NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading and most liquid
exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality,
customer choice and innovation. Its family of exchanges, located in six
countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash
equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market;
Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and
NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading
platforms. NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products
and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash
equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and
commercial technology solutions. NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed
companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/€20.9 trillion in total
global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007), more than four times
that of any other exchange group. NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges
transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141
billion/€103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007), which represents more than
one-third of the world's cash equities trading. NYSE Euronext is part
of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100
index.

www.nyx.com

NASDAQ
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. equities exchange. With approximately 3,100
companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per
day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders
across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications,
financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the
primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks as well as a leading
liquidity pool for trading NYSE-listed stocks.

www.nasdaq.net

Curran & Connors

Liquidnet

 

Liquidnet is the premier institutional investment community, bringing together the world's largest asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders, portfolio managers, analysts and listed companies. Liquidnet enables Members of its community to achieve greater performance by moving from investment idea to implementation faster, ultimately retaining more alpha throughout the entire institutional investment cycle. Launched in 2001, the Liquidnet Community^TM includes 36 equity markets across five continents. Liquidnet is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore.

For more information on the Liquidnet community, its liquidity, block executions and additional investment capabilities, visit www.liquidnet.com.

Twitter @liquidnet

Contact: Nicole Olson, Investor Relations Officer

American Stock Transfer & Trust

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC ("AST") provides comprehensive stock transfer solutions including dividend disbursing, reinvestment plans, restricted stock, employee plan administration, proxy services and all types of corporate actions. Other services include escrow agent, investment management and tailored transfer agent services for Closed-End Mutual Funds. AST has been rated the top transfer agent in overall client satisfaction for eleven consecutive years, in the independent survey conducted by Group Five, Inc.

AST provides clients with customized solutions to fit their specific needs along with access to the best transfer agent systems and products available. All aspects of the company's services, including customer service, operations, reconciliation, corporate actions, and print and mail functions, are facilitated in one location, owned by AST.
For additional information, contact Ken Staab at kstaab@amstock.com or by phone at 718-921-8541.
Contact Information:

Ken Staab
Executive Vice President, National Sales Manager
Office: 718-921-8541
Cell: 704-607-2073
kstaab@amstock.com

www.amstock.com

 

Ipreo

Ipreo is a global leader in the provision of market-leading intelligence, robust technology, and superior customer service to publicly listed companies and investment banks around the world. Built on a legacy of experience and a thorough understanding of the capital markets, Ipreo provides critical insights and flexible solutions to help our clients run better investor relations programs.

Our extensive experience in cross-asset class surveillance, investor targeting, buy-side perception studies, transaction analysis and predictive analytics enables Ipreo to offer the most robust suite of consultative investor relations services available to the corporate community. Additionally, Ipreo's BD Corporate platform offers the most accurate and comprehensive database covering the global investment community. BD Corporate includes global, multi-asset class data, as well as advanced investor screening capabilities, intuitive search functionality, institutional contact data, and robust ownership information. Ipreo's mission is to ensure our clients establish personal relationships with the right investors and manage those relationships effortlessly.

Ipreo has more than 600 employees worldwide with operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

www.ipreo.com
www.betterir.com

Contact:
Michael Haggerty
Director - Corporate Sales
Ipreo
1359 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018
212.849.5174
michael.haggerty@ipreo.com

PR Newswire

PR Newswire is the world's leading commercial news and information distribution service. Headquartered in New York, PR Newswire provides news distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services on behalf of many of the world's top companies, organizations and agencies. Reaching 170 countries in more than 40 languages, PR Newswire tells your story to the world.

www.prnewswire.com

Stacey Lawson-Barr
512.535.6164
stacey.lawson@prnewswire.com

 

Broadridge Fiancial Services

Broadridge is a leading full service provider of investor communications for the investor relations industry. Broadridge coordinates the entire proxy process from receipt of your documents through distribution, vote return and tabulation. Broadridge also offers shareowner-mailing coordination, document management, and services to support your use of the SEC’s Notice and Access distribution alternative.

Glen Wittenberg
847.658.0304
glen.wittenberg@broadridge.com
www.broadridge.com

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters – Corporate Services
Bring capital markets into focus to align your company’s valuation with your true economic worth. Also build lasting institutional relationships. We’ll equip you with the intelligence, tools and support that you need. All available on our IR platform.

• Understand market sentiment with comprehensive market and competitive analysis.
• Identify investor risks and opportunities with detailed ownership analysis incorporating the same   factors that drive institutional investment decisions.
• Reach 51,000 institutional investors and millions of retail investors with our innovative   communications technologies, and monitor your impact.
• Connect directly with your peers and the institutional investment community.

Pat Doyle
610.927.3200
pat.doyle@thomsonreuters.com
www.thompsonreuters.com

 

Q4 Web Systems, Inc.
Q4 Web Systems is a leading provider of online investor relations solutions. Q4's flexible and proven web platform gives investor relations professionals easy control to strategically manage their corporate and investor website and online communications. Q4 Web integrates with any website and includes over 30 best practice modules and investor tools as well as automated website disclosure compliance records. Its comprehensive integration of social media lets you publish to your website and social channels simultaneously. Using Q4 can help your company increase awareness, reduce risk and build better relationships with investors and stakeholders.

www.q4websystems.com
Twitter: @q4websystems
Join the IR 2.0 Group on Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1893846
Become a Fan of Q4 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/q4websystems?ref=ts

For more information please contact sales@q4websystems.com or call us at 1-877-426-7829

Marketwire
Marketwire is a full service partner to investor and public relations
professionals seeking premiere news distribution, media management,
multimedia, and monitoring solutions. The only fully integrated North
America-based global newswire, Marketwire offers innovative products and
services that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness
while ensuring accuracy and best practices. Marketwire's complete range of
disclosure networks and distribution options provide wide and simultaneous
distribution of your financial news and let you target media and financial
points from coast-to-coast and around the world. 

Ali Fortenberry
214.560.1066
afortenberry@marketwire.com
www.marketwire.com

Business Wire
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway, company, is utilized by thousands
of member companies and organizations to transmit their full-text news
releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to
journalists, news media, trade publications, institutional and
individual investors, financial information services, regulatory
authorities, Internet portals, information web sites,
business-to-business decision-makers and consumers worldwide.
The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented NX high-speed
data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to deliver the most
sophisticated news file to enhance news release interactivity,
customization and search engine optimization. Business Wire has 31
bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo,
Toronto and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world.
Business Wire was founded in 1961. Cathy Baron Tamraz is president and
CEO.

Sarah Jager
972.458.9555
sarah.jager@businesswire.com
www.businesswire.com

Georgeson Inc.
Georgeson Inc. is the world’s leading provider of strategic proxy and corporate governance consulting services to corporations and shareholder groups working to influence corporate strategy. Since 1935, Georgeson has specialized in complex solicitations, proxy contests and takeover defenses. In 2007, Georgeson was awarded more solicitation assignments on public M&A deals than any other proxy solicitor.

212.440.9800
www.georgeson.com

The Altman Group

The Altman Group is a full service proxy solicitation firm with senior professionals that have over 250 years of industry experience and service over 750 clients annually. As a testament to the work that we do for our clients, The Altman Group was presented with the most recent TOPS Award as the highest rated firm in the proxy solicitation industry. This is the third consecutive TOPS Award won by The Altman Group. We have the best proxy fight winning percentage of any proxy solicitor over the last 4 years, scoring victories for our clients approximately 80% of the time.

In today's highly volatile corporate governance and shareholder activist environment, it is essential that corporations have an experienced and knowledgeable advisor to guide them through the vote solicitation process. The Altman Group combines state-of-the-art communications technologies with our proven solicitation and governance consulting expertise to develop and implement successful solicitation campaigns. Our expertise and experience in Proxy Solicitations, Proxy Contests, Corporate Governance Consulting, Hedge Fund Tracking, Asset Reunification Programs and Shareholder Identification make us a worldwide leader in these disciplines.

Mark Garafalo

mgarafalo@altmangroup.com

www.altmangroup.com/

 

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

This conference cannot exist without the help of our sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact:

Liz Kline
214.528.5990
lizk@eisenberginc.com

Gold Level Sponsorship – Limit 4 (two remaining)

• Includes two attendees to the conference
• A full-page ad in the conference program
• Listing (including logo, 50 word company description, contact information, and link to website) on conference website (www.niriswrc.org)
• Prominent signage throughout the conference
• Opportunity to place brochures, favors, etc. at breakfast and lunch meal place settings
• Opportunity to provide a 3-minute company overview and introduce speaker at one session (assigned on a first come basis)
• Additional $350 for a staffed exhibit table

Silver Level Sponsorship – Limit 5 (three remaining)

• Includes one attendees to the conference
• A half-page ad in the conference program
• Listing (including logo, 50 word company description, contact information, and link to website) on conference website (www.niriswrc.org)
• Prominent signage throughout the conference
• Company items for sponsor bag
• Opportunity to provide a 3-minute company overview and introduce speaker at one session (assigned on a first come basis)
• Additional $350 for a staffed exhibit table

Bronze Level Sponsorship – Limit 5 (two remaining)

• Listing (including logo, 50 word company description, contact information, and link to website) on conference website (www.niriswrc.org)   
• Company items for sponsor bag
• Prominent signage throughout the conference
• Additional $350 for a staffed exhibit table

Scholarship for Practitioner to Attend Conference – Limit 5 (four remaining)

• A half-page ad in the conference program
• Listing (including logo, 50 word company description, contact information, and link to website) on conference website (www.niriswrc.org)
• Company items for sponsor bag
• Prominent signage throughout the conference
• Frequent promotion of sponsorship to entire mailing list

All sponsors and exhibitors will receive recognition in the conference program, one-time access to the attendee mailing list and public introduction by the Conference Chair.

Door prizes are also welcome.

Registration for additional attendees is $375 for members, $475 for non-members.