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ThinkEquity LLC Announces 4th Annual Growth Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — August 10, 2006 — ThinkEquity LLC, a research-centric investment bank, announces its 4th Annual Growth Conference, a four-day event that will focus on a wide array of sectors and growth markets. The conference will be held on September 11-14, 2006 at The Ritz Carlton in downtown San Francisco.
"The time is ripe to bring thought leaders together and talk about the next wave of innovation and growth in the economy," said Michael Moe, founder and CEO of ThinkEquity LLC. "The conference will be about sharing ideas, discussing the future and debating what lies ahead in the coming months and years. In our view, growth is inevitable — the economy has reached a critical turning point and is gearing up for an exciting wave of progress."
In addition to company presentations, the conference will feature a ThinkWealth Management Day, with presentations by industry experts on topical wealth management issues, and an array of "Think Big" presentations by management teams of companies with market caps of less than $200 million, focused on their growth potential. The conference will also showcase a "Video on the Web" panel, as well as healthcare and greentech panels.
The preliminary list of presenters includes CEOs from more than 200 of the most innovative growth companies in the world:
Consumer - Ticker
Blue Nile, Inc. - NILE
Buffalo Wild Wings - BWLD
Cash Systems, Inc. - CKNN
Castle Brands Inc. - ROX
Costco Wholesale Corp. - COST
CryptoLogic, Inc. ( USA ) - CRYP
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. - FCFS
GigaMedia Limited - GIGM
GSI Commerce, Inc. - GSIC
Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) - JSDA
Kona Grill, Inc. - KONA
Kuhlman Company, Inc. - KUL
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Rest. - MSSR
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. - PEET
Peoples Liberation Inc. - PPLB
Progressive Gaming International Corp. - PGIC
Restoration Hardware, Inc. - RSTO
True Religion Apparel, Inc. - TRLG
uBid.com - UBHI
Youbet.com, Inc. - UBET
WPT Enterprises, Inc. - WPTE
eBags - Private
iSold It LLC - Private
Jamba Juice - Private
KnowFat - Private
TicketsNow - Private
Tumi - Private
Business Services / Education
Apollo Group, Inc. - APOL
Asta Funding, Inc. - ASFI
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. - BFAM
CheckFree Corporation - CKFR
CyberSource Corporation - CYBS
Devry Inc. - DV
Digital Insight Corp. - DGIN
eCollege.com - ECLG
Educate, Inc. - EEEE
Highbury Financial, Inc. - HBRF
Huron Consulting Group - HURN
ITT Educational Services - ESI
MRU Holdings, Inc. - MHOI
Online Resources Corp. - ORCC
Optimal Group, Inc. - OPMR
Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. - PRAA
Scientific Learning Corporation - SCIL
USA Technologies, Inc. - USAT
BenefitStreet - Private
Media / Internet
24/7 Real Media, Inc. - TFSM
Aptimus, Inc. - APTM
ARTISTdirect, Inc. - ARTD
aQuantive, Inc. - AQNT
Bankrate, Inc. - RATE
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. - CETV
Digitas Inc. - DTAS
HouseValues, Inc. - SOLD
Move Inc. - MOVE
Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd - IGLD
Marchex, Inc. - MCHX
MDC Partners Inc. (USA) - MDCA
PlanetOut, Inc. - LGBT
ROO Group, Inc. - RGRP
Spark Networks plc (ADR) - LOV
ValueClick, Inc. - VCLK
Viewpoint Corporation - VWPT
VitalStream Holdings, Inc. - VSTH
Adknowledge - Private
The Cobalt Group - Private
Netblue - Private
Zillow - Private
Healthcare / Life Sciences
Advanced Magnetics, Inc. - AMAG
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ANX
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ALNY
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ARIA
Arrowhead Research Corporation - ARWR
AtriCure Inc. - ATRC
AVANIR Pharmaceuticals - AVNR
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - BCRX
DepoMed, Inc. - DEPO
Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. - MELA
Emisphere Technologies Inc. - EMIS
Encysive Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ENCY
E-Z-EM, Inc. - EZEM
Genomic Health, Inc. - GHDX
Gentium S.p.A. (ADR) - GENT
Hana Biosciences, Inc. - HNAB
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. - HITK
Hologic, Inc. - HOLX
Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. - IDP
Illumina, Inc. - ILMN
Insite Vision Inc. - ISV
InterMune, Inc. - ITMN
Kyphon Inc. - KYPH
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - MNTA
NeoPharm, Inc. - NEOL
NuVasive, Inc. - NUVA
Nuvelo, Inc. - NUVO
Questcor Pharmaceuticals - QSC
Repros Therapeutics Inc. - RPRX
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - RIGL
Santarus, Inc. - SNTS
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - SOMX
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - SNUS
SuperGen, Inc. - SUPG
SurModics, Inc. - SRDX
Unigene Laboratories - UGNE
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - VION
Vital Images, Inc. - VTAL
VIVUS, Inc. - VVUS
XenoPort, Inc. - XNPT
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. - ZIOP
Epocrates - Private
Hansen Medical - Private
Sirtris - Private
Technology / Communications
Agile Software Corporation - AGIL
Airspan Networks, Inc. - AIRN
Altiris, Inc. - ATRS
Alvarion Ltd. (USA) - ALVR
ANADIGICS, Inc. - ANAD
Atheros Communications, Inc. - ATHR
AudioCodes Ltd. - AUDC
Autodesk, Inc. - ADSK
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. - BCSI
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation - CCMP
Cbeyond, Inc. - CBEY
Centillium Communications, Inc. - CTLM
Ceragon Networks Ltd. - CRNT
Click Commerce, Inc. - CKCM
Color Kinetics Incorporated - CLRK
Concurrent Computer Corporation - CCUR
Convera Corporation - CNVR
eLoyalty Corporation - ELOY
Gigabeam Corporation - GGBM
Ikanos Communications, Inc. - IKAN
Metalink Ltd. - MTLK
Microtune, Inc. - TUNE
MRV Communications, Inc. - MRVC
Netopia, Inc. - NTPA
Neustar, Inc - NSR
Novatel Wireless, Inc. - NVTL
Occam Networks, Inc. - OCNW
Omniture, Inc. - OMTR
On Track Innovations Ltd.(USA) - OTIV
Opsware Inc. - OPSW
PCTEL, Inc. - PCTI
RADVISION LTD. (USA) - RVSN
Rudolph Technologies, Inc. - RTEC
salesforce.com, inc. - CRM
Scopus Video Networks Ltd. - SCOP
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. - SWKS
Smith Micro Software, Inc. - SMSI
SumTotal Systems, Inc. - SUMT
Syniverse Holdings, Inc. - SVR
Taleo Corporation - TLEO
TEKELEC - TKLC
Terabeam, Inc. - TRBM
Tut Systems, Inc. - TUTS
VA Software Corporation - LNUX
Varian Semiconductor - VSEA
VASCO Data Security International, Inc. - VDSI
Volterra Semiconductor Corp. - VLTR
Websense Inc. - WBSN
WebSideStory, Inc. - WSSI
Website Pros, Inc. - WSPI
Westell Technologies Inc. - WSTL
WiderThan Co., Ltd. (ADR) - WTHN
Wind River Systems, Inc. - WIND
Witness Systems, Inc. - WITS
Vyyo Inc. - VYYO
Zhone Technologies, Inc. - ZHNE
BladeLogic - Private
Good Technologies - Private
Pentaho Corp. - Private
SugarCRM - Private
Greentech / Emerging Growth
The9 Limited (ADR) - NCTY
Acacia Research- Acacia Technologies - ACTG
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. - ALTI
Archer Daniels Midland Company - ADM
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) - BLDP
Carmanah Technologies Corporation - *CMH
DayStar Technologies Inc. - DSTI
Distributed Energy Systems Corp - DESC
Fuel-Tech N.V. - FTEK
Harris & Harris Group, Inc. - TINY
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. (ADR) - HRAY
Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) - HYGS
KongZhong Corporation (ADR) - KONG
Linktone Ltd. (ADR) - LTON
Luna Innovations Incorporated - LUNA
Maxwell Technologies Inc. - MXWL
Mechanical Technology Inc. - MKTY
Rentech, Inc. - RTK
Sohu.com Inc. - SOHU
SunPower Corporation - SPWR
Zoltek Companies, Inc. - ZOLT
Electronic Recyclers - Private
Imperium Renewables - Private
Miasole - Private
For more information about the ThinkEquity Partners 4th Annual Growth Conference, please contact: Katie Soffey: 415-249-2927 or click here.
About ThinkEquity
ThinkEquity is a research-centric institutional investment firm focused on the growth economy. ThinkEquity merger with Panmure Gordon in March 2007 provides its clients with global investment banking services. The firm is dedicated to providing focused insight, advisory services, and capital to institutional investors and corporate constituents in the knowledge economy's key growth verticals, including technology, healthcare, media/education and consumer/business services. For more information about ThinkEquity, please visit www.thinkequity.com. Member FINRA and SIPC.
For more information please contact:
Peter Coleman
Chief Operating Officer
ThinkEquity
415-249-2900
or
Jennifer Jones
650-529-1416
jennifer@jenniferjones.com