Northwest Growth Financing Conference August 6, 2009

Designed for senior corporate executives, owners of privately owned "middle market" companies in the Northwest and their professional advisors, the conference is the largest of its kind in the region. We bring together the largest group of leading investment firms from across the United States with more than $50 billion of capital under management seeking to invest in Northwest "middle market" companies.

Throughout the day, panels led by highly experienced industry veterans will examine the financing options available to "middle market" companies in the midst of today's credit crunch. The highly interactive format is guaranteed to generate give and take among the panelists as well as with the audience.

Panelists will share their experiences and provide perspectives on the critical issues impacting business growth, financing, mergers and acquisitions in the Northwest at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets.

Business owners, senior corporate executives, and their professional advisors will have ample opportunity during the course of the day to network and exchange ideas with panelists and principals from leading investment firms from throughout the nation.

Finally, don't miss the opportunity to meet - up close and personal - investment professionals from a wide array of the nation's leading private equity funds, mezzanine/subordinated debt funds, hedge funds, and business development companies during the conference's signature event, the Middle Market Financing Roundup. In 2008, forty investment firms from across the United States and Canada participated in the event.

Panel Chairs:

Ed Drosdick, Business Assurance Partner - Moss Adams (Seattle, WA)
Jeffrey J. Holland, Managing Director - Seacoast Capital (San Francisco, CA)
Stephen Lozano, Senior Vice President - Union Bank (Seattle, WA)
Emory Thomas, Jr., Publisher - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, WA)

ACG Member $475; Non-ACG Member $695; Exhibitor Table ACG Member $800; Exhibitor Table Non-ACG Member $1000.

Official Website: http://www.acgseattle.org