SPONSORS

 


Goodwin Procter LLP
is a leading national law firm with 750 attorneys. The firm focuses in a number of areas including private equity, intellectual property/technology, products liability, financial services, corporate governance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency & business reorganization, real estate and litigation. Their attorneys combine in-depth legal knowledge with practical business experience, working tenaciously for clients whose problems they treat as their own.

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Grant Thornton LLP
is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the leading accounting, tax and business advisory organizations. Through member firms in more than 110 countries, including 50 offices in the United States , the partners and employees of Grant Thornton member firms provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients around the globe. Visit Grant Thornton LLP at www.GrantThornton.com .

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance provides boutique investment banking services to privately held middle-market businesses in the United States and around the world. As a recognized advisor on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, we offer a range of investment banking services including sell side advisory, buy side advisory, management buyouts, restructurings and capital raising. Grant Thornton LLP provides investment banking services through its wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC.

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Audax Group
, founded in 1999, is a leading investor in middle market companies. With offices in Boston and New York, Audax manages in excess of $2.5 billion in equity and mezzanine debt capital.

Audax Private Equity invests over $1.3 billion of equity capital in control transactions across a wide range of industries in middle market companies. We look to acquire companies in which sound strategy and superior execution can enhance revenue and cash flow and create equity value. These companies generally have some or all of the following characteristics: the need for operational improvement, the potential to achieve scale through add-on acquisitions, the potential and/or need for global presence, the need to supplement the existing management team, and the need for strategic refinement or redirection.

For more information visit the Audax Group website http://www.audaxgroup.com

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Benemax-The Benefit Management Company is headquartered in Medfield, MA, with offices in New York, NY, and Tampa, FL. We are a full service benefit management company, managing benefits for more than 300 employers of various sizes, industries and locations. For most employers, our integrated benefit management strategy, The Benemax Wrap, saves 10-25% in the first year and reduces annual trend thereafter to single digit levels. Our strategy delivers these savings without reducing benefits and, in most cases, without changing insurance carriers.

Our Private Equity Solutions practice focuses specifically on creating value for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. In addition to delivering savings via The Benemax Wrap (above), we are able to leverage the purchasing power of a PEG's entire portfolio (or some subset of that portfolio) to drive further cost reduction.

For further information, go to: www.Benemax.com and www.BenemaxPE.com, call us at 800-528-1530 x125, or email us at Info@Benemax.com.

 

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Bowne & Co., Inc.
provides financial communications services to dealmakers around the world. Our clients rely on Bowne to handle critical transactional communications with speed and accuracy, using technology to maximize efficiency. Speed, simplicity, service and security all make Bowne Virtual Dataroom™ the best full-service VDR on the market. With 3,200 employees in 60 offices around the globe, Bowne has met the ever-changing demands of its clients for more than 230 years. For more information, please visit www.bowne.com.

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For 20 years BUYOUTS has been the leading source for news and trends in the LBO and Mezzanine markets. Published 25 times a year, BUYOUTS provides authoritative and unbiased coverage of the market, using experienced editors and reporters to gather and analyze critical intelligence from key participants in the industry. From in-depth analysis of emerging trends to the publishing of exclusive BUYOUTS-tracked investment and fundraising data, this Thomson Financial publication is a must read for any industry decision maker.

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CapitalSource
is a specialized commercial finance company operating as a REIT and offering first mortgage, asset-based, cash flow and mezzanine financing to small and mid-sized borrowers through three focused lending businesses: Structured Finance, Healthcare and Specialty Finance and Corporate Finance. By offering a broad array of financial products, we had outstanding $11.0 billion in loan commitments as of September 30, 2006. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, we have a national network of offices across the country. As of September 30, 2006, we had 552 employees. For more information, visit www.capitalsource.com or call toll free at (866) 876-8723.

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Harris Williams & Co.
is one of the nation’s largest mergers and acquisitions firms in the country, focused exclusively on the middle market. With offices in San Francisco, Richmond, Boston, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis, Harris Williams & Co. represents private equity groups as well as publicly and privately held companies worldwide. Our success is based on deep experience, flawless execution, and unbiased, thoughtful advice. For more information, visit www.harriswilliams.com.

Harris Williams & Co. is the trade name for Harris Williams LLC, and Member NASD/SIPC.

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KeyBanc Capital Markets
is a fully-integrated investment and commercial bank that specializes in corporate lending, equipment financing, raising capital, equity research and treasury management solutions, while serving the middle market across nine focused industry sectors.

Through its industry experts, KBCM offers a coordinated approach to delivering strategic advice, financing, financial risk management and cash management solutions. Its professionals create differentiated, idea-based solutions that deliver value for middle market corporate, institutional investor and financial institution clients. Helping long-term clients lead in an ever-changing marketplace, KeyBanc Capital Markets are an integrated source of capital-raising, strategic insights and customized financial solutions.

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Sullivan & Worcester LLP
is a leading corporate law firm providing counsel to domestic and international clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging businesses. With approximately 200 attorneys in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., the firm offers services in a wide range of areas including mergers and acquisitions; private equity; litigation; tax; real estate; venture capital and emerging companies; corporate finance; securities; bankruptcy; regulatory law; and employment and benefits. Sullivan & Worcester LLP is also nationally recognized for its representation of REITs and its deep expertise in energy and mutual fund law. For more information, please visit www.sandw.com.

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Capital IQ
is a web and Excel-based research platform that combines deep information on companies, markets, and people worldwide with robust tools for fundamental analysis, financial modeling, market analysis, screening, targeting, and relationship and workflow management. Capital IQ is deployed at over 1,200 client firms including many of the world's most successful investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, consultants, and corporations. Clients use Capital IQ to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify their workflow. To learn more about Capital IQ or to request a free trial, please call (212) 438-8701, email sales@capitaliq.com, or visit www.capitaliq.com.

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DolmatConnell & Partners
serves as independent outside compensation counsel to Boards of Directors and management at companies seeking to recruit, retain, incentivize, and reward world-class executives, employees, and Directors.

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GMAC Health Capital
offers a broad portfolio of financing options. We offer to the healthcare industry asset based, cash flow, acquisition, and term loans as well as real estate bridge and construction loans. Our dedicated healthcare specialists deliver expert recommendations to help maximize your returns. We have access to the vast resources of GMAC Financial Services as well as unregulated capital solutions that enable us to be more flexible than other finance organizations. Please contact us at 866-657-1738 or www.gmachealthcapital.com.

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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
is a full-service health benefits company serving members throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and beyond. An independent, not-for-profit organization, Harvard Pilgrim offers a wide variety of health insurance options for companies, families and individuals. Our fully insured or self-insured PPO, POS and HMO plans are available with multiple variations tailored to the needs of our members and their employers. In addition, Harvard Pilgrim offers the personalized service and technology that makes our plans easier to use. Harvard Pilgrim provides innovative approaches to health improvement and disease management, unique online tools that speed and simplify key transactions for employers and providers and personalized health support at www.harvardpilgrim.org.

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Brown Gibbons Lang & Company is a leading independent investment bank serving middle market companies and their owners throughout the U.S. and internationally. BGL’s professionals are experts in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity placements, and financial restructurings. BGL is the U.S. partner firm in Global M&A, one of the world’s leading partnerships of top-tier, mid-market, cross-border investment banks. Global M&A was named 2005 Investment Bank of the Year by The M&A Advisor. For more information, please visit www.bglco.com.

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In 1983, Rick Preston founded Preston Productions
with the goal of providing world-class service for corporate meeting producers and communicators.

Preston Productions has become known for devising state-of-the-art systems and processes, tailoring cutting-edge technologies to specific customer requirements. Preston provides strategic communications direction and event planning, comprehensive project management, creative concept and event design, talent casting and entertainment booking, graphic design for print and interactive media, video production and editing, measurement strategy and on-site implementation, scenic lighting and audio/visual design, special effects design and production, and audio/visual equipment and staging rental.

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Trinity Communications
is a Boston-based marketing and creative agency with more than a decade of experience building service brands. We know service brands are different– they are about people and how they deliver advice and expertise. With our deep experience, wide range of capabilities and relentless focus on building relationships, we develop creative solutions designed to help clients grow - through branding, advertising, design, web and direct. For more information please visit www.trinitynet.com

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The Boston Business Journal
is Greater Boston's premier business newspaper, providing breaking news, in-depth coverage and valuable business development tools. BBJ covers a variety of industries, including Banking/Finance, Commercial Real Estate, Legal Services, Technology, Healthcare/Sciences, Education and Retail. Each week includes in depth articles and features, and our exclusive Top 25 Lists. Monthly special supplements are published throughout the year, including Fastest Growing Private/Public Companies, Start Ups and Best Places to Work. Annually, the Top 25 lists are compiled into the Book of Lists, an invaluable research guide. BBJ also publishes daily business news through its robust website and e-newsletters.

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Mergers & Acquisitions
is the monthly trade magazine that reaches over 10,000 Association for Corporate Growth members as ACG's official publication. It presents the most complete, authoritative picture of trends in the M&A market with detailed coverage on middle-market Private Equity, corporate dealmaking, regulatory news and personalities. For further information, please contact Naz Bayazit, Associate Publisher. Phone: 212-803-8638 Email: Naz.Bayazit@sourcemedia.com.

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