Haas Newsroom

Media Advisory for Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Contact:
Ute Frey
510-642-0342
frey@haas.berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley and ACG Host 2nd Annual West Coast Private Equity Conference

WHAT:
The second annual West Coast Private Equity Conference, hosted by the San Francisco Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, will provide up-to-date information on the economic and private equity outlook for middle market companies. Industry veterans and Haas School professors will share their perspectives.

The Capital Connection session will offer targeted networking opportunities with representatives of 58 private equity firms and members of the mergers and acquisitions community who collectively represent over $25 billion of capital.

WHEN:
Wednesday, January 19th, 2005
10:00am - 6:30pm

WHO:

Steve Young, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sorenson Capital, on "The Similar Worlds of Sports and Private Equity"
The Honorable Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer, CalPERS and CalSTRS Board Member, on "The Double Bottom Line"
Haas School Faculty: Dean Richard Lyons on Foreign Currency Risk, Holly Schroth on Negotiations, and Kellie McElhaney on Corporate Governance

WHERE:
Westin St. Francis Hotel
335 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-397-7000

The conference is sponsored by AIG Mergers and Acquisitions Insurance Group; American Capital; BISYS, Private Equity Services; Buyouts; CapitalSource; City National Bank; Cushman & Wakefield; Equity Risk Partners; Farella Braun + Martel LLP; FinanceStaff; Grant Thornton LLP; Harris Williams & Co.; IntraLinks; PNC Business Credit; Sorenson Capital; Standard & Poor's Corporate Value Consulting; and The San Francisco Business Times.

More information at www.acg.org/sanfrancisco

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Contact:
Representatives of the media are welcome to attend free of charge. Please contact Ute Frey at the Haas School at 510-642-0342 or at frey@haas.berkeley.edu.

Registration information for the public:
ACG members pay $195 and non-members $295 on or before January 14, $100 more as of January 15. Online registration is available at www.acteva.com/go/acg. No refunds are given, but substitutions are allowed.