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Jeffrey Hammer, Senior Managing Director Christopher Gouskos, Managing Director, & Co-Head Private Equity Advisors, Gateway Asset Trading Company LLC Bear Stearns Asset Management Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal, Raymond Whiteman, Managing Director& Gerbsman Partners Co-Head Global Distressed & Corporate International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC Navin Nagrani, Vice President, Opportunities, The Carlyle Group Hilco Real Estate, LLC Edwin Burton, Ph.D., Trustee & Chair, Richard Nejame, Managing Director, Dear Colleague: Benefits & Actuarial Committee, Investment Banking Group, Imperial Virginia Retirement System Capital I am pleased to invite you to attend iiBIG’s Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum – West which will be Joshua Easterly, Managing Director, Adam Gottlieb, Managing Director, held September 22-23, 2008 at the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center in Las Vegas. America Special Situation Group, Industrial Opportunity Partners Goldman Sachs As the credit crunch continues, more and more mid-market to large-cap companies will be having difficulty Steven Kargman, President, Sharon Manewitz, Managing Director, Kargman Associates refinancing old debt; or taking on new debt. This means that troubled companies are destined to become a Distressed Investments and Special Situations, TIAA-CREF Murry Stegelmann, Managing Director, larger part of the portfolios of private equity, hedge fund and other sophisticated investors. Kilimanjaro Advisors Philip Arra, President, With traditional lenders in a squeeze, highly liquid investors like institutional funds, sovereign funds and other Hunt Special Situations Group Homyar M. Choksi, Principal, LBC Credit Partners foreign investors will be moving in to take advantage of the most lucrative opportunities. Marc Puntus, Managing Director, Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC Paul Coughlin, Jr., Founder & Managing By attending this year’s conference in Las Vegas, you will meet the players whose “ears are close to the ground” Partner, Longroad Asset Management, LLC Waël Rostom, Partner, and you’ll benefit from hearing where the next wave of deals will bring the most profitable returns. McMillan, LLP Larry Lattig, EVP & Sr. Managing Director, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC This market is changing every day, and this twice-annual event has been growing rapidly. Last year’s WEST Ian Schneider, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group Peter M. Lupoff, Managing Director, event in Las Vegas was sold out! So this year’s Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum – WEST has been Millennium Management LLC David Sherman, Founder & Managing moved to the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center! Partner, Cohanzick Capital Management LLC Theodore Koenig, President, Monroe Capital So we urge you to “think iiBIG!” and reserve your seat today! Mark Shinderman, Partner, Bankruptcy Practice, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP J. Scott Victor, Senior Managing Director & I look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas ~ September 22-23 ~ at the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center in Las Co-Head Special Situations Group/SSG, Adam Reinebach, Publisher, National City Investment Banking Vegas! IDD MAGAZINE (A SourceMedia, Inc. Publication) Bhavin Shah, Managing Director, Oak Hill Advisors Best regards, Bruce Ferguson, Managing Partner, APEX Fundamental Partners LLC Kevin Griffin, Director & Head of Private Investing, Octavian Funds Eric Beckman, Partner, Private Debt Group, Ares Management Ross Gatlin, CEO & Managing Partner, Prophet Equity LLC Rob Deutschman, President, Don Buford, CEO Cappello Partners LLC Larry Halperin, Partner, (& Vice Chair, Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. ) Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP Frank Mack, Managing Director, Craig Forrest Noell, Managing Principal, Signature Capital Partners, Inc. International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy T. Scott Avila, Managing Partner, Richard Benson, President, CRG Partners Specialty Finance Group, LLC Michael Epstein, Managing Partner, John Collard, CTP, Chairman, CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS CRG Partners Strategic Management Partners (Past Chair, TMA ) Tom Vivaldelli, Principal & Managing Continuing Education Credits (e.g. CLE, CPE, CME, etc.) may be available for this conference. Director, Distressed Real Estate Solutions Steve Moyer, Director, Tennenbaum Capital Partners Upon request conference attendees will be provided with a “Certificate of Attendance” and a copy of the conference Michael Anderson, CEO, agenda, showing topics, length of sessions, and name(s) and professional affiliation(s) of presenter(s) for each session. Eclipse Corporate Development John Stark III, Managing Director, (& Board Member, Nevada TMA ) Water Tower Capital, LLC Attendees wishing to apply for continuing education credits for attending this conference may submit this documentation Jeffrey Geron, Partner, to the relevant organization in his/her state when applying for such credits. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP REGISTER: 1. Online: www.iibig.com/F0803 2. Call: 212-300-2520 3. FAX: 212-300-2529 Day One Monday, September 22, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 Re:gistration & Networking 10:20 - 10:50 Refreshments & Networking 2:40 – 3:30 Corporate Governance in the Zone of Insolvency: 8:30 - 8:40 Welcoming Remarks 10:55 - 11:40 A Case Study Remedies for Legacy Ills, Activist Investing, and • Paul J. Coughlin, Managing Partner, 8:45 – 9:30 Corporate Governance and other Investor Hot Buttons LONGROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC “State of the Industry” Keynote Panel: In light of litigation and shareholder disputes that have arisen in A Structural Analysis Of The Meltdown; After-Effects recent cases: • Larry G. Halperin, Partner, And Resulting Investment Opportunities • Did poor corporate governance contribute to the demise of RICHARDS KIBBE & ORBE LLP PANELISTS : a company and will good corporate governance actually • Michael Epstein, Managing Partner, • Raymond A. Whiteman, Managing Director & help an emerging company? CRG PARTNERS Co-Head Global Distressed & Corporate Opportunities, • Activism: Does taking a director position increase chances THE CARLYLE GROUP for success post-Chapter 11? 3:30 – 4:00 Refreshments & Networking PANELISTS : • Ian Schneider, Managing Director, • Sharon Manewitz, Managing Director, Distressed Investments 4:05 – 4:50 FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP and Special Situations, TIAA-CREF The 2008 Election: How (or) will it Impact the • John Stark III, Managing Director, • Ross Gatlin, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, Economy and Opportunity Investing? WATER TOWER CAPITAL, LLC PROPHET EQUITY LLC MODERATOR : Mark Shinderman, Partner, • John Collard, CTP, Chairman, MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP • Jeffrey Geron, Partner, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PARTNERS SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP PANELISTS : • Bhavin Shah, Managing Director, • Bruce Ferguson, Managing Partner, OAK HILL ADVISORS 11:45 - 12:25 APEX FUNDAMENTAL PARTNERS, INC. • Steve Moyer, Director, Cross Border and International Distressed Debt • Richard Benson, President, TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS Opportunities SPECIALTY FINANCE GROUP, LLC MODERATOR : Waël Rostom, Partner, 9:35 – 10:20 McMILLAN, LLP 4:55 – 5:55 Hedge Funds and Private Equity: PANELISTS : Firing Line: Capitalizing on the New Distressed Debt Where are they Now in Distressed Debt? • Stephen T. Kargman, President, A panel of experts will take questions and discuss issues raised As the credit crunch continues, Hedge Funds are expanding KARGMAN ASSOCIATES by the delegates. Questions will be solicited from conference rapidly into areas previously dominated by banks. The number attendees both prior to and during the event. • Other panelists TBA of hedge funds that specialize in asset-based lending has MODERATOR : Adam Reinebach, Publisher, quadrupled in the last 3 years – and ‘banklike’ hedge funds had IDD MAGAZINE (A SourceMedia, Inc. Publication) 12:30 – 1:45 NETWORKING LUNCHEON about $12Billion in assets to lend at the end of 2007 –up from PANELISTS : $900Million three years ago. How will this trend affect the • Joshua W. Easterly, Director, distressed & turnaround markets? 1:50 – 2:35 Institutional Investor Perspective on the Distressed & GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP L.P. PANELISTS : Opportunity Investing Markets • Christopher A. Gouskos, Managing Director, • Jeffrey Hammer, Senior Managing Director & Co-Head Private Several large pension funds are taking steps to take advantage of GATEWAY ASSET TRADING COMPANY, LLC Equity Advisors, BEAR STEARNS ASSET MANAGEMENT the crisis in the debt market. Hear why pension funds see • Craig Forrest Noell, Managing Partner, • J. Scott Victor, Senior Managing Director & Co-Head Special opportunity in the current crisis. SIGNATURE CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. Situations Group, NATIONAL CITY INVESTMENT BANKING PANELISTS : • Bruce Ferguson, Managing Partner, • Murray Stegelmann, Managing Director, • Edwin T. Burton, Ph.D., Trustee & Chair, Benefits & Actuarial APEX FUNDAMENTAL PARTNERS, INC. KILIMANJARO FUNDS Committee, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM • Larry H. Lattig, Executive Vice President & Senior Managing (Professor of Economics, Univ. of Virginia) • Philip Arra, President, Director, MESIROW FINANCIAL CONSULTING, LLC HUNT SPECIAL SITUATIONS GROUP • Additional Panelists TBA • Kevin Griffin, Director & Head of Private Investing, 6:00 – 7:30 OCTAVIAN FUNDS Evening Networking Reception

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SPONSORS: 8:00 – 8:45 Net:working & Registration 10:20 – 10:50 Morning Break & Networking McMillan, a leading Canadian business law firm, is 8:45 – 9:30 10:55 – 11:40 committed to advancing our clients’ interests M&A: Turnaround and Distressed Debt Opportunities High Yield/Distressed Debt Market: through exemplary client service combined with thoughtful and pragmatic advice. The firm has a national, cross-border and international practice and PANELISTS : Current Climate, Opportunities & Pitfalls has grown to be one of the top 20 largest firms in Canada. McMillan's • Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal, MODERATOR : Peter M. Lupoff, Managing Director & Portfolio Restructuring Group is one of Canada’s leading business insolvency GERBSMAN PARTNERS Manager, MILLENIUM MANAGEMENT LLC groups. Combining excellent academic analysis with solid pragmatism, we • Adam Gottlieb, Managing Director, PANELISTS : have repeatedly provided industry leadership in important developments INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS • Rob Deutschman, President, while executing key briefs in major transactions. The Group has CAPPELLO PARTNERS established itself as one of the “go-to” groups in Canada for hedge funds, • Frank R. Mack, Managing Director, private equity funds and other alternative investors in connection with CONWAY MACKENZIE & DUNLEAVY • David K. Sherman, Founder and Managing Principal, refinancing, insolvency and restructuring matters and the sale and COHANZICK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC purchase of distressed business. For more information go to: • Marc D. Puntus, Managing Director, www.mcmillan.ca MILLER BUCKFIRE & CO. • Katalin E. Kutasi, Principal/Portfolio Manager, KELLNER DILEO & CO. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP maintains a nationally • T. Scott Avila, Managing Partner, recognized practice representing clients in a broad CRG PARTNERS 11:45 – 12:30 range of complex and high-profile matters including • Michael Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, an extremely diverse bankruptcy practice, Investment and Disposition Strategies in the representing creditors' and bondholders’ ECLIPSE CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT Residential and Commercial Real Estate Sectors committees, debtors, trustees, examiners, receivers, secured creditors, PANELISTS : unsecured creditors, purchasers of assets out of bankruptcy, and companies 9:35 – 10:20 • Tom Vivaldelli, Principal and Managing Director, involved in bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related litigation. Second Lien, Tranche B and Junior Sub Debt in DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS Distressed Debt Investing Strategies For more information on the breadth of services we offer in the area of • Navin N. Nagrani, Vice President, bankruptcy and distressed investments, please contact Mark Shinderman PANELISTS : HILCO REAL ESTATE, LLC (213) 683-9201 or visit us at www.mto.com. • Eric Beckman, Partner, Private Debt Group, ARES MANAGEMENT • Christopher A. Gouskos, Managing Director, “Sophisticated” and “proactive” are the two GATEWAY ASSET TRADING COMPANY, LLC adjectives that best describe Sonnenschein’s • Homyar M. Choksi, Principal, Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy LBC CREDIT PARTNERS Practice. Our outstanding attorneys — who sit from coast to coast — have 12:30 End of Conference: Thanks for Thinking iiBIG! been described as “erudite” and as having “keen insight into bankruptcy • Richard Nejame, Managing Director, issues.” What truly sets Sonnenschein apart, though, is our ability to bring a Investment Banking Group, IMPERIAL CAPITAL very practical business perspective to our nuanced legal analysis. Our • Ted Koenig, President, clients praise our ability to identify the issues most important to them. This MONROE CAPITAL skill allows Sonnenschein’s Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy attorneys to recognize priorities and bring issues forward, rather than being reactive. For more information go to: www.sonnenschein.com

The Nevada Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association represents AN ii BIG THANK YOU TO OUR MARKETING PARTNERS NEVADA CHAPTER turnaround and corporate renewal professionals serving the needs of Nevada’s businesses. We are proud to welcome iiBIG’s “2008 Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum” to our state. The Turnaround Management Association (www.turnaround.org) is the only international non-profit association dedicated to corporate renewal and turnaround management. Its international headquarters is in Chicago. For more information, visit: http://www.turnaround.org

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REGISTER: 1. Online: www.iibig.com/F0803 2. Call: 212-300-2520 3. FAX: 212-300-2529 VENUE INFORMATION: AN ii BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS OVER 200 PREVIOUS ATTENDEES! 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SEPTEMBER 22 - 23, 2008 PALAZZO / VENETIAN CONGRESS CENTER • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Hear from Over 40 Speakers Representing the Leaders in Distressed & Turnaround Investing! ...from the following firms and organizations • Goldman Sachs • CRG Partners • Kargman Associates • Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. • Ares Management • Monroe Capital • Virginia Retirement System • Specialty Finance Group, LLC • Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC • TIAA-CREF • LBC Credit Partners • Millennium Management LLC • Hunt Special Situations Group • Strategic Management Partners • Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy • Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC • Longroad Asset Management, LLC • Tennenbaum Capital Partners • McMillan LLP • Cappello Partners, LLC • Hilco Real Estate, LLC • Fortress Investment Group • Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. • Imperial Capital • Cohanzick Capital Management LLC • APEX Fundamental Partners LLC • Signature Capital Partners, Inc. • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP • Prophet Equity LLC • Oak Hill Advisors • SourceMedia, Inc. • Gerbsman Partners • Water Tower Capital, LLC • National City Investment Banking • Industrial Opportunity Partners • Kilimanjaro Advisors • The Carlyle Group • Gateway Asset Trading • Distressed Real Estate Solutions • Eclipse Corporate Development Company LLC • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP • Turnaround Management • Octavian Funds Association - Nevada • Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP

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