ACG Connecticut Premier Dealmaking Event Features Region’s Largest Gathering of M&A Pros

ACG Connecticut, the Connecticut Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the premier authority on corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions, will hold the 6 ^th annual ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo in Stamford, CT, at the Stamford Marriott on December 4, 2009, from 7:30-10:00 a.m.

Over 300 middle market dealmakers are expected to attend the event, including private equity professionals, investment bankers, lenders, corporate development officers, lawyers and other service providers focused on corporate growth and mergers and acquisitions. The ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo is Connecticut’s leading and largest showcase of local private equity and mezzanine financing firms, with over 30 firms expected to participate in 2009, including: Apta Capital, Altus Capital, Brookside Group, Capital Partners, Charter Oak Partners, Compass Equity Group, Greyrock Capital Group, Gridiron Capital, Hamilton Robinson, Ironwood Capital, Longroad Asset Management, Main Street Resources, Post Capital, Richard L. Scott Investments, Ropart Asset Management, Saugatuck Capital, Saw Mill Capital, Smith Whiley & Co., Southfield Capital, and Sterling Investment Partners.

"ACG Connecticut’s mission is to bring together the leaders in the M&A industry to promote business in our region. The ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo is a forum that provides direct business networking between deal sources and senior partners of exhibiting local private equity firms,” said Ramsey Goodrich, President of ACG Connecticut. “Thanks to our members, participants and sponsors the showcase has become an annual blockbuster event, attracting attendees from across the country that come here to do business with the premier private equity firms in and around Connecticut."

Registration for the ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo is now open. For information on registration, exhibiting and sponsoring the event, please visit www.acg.org/connecticut.

“Unlike larger industry conferences, ACG Connecticut’s Private Equity Expo offers a more intimate setting for exclusively local dealmakers to exchange ideas and opportunities,” said Jim Barra, Managing Director, Ironwood Capital in Avon, Connecticut. “In an environment where attractive opportunities are scarce and transactions remain difficult to close, these local relationships are extremely valuable.”

“Year after year, we count on the ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo as the most efficient and effective way to network with the leading private equity firms in our region,“ said Michael Carter, Managing Director, Carter, Morse & Mathias in Southport, Connecticut. “In two hours, attendees can meet face to face with a Who’s Who in the Connecticut deal making community. Now more than ever, it is imperative to meet and network with these players before the market rebounds.”

About ACG

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the global community for M&A and corporate growth professionals, helping connect capital with opportunity. ACG provides its members with the research, tools and networking opportunities to grow their businesses and themselves professionally. Founded in 1954, ACG has grown to more than 12,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 53 chapters in North America and Europe. For more information about ACG, please visit www.acg.org. For more information about ACG Connecticut, please visit http://chapters.acg.org/connecticut/.

NOTE TO MEDIA: To attend the ACG Connecticut Private Equity Expo, please contact: Jen Dowd, BackBay Communications, 617-556-9982, x225, jen.dowd@backbaycommunications.com.