ADVISORY/Business Wire to Host Conference on Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Issues; CCBN Will Webcast the Event Live and Provide Archival Access.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Dec. 4)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Business Wire's December 4 IR conference, "Are You Sarbanes-Oxley Compliant?," will explore the securities law reform legislation's impact upon investor relations and corporate communications professionals.

Wayne M. Carlin, Regional Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Northeast Office, will be the keynote speaker. Among other topics, Mr. Carlin will discuss the SEC's recent headline-generating enforcement actions under Regulation FD.

Other featured panelists include:

-- Andrea ("Andy") Esposito, Managing Director, North American Governance Services, Standard & Poor's. Ms. Esposito will discuss the findings of Standard & Poor's widely publicized Transparency and Disclosure study, which analyzed company disclosure patterns at 1,500 leading companies worldwide.

-- Howard Kenny, Securities Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. Mr. Kenny will explain the key provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley, focusing on what companies need to do to ensure compliance.

-- Andrienne Baker, North American Editor, Investor Relations Magazine. Ms. Baker has written extensively on Sarbanes-Oxley and will focus on the reality, versus the rhetoric, of the statute's likely impact on Corporate America.

To listen to the Business Wire conference, click on the event icon on the Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) or CCBN (www.ccbn.com) web sites. Prompts will direct you how to access the conference. The event, which is being held in midtown Manhattan between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eastern time, can be heard live and will be archived on the CCBN site.

There is no charge to attend the event for Business Wire members (contact your Account Executive, or Melanie Apostol at 212-752-9600, [e-mail] for additional information). There are no charges associated with the webcast.