Corporate Sponsors

Title Sponsors

Crowe Horwath LLP www.crowehorwath.com

Co-Title Sponsor -- Crowe Horwath LLP

Crowe Horwath LLP (www.crowehorwath.com) is one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core purpose of “Building Value with Values®,” Crowe assists public and private company clients in reaching their goals through audit, tax, advisory, risk and performance services. With offices coast to coast and 2,500 personnel, Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Horwath International, one of the largest networks in the world. The network consists of 150 independent accounting and management consulting firms with offices in more than 580 cities around the world.

PNC Bank www.pnc.com

Platinum Sponsors

Creative Financial Staffing http://www.cfstaffing.com/

Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) is one of the world’s largest, privately owned accounting and financial placement companies. Since our founding in 1994, CFS has established numerous offices in the United States and the Caribbean. · Understanding & delivering: We understand the requirements of our clients and we have the resources to provide these clients with exceptional talent. · Highly qualified professionals at every level: We ensure the quality of our recruits by subjecting them to some of the most rigorous screening in the industry. As a result, major employers (Fortune 500 companies, privately-owned companies, and small businesses) increasingly rely on CFS to staff crucial positions ranging from CFOs to accounting clerks. · Personal attention: Time and time again our clients commend us on our individual focus and service. Client and recruit satisfaction is the most important part of our business, and we work hard to ensure that each placement we do is the absolute best.

NASDAQ OMX www.nasdaqomx.com

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, including NASDAQ OMX First North. The company offers both private and public company services through four platforms: intelligence, communications, governance and visibility. The platforms are designed to help companies facilitate transparency, mitigate risk, maximize board efficiency and inspire better corporate governance. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

Gold Sponsors

Frost Brown Todd, LLC http://www.frostbrowntodd.com

With nearly 475 lawyers across mid-America, Frost Brown Todd offers a deep, talented roster of legal professionals covering commercial transactions and real estate; business and corporate law; environmental; intellectual property; labor and employment; litigation; and business succession planning. The firm operates throughout ten offices in five states including Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. 
 
We leverage technical, industry, and legal knowledge and hands-on experience to serve a diverse client base, from global multinationals to small, entrepreneurial companies. Our industry teams integrate that powerful network of legal talent and business experience to provide strategic, comprehensive services across our regional platform.

Hilliard Lyons www.hilliard.com

Hilliard Lyons focuses on the creation, preservation and distribution of its clients' weatth. We offer comprehensive financial services and avice, including professionally managed accounts from the country's premier managers, as well as a broad meno of investment vehicles such as stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, annuities and insurance to facilitate the financial strategies recommended.  Founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1854, the firm has a long and distinguished history in the American marketplace. Hililard Lyons operates more than 75 offices in 12 states. Hilliard Lyons is a member of the New York, American, and Chicago stock exchanges, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities Investors Protection Corp .  

InGrid Design www.ingriddesign.com

InGrid Design is an award-winning graphic design firm that helps companies communicate regionally, nationally and globally to English speaking and Hispanic audiences. With a multicultural sensibility, we integrate traditional and new media marketing strategies.

MergerID www.mergerid.com

MergerID is a powerful and innovative M&A tool that provides the middle market with a secure online environment to post and view global M&A opportunities. Specifically designed for use by corporations, private equity firms, investors, investment banks and family offices, MergerID uses an intelligent matching technology to alert relevant counterparties to each other’s aims, no matter their geographical location. MergerID is part of The Mergermarket Group, a Financial Times Group company Visit www.MergerID.com.

mergermarket www.mergermarket.com

mergermarket is the leading provider of forward-looking M&A news and intelligence for M&A professionals and corporates. With an unrivalled network of 300+ journalists based in 65 locations worldwide, mergermarket is the only specialized media service that offers active analysis of corporate strategy before it becomes public knowledge, and a historical deals database to analyze past deals. mergermarket is part of The Mergermarket Group, a Financial Times Group company. Visit www.mergermarket.com.

O'Neil Arnold Photography www.oneilarnold.com

O'Neil Arnold's photographs capture the essence of people and moments in time.  With a corporate and photojournalist's background, O'Neil creates black-and-white and color photographs that tell the story through images that are as quiet as they are dynamic.

Optimum Print Solutions www.optimumcompanies.com

Optimum System Products, Inc has been fulfilling the needs of more than 1,200 financial institutions for over 25 years. A one-source resource in the financial industry, Optimum is recognized as a leader in client profitability and performance. We provide outstanding marketing services, business products, printing, technology, and print outsourcing services. Our programs consistently produce over 20% cost reductions on all print and supply related expenses. Optimum streamlines processes to increase productivity, while delivering exceptional customer experiences. Call John Martin today for your free analysis! 

Wall Street Transcript www.twst.com

The Wall Street Transcript is an investor publication that has been published continuously since 1963. Additionally, TWST is the leading provider of registration software and webcasting for financial conferences. The publication provides in-depth verbatim interviews of analysts and company CEOs for long-term investors. MeetMax registration software is the most sophisticated service for registering attendees and managing 1x1 meetings. Wall Street Webcasting is the leading webcaster of Investor Conferences and Analyst Meetings.

Organizing Sponsors

CFA Societies of Nashville, Memphis and East Tennessee www.cfainstitute.org

The CFA Society promotes ethical and professional standards within the investment industry, encourages professional development through the CFA Program, and facilitates the open exchange of information and opinions. The CFA Societies in Tennessee are part of the larger globally recognized CFA Institute. The CFA Society of Nashville can be found at www.cfanashville.org. For more information, contact Bob Bolen at 615-242-3808.

Financial Executives International - Memphis and Nashville Chapters www.financialexecutives.org

Financial Executives International serves financial executives all around the world. FEI represents more than 15,500 financial officers and more than 70 percent of the Fortune 1000. FEI proactively helped design the CFO Act, and has a history of supporting legislation that enhances the business climate. With 86 chapters across the U.S. and Canada and offices in Washington, FEI pursues a mission to advance the success of senior-level financial executives, their organizations and the profession. FEI represents more than 15,500 financial officers and more than 70 percent of the Fortune 1000.

Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc. terrym@mozaicir.com

Mozaic is a financial communications consultancy that helps publicly traded companies build effective relationships with key audiences - from shareholders and analysts and fund managers to the financial media. Whether it involves increasing investor awareness and understanding through programs like INVEST Tennessee, all IR programs are guided by the client's strategic goals. So whatever the delivery method - annual report, news release, earnings webcast or analyst presentation - our communications work in tandem to support long-term shareholder value. For more information about Mozaic, call Terry McWilliams at 502-410-2113.