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IN THE MARKETPLACE

BY ALM Staff
September 11, 2003

Central Leasing Corporation of Birmingham, AL has named Barry Thomas as credit manager. Formerly vice president and group manager at SouthTrust Bank, Thomas will be responsible for overseeing the credit department for the commercial leasing and finance company. In addition, he will also be responsible for managing day-to-day operations.

Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. of Rosemont, IL has announced that it completed the sale of the stock of its leasing subsidiary in Germany on April 29, 2003 to Munich-based Comprendium Investment (Deutschland) GmbH, which is owned by Comprendium Investment SA, a Swiss corporation. Comprendium Investment SA is controlled by Thomas Flohr, who until January 2001 served as president of Comdisco Europe, a division of Comdisco, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Comdisco received approximately EURO285 million (approximately $316 million) at closing. Comdisco will receive four additional payments totaling up to approximately EURO38 million (approximately $42 million) over the next 42 months contingent upon specific portfolio performance criteria.

Equilease Financial Services, Inc. of Norwalk, CT has recently acquired a portfolio of performing loans backed by equipment leases. This portfolio consisted of plant lift trucks, construction and gaming equipment. Equilease is an independent equipment lessor and financial services company. The company's primary business focus is to acquire seasoned equipment lease and equipment loan portfolios that include performing and non-performing paper.

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