2008 Distressed & Turnaround Investment Conference

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

For more information on Sponsorship and/or Exhibition Opportunities contact:
Kellie Swanstrom, VP Business Development, iiBIG at 973-571-0867 or kellies@iibig.com.

Gold Sponsors:
	Versa Capital Management, Inc. Versa is a private equity fund focusing on special situation investing, including divestitures, restructurings, and recapitalizations, in middle-market companies. Versa invests in all facets of a company’s capital structure, and is experienced in working with companies with underperforming operations or in financial distress. Criteria: Company Size: $50 million to $1 billion revenue Investment Size: $5 million to $75 million Geography: North America

	Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is a dynamic and entrepreneurial firm with in-depth experience and relationships in the financial markets and business community. With more than 75 lawyers in New York, Washington, D.C. and London, we understand the business dimension – whether in a transaction, litigation or regulatory matter – and believe that it must serve as a foundation for thoughtful, innovative and practical legal counsel. RK&O’s hallmark is our ability to find creative solutions to difficult problems that meet the business needs and objectives of our clients. We seek to provide precisely the high quality, focused and efficient service that we would want as a client.

	Many companies–both healthy and distressed–contemplate restructuring in order to drive growth objectives, address balance sheet concerns or resolve operational issues. For thirty years, BBK has successfully advised companies, lenders, vendors, bondholders and investors who were facing uncertain outcomes. Our corporate restructuring advisory services have spanned a variety of scenarios, from start-ups and aggressive growth situations, to turnarounds, consensual workouts and contentious bankruptcies. These successes have established our reputation for improving results and getting deals done around the globe.

	For over seventy-five year, Hahn & Hessen LLP has been a leading law firm focused on representation of financial market participants in complex in and out of court restructurings. The fully integrated team of H&H attorneys provides representation in a broad spectrum of finance matters, including workout, enforcement, reorganizations, bankruptcy, documentation and all related litigation, corporate, real estate, securities and tax competencies.

Associate Sponsors:
	Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy (“CM&D”) is one of the nation’s leading turnaround consulting and corporate restructuring firms specializing in performance improvement, turnaround management, due diligence, litigation support, and investment banking services that maximize value for its clients. CM&D is recognized for its expertise in developing solutions for underperforming companies, solutions that improve results regardless of the situation. CM&D has offices in Detroit, Chicago, Shanghai, Dayton and Grand Rapids. For additional information, please visit www.c-m-d.com or contact Van Conway at 248.433.3100.

	Insight Equity I LP (www.insightequity.com) headquartered in Dallas, TX, is a private equity firm that makes investments in strategically viable, middle market companies that are experiencing a level of underperformance. Prospects typically have $50 million - $1 billion in revenue and significant cash generation growth potential. The firm leverages a proven collaborative value creation model to facilitate operating enhancements and growth in these special situations.

	Waller Lansden is the third-largest healthcare law firm in the United States. Headquartered in Nashville, the firm’s engagements stretch across the country, covering healthcare, distressed acquisitions, and a broad array of other disciplines. Representative clients include the largest healthcare provider in the world, an international automotive manufacturer, a national league football team, a top-ten senior living provider, international financial institutions, and specialized private equity funds.

	Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is a firm of approximately 600 lawyers across 11 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. The firm offers a full array of legal services worldwide with a mission to create value by providing superior legal advice and business counsel to protect and advance the interests of our clients. At EAPD, we believe that we succeed only when our clients succeed. Our culture of respect and professional excellence are key factors in how we respond to our clients' needs. For more information, please visit www.eapdlaw.com.

	International Process Plants-IPP, with offices in 12 countries, is the largest company of its kind involved in the buying and selling of new, used and rebuilt process plants and equipment. We buy distressed properties and assets such as buildings, land, complete plants and equipment, including those with environmental problems such as ground contamination and asbestos. IPP offers a better value proposition for your unwanted, idled assets; all have value, freeing up capital for your other projects and allowing you to react quicker to changes in the marketplace.

	Transition Services, Inc. is a company focused exclusively on the implementation and management of efficient and economic separation benefit plans. TSI’s objective is to provide employers tailored solutions to the traditional high costs of severance. TSI offers companies flexible, full-service separation benefit management programs, designed to reduce employer costs without sacrificing income stability for former employees. Coordination of separation and State Unemployment benefits, management of unemployment period durations, and utilization of an alternative separation benefit tax structure are the foundations of the TSI plan which provides employers cost savings of up to 35%.

	Founded in 1848, Thacher Proffitt has more than 300 lawyers in four locations - New York, NY, Washington, DC, White Plains, NY, and Summit, NJ. We advise clients domestically and internationally on a range of matters involving: banking, bankruptcy, compensation and benefits, corporate and securities, international, litigation and dispute resolution (including subprime), real estate, structured finance, tax, technology and intellectual property, and trusts and estates. Learn more about our creative legal solutions at www.tpw.com, including our industry awards and rankings.