Second Annual SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE Investor Conference to be held Nov. 17 and 18, 2004; Venue Brings Together Public Companies with Professional Investors.DALLAS -- The second annual SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE Investor Conference will be held Nov. 17-18 at the Westin Stonebriar Resort in Frisco, Texas. The conference provides an independent venue for institutional quality public companies to meet with professional money managers and investment analysts from throughout the country. The SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE is co-sponsored by Dallas-based investor relations consulting firm Beacon Street Group, LLC, and the Dallas Society of Financial Analysts (DSFA DSFA Department of Social and Family Affairs (Republic of Ireland) DSFA Doesn't Stand for Anything ). Corporate sponsors include Aperion Group, LLC, Benoit Design Inc., bigdough, Business Wire, Capital Institutional Services, Hughes & Luce LLP, John McStay Investment Counsel, SAMCO SAMCO Structural Assessment, Monitoring and Control Capital Markets and Vcall. Presenting Companies Companies from across the country will present at the conference. The invited presenting companies come from a diverse group of industries, market capitalization, and investment styles (growth vs. value). Investment tracks include technology, retail, consumer, financial services, health care, energy, basic industry, business services and micro-cap. Approximately 40 companies are expected to present at the conference. The current roster of presenting companies includes: AAON AAON American Association of Office Nurses (Nasdaq:AAON), Tulsa, Okla. Baldor Electric (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BEZ), Fort Smith, Ark. Conn's (Nasdaq:CONN), Beaumont, Texas Diodes, Inc (Nasdaq:DIOD DIOD Direct Inward/Outward Dialing ), Westlake Village, Calif. Entrust (Nasdaq:ENTU), Dallas Haggar Corp. (Nasdaq:HGGR HGGR Hospice of Greater Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Michigan) ), Dallas Interphase (Nasdaq:INPH), Dallas Imperial Sugar Company (Nasdaq:IPSU IPSU Indigenous Professional Support Unit (Australia) ), Houston Lennox International (NYSE:LII), Dallas Mannatech (Nasdaq:MTEX MTEX Mega Texel ), Dallas MetaSolv (Nasdaq:MSLV), Dallas Palm Harbor Homes (Nasdaq:PHHM), Dallas Parallel Petroleum (Nasdaq:PLLL), Midland, Texas Pegasus Solutions (Nasdaq:PEGS), Dallas Pervasive Software (Nasdaq:PVSW), Austin, Texas PetroQuest Energy (Nasdaq:PQUE), Lafayette, La. Pre-Paid Legal Services This article is about the legal term. For the company, see Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.. Pre-paid legal services refers to individual or group employee benefit legal plans in which members pay a monthly fee in exchange for access to a range of legal (NYSE:PPD (1) (Parallel Presence Detect) The method used by earlier SIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity to the computer. A binary number coming from a parallel set of pins was read by the system, with each pin representing one bit. Contrast with SPD. ), Ada, Okla. Prosperity Bancshares (Nasdaq: PRSP), Houston Regeneration Technologies (Nasdaq:RTIX), Alachua, Fla. Tandy Brands Accessories, (Nasdaq:TBAC), Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. TOR Minerals (Nasdaq:TORM), Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. Unit Corporation (NYSE:UNT), Tulsa, Okla. Willbros Group (NYSE:WG), Houston "There are many quality small and mid cap companies that do not get the investment community exposure they deserve. By sponsoring the SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE, we hope to create an ongoing venue for quality companies to tell their stories to professional investors," said David M. Mossberg, principal of Beacon Street Group. Lyndon Westerberg, CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. , President of the DSFA commented, "Our membership and other chapters of the CFA Institute recognize the value of an independent investment conference. In addition to a strong showing we expect from our membership, we anticipate the conference will have a broad appeal to professional investors from across the United States." The conference format will allow each company multiple opportunities to tell its story to attendees, both in a traditional conference presentation, as well as in more personalized, private meetings. For additional conference information, including updates on presenting companies, visit www.southwesternshowcase.com Corporate Sponsors Aperion Group -- Dallas-based Aperion Group, LLC was formed in October 2002 to provide independent investment research to the institutional investor. www.aperiongroup.com Benoit Design -- Benoit Design is a Dallas-based marketing and communications design firm, specializing in annual report design, management and production. www.benoitdesigninc.com bigdough -- bigdough is an investor relations data management platform that helps senior Investor Relations Officers with limited time give the senior management team much deeper information about investors before phone calls and meetings. www.bigdough.com Business Wire -- Business Wire disseminates full-text news releases, multimedia and other content simultaneously to the news media, the Internet, online services, databases, regulatory authorities, the global investment community and other audiences. www.businesswire.com Capital Institutional Services -- A member of the NYSE, NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). , AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange , PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. and SIPC (Simply Interactive PC) An earlier umbrella term from Microsoft and Intel for a PC that works like a home appliance. For example, it has a sealed case, uses external connectors for expansion and boots in just a couple of seconds. , Dallas-based Capital Institutional Services, Inc. (CAPIS CAPIS Crisis Assessment Prevention Intervention Services CAPIS Customer Accessible Product Information System ) is an independent, agency-only institutional broker specializing in independent research, leading-edge trading systems, Direct Access, domestic and international equity and fixed income trading, and other unique bundled brokerage solutions. www.capis.com Hughes & Luce, LLC -- Hughes & Luce is a full-service law firm representing clients nationally and internationally from its offices in Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth. www.hughesluce.com John McStay Investment Counsel -- John McStay Investment Counsel (JMIC) has an established history of investing in small to mid cap growth companies since 1983. JMIC invests in smaller, rapidly growing companies with highly predictable revenue and profit streams. JMIC provides a consistent investment process that is aligned with the goals of a long-term investor seeking consistency in their investments. www.mcstay.com SAMCO Capital Markets -- SAMCO Capital Markets is a full-service broker/dealer serving financial institutions, investment firms, and individuals seeking expertise in corporate finance, municipal finance, securities trading, and investment research. www.samcocapital.com Vcall -- Vcall is an integral part of WILink's PrecisionIR (www.precisionir.com) custom investor relations services designed to enable publicly traded companies to deliver tailored and compelling communications to an interested audience of investors. www.vcall.com Sponsor Profiles Founded in 1951, the Dallas Society of Financial Analysts (DSFA) is a professional investor organization that provides interchange between investment managers; promotes good fellowship among those whose primary occupation was investment analysis; improves analytical procedures and techniques; promotes a broader understanding of the investment management profession; and encourages and supports the Chartered Financial Analysts professional accreditation. Of equal importance has been its mission to promote high standards of professional conduct among its members. For more than 50 years, these objectives have guided the society and its membership, and the society now plays a vital role within the Dallas investment community. With over 800 members, the DSFA is one of the largest chapters of the CFA Institute. Visit (www.dsfa.net) for more information. Beacon Street Group, LLC is a Dallas-based strategic investor relations consulting firm founded in 2003. Beacon Street Group focuses on working with mid-to-small cap companies in developing the appropriate IR strategy needed to reach corporate goals; crafting the investment message; and investment community targeting and marketing. The founders are David M. Mossberg, who has several years of experience as an analyst at Southwest Securities and First Dallas Securities and Kenneth E. Pieper, who has more than 20 years of corporate and agency investor relations experience, including running the Dallas office of Morgen-Walke Associates from 1989 to 2002. Visit(www.beaconstreetgroup.com) for more information. |
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