DealSource Conference to Showcase Dealmaking and LBO Opportunities in Auto, Manufacturing, Retail and Health Care

Business Wire, May 9, 2005

CHICAGO -- The Inaugural Networking and Educational Event From Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst and LBO Wire Is Coming to Chicago June 7 and 8

Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst and LBO Wire are scheduled to launch the first-ever DealSource Conference, which will take place at the Drake Hotel in Chicago on June 7 and 8, 2005. The conference will feature a keynote interview with Lewis B. Campbell, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Textron Inc. A mergers-and-acquisitions expert, Mr. Campbell will talk with Wall Street Journal Reporter Dennis Berman about where he finds deal inspiration.

The conference will feature strategic insights from leading dealmakers in a wide range of industries, including automotive, retail and consumer products, health care, and manufacturing. This networking and educational event is designed for leveraged buyout professionals, investment bankers, business brokers and corporate executives.

Another highlight of the conference is a panel discussion on future market opportunities for the automotive, transportation and trucking industries. This panel features Tom Stallkamp, industrial partner at Ripplewood Holdings, and former vice chairman and president of DaimlerChrysler Corp. Mr. Stallkamp led DaimlerChrysler during its reign as the most profitable carmaker in the world. Joining him will be William Y. Campbell, managing director of W.Y. Campbell & Co., a premier, middle-market investment banking firm, and Marc Kramer, managing director of Fenway Partners, a private-equity firm with $1.4 billion in assets under management. Gary Walther, managing director of Lincoln Partners, will moderate the panel discussion.

The conference also will offer insight on innovations being led by business development corporations (BDCs) and hedge funds; new turnaround strategies for portfolio companies; exit opportunities with income deposit securities; and options for outsourcing in Asia.

DealSource is sponsored by Proskauer Rose LLP, Willis Stein & Partners, and Merrill Lynch Capital. To find out more, or to register, call 781-304-1500 or go to: http://www.dowjones.com/events/dealsource/.> About Private Equity Analyst

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