The Midwest Investment Conference 2014 (MWIC14) committee today
announced an expanded roster of public companies, whose senior
management teams will be making investor presentations, at this year’s
event taking place at the Cleveland Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov.
18, 2014.
The highly anticipated conference is hosted by CFA Society
Cleveland, a non-profit professional organization dedicated to providing
investment-related programs and services to area investment experts.
Senior management teams representing publicly-traded companies will make
presentations in general sessions, and host one-on-one and small group
breakout meetings with qualified institutional portfolio managers and
analysts during the event. The general sessions will be organized into
specific industry tracks and conducted concurrently in separate
auditoriums. Pre-arranged breakout meetings will be held in private
salons throughout the venue.
Midwest Investment Conference 2014 is an opportunity for public
companies to save time and enhance the quality of their non-deal
roadshow meetings in a proximate and economical setting. It also engages
them with current shareholders and introduces their investment merits to
prospective portfolio managers and analysts from leading investment
management companies across the country. Building on the success of the
inaugural conference in 2013, the line-up of companies registered to
make presentations at this year’s event already exceeds last year’s
count and includes:
Confirmed Presenting Companies:
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Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI)
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AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFSI)
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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: AIT)
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Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC: ANFC)
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CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ)
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DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR)
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EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT)
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Farmer’s National Banc Corp. (Nasdaq: FMNB)
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Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO)
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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE: HY)
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Lancaster Colony Corporation (Nasdaq: LANC)
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Mace Security International, Inc. (OTC: MACE)
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Materion Corporation (NYSE: MTRN)
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Middlefield Banc Corp. (Nasdaq: MBCN)
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National Interstate Corporation (Nasdaq: NATL)
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Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN)
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Olympic Steel, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS)
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Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI)
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RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM)
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SB Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBFG)
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Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL)
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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAP)
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Viggle Inc. (Nasdaq: VGGL)
Early Registration Encouraged
The conference is open to
institutional portfolio managers, equity analysts and other qualified
financial and investment professionals. The standard attendance fee
of $199 is being waived for CFA Institute members, who register to
attend on or before October 31, 2014. Investor attendees who
register on or before October 31, 2014, and are not a member of CFA
Institute, will pay the standard attendance fee of $199. Beginning on
November 1, all registrants (including CFA Institute members) will be
required to pay the late registration fee of $399. Additional
information and links to the registration portal are available online
at: http://midwestinvestmentconference.org/registration.html.
“We are pleased to host an event that is a genuine win-win for public
corporations and institutional investors. This corporate access event
supports financial due diligence for the buy-side, and affords
management teams who appreciate corporate transparency with a convenient
means of enhancing their institutional investor following,” said Michael
E. Santelli, CFA, who is chairing the Conference Committee. “For public
issuers that are proud to publicly disclose their plans for shareholder
value creation, this is a must-attend conference.
“The goal with this conference was to address specific concerns
expressed by both the public issuers and institutional investors –
paired with the intent to genuinely advance capital markets and the
free-enterprise system,” Santelli added.
With this model, corporate access is not predicated on coverage lists,
trading volume, commission levels, or assets under management, according
to Santelli.
“The inaugural Midwest Investment Conference took place in 2013, and
drew more than 125 institutional investors from around the country,
providing these investors with valuable face-to-face corporate access
with management teams from a variety of companies. New in 2014, a
special track will feature smaller public companies with exciting
opportunities for growth complementing the issuers listed on the major
exchanges,” Santelli said.
Financial Supporters & Sponsors
Conference sponsorships
are still available and offer a valuable touch-point with
decision-makers at public companies and with investment and
asset-management firms. Sponsorship helps defray costs associated with
hosting the event, and showcases a commitment to corporate transparency
and the capital markets.
2014 Conference Sponsors Include:
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Platinum Level: Business Wire, a global market leader in commercial
press release distribution
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Silver Level: RR Donnelley, a global provider of integrated
communications
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Contributing: Clear Perspective Group, LLC, an investor relations
consulting boutique
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Contributing: Morningstar Inc., an investment research and investment
management firm
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Contributing: The NIRI Cleveland/Northern Ohio Chapter, a non-profit
organization promoting common interests of individuals engaged in the
investor relations profession
Interested public issuers and sponsors can learn more about benefits and
participation opportunities by visiting http://midwestinvestmentconference.org
or http://go2mic.org
or by contacting conference administration at 216-255-6290.
About the Midwest Investment Conference
The Midwest
Investment Conference model was created in 2011 to spearhead
institutional investment conferences mutually addressing the needs of
both publicly-held companies and professional investors. The unique
model provides a conflict-free and cost effective means of enhancing
corporate transparency. Visit the event online at http://midwestinvestmentconference.org,
follow conference updates on Twitter @MWInvConference
and use the hashtag #MWIC14.
About CFA Society Cleveland
CFA Society Cleveland was
founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and services to
its Northeast Ohio-based membership. The society 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.
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