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Proxicom Opens New Office in Detroit; Company Committed to High-Touch Customer Service Completes its Geographic Strategy for Servicing the Auto Industry

RESTON, Va.--June 15, 2006--Proxicom, Inc., an affiliate of The Gores Group, today announced the opening of a new office in Bingham Farms, MI. The Company currently builds, and manages several OEM brand sites. For many years, Proxicom has provided services to key OEM and Captive Finance clients in the Detroit metropolitan area including website design, development and ongoing program management. "This office opening completes our geographic commitment to the automotive industry. Along with our offices in Los Angeles and New York, our Detroit office underscores our commitment to providing 'high touch' service to our key accounts as well as to our business development efforts," said Blue Van Dyke, Proxicom's Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Proxicom maintains eight offices across the United States, each located in areas close to large clients. "Opening an office in Metro Detroit is a critical step towards meeting our clients' objectives, by providing local resources to help drive and manage key web-based initiatives. Our locally-based sales and consulting teams will continue to strengthen our leadership position within automotive and captive finance interactive marketing," stated Greg Morrell, Proxicom's Managing Director for Automotive. Proxicom's Detroit client services team includes Tom Nepa and Domingos Vieira, both Proxicom Automotive veterans of over 6 years. "Our interactive auto clients have come to expect first-class service from Proxicom; now that we're around the corner, we can be even more responsive to their needs, " added Mr. Nepa.

About Proxicom

Proxicom, Inc., an internationally recognized Internet and information technology consulting firm, delivers custom-tailored web applications, industry-specific management consulting and IT solutions, and system integration services to Global 1000 organizations. Through the experience and ongoing passion of its talented professionals, Proxicom develops Internet and information technology solutions that transform the way business is done across a number of select industry groups including: Automotive, Healthcare, and Financial Services. Founded in 1991 as a systems integrator, Proxicom, an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC, has developed and built web solutions for such blue-chip companies as ExxonMobil, Chevron, DuPont, Mazda North American Operations, GMAC and Toyota Motor Sales, among many others. Headquartered in Reston, VA, Proxicom also has offices in New York, NY; Chevy Chase, MD; Detroit, MI; Indianapolis, IN; Los Angeles, Irvine and San Francisco, CA. (www.proxicom.com)

About The Gores Group, LLC

Founded in 1987, The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology and telecommunications sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, The Gores Group maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado and London. For more information, please visit www.gores.com.