NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Evercore Partners Inc. (NYSE: EVR) announced today that the company and certain of its stockholders have commenced a public offering of an aggregate of 3.5 million shares of Evercore's Class A common stock. Evercore intends to use all of the proceeds from its offering of Class A common stock to purchase from certain holders, including members of Evercore's senior management, a number of outstanding Evercore LP partnership units that is equal to the number of newly-issued shares of Class A common stock sold by Evercore in the offering. Evercore will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock by the selling stockholders. Evercore and the selling stockholders intend to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares of Class A common stock to the extent that the underwriters sell more than 3.5 million shares of Class A common stock. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. Barclays Capital, Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller and Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. are acting as co-managers for the offering. The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which became effective on June 2, 2009. Copies of the written prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering may be obtained by contacting Goldman, Sachs & Co. via telephone at +1 212 902 1171, via email at or via standard mail at: Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prospectus Department 85 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 You may also visit http://www.sec.gov/ to obtain an electronic copy of the prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement. The offering is made only by means of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction. About Evercore Partners Evercore Partners is a leading investment banking boutique and investment management firm. Evercore's Advisory business counsels its clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and other strategic transactions. Evercore's Investment Management business comprises wealth management, institutional asset management and private equity investing. Evercore serves a diverse set of clients around the world from its offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, London, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. DATASOURCE: Evercore Partners Inc. CONTACT: Robert B. Walsh, Chief Financial Officer, Evercore Partners Inc., +1-212-857-3100

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