NYSE To Host Global Opportunities Conference For Non-U.S. Companies

The New York Stock Exchange will host its third Global Opportunities Conference for listed issuers and investors on May 10. In a day-long event at the Harvard Club, the conference will enable CEOs and senior executives from 25 listed non-U.S. companies from 10 countries to meet with portfolio managers, investors and analysts in group meetings and one-on-one sessions. The conference was developed specifically for non-U.S. companies with a market value of $3 billion or less.

“The Exchange’s Global Opportunities Conference provides a great opportunity for investors to seek new insights and identify potential investment opportunities among our roster of non-U.S. companies,” said NYSE President & Co-COO Catherine R. Kinney. “Small- and midsized companies are a very important part of our family of listed companies,” Mrs. Kinney said. “And they are becoming a more important part of the global asset-allocation strategy, as well.”

Mrs. Kinney will be the keynote speaker during a lunch presentation.

On May 9, the NYSE will host a live webcast focusing on opportunities in Latin America with several CEOs participating in the conference on nyse.com. For more information on this event and the live webcast, please visit the NYSE website at www.nyse.com/goc.

Companies participating in this year’s conference include:

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. (NYSE: BLX), Braskem S.A. (NYSE: BAK), CHC Helicopter Corporation (NYSE: FLI),Companhia Energética Minas Gerais-CEMIG (NYSE: CIG), Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB), CPFL Energia S.A. (NYSE: CPL), Desarrolladora Homex, S.A. de C.V. - Homex Development Corp. (NYSE: HXM), Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (NYSE: GNA), Gerdau S.A. (NYSE: GGB), Gruma S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: GMK), Grupo TMM, S.A. (NYSE: TMM), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. - IRSA (NYSE: IRS), Kingsway Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: KFS), MDS Inc. (NYSE: MDZ), Nissin Co., Ltd. (NYSE: NIS), Pengrowth Energy Trust (NYSE: PGH), PetroKazakhstan Inc. (NYSE: PKZ), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (NYSE: RBA), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM), TIM Participações S.A. (NYSEL: TSU), Transportadora De Gas Del Sur S.A. (NYSE: TGS), Votorantim Celulose e Papel S.A. - VCP (NYSE: VCP), and Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC (NYSE: WBD).