Urbana Corporation Increases Its Investment in Real Matters Inc.

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Urbana Corporation ("Urbana") URBURBURBURB is pleased to announce it has increased its investment in Real Matters Inc. ("Real Matters") by $1.6 million through the purchase of shares from existing shareholders. Real Matters has a proprietary technology platform and network of more than 100,000 qualified independent field agents. The company optimizes the management of critical, regulated real-estate processes such as appraisals, insurance inspections, title search and mortgage closings.

"Real Matters is run by bright and talented individuals who can execute on their ideas," says Thomas S. Caldwell, Chairman of Urbana Corporation. "We believe that our increasing investment in Real Matters can be of significant benefit to our shareholders in the future."

This recent investment is Urbana's fifth share purchase in Real Matters since December 2013. The cost of Urbana's stake in Real Matters is $12.2 million.

Urbana's permanent capital base allows it to act quickly as opportunities arise.

About Urbana Corporation

Urbana Corporation is a diversified investment corporation with a current focus across the financial services sector from exchanges to banks to broker dealers, investment managers and information services.

The long-term goal of Urbana is to seek and acquire investments for income and capital appreciation through a combination of public and private investments. The mix of an actively managed portfolio of publicly traded securities with private equity investments ensures non-committed assets are productively employed as we seek out, evaluate and participate in opportunities within the non-public sphere.

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