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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
8:00am - 7:00pm
Seaport World Trade Center

Please note that the ACG Boston room blocks for the Westin Waterfront have sold out.  Other hotel accommodations include Boston Harbor Hotel or the InterContinental Boston .

Register now for the largest M&A conference on the East Coast: ACG Boston's Growth Conference 2007 on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Boston's Seaport World Trade Center.

Each year, ACG Boston brings together and connects many of the country's most dynamic capital providers with the most influential business leaders focused on M&A transactions and in growing their companies. We swap vital information. We network. We negotiate. And we talk about tactics aimed at growing our companies and improving our success.

Last year, the ACG Boston Growth Conference 2006 pulled in more than 1,100 business managers across a wide range of industries, including representation from over 100 private equity and mezzanine capital firms. This year, along with many familiar firms, we are proud to announce the ACG Capital Connection will be bigger than ever and will include many new capital and dealflow firms.

• Wednesday, June 6, 2007
  
• Boston's Seaport World Trade Center
  
• Keynote Speaker: Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball & Liar's Poker, and contributing writer to New York Times Magazine
  
• ACG Capital Connection, DealSource and introducing: FundSource

Win three days in one of the world's most exotic sports cars!

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At the end of the Growth Conference, ACG Boston will raffle off three days in one of these cars. You must be present to win! Visit www.theottoclub.com for more information.

ACG Boston Growth Conference 2007

Agenda

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Seaport World Trade Center

8:00am – 12:00pm
DealSource
Waterfront Ballroom

In its second year, DealSource is a unique opportunity for Intermediaries and Private Equity firms to have brief pre-scheduled, one-on-one meetings. It is an exclusive venue, allowing the privacy Intermediaries prefer for deal conferencing with the Private Equity community.

8:00am – 10:00am
FundSource
North End & Cambridge Rooms

ACG Boston introduces an exclusive networking event aimed specifically at connecting emerging sponsors with sources of junior capital. It is an exclusive venue that will pair these sponsors with those private equity firms, mezzanine firms, hedge funds and one-stop financing sources that are specifically targeting these "fundless sponsors" as a valued deal source and investing partner.

10:30am – 12:00pm
Panel Session I: State of the M&A Market
Amphitheater

Moderator:
Jay Jester, Managing Director, Audax Group

Panelists
Jeff Kilrea, President Corporate Finance, CapitalSource
Dave Powers, Partner, Goodwin Procter
Dan Reid, National Managing Principal, Grant Thornton
Chris Williams, Co-Founder, Harris Williams & Co.

12:15pm – 2:15pm
Lunch & Keynote Speaker: Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball
Commonwealth Complex

A shrewd observer of politics, finance and the American scene, Michael Lewis combines keen insight with a signature sense of humor in becoming one of today's leading social commentators. Lewis is the author of "Moneyball" and most recently "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game."

2:30pm – 7:00pm
ACG Capital Connection
Commonwealth Complex

ACG Capital Connection has proven to be an extremely popular event; the event's success stems from the fact that generating good dealflow is critical to any private equity group, and networking with the right deal sources is critical to generating good dealflow. Join ACG Boston for what has become the East Coast's most talked-about source for dealflow.

3:30pm – 4:30pm
Panel Session II: Limited Partners
Waterfront Ballroom

Panelists
Andrea Auerbach, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
Kevin Kester, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company
Mike Klofas, Managing Director, Mass Mutual
Michael Sullivan, Partner, Flag Capital

5:00pm – 7:00pm
Networking Reception on ACG Capital Connection floor
Commonwealth Complex

End the day with the chance to win three days in one of the world's most desirable exotic sports cars! ACG Boston is offering three people the chance to win a three-day use in one car from The Otto Club's collection of exotics, sports cars and touring coupes.

ACG Capital Connection Participants: