Broadpoint Gleacher Announces Relocation of Headquarters; Now Operating under Gleacher & Company Brand

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc. BPSG, to be renamed Gleacher & Company, Inc., announced today that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York, and, in anticipation of its name change, is operating under the brand “Gleacher & Company”.

The new facilities will allow the Company’s various business units to consolidate from three locations in New York to one facility with approximately 75,000 square feet. The Company signed a 15-year lease (subject to extension) and will be located on the Fourth and Fifth Floors of 1290 Avenue of the Americas, located between 51^st and 52^nd Streets in midtown Manhattan.

“Our new location will accommodate our growth and allow our New York offices to more closely work together and serve our clients,” said Eric Gleacher, Chairman and CEO.

About Gleacher & Company

Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc. BPSG, to be renamed Gleacher & Company, Inc., is an independent investment bank that provides corporations and institutional investors with strategic, research-based investment opportunities, capital raising, and financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization and strategic alternative analysis services. For more information, please visit http://www.gleacher.com.

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