Triangle Agency MSA Wins "Administrative Excellence" Award at Subway® Annual Global Planning Summit in Nashville

Triangle Ad Agency continues to be honored in entire SUBWAY® advertising system that includes U.S., Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico

RALEIGH, NC – MSA, the Triangle marketing and communications agency, received the prestigious "Administrative Excellence" award by SUBWAY® Restaurants at SUBWAY's annual Global Planning Summit recently held in Nashville.

Presented by SUBWAY Franchisee Advertising Trust Fund (SFAFT), the award was one of only eight honors handed out to SUBWAY agencies that demonstrated the highest quality of work and support for their markets in 2009.

The SUBWAY system consists of some 27 U.S. Advertising Agencies as well as agencies representing Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico. Summit attendees also included local SFAFT board chairs, senior SFAFT executives, and Franchise World Headquarters personnel.

The Administrative Excellence award recognized MSA's outstanding stewardship of administrative functions that go along with being a local SUBWAY agency as presented by Steve Safier, SFAFT chief financial officer. MSA President Lewis Finch praised team members Karen Williams, Kristen Albie, Linda Wente and Maria Torruella for leading the way and helping the agency win the coveted honor.

Last year, MSA was recognized as "Agency of the Year," the highest honor in the chain's advertising system. The agency won five additional awards – the most of any firm for work in 2008.

About MSA

MSA represents SUBWAY in 27 U.S. markets, making the firm the second largest advertising agency in the entire SUBWAY system. Established in 1991, MSA is a full-service, integrated marketing and communications firm providing traditional and interactive advertising, broadcast production, public relations, branding services, research, Web development and mystery shopping. Ranked as a top 10 agency in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal, MSA's client list includes UNC Health Care and SUBWAY® restaurants, among others. For more information, contact MSA at (919) 463-9680, or visit www.thinkmsa.com

About SUBWAY® Restaurants

Headquartered in Milford, CT., and with more than 30,000 locations in 87 countries, the SUBWAY restaurant chain is the world's largest submarine sandwich franchise. SUBWAY was co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck in 1965. That partnership, which continues today, marked the beginning of a remarkable journey--one that made it possible for thousands of individuals to build and succeed in their own business. The SUBWAY brand has been honored as the number one franchise opportunity in Entrepreneur magazine's "Annual Franchise 500®" listing for 15 of the past 21 years, and was ranked as "America's Top Global Franchise" for 2009. Visit www.subway.com. SUBWAY is a registered trademark of Doctor's Associates Inc.