BLACKLINE MAKES SOFTWARE 500 LIST FOR 6TH YEAR IN A ROW

LOS ANGELES – Dec. 8, 2016 – BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) has been recognized by Software Magazine for the sixth year in a row as one of the “largest and best-performing” software and services providers in the world, with an overall 2016 Software 500 ranking of No. 311. The financial controls and automation software company also took the No. 10 spot for the fastest-growing company in the $50 to $100 million category worldwide, confirming the growing demand in the marketplace for the company’s cloud-based Finance Controls and Automation Platform.

The Software 500 is a revenue-based ranking of the world’s largest software and services suppliers targeting medium-size to large enterprises, their IT professionals, software developers and business managers involved in software and services purchasing. The 2016 Software 500 ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue for 2015.

Financial information for the Software 500 is gathered by a survey prepared by Rockport Custom Publishing, LLC. Go to www.softwaremag.com to see the complete 2016 Software 500 which was released in the November issue as both a print and digital publication.