rockefeller & Co., Darcy Stern served as a Senior Analyst and then as Head Analyst for Nomura Asset Management where she covered US and European consumer sectors. Darcy has also held analyst positions with Lord Abbett & Company and The Chicago Corporation. Her research coverage has spanned furniture retailers and manufacturers, food companies, as well as the household products, personal care, appliance and automotive industries.

David Harris, Chief Investment Officer of Rockefeller & Co., said, “We are delighted to welcome Darcy Stern whose outstanding experience and skills will complement the efforts of our global investment team. Darcy’s appointment reflects the notion that our long-established track record for delivering successful returns to our clients is rooted in our practice of attracting and retaining the best and the brightest individuals who share our global investment philosophy and approach. Darcy will build on our team’s focus on rigorous, independent fundamental analysis.”

Ms. Stern graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.B.A. and received an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Rockefeller & Co. Hosted its Annual Intergenerational Forum
New York, NY - May 11, 2007

Rockefeller & Co. Appoints Roy King Managing Director,
President and CEO of Integrated Wealth Services (IWS)
New York, NY – May 4, 2007
Rockefeller & Co., Inc. – a leading global wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, foundations and endowments – announced today that it has appointed Roy King President and CEO of its Integrated Wealth Services (IWS) business, effective immediately. As part of this appointment, Mr. King has also been named a Managing Director of Rockefeller & Co.

Rockefeller’s IWS business provides outsourced back and middle office services to single-family offices, multi-family offices and other high wealth business enterprises. As of March 31, 2007, IWS administered approximately $30 billion in assets.

In his new role, Mr. King, who brings over 30 years of experience leading large global services and technology organizations across diverse business sectors, will both lead and collaborate with executives across all areas of IWS and oversee its industry-leading technology service platform, RockIT™. He will report directly to Jim McDonald, President and CEO of Rockefeller & Co and will be located in the New York headquarters office.

Prior to joining Rockefeller & Co. and IWS, Roy King served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Gevity HR. Among his previous responsibilities, Mr. King has also served as Chief Executive Officer for several information technology, software and professional service organizations, including Mercator Software. Prior to his leadership roles in the technology sector, Roy served as General Manager for IBM Global Services in North American and EMEA and was a partner in technology and operations consulting for Booz Allen and Hamilton and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Jim McDonald, President and CEO of Rockefeller & Co. said, “We are delighted to welcome Roy King to IWS and Rockefeller & Co. The tremendous wealth of leadership and business experience that Roy brings from the technology space underscores our commitment to offer continued superior information management services to our clients. In order to best serve the needs of our clients in the twenty-first century, we constantly strive to ensure that we can offer a robust technology platform that solves the complex information needs of the multiple entity, multiple asset class, multiple manager, and multiple custodian wealth management world. Roy understands the Rockefeller culture of delivering nothing less than the highest level of comprehensive service to our clients, and in this regard, we have every confidence that he will continue to build on the strong momentum behind our IWS business.”
Mr. King is a graduate of Iowa State University, and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

An independent and privately owned firm, Rockefeller & Co., Inc., and its two other subsidiaries – The Rockefeller Trust Company and The Rockefeller Trust Company (Delaware)-- provides comprehensive investment and wealth management services to individuals, families, trusts, foundations and endowments.