CONFERENCE SCHEDULE


Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Exhibitor Reception (By Invitation)
Sponsored by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey


Wednesday, February 8, 2006

7:00a
Registration for Conference Attendees


8:00a - 9:00a
Continental Breakfast and Keynote Speaker

Steve Spurrier, Head Football Coach, University of South Carolina


9:00a - 12:00p
Capital Connection - A Private Equity Marketplace

A time for one-on-one visitation by conference attendees with Buyout & Mezzanine exhibitors


11:15a - 12:15p
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Session 1:  Current Financing Trends, “A 2006 Update”

Moderator: Andy Mason, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

Bill Winterer, Director, Parthenon Capital

John Coffin, Senior Vice President, Wachovia Bank

Taylor Mefford, Manager, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group

Greg Tobin, Managing Director, Jordan Zalaznick Equity Partners

Bill Kosis, President & CEO, PNC Business Credit

Marshall Merriman, Managing Director, BlackRock Kelso Capital

 

Session 2:  Differentiating Yourself in a Crowded Private Equity Marketplace

Moderator: Alex Mammen, Principal, TM Capital Corp.

Clarence B. Schwab, Principal, TSG Consumer Partners

Bud Applebaum, Principal, Wingate Partners, LP

David Christopher, Partner, Peachtree Equity Partners

Derek McDowell, Partner, Trivest Partners, L.P.

E. Stockton Croft, Director, Arcapita, Inc.

James Butterfield, Regional Director, The Riverside Company


12:00p - 2:00p
Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Brian France, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NASCAR


2:00p - 4:45p
Capital Connection - A Private Equity Marketplace

A time for one-on-one visitation by conference attendees with Buyout & Mezzanine exhibitors


2:30p - 3:30p
BREAKOUT SESSIONS


Session 3:  Corporate Development Panel

Moderator: Stuart Johnson, Powell Goldstein LLP

John Buckett, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

Arnald Capriles, Merial Corporation

Dom Mazzone, Mazzone & Associates

Marie Quintero-Johnson, The Coca-Cola Company

David Sharman, ChoicePoint, Inc.

Session 4:  Best Practices for Investment Bankers and Private Equity Groups—The Perspective from the Other Side of the Table

Moderator: Mark Jones, Partner, River Associates Investments, LLC

Andy Stull, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin

Bram C. Hall, Director, Harris Williams & Company

Colt Luedde, Managing Director, Gulf Star Group

Jim Marra, Principal, Blue Point Capital Partners

Ted Kramer, Principal, Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co

Brian Schneider, Principal, Northstar Capital


3:45p - 4:45p
Breakout Sessions

Session 5:  “After the LOI is Signed, the Due Diligence Process Begins”

Moderator: Todd Wade, Powell Goldstein LLP

Nancy Halwig, DoveBid Inc.

Rob Coble, KPMG LLP

Ed Fisher, SouthPointe Ventures, LLC

Michael Cochran, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Peter Turecek, Kroll Worldwide

Ken Burrell, AIG Environmental

Session 6:  Debt and Hedge Funds, “Why are they so interested in buying your company”

Moderator: David Miller, Managing Director, Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC

Kevin Genda, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

Lawrence M. Clark, Jr., Managing Director, Harbinger Capital Partners

Danielle Fugazy, Editor, Buyouts Newsletter

Lynn Tilton, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Patriarch Partners

Gene Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pirinate Consulting Group, LLC


5:00p - 7:00p
Cocktail Reception and Heavy Hors d’oeuvres