5th global forum on investing in distressed debt

INVESTING IN DISTRESSED DEBT

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Cutting Edge Strategies for Restructurings, Bankruptcies and Turnarounds

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September 22-23, 2009 • Millennium Broadway Hotel • New York City, NY

Hear From Leading Experts Including:

• Leading distressed debt funds’ and investors’ strategies for success• Opportunities in corporate distressed bonds as well as residential and commercial real estate• State of the economy and impact on distressed debt market• Update on traditional financing and alternative financing options• Update/lessons learned from the auto industry

Atalaya Capital Management

Babson Capital Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc.

Blackstone GSO Capital Partners

Ceres Real Estate Partners, LLC

CoBe Capital, LLC

DDJ Capital Management, LLC

Fidelity National Financial

Fortress Investment Group, LLC

Hartford Investment Management

Hildene Capital Management

JCR Capital

Kellner DiLeo & Co.

Marathon Asset Management

New York City Comptroller/NYCERS

Prophet Equity

Roca Management

Rossrock, LLC

TIAA-CREF Investment Management

Versa Capital Management, Inc.

West Wheelock Capital

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financial conference organizers,Finance IQ provides strategic eventsacross the US, Europe, Asia and theMiddle East every year, educatingalmost 5,000 high-level executivesannually. Our comprehensive eventsprovide an unbiased, specialistforum where you can discuss theissues most important to you andnetwork with industry leaders.Finance IQ is a division of theInternational Quality and ProductivityCenter (www.iqpc.com), a globalconference company with officesacross six continents.

Chair:

Peter AntoszykPartnerPROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Members:

Thomas KiriakosPartnerMAYER BROWN

Thomas SalernoPartner & Co-Chair InternationalInsolvency Practice, SQUIRE,SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP

Stephen LernerPartner and Chair of the Bankruptcyand Restructuring Group, SQUIRE,SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP

• Distressed Debt Funds

• Hedge Funds

• Private Equity Funds

• Limited Partner Investors (Pensions,Endowments, Foundations, HNW/FamilyOffices, etc.)

• Legal, Tax & Accounting Firms

• Third-Party Marketers

• Rating Agencies

• Lenders/Alternative Finance Providers

• Consultants, Turnaround Firms andPortfolio Advisors

• Data Providers and Trading Firms

• Anyone wishing to gain an edge in thishighly competitive market!

Dear Colleague,

Timing is everything, particularly in distressed debt investing. Knowing when to invest is crucialto maximizing your ROI. At IQPC’s 5th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt, theleading funds and investors in distressed debt will discuss the state of the market as well as thecutting-edge strategies for successfully taking advantage of current conditions.Is now the time the buy? Will there be deepening discounts? What will the market look likeone year from now? Attendees of IQPC’s 5th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt willbenefit from the wealth of information shared over two full days of educational sessions andnetworking.

Through panel discussions, formal presentations and interactive audience participation,attendees will gain valuable insights into:• The State of the Market: Where We Are and Where We’re Heading • Government Programs Update • Overseas Investing • Turnaround Strategies for the Whole Business • Opportunities in Distressed Structured Products • Legal & Tax Aspects of Workouts, Defaults & Bankruptcy • Alternative Financing Options - Hedge Funds’ and Private Equity’s Role • Residential and Commercial Real Estate Distressed Debt • Lessons from Recent Filings in the Automobile Industry • Up and Coming Asset Classes

Don’t miss this unequalled opportunity; reserve your space now for IQPC’s 5th GlobalForum on Investing in Distressed Debt!

Best Regards,

Lisa RinglenSenior Conference DirectorFinance IQ, a division of IQPCwww.distresseddebtforum.com

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8:00 Registration & Coffee

8:45 Opening Remarks from IQPC and Chairperson

Forum Co-Chair:Peter AntoszykPartnerPROSKAUER ROSE LLP

9:00 The State of the Market: Current Overview andFuture OutlookThe economy, where we are and where we’re heading• Current outlook for distressed debt: Will there be more large-

scale deals in the coming months? • Examining the pricing trajectory for the near-term: Where will we

be in the next six months?• How much worse can it get?• Consolidation of financial institutions and funds; impact on the

market• Update on residential and commercial property distressed debt

opportunities• Corporate bonds forecast: Which sectors are ripe for distress?

Moderator:Peter AntoszykPartnerPROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Panelists:Ivan ZinnFounding Partner & Chief Investment OfficerATALAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Curtis ArledgeCo-Head Of US Fixed IncomeBLACKROCK INC.

Jason NewSenior Managing DirectorBLACKSTONE GSO CAPITAL PARTNERS

10:00 Government Programs UpdateCurrent administration’s initiatives including TARP, PPIP, TALF andtheir impact on distressed debt • PPIP / Legacy Loan Program, Legacy Securities Program• Good bank/bad bank outlook• PPIP impact on CMBS market• FDIC• TARP - asset and portfolio acquisition opportunities• Government’s involvement in the bankruptcy process: What are

the longer term impacts of such heavy government involvementin what used to be dealt with by the courts?

• The role of government and government-related entities andclaims in restructurings

Panelists to be announced – checkwww.distresseddebtforum.com for updates.

11:00 Morning Networking Break

11:30 Fund Sponsors’ Strategy Roundtable• Status of you current deals? • Which new markets are you considering?• What are your investment criteria?• Leveraged loans: Good returns so far this year for the largest

names; will it continue?

• Discussion on past performance vs. views of the future • Hedge funds and private equity’s role• Acquisition strategies by private equity funds to acquire special

opportunities in a distressed market through debt acquisition• Raising capital: How are you finding investors? Which types of

investors are you targeting? Are you using third-party marketers?• Restructuring strategies: Workout war stories• Overseas investing: New developments in the European market;

Are there still deals in Asia?• Sponsor debt buy backs: New stimulus plan tax break may make

this a more attractive option, but is it worth it?

Moderator:Thomas S. KiriakosPartnerMAYER BROWN LLP

Panelists:Marti P. MurrayManaging Director & Portfolio ManagerBABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

David J. BreazzanoPresident, Chief Investment OfficerDDJ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Kate KutasiPrincipal/Portfolio Manager, KDC Distressed & High IncomeSecuritiesKELLNER DILEO & CO.

John BuckVice PresidentVERSA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

12:30 Networking Luncheon

1:30 Distressed Debt Investing: Recent DevelopmentsImpact of workouts, defaults & bankruptcy on distressed debtfunds• Workouts from the fund perspective• Bankruptcy law update• Cram-ups/cram-downs: What works and what doesn't?• 363 Sales: Recent trends and structures

Presenter:Steven EllisPartnerPROSKAUER ROSE LLP

2:30 Operational Turnaround: A Case Study• Going beyond the debt structure• What’s the upside and when is it worth it?• Driving working capital improvement• Cash gap analysis

Presenters:Jeff JonesChief Executive OfficerJC JONES & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Terry NewcombPartnerJC JONES & ASSOCIATES, LLC

3:30 Afternoon Networking Break

Main Conference Day OneTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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Main Conference Day OneContinued


6:00 Networking Cocktail Hour

7:00 Day One Concludes

Track A: CORPORATE

4:00 Outlook for and Opportunities in DistressedStructured Products• Outlook for distressed CDOs, CLOs, ABS• Implications of CLO debt on the CLO and the industry: Are there

thresholds and who’s making the decisions?• Secondary market: Trading structured products

Panelists:Brett JeffersonPresidentHILDENE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Manish KapoorManaging PrincipalWEST WHEELOCK CAPITAL

Joel HolsingerManaging DirectorFORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC

5:00 DIP Financing: Recent Trends and Structures• Current pricing, fees and interest rates• With the increasing number of workouts and insolvencies, will we see

more DIP loans?• Roll ups of old loans with the new lending• Understanding what is necessary to obtain priming liens

Presenter:Brian TrustPartnerMAYER BROWN LLP

Track B: REAL ESTATE

Commercial Real Estate Distressed Debt• Pricing, supply of product or lack thereof, trends in the market • Lessons from recent retail filings• Will large scale commercial RE defaults result in large commercial RE

distress or are most deals being "worked out" through extensions, lowrates etc?

• Securities: Pricing, any deals on horizon to securitize distressed debt• Assets (REO): Valuing, exit (sell, auction, rent)• The rush to single loan and whole loan portfolio market: Is it

overcrowded with inexperience?

Panelists:Brian NewmanManaging Principal, CERES REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LLC

William P. BowmanSenior Vice President, Investment ManagementHARTFORD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

James H. Ross,Managing MemberROSSROCK LLC

Residential Real Estate Distressed Debt• From individual homes to MBS and the effect of the PPIP program, etc.• Investing in RE single family distressed mortgages: What are the pitfalls?• Residential Loans: What is trading (pricing, servicing, exit strategies)?

Moderator:Jay RollinsPrincipalJCR CAPITAL

Panelists:Rudy OrmanVice PresidentMARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT

Ricardo KoenigsbergerManaging PartnerROCA MANAGEMENT

CONCURRENT SESSIONS BEGIN – Please choose Track A or B

8:30 Opening Remarks

8:45 Deal Structuring: Legal & Tax Issues in Distressed DebtInvesting• Examining the legal aspects of workouts, restructurings, defaults &

bankruptcy• Mark to market rules and other accounting issues: Impact on future

investing• Tax strategies• Intercreditor agreement update & avoiding intercreditor litigation

Panelists:Thomas SalernoPartner & Co-Chair International Insolvency PracticeSQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP

Elizabeth McGinleyPartnerBRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP

9:45 Institutional Investors’ RoundtablePension plan sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, endowments &foundations, HNWs and family offices: Who is investing in distressed debt?What are the returns? Are you increasing allocations to this market?

Panelists:Eric EdidinManaging PartnerARCHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Sheryl SchwartzManaging Director, Alternative InvestmentsTIAA-CREF

Joseph J. HaslipAssistant Comptroller for Pensions NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER/NYCERS

10:45 Morning Networking Break

11:15 Acquiring Controlling Stakes In Distressed Companies • Turnaround strategies for the whole business, not just the debt • Managing the ‘control’ part: Dealing with stakeholders, appointing

managers, defining new strategy• Acquiring a company through a 363 transaction

Moderator:William I. KohnAttorney at LawBENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP

Panelists:Ken McMillenManaging DirectorCOBE CAPITAL LLC

Joe FarricielliSenior Vice PresidentFIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL

Ross GatlinChief Executive Officer & Managing PartnerPROPHET EQUITY

12:15 Lessons from the Chrysler and General Motors Chapter11 Cases• Section 363 Sale of “good” assets -- legal or just expeditious? • Have the Courts re-written the priority scheme of the Bankruptcy Code? • The need for speed -- is it real or imagined? • Role of the US Government • Unintended consequences • Who is next?

Presenter:Stephen LernerPartner and Chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring GroupSQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP

1:15 Networking Luncheon

2:15 Finance Providers’ Roundtable• Alternative financing options: New innovative strategies • Who are the finance providers now?• Is there any traditional financing available?• Lender liability/re-characterization/equitable subordination: Lots of smoke,

any fires?• Liquidity without CLO's: Who will fill the gap? The next wave• Mezzanine financing: What are Mezz lenders doing when they don't have

the capital to "take out" the senior debt in a borrower maturity default?• Reconsidering the intercreditor agreement: Lessons from the trenches

Moderator:Stephen BoykoPartnerPROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Panelists:Jay RollinsPrincipalJCR CAPITAL

Joel HolsingerManaging DirectorFORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC

Peter J. UlmerSenior DirectorWELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, INC.

3:15 IQPC’s 5th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed DebtMain Conference ConcludesFollowed by Post-Conference Workshop

Main Conference Day TwoWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

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EARN CLE CREDITS: IQPC will seek CLE accreditation in thosestates requested by registrants (post conference) which havecontinuing education requirements. This is subject to the rules,regulations and restrictions dictated by each individual stateorganization. Application for accreditation of this course orprogram in all CLE approved states is currently pending. ForFinancial Aid Policy information and to request CLE credits,please indicate so when calling to register: 1-800-882-8684,or on the online registration form.

EARN CPE CREDITS: Penton Learning Systems d.b.a International Quality andProductivity Center is registered with the National Association of State Boardsof Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on

the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authorityon the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registeredsponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth AvenueNorth, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.orgThis program stands as BASIC as there are no prerequisites or advanced preparationrequirements to attend our conferences. “Group Live” delivery method.

Post Conference Workshop WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

About our SponsorsChair Sponsor:Proskauer Rose is one of the

nation's leading law firms. Founded in 1875 and headquartered inNew York City, the firm also has offices in Boston, Los Angeles,Washington, Paris, Boca Raton, Newark, and New Orleans. Wehave over 700 attorneys who provide a broad spectrum of legalservices to major corporations, financial institutions and otherclients worldwide. Our Distressed Debt Group is a dedicated teamof multidisciplinary attorneys that focus on representing funds indistressed situations throughout the world. Website:www.proskauer.com

Sponsor: Mayer Brown: The lawyers in Mayer Brown’sRestructuring, Bankruptcy and Insolvency practice have

broad international experience representing creditors and investors in every aspect ofa troubled situation. We represent a wide array of institutional clients, including manyFortune 500 companies, in M&A activity in distressed situations and in structuringout-of-court workouts and restructurings, including DIP and exit financings . MayerBrown is a leading global law firm with 1,800 lawyers in 21 key business centersacross the Americas, Asia and Europe. Website: www.mayerbrown.com

The JC Jones & Associates Business Turnaround Practice providesoperational and financial turnaround, crisis management and

restructuring, bankruptcy, liquidation and trustee services. The practice regularly drivesboth top and bottom line business performance, delivering real EBITDA improvement.The firm achieves significant improvements in cash flow and working capital byidentifying and resolving core operational issues that cause distress - people, process,and technology – as well as issues related to capital structure. All JC JonesPerformance Improvement and Turnaround professionals are senior level executiveswith broad operational backgrounds across all business cycles and experience that is

unparalleled in the turnaround industry. The firm has a wide reach geographically anddiverse industry experience. In recent years, JC Jones has won two nationalTurnaround-of-the-Year awards, a Transaction-of-the-Year award, and an Ethicsaward. Website: www.jcjones.com

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. One of the five most global US-based law firms, has more than 850 lawyers in 30 offices and 14

countries around the world. With one of the strongest integrated global\ platformsand a longstanding one-firm philosophy, Squire Sanders provides sophisticatedseamless legal counsel worldwide. Website: www.ssd.com

Benesch is a business law firm with multiple offices inCleveland, Columbus, Wilmington, Philadelphia and Shanghai.

Our Business Reorganization Practice Group represents a diverse range of corporationsin workouts and as debtors-in-possession, as well as creditor interests, committeesand lenders, and has extensive experience in all major professional capacities ofpublic, corporate and large private entity chapter 11 practice, creditor compositionsand other methods of restructuring debt. The Business Reorganization Practice Groupis devoted to matters concerning bankruptcy and restructuring and has a growingteam of attorneys whose practice is exclusively dedicated to matters concerningbankruptcy and enforcement of creditors’ rights. Website: www.beneschlaw.com

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is an international law firm with more than450 lawyers in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Dubai,

Kazakhstan and London. We serve major financial institutions, leading privateinvestment funds, Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and individualsconcentrated in the energy and financial services sectors worldwide.Bracewell provides guidance on business law, finance, litigation, government relationsand regulatory policy. As a full services firm, Bracewell has considerable benchstrength in all requisite practice areas including government relations, strategiccommunications, tax, trial, labor and employment law, intellectual property, realestate, government contracting and school and public law. Website:www.bracewellgiuliani.com


Sponsorship and Exhibition OpportunitiesSponsorships and exhibits are excellent opportunities for your company to showcase its products and services to high-level, targeted decision-makersattending the 5th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt. IQPC and Finance IQ help companies like yours achieve important sales,marketing and branding objectives by setting aside a limited number of event sponsorships and exhibit spaces – all of which are tailored to assistyour organization in creating a platform to maximize its exposure at the event.

For more information on sponsoring or exhibiting at the 5th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt, please contact Mario Matulich at (212)885-2719 or [email protected].

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Registration at 3:15 pmDistressed Assets and Joint Venture Equity in the New Era

Joint Venture Equity Overview• Sponsor equity• Joint venture equity• Equity investments analysis: Deep dive into IRR’s, waterfalls, and profit multiples• Comparing mezzanine financing and equity financing• Opportunistic funds vs. standalone joint venture transactions

Distressed Assets 101• Distressed assets overview

• Bankruptcy issues: The basics that you must know• Loan defaults: What are the options?• Note sales: Understanding the process and the opportunities• Foreclosures: Things you must know• REO: How banks view it and how to profit from it• Negotiating workouts with banks

Your Workshop Leader:Jay Rollins, Principal, JCR CAPITAL

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