Registration is open for the inaugural Midwest Investment Conference
(MIC), the premier event for bringing together the region’s leading
public companies and institutional investors. The conference takes place
at the newly opened Cleveland Convention Center, on November 19, 2013,
in Cleveland, Ohio, and is being organized by the CFA Society
Cleveland, a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to
providing investment-related programs and services to investment experts.
MIC is a forum for institutional investors and professional industry
analysts to interact with senior management teams of publicly traded
issuers, and is the first conference of its kind in the Cleveland region
in more than a decade. The conference will feature auditorium-style
group presentations in three concurrently running sector tracks.
Attendees will hear directly from senior management teams about the
investment merits of each company along with their strategies for
enhancing future shareholder value. The conference will showcase
approximately 20 leading Midwest-based companies in the materials,
industrial and financial sectors.
No Cost to Attend for CFA Institute Members
CFA Institute members are invited to attend the event free of charge.
Non-members can attend for a fee of $149, which includes access to the
auditorium presentations throughout the day, breakfast, refreshments and
a formal luncheon during the event. Register online today at http://www.go2mic.org.
In addition to company presentations, institutional investor attendees
can request private or small group meetings with the same senior
management teams in private salons located throughout the venue. Space
for this conference is limited and one-on-one or small group meetings
with executive management teams will be arranged as time and management
availability permits.
MIC offers convenience and proximity for Midwest-based money managers in
a professional atmosphere. The Cleveland Convention Center sits in the
heart of downtown and is home to state-of-the-art meeting rooms and
gorgeous views of Cleveland’s lakefront. Out-of-state travelers can
easily access the venue by major interstates or by air via Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport (CLE).
Confirmed Presenting Companies
Additional public issuers have recently confirmed attendance and
registration remains open. Updates will be posted periodically on the
conference website at www.midwestinvestmentconference.org.
The current list of confirmed issuers includes:
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Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT)
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Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) (PARIS: CLF)
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CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ)
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Farmers National Banc Corp. (Nasdaq: FMNB)
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Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN)
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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE: HY)
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Kimball International (Nasdaq: KBALB)
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The Lincoln Electric Company (Nasdaq: LECO)
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Materion Corporation (Nasdaq: MTRN)
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Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN)
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Olympic Steel (Nasdaq: ZEUS)
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Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: PKOH)
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PolyOne (NYSE: POL)
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Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGI)
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RPM International (NYSE: RPM)
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TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG)
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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (Nasdaq: USAP)
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Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR)
For information about registering your company to attend MIC and engage
with qualified institutional investors, please contact conference
administrators at 216-696-8066 or admin@go2mic.org.
About the Midwest Investment Conference
MIC has been designed by intuitional investors, on behalf of public
companies, as a conflict-free way to cost effectively enhance corporate
transparency and investor relations initiatives. Issuers that genuinely
wish to engage with institutional investors and industry analysts and
share their strategies for creating future stakeholder value will be in
attendance.
Support for the conference comes from MIC’s Title Sponsor: Tucker Ellis,
a full service law firm with offices nationwide; Platinum Sponsor:
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway Company and global market leader in
commercial press release distribution; Gold Sponsor: Vintage Filings, a
division of PR Newswire offering disclosure and competitive and investor
intelligence products; Silver Sponsor: Ashland Partners, a leading
Global Investment Performance Standards® compliance and verification
services firm; Bronze Sponsors: FactSet Research Systems, a workflow and
productivity service provider to the global investment community, RR
Donnelley, a global provider of integrated communications, as well as
its subsidiary, RR Donnelley Venue; and Contributing Sponsors: Clear
Perspective Group , an independent employee-owned investor relations
consulting firm helping high-quality companies enhance their
institutional investor and analyst following and the National Investor
Relations Institute Cleveland/Northern Ohio Chapter, a non-profit
organization promoting the common interests of individuals engaged in
the investor relations profession.
About CFA Society Cleveland
CFASC was founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and
services to its Northeast Ohio-based membership. CFASC has 480 members
and is a member society of CFA Institute, which currently represents
109,000 members including the world's 100,000 CFA charterholders in more
than 130 countries.
In 2013, CFASC was awarded the Society of the Year by the CFA Institute
for societies between 400 and 999 members. The award recognizes
exceptional performance in areas including, but not limited to:
administrative, financial and technological operations; advocacy
efforts; brand awareness and outreach campaigns; candidate support;
governance; member value derived from programs, education and
networking; communications; and volunteer management.
The mission of CFASC is to provide opportunities for professional
development and fellowship among Cleveland-area investment
professionals, consistent with the ideals of excellence, integrity and
education as set forth by CFA Institute.
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