NEWS RELEASE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 19, 2007) – Fourteen Kentucky-based public companies will present their investment stories to professional money managers and equity analysts at the Hilliard Lyons INVESTKentucky equity conference this June 7 at Churchill Downs.
The INVESTKentucky conference is the only equity event in Kentucky to bring together public companies of various sizes, capitalizations and industries with regional and Wall Street fund managers and analysts. Among the industries represented are banking, food service, spirits, manufacturing, healthcare, entertainment and high-tech.
“This event not only showcases Kentucky's most dynamic public companies, but highlights the actual and potential investment capacity within the region,” said Terry McWilliams, chairman of INVESTKentucky and president of Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc., a Louisville financial communications agency.
The public companies scheduled to make formal presentations at the conference include these entities (based in Louisville unless otherwise noted):
- Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE: BFb).
- Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq: CHDN)
- Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., Pikeville (Nasdaq: CTBI)
- First Financial Service Corporation, Elizabethtown (Nasdaq: FFKY)
- The Genlyte Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: GLYT)
- Papa John's Incorporated (Nasdaq: PZZA)
- Republic Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: RBCAA)
- ResCare Incorporated (Nasdaq: RSCR)
- S.Y. Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBT)
- Sypris Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYPR)
- Texas Roadhouse (Nasdaq: TXRH)
- Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM).
Two public companies participating in the conference's “Fast Track” outreach program are:
- The Banker's Store (OTC: BSTR.OB), Bowling Green, a company that provides nearly everything financial institutions need to do business, including sales and service of ATMs, safes, camera systems and other branch office equipment.
- Cin-Tel Corporation (OTC: CNCN.OB), which provides high-tech equipment solutions enabling customers to improve Internet and network traffic management, service levels, secure content, user experience, and reduce server loads and bandwidth demands.
The one-day, invitation-only event – first held three years ago – provides companies an opportunity to reach an audience specifically interested in Kentucky investment, and offers money managers a productive way to meet face to face with CEOs, CFOs and other top corporate executives in a single day. A one-on-one meeting reservation system will pair interested investors and companies.
Admission to the track, continental breakfast and lunch for qualified financial professionals have been underwritten by the conference and its sponsors. Attendance is limited to available slots on an invitation-only, first-come, first-serve basis, with registration online (beginning in April) at www.investky.com .
A major keynote speaker will kick off the conference. Following the sessions, and fitting with Kentucky tradition, the attendees during the afternoon will be able to enjoy another Churchill Downs' highlight – Spring Meet racing.
Sponsors and underwriters
Hilliard Lyons is the title sponsor of INVESTKentucky. Founded in 1854, Hilliard Lyons is one of the oldest investment firms in the country. It is also the only New York Stock Exchange member firm based in Kentucky. Visit http://www.hilliard.com to find out what has made Hilliard Lyons and its clients so successful for so long.
Major sponsors include Crowe Chizek, Frost Brown Todd, NASDAQ, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Bloomberg, and the CFA Society of Louisville.
Additional contributors are Leapfrog Interactive, Atea Design, Vivid Impact Printing, BusinessWire, Capital Bridge, Wall Street Transcript and O'Neil Arnold Photography.
The conference hotel is the Brown Hotel ( www.brownhotel.com ), 335 W. Broadway, in downtown Louisville.
INVEST Kentucky LLC was formed specifically to facilitate this investment conference. It is guided by a steering committee of chief financial officers and investor relations professionals from participating companies and sponsors.
More information about the companies, the sponsors and the conference is available at INVESTKentucky's website, http://www.investky.com . Analysts, money managers and other financial professionals who'd like more information about attending this event should contact Terry McWilliams at terrym@investky.com , or call 502-410-2113.
Contacts:
Terry McWilliams
Chairman, INVESTKentucky
President, Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc.
502-410-2113 phone, terrym@INVESTKy.com
John Vinsel
CFA Society of Louisville
502-562-5298