ADVISORY/Save the Date for 'A Legendary Investor'.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday (Oct. 2)

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Driehaus Capital Management to hold NYC Press Briefing on October 2, 2000. Portfolio managers will speak on "The Next New Thing: A Look at Trends in Emerging Industries Here and Abroad."

Who says finding a good investment is like looking for a needle in a haystack? Not Driehaus Capital Management. The firm, headquartered in Chicago, has achieved an enviable track record in discovering and capitalizing on emerging industries, here and abroad, often long before they come to the attention of Wall Street.

Driehaus portfolio managers and Richard Driehaus, the man Louis Rukeyser called "a legendary investor," will address these trends at a special press luncheon entitled: "The Next New Thing: A Look at Trends in Emerging Industries Here and Abroad," on Monday, October 2 at Le Cirque, located at the New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue, New York City.

Participants will include:

-- Richard Driehaus -- chairman, chief investment officer and CEO

-- architect of the Driehaus aggressive growth investment philosophy.

-- Bill Andersen -- senior vice president, CIO/international and portfolio
manager -- leads the firm's international team of portfolio managers, analysts
and support staff. He also serves as the portfolio manager for Driehaus
International Growth Product, Driehaus International Growth Fund and Driehaus
European Opportunity Fund.

-- Meighan Harahan -- vice president and portfolio manager - responsible for
managing the Driehaus Mid Cap Growth Product and has in-depth knowledge of the
technology sector.

-- Andrew Rich -- portfolio manager -- manages the Driehaus Small Cap Recovery
Growth Product, a unique aggressive growth product that invests in companies
which are 30 - 40 percent off their market highs.

The schedule is as follows:

11:30 a.m.        Doors open for informal interviews.

12:00 p.m.        Formal presentation begins; lunch will be served.

12:40 p.m.        Question and answer session.

 1:00 p.m.        Formal session ends.  Opportunity for informal
                  interviews.

We are confident that you will find this a unique and valuable opportunity to learn more about the Driehaus perspective as we look forward to 2001. To RSVP, or if you have any questions, please contact Angela Mario at W.T. Blase & Associates in New York at [phone].