Largest U.S. Conference for Micro and Small Cap Stocks to Be Hosted by Roth Capital Partners on February 19-22, 2007

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2007

19(th) Annual SoCal Event to Highlight over 300 Companies, Plus Sessions on Options Backdating, Reverse Mergers, Pipes and Listing Alternatives for Growth Companies

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- The "OC" will serve as the backdrop for the nation's largest institutional investor conference for small and micro cap companies when Roth Capital Partners hosts its 19th Annual Stock Conference, scheduled for February 19-22, 2007 at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel, California.

A record number of over 300 companies from industry sectors such as Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods will be highlighted during the three-day conference. The average market cap of the presenting companies will be approximately $360 million; in keeping with Roth's goal of finding undiscovered and under-followed companies that may become tomorrow's Wall Street leaders.

"As a research-driven event, our goal is to select companies, both US and internationally-based, with attractive growth prospects that may offer investors compelling investment opportunities," said Rusty Hoss, CFA and Director of Research.

In addition to company presentations, Roth will offer educational panels on topics of interest to emerging growth companies, including Options Backdating, Reverse Mergers, PIPEs and Listing Alternatives for Growth Companies.

Supporting sponsors of the 2007 February Stock Conference include Bowne; Business Wire; Cingular; Dow Jones; Lowenstein Sandler; Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner; OTC/QX; Thomson; Wall Street Webcasting; Capital IQ; Loeb & Loeb; Paul Hastings; and Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth.

Additional sponsors include the American Stock Exchange; Barney & Barney, LLC; Catalyst Financial Resources, LLC; CCG Communications; Dorsey & Whitney LLP; The Global Consulting Group; Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP; Liolios Group; Marsh; Merrill Corporation; Mayer Hoffman McCann PC; Moss Adams, LLP; Nasdaq; Pink Sheets; Reed Smith; Richardson Patel; Rutan; Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference, LLP; Singer Lewak, Greenbaum & Goldstein, LLP; Snell & Wilmer; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP; The Piacente Group; Tradeware Global; Vintage Filings, LLC; Weinberg & Company, P.A. and Junior Achievement.

For registration information for this invitation-only conference, contact your Roth Capital Partners representative, or the conference desk at 800-678-9147.

For more information on the conference and updated list of company presenters, visit the Roth conference website at: http://www.rothconference.com/presentcompany.html.

Media inquiries and press credentials only: contact Nevena Orbach of The Orbach Company, Inc. at 818-904-0500.

About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:

With headquarters in Newport Beach, California and offices in strategic locations in the Western United States, Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a full service investment bank serving corporate and institutional clients throughout the world. Roth offers a wide array of investment banking services including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading. The firm is perhaps best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. Over the last ten years, Roth raised over $8.7 billion for small and micro cap public companies and completed over 123 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. . It is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Visit the Roth Capital Partners website at www.rothcp.com.

List of Presenting Companies as of 1/05/07: