RICHMOND, VA (MARCH 1, 2008) – Transact Capital Partners announced today that Stan
Maupin, Managing Director, has joined the firm to enhance its Capital Formation and Strategic
Growth Consulting practices.

Stan has more than 20 years experience in providing advisory services in capital formation,
business development and financial and strategic planning to emerging and growth oriented
companies. His specialty is creating shareholder value for business owners. He is also a
successful entrepreneur who has been a founder of several successful companies in a variety of
industries.

Stan started his career with 6 years in the consulting divisions of large international accounting
firms. He began working with emerging businesses by co-founding Office America, a big box
retail chain that grew to more than $70 million in sales. He has worked with more than 100
growth-oriented businesses in projects ranging from start-up capital raises to securing growth
capital to implementing exit strategies including buyouts, mergers, public offerings and joint
ventures. His clients include TransPharm, Inc, a bio-tech firm that sold out to the British
company that cloned Dolly and Commonwealth Technologies, Inc., the first Richmond based
biotech firm to go public.

Most recently, Stan was a founder and the CFO of EverDrive, LLC, a company that connects the
thousands of small automotive recyclers with the mass markets offered by retail automotive
aftermarket chains. He initially consulted with the founder on development of a business plan
and securing key contracts. He then joined the company as its second employee and helped raise
the financing and execute the business plan that helped the company grow to more than 70
employees providing guaranteed used auto parts to consumers in more than 6,000 locations in
the US.

He also has been active in political and community activities, having served as Chairman of a
number of business organizations including the Richmond Venture Forum and the Greater
Richmond Technology Council. He is also active in Virginia’s political sector, having served as
treasurer of several campaigns for the Governor of Virginia and the U.S. Senate. He received the
Leadership Award of the Greater Richmond Technology Council in 1998.

Stan has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden
School of the University of Virginia.