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2014 ETRM / CTRM Vendor Perception Study Commodity Technology Advisory llc About Allegro Allegro is a leading provider of commodity value chain and risk management (CVCRM) software for power and gas utilities, refiners, producers, traders and commodity consumers. With more than 30 years of deep industry expertise, Allegro provides real-time intelligence and decision-making capabilities, from the source of the commodity (ground), through transportation, to the commodity consumer. Allegro’s software provides the global intelligence needed to manage physical and financial positions, and to optimize their assets and portfolios using tools that quantify and mitigate risks. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Allegro has offices in Calgary, Houston, London, Singapore, Sydney and Zurich, along with a global network of partners. Allegro pioneered the energy trading and risk management (ETRM) industry as the first vendor to offer software for tracking transactions and mitigating risks in commodity trading markets. The software provides enhanced visibility across trade books, within a single system of record, allowing companies to leverage the power of real-time decision making. It provides accurate downstream data to manage commodity acquisition, storage, transportation, optimization and sale. Further, it manages logistics and the interplay between commodities and demand-side intelligence helping customers better monetize assets. Solutions Allegro designs and delivers the industry’s leading multi-commodity trading, transaction and risk management software. Allegro provides agile ETRM software solutions that deliver the fastest time to benefit with the least risk. Our advanced software architecture and component based approach allow Allegro to rapidly deploy agile solutions to perfectly match customer priorities and deliver a high return on investment. Allegro solutions help companies: Improve Position Analysis and Valuation - Make better business decisions with accurate and instantaneous views of positions and valuation Improve Trader Productivity - Streamline and automate trade processes to reduce the risk and cost of dual-entry and manual processes to allow maximum attention to profitable opportunities Manage Market Price Exposure - Mitigate exposure to volatile market prices with effective hedging and real-time updates, comprehensive metrics, and simulation Manage Counterparty Exposure - Mitigate exposure with credit and collateral management, and a flexible credit scoring process Achieve Hedge Accounting Compliance – Manage compliance with accuracy and confidence Manage Liquidity Exposure - Manage cash and capital adequacy with efficiency Delivery Allegro energy trading and risk management software delivers the fastest realization of business objectives and greatest flexibility with minimal risk and disruption to our customers’ business. The key to this approach is that every effort centers around a specific business objective. This focus minimizes the number of specific business processes involved in achieving the objective. It also minimizes the number of technology changes required and minimizes the number of personnel affected. The result of all these steps is a faster realization of business objectives for our customers, better cost/benefit alignment, and higher total benefits over time. Deployment Allegro offers software delivery on premise or in the cloud through Amazon Web Services. Customers can manage the implementation process or elect to have a turnkey project through Allegro’s Managed Services offering. Customers Allegro delivers solutions to power and gas utilities, refiners, producers, traders, and commodity consumers worldwide. Today more than 3,000 users rely on Allegro to manage trading, risk management, physical logistics, and regulatory compliance across their portfolios in gas, power, coal, crude, petroleum, emissions, and other commodity types. © 2014 Commodity Technology Advisory, llc 25

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