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Close Deals Faster and Optimize Business Processes

Webcast for Mining, Oil & Gas Executives

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Mining, Oil & Gas in the News…

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Mining and Oil & Gas

Common Characteristics

• Natural resource-based
• Intense business cycles
• Capital intensive
• Geographically dispersed
• perations

Common Drivers

• Growing consolidation
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Asset purchases
• New partnerships
• Greater financing needs
• Increasing land and mineral

rights leasing

• More regulation
• Environmental
• Safety
• Operations

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• High volume of business-critical documents shared across functions
• Many third party stakeholders
• Limited IT support in some locations
• Geographically dispersed personnel

Mining, Oil and Gas Executives Have High Demand for Document Management

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Current Document Exchange Methods Have Limitations

• Expensive
• Time consuming
• IT required
• Confidentiality risks
• Inefficient
• Information protection risks

Common Problems and Concerns

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Characteristics of Efficient, Effective Document Exchange

• CENTRALIZED – a single, online location for organizing, storing and

exchanging high-value documents

• CONTROLLED - business managers control and monitor access to

confidential information

• Individual permissioning
• Document protection
• ACCESSIBLE – via the Internet to authorized individuals from

anywhere, and at any time

• BEYOND THE CORPORATE NETWORK – documents can be

shared instantly and securely with internal team members and external partners

• NO IT SUPPORT NEEDED - No IT resources required; no software

installation, maintenance or training Online workspaces meet these requirements

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Online Workspaces Streamline Document Exchange

Benefits

• Reduces costs
• Ensures confidentiality
• Maintains compliance
• Reduces administrative burden
• Improves information sharing
• Provides insight into information access

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How Are Companies Like Yours Addressing The Challenges of Document Management & Exchange for…

• Merger, acquisition, divestiture

and financing transactions?

• Regulatory, audit and

compliance processes?

• Project management?
• Critical business information

including business operations information, board reporting and more?

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Mergers & Acquisitions Freeport-McMoRan – Mining

Deal Announced Pre-Close Action Post-Close Integration

March 2007 Companies begin integration March 2007 Merger closes; largest mining merger at the time ($26B) Sept/Oct 2006 FCX and Phelps Dodge enter merger discussions November 2006 Freeport-McMoRan and Phelps Dodge announce merger 1H 2006 Phelps Dodge pursues acquisition of Inco Limited – deal falls through

Due Diligence

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Mergers & Acquisitions Freeport-McMoRan – Mining

General Counsel and Management Teams Phelps Dodge acquisition ($26B )

How an online workspace facilitated the merger:

• Quick & easy upload of information to support due diligence
• Controlled access to information; ability to limit copying and forwarding
• Geologists, engineers and others appreciated the ease of access to

detailed information

• Advance access made in person meetings more productive
• Easy to support geographically dispersed team
• Familiarity and recognition of IntraLinks by key advisors including

investment banks and law firms

• Jump-started post-merger integration

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Divestitures and Asset Sales Global Oil Company

Corporate Development department uses for global strategic management of company assets, including sales and divestments ($15B in deals in past five years)

How They Use Online Workspaces

• To comprehensively and powerfully present an asset for sale including

all relevant business management and operations information Key Benefits

• Presents information effectively

and efficiently

• Cut travel expenses
• Raises employee efficiency
• Eliminate administrative burden
• Promote information sharing

“For companies like ours that aggressively manage their business to a strategic plan, an

• nline workspace in the most efficient,

effective way to organize information with external parties. Online workspace is a tool to help us meet our business development

• bjectives.”

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Global Management and Board Reporting

Trico Marine – Marine Support Services to the Oil & Gas Industry

Corporate Secretary and Global Management Team — Corporate repository

Global Business Drives Needs for Document Exchange Tools

• Globally dispersed operations and

assets

• Executives and directors worldwide

Online Workspaces Support

• Real-time decision making

Using key data: current operations information and archived documents

• Board communications

Enhanced Board book and materials Reduced administrative time and expenses

“In this day of magnified responsibilities for public company directors, having the virtual library at their fingertips lets them act with the confidence that they are fully informed. That is the recipe for increasing shareholder value.”

• Rishi Varma, General Counsel

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Regulatory Process Management

Natural Gas Pipeline Development and Operation Company

Large North American company that gathers, processes, transports, store and distributes natural gas.

Key Benefits

• Streamlines the process for review and

response to queries that are part of the rate case process; replaces time-intensive, manual process.

• Provides a means to easily organize and store

information and enables efficient access to key information by auditors, should that need arise. How They Use Online Workspaces

• Rate case process management

Inquiries from Interveners are posted for review by internal regulatory teams, and for sharing with the federal regulatory agencies (e.g. FERC).

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Project Management

NTSG – Professional Services Company

NTSG, a privately held company, offers a full suite of professional services, including network deployment, for the telecom industry.

How They Use Online Workspaces

• Initially, to facilitate document

management with clients

• For all aspects of project management

including drawings, engineering designs and deployment plans Key Benefits

• Overcomes limitations of email and

FTP to improve organization of information

• Reduced time spent on document

management for project managers by 20-30%

“I was amazed at how the online workspaces increases efficiencies and reduce risk and

• uncertainty. I wish I knew about it years ago.”
• Deborah McCarthy, VP of Finance and

Business Development

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Online Workspaces Improve Document Exchange for Mining, Oil & Gas Companies

For financial transactions

Saves money:

• Travel, staffing and traditional document exchange costs

Saves time:

• Enables 20% more opportunity review on the front end
• Close deals 30% faster

Allows you to “cast a wider net” Increases deal intelligence

For global business management

Provides a central, organized location for all high-value information Allows instant access to information to facilitate decision making Eliminates many challenges of inherent in geographically dispersed teams Supports information protection requirements

For business operations

Streamlines project management of large-scale programs Reduces time spent on document management by 20-30%

For regulatory, compliance and audit requirements

Replaces administrative-intense, paper-based processes Improves response time Increases efficiency and lowers costs associated with these processes

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IntraLinks: the Leading Global Provider of Online Workspaces

• Pioneered the secure online workspace concept
• 10+ years of experience with Fortune 1000 companies
• Trusted advisor to the mining, oil and gas community

Used on 30+ M&A mining deals Used on 100+ oil & gas M&A deals

• Trusted by over 700,000 users representing 80,000 organizations

across 200 countries

• Award-winning customer service providing live customer service in

170 languages

The Leading Solution Superior Service Unparalleled Security & Reliability

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Questions?

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Please Contact Us to Discuss How Online Workspace Can Support Your Business

EMAIL:

fbrunetti@intralinks.com

TEL:

212-543-7789

Senior Vice President, Product Marketing

Frank Brunetti

EMAIL:

ashurell@intralinks.com

TEL:

212-342-7634

Vice President, Product Marketing

Alison Shurell

On the Web Phone Via email www.intralinks.com/miningoilgas

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