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FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Mike Krzyzewski Head Basketball Coach of the Duke University Blue Devils ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS: September 25-27, 2005 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD The definitive, executive-level Sarbanes-Oxley event Richard Steinberg Founder & Principal Steinberg Governance Advisors Cynthia Cooper WorldCom Whistleblower Harvey Pitt Founder & CEO Kalorama Partners James DeLoach Managing Director Protiviti Bob Laux Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting Microsoft Corporation SELECT EXHIBITING COMPANIES MEDIA PARTNERS SPONSORS Don’t Delay, Register Today! (See Back Cover for Registration Information) Accenture David Davidson Partner ACL Services, Ltd. Harald Will President & CEO AIG Anders Land Chief Internal Control Officer AMR Research, Inc. John Hagerty Vice President Research The Association for Information & Image Management (AIIM) John Mancini President BasWare, Inc. David Furth General Manager CODA Financials Kevin Roberts Vice President Business Solutions Deloitte Consulting Lee Dittmar Principal & Leader Enterprise Governance Deloitte & Touche LLP James Johnson Partner Herbert Wong Senior Manager Dewey Ballantine LLP Morton Pierce Partner The Dow Chemical Company Ron Edmonds Global Accounting Director Ecora Software Alex Bakman Founder & CEO Ernst & Young Andrea Schmidt Transaction Advisory Services E*Trade Financial Daniel Nelson Vice President Corporate Tax Fannie Mae Mary Doyle Senior Vice President Financial Systems & Controls General Electric Company Mark Slicer Executive Financial Advisor & Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Leader Conference Chairman The Home Depot, Inc. Chuck Pfister Vice President Internal Audit Hyperion Mike Malwitz Senior Product Marketing Manager Integral Capital Partners Chip Morris Managing Director JH Cohn Glenn Davis Partner, Corporate Goverance Services KPMG Steven Rainey Partner Maryland Association of CPAs Tom Hood, CPA CEO Maverick Capital Christy Wyskiel Managing Director Movaris Eric Keller President & CEO Nextel International Juan Giordano Vice President Finance Operations OpenPages Michael Duffy President & CEO Oversight Systems Patrick Taylor CEO PricewaterhouseCoopers Sean Ballington Regional Systems & Process Assurance Leader Prudential Equity Group, Inc. Stephen Buell Director of Global Equity Research Stout, Causey & Horning Debbie Schleicher Partner TaxStream Kevin Brady President & CEO TimeWarner, Inc. Michael Hultberg Executive Director T. Rowe Price Brian Berghuis Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund Viacom, Inc. Neil Frieser Vice President Internal Controls Vignette Mark Gilbert Vice President & General Manager Register For Your Chance To Win A FREE BOSE Home Entertainment System — A $1,299 value! (See Inside Cover for Details)

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Mike Krzyzewski Head Basketball Coach of the Duke University Blue Devils

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September 25-27, 2005 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, Md

The definitive, executive-level Sarbanes-Oxley event

richard SteinbergFounder & Principal Steinberg Governance Advisors

Cynthia CooperWorldCom Whistleblower

Harvey pittFounder & CEO Kalorama Partners

James deloach Managing Director Protiviti

Bob laux Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting Microsoft Corporation

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don’t delay, register today!

(See Back Cover for registration information)

accenture David Davidson Partner

aCl Services, ltd. Harald Will President & CEO

aig Anders Land Chief Internal Control Officer

aMr research, inc. John Hagerty Vice President Research

the association for information & image Management (aiiM) John Mancini President

BasWare, inc. David Furth General Manager

Coda Financials Kevin Roberts Vice President Business Solutions

deloitte Consulting Lee Dittmar Principal & Leader Enterprise Governance

deloitte & touche llp James Johnson Partner

Herbert Wong Senior Manager

dewey Ballantine llp Morton Pierce Partner

the dow Chemical Company Ron Edmonds Global Accounting Director

ecora Software Alex Bakman Founder & CEO

ernst & young Andrea Schmidt Transaction Advisory Services

e*trade Financial Daniel Nelson Vice President Corporate Tax

Fannie Mae Mary Doyle Senior Vice President Financial Systems & Controls

general electric Company Mark Slicer Executive Financial Advisor & Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Leader Conference Chairman

the Home depot, inc. Chuck Pfister Vice President Internal Audit

Hyperion Mike Malwitz Senior Product Marketing Manager

integral Capital partners Chip Morris Managing Director

JH Cohn Glenn Davis Partner, Corporate Goverance Services

KpMg Steven Rainey Partner

Maryland association of Cpas Tom Hood, CPA CEO

Maverick Capital Christy Wyskiel Managing Director

Movaris Eric Keller President & CEO

nextel international Juan Giordano Vice President Finance Operations

openpages Michael Duffy President & CEO

oversight Systems Patrick Taylor CEO

pricewaterhouseCoopers Sean Ballington Regional Systems & Process Assurance Leader

prudential equity group, inc. Stephen Buell Director of Global Equity Research

Stout, Causey & Horning Debbie Schleicher Partner

taxStream Kevin Brady President & CEO

timeWarner, inc. Michael Hultberg Executive Director

t. rowe price Brian Berghuis Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

Viacom, inc. Neil Frieser Vice President Internal Controls

Vignette Mark Gilbert Vice President & General Manager

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• A comprehensive understanding of the methods used by leading companies to successfully manage Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in year one and beyond

• Three days of peer-to-peer, executive-level networking and information sharing opportunities

• Educational sessions that pay immediate dividends, delivered by corporate leaders, legends and visionaries – earn up to 12 CPE credits

• The technology and services to streamline your processes and operations – and make compliance more cost efficient

• The tools and information needed to educate every division of your company to move compliance challenges from “project to process”

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this year’s conference keynote speakers:

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Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom Whistleblower

What can we learn from WorldCom and other corporate scandals? Ms. Cooper will share her and her team’s experience in uncovering the largest fraud in corporate history. She will discuss the importance of ethical decision making and the challenges that each of us face.

Ms. Cooper is a Public Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Fraud Examiner. But you might know Cynthia Cooper better as the “WorldCom Whistleblower” – the ethics-driven professional who spoke out and helped uncover the largest corporate fraud in history.

James deloach, Managing Director, Protiviti

Mr. DeLoach will discuss practical steps companies can take in year two given the remaining time available and the longer term strategies available for year three and beyond, putting in place the organization structure for facilitating ongoing compliance.

Mr. DeLoach is Protiviti’s leader in developing the firm’s market offerings in the governance services space (including SOA compliance) and in enterprise-wide risk management. He chairs Protiviti’s SOA PMO Task Force, which provides oversight to the quality, consistency and growth of the firm’s initiatives to serve clients and go-to-market with respect to SOA offerings across its operations. He is co-author of Managing Business Risk published by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Mike Krzysewski, Head Basketball Coach of the Duke University Blue Devils

Coach K understands how to motivate athletes – and organizations, individuals and audiences. There’s a proven connection between effective teamwork, productivity and profitability. Learn how to build more powerful teams “The Coach K Way.”

The most active coach in NCAA tournament play, Mike Krzysewski (Coach K to college basketball fans) knows plenty about making his numbers. He’s led Duke to 19 NCAA tournaments, 10 Final Fours and 3 National Championships.

Bob laux, Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting, Microsoft Corporation

Mr. Laux will introduce the new Enhanced Business Reporting (EBR) Consortium. The members of this group will be working to develop a voluntary, internationally recognized framework for best practices in the reporting of business information that will enable management, boards of directors, investors and other stakeholders to better understand plans and performance in key areas such as corporate strategy, market growth, product innovation, employee turnover, customer loyalty and demographic changes. EBR will facilitate a richer understanding and assessment of the opportunities and risks that reflect the complexities of modern business, improving the quality and transparency of information used for decision-making.

Mr. Laux is responsible for Microsoft’s technical accounting, including interacting with and responding to accounting standard setters on numerous issues. Technical accounting responsibilities include responding to GAAP questions and issues within Microsoft. He is also responsible for Microsoft’s comment letters on new accounting pronouncements and representing Microsoft at standard setters’ public roundtables.

Harvey pitt, Founder & CEO, Kalorama Partners

Former SEC Chairman, Harvey Pitt, will discuss the current state of corporate directorship, the changing liability landscape, and how independent directors can be constructively proactive.

During his tenure as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Pitt was responsible for overseeing the SEC’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, creating the SEC’s real-time enforcement program and leading the Commission’s initial response to the corporate and accounting crises generated by the excesses of the 1990s.

richard Steinberg, Founder & Principal, Steinberg Governance Advisors, Inc.

Participants will learn how leading companies are developing solutions not only to sustain 404 compliance economically, but also to leverage those efforts to gain real business benefit.

Nationally recognized for his risk management, corporate governance, and internal control expertise, Mr. Steinberg is a sought-after advisor to corporations, institutional investors, and federal governmental bodies. Before founding the firm that bears his name, Mr. Steinberg served as a Senior Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Schedule At-A-Glance

Monday, SepteMBer 26

7:00 aM - 4:00 pM exhibit Hall open

7:00 aM - 9:00 aM registration

7:00 aM - 8:15 aM Breakfast

8:15 aM - 8:30 aM Welcoming address

8:30 aM - 9:30 aM Better Markets through Better information

9:30 aM - 10:30 aM Worldcom: What Went Wrong & Corporate governance lessons learned

10:30 aM - 11:00 aM refreshment Break

11:00 aM - 12:00 pM What Have We learned & Where do We go?

12:00 pM - 1:30 pM networking lunch

1:30 pM - 2:30 pM enterprise risk Management – Compliance & Bottom-line Benefit

Concurrent Sessions

Session 1 • Sustaining Compliance through tax technology

Session 2 • technical accounting update

Session 3 • Sox for non-accelerated Filers

Session 4 • electronic Communication policies & procedures in the Financial Services industry

Session 5 • linking Sox Compliance to Business improvement

Session 6 • it Control assessment & Sustaining Sarbanes-oxley Compliance

2:30 pM - 3:30 pM Sarbanes-oxley from the investor perspective

3:30 pM - 4:00 pM refreshment Break

4:00 pM - 5:00 pM dealing With difficult times & difficult people

7:00 pM - 11:00 pM Sports extravaganza at the eSpn Zone (all delegates Welcome)

Sunday, SepteMBer 25

12:00 pM - 4:30 pM pre-game luncheon Followed by Baltimore orioles vs. Boston red Sox at 1:35 pM Sponsored by

1:00 pM - 6:00 pM registration

5:00 pM - 6:30 pM Welcome reception: exhibit preview

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More Than Just A Conference, Your Event Experience Includes:

orioles vs. red Sox game at Camden yardsSunday 12:00 pM*

Join Crowe Chizek and Company at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for a pre-game tailgating party with beverages and lunch. Then watch the Baltimore Orioles take on the Boston Red Sox at 1:35 PM.

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tueSday, SepteMBer 27

7:00 aM - 4:00 pM exhibit Hall open

7:00 aM - 8:15 aM Breakfast

8:15 aM - 8:30 aM Conference remarks

8:30 aM - 9:30 aM Victory through teamwork & leadership

9:30 aM - 11:00 aM aMr research Sox roundtable

11:00 aM - 11:30 aM refreshment Break

11:30 aM - 12:30 pM dealing with Changes in the liability landscape for Corporate directors

12:30 pM - 1:30 pM networking lunch

1:30 pM - 2:30 pM Sox Compliance years two & three

Concurrent Sessions

Session 7 • tax Function resourcing in a Sox World

Session 8 • eBr roundtable

Session 9 • after Sarbanes-oxley: Finance is More than Compliance

Session 10 • Sarbox and the purchase to pay process

Session 11 • Simply Comply — Making Sox Stick

2:30 pM - 3:30 aM global Compliance — dealing with Sox Challenges

3:30 pM - 4:0o pM refreshment Break

4:00 pM - 5:00 pM the impact of Sox on Merger & acquisition activity

5:00 pM - 5:15 pM Closing remarks

Welcome receptionSunday 5:00 pM - 6:30 pM

Join us in the exhibit hall Sunday for a Welcome Reception for conference delegates. The Welcome Reception is the perfect opportunity for delegates to meet vendors while getting a sneak peek at the latest SOX services and products available today as you enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

Sunday, SepteMBer 25

12:00 pM - 4:30 pM pre-game luncheon Followed by Baltimore orioles vs. Boston red Sox at 1:35 pM Sponsored by

1:00 pM - 6:00 pM registration

5:00 pM - 6:30 pM Welcome reception: exhibit preview

More Than Just A Conference, Your Event Experience Includes:

Sports extravaganza at the eSpn ZoneMonday 7:00 pM - 11:00 pM

Bring your competitive spirit to the ESPN Zone! Forget about the boardroom,

the meetings, and corporate challenges for the evening. Get casual and get

to the ESPN Zone for this evening of fun, activity, food and refreshments.

Challenge your peers and colleagues to a game of baseball, football, hockey

or basketball at the Major “Proprietary” Attractions:

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The ESPN Sports Arena features 10,000 square feet of awesome interactive

sports games and attractions. Featuring 100 competitive games with over

150 game stations.

This event provides a great

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customers and sports

celebrities in a relaxed,

social atmosphere.

*Conference sessions subject to change

Monday8:15 aM - 8:30 aM Welcoming address

Mark Slicer Executive Financial Advisor & Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Leader General Electric Company Conference Chairman

Mr. Slicer will set the tone for the conference by providing a preview of the Conference Agenda, as well as presenting his expert overview of current SOX Compliance considerations, what they mean and how you might use this conference to improve your companies’ management of SOX related issues.

8:30 aM - 9:30 aMBetter Markets through Better reporting

Bob laux Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting Microsoft Corporation

This session will introduce the new Enhanced Business Reporting (EBR) Consortium. The members of this group will be working to develop a voluntary, internationally recognized framework for best practices in the reporting of business information that will enable management, boards of directors, investors and other stakeholders to better understand plans and performance in key areas such as corporate strategy, market growth, product innovation, employee turnover, customer loyalty and demographic changes. EBR will facilitate a richer understanding and assessment of the opportunities and risks that reflect the complexities of modern business, improving the quality and transparency of information used for decision-making.

9:30 aM - 10:30 aM Worldcom: What Went Wrong & Corporate governance lessons learned

Cynthia Cooper WorldCom Whistleblower

What can we learn from WorldCom and other

corporate scandals? Ms. Cooper will share her and her team’s experience in uncovering the largest fraud in corporate history. She will discuss the importance of ethical decision making and the challenges that each of us face in carrying out our individual responsibilities in this era of increased focus on corporate integrity.

11:00 aM - 12:00 pM What Have We learned & Where do We go?Panel Discussion

Moderator: ron edmonds Global Accounting Director The Dow Chemical Company

Sean Ballington Regional Systems & Process Assurance Leader PricewaterhouseCoopers

neil Frieser Vice President Internal Controls Viacom, Inc.

Michael Hultberg Executive Director TimeWarner, Inc.

This esteemed panel of experts will provide participants with their views on their organizations successes and challenges during year one compliance and strategies for year two and beyond.

1:30 pM - 2:30 pM enterprise risk Management – Compliance and Bottom- line Benefit

richard Steinberg Founder & Principal Steinberg Governance Advisors

Participants will learn how leading companies are developing solutions not only to sustain 404 compliance economically, but also to leverage those efforts to gain real business benefit.

Concurrent Sessions1:30 pM - 2:30 pMSession 1 Sustaining Compliance through tax technology

david davidson Partner Accenture

debbie Schleicher Partner Stout, Causey & Horning

Tax process errors represent one of the largest categories of reported material weaknesses. Mr. Davidson and Ms. Schleicher will provide you with examples of how companies utilize tax technology to sustain controls, address compliance requirements, increase efficiency and gain more accurate and complete data for use in tax processes.

Session 2 technical accounting update

James Johnson Partner Deloitte & Touche LLP

Herbert Wong Senior Manager Deloitte & Touche LLP

This session will provide participants an update on FASB projects and recent accounting developments.

Session 3 Sox for non-accelerated Filers

glenn davis JH Cohn Partner, Corporate Governance Services

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Act”) has created a potentially costly and burdensome obligation on smaller companies. This session will help you get compliant and remain compliant, without breaking the bank or tying up all your scarce resources.

Session 4 electronic Communication policies & procedures in the Financial Services industry

John Mancini President The Association for Information & Image Management (AIIM)

Join Mr. Mancini as he shares the troubling gaps revealed in an industry study about how organizations used and managed their electronic communication tools and learn how risk management issues and compliance failures can be minimized.

Session 5 linking Sox Compliance to Business improvement

patrick taylor CEO Oversight Systems

The huge costs to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley don’t have to be sunk costs. Forward-thinking companies can achieve a return on their compliance investment by first automating manual compliance processes to reduce costs and then using SOX as a lever to improve business processes.

Session 6 it Control assessment & Sustaining Sarbanes-oxley Compliance

alex Bakman Founder & CEO Ecora Software

Learn practical advice on implementing best practices for IT, evaluating materiality and control relevance, knowing how much control is enough and exploring the need to integrate multiple processes, change systems and asset information.

2:30 pM - 3:30 pM Sarbanes-oxley from the investor perspective

Moderator: Chip Morris Managing Director Integral Capital Partners

Brian Berghuis Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund T. Rowe Price

Stephen Buell Director of Global Equity Research Prudential Equity Group, Inc.

Christy Wyskiel Managing Director Maverick Capital

How can SOX compliance make your company a more appealing investment? Hear from this panel of investment experts on how significant deficiency and material weakness disclosures impact their investment decisions.

4:00 pM - 5:00 pM dealing With difficult times & difficult people

ron Shapiro Renowned Attorney Sports Agent & Author

Mr. Shapiro, an expert on the management and negotiations for star athletes and their prospective teams, will provide you with his insight into this unique dynamic and how his experiences can be applied in your corporate environment.

Session Descriptions

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tuesday8:30 aM - 9:30 aM Victory through teamwork & leadership

Mike Krzyzewski Head Basketball Coach of the Duke University Blue Devils

Arguably, the most respected and successful coach in any sport, at any level, Coach K will treat you to his thoughts on success, dedication and teamwork and how they apply to your personal, as well as professional life.

9:30 aM - 11:00 aM aMr research Sox roundtable

Moderator: John Hagerty Vice President Research AMR Research, Inc.

lee dittmar Principal & Leader, Enterprise Governance Practice Deloitte Consulting

Michael duffy President & CEO OpenPages

Mark gilbert Vice President & General Manager Vignette

Mike Malwitz Senior Product Marketing Manager Hyperion

Harald Will President & CEO ACL Services, Ltd.

With spending on SOX compliance technology rising from 19% in 2004 to 28% in 2005, learn how to turn this expense into a real opportunity for improvement from leading technology executives representing the following areas: analytics, business intelligence, compliance management, consulting and infrastructure.

11:30 aM - 12:30 pM dealing with Changes in the liability landscape for Corporate directors

Harvey pitt Founder & CEO Kalorama Partners

Former SEC Chairman, Harvey Pitt, will discuss the current state of corporate directorship, the changing liability landscape, and how independent directors can be constructively proactive.

1:30 pM - 2:30 pM Sox Compliance years two & three

James deloach Managing Director Protiviti

Mr. DeLoach will discuss practical steps companies can take in year two (given the remaining time available) and the longer term strategies available for year three and beyond, putting in place the organization structure for facilitating ongoing compliance.

Concurrent Sessions1:30 pM - 2:30 pM Session 7tax Function resourcing in a Sox WorldPanel Discussion

Moderator: Kevin Brady President & CEO TaxStream

Mary doyle Senior Vice President Financial Systems & Controls Fannie Mae

daniel nelson Vice President Corporate Tax E*Trade Financial

Steven rainey Partner KPMG

Learn about the leading practices in areas such as tax department organization and reporting lines, use of service providers versus in-house resources, document and knowledge management and use of technology and software. Also learn how your tax department resources compare with other companies and what control activities are being used to address tax-specific risk management matters.

Build your team the Coach K WayCome hear Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K), Hall of Fame Head Basketball Coach of the duke university Blue devils speak about the dynamics of effective leadership and teamwork.

tuesday 8:30 aM - 9:30 aM

Session 8eBr roundtable

tom Hood, Cpa CEO Maryland Association of CPAs

Bob laux Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting Microsoft Corporation

This session will be an interactive discussion around the work of the new Enhanced Business Reporting (EBR) Consortium. This Consortium is developing a voluntary, internationally recognized framework for the disclosure of industry-specific value drivers and key performance indicators, as well as information about strategies and plans, opportunities, risks, and the quality, sustainability and variability of cash flows and earnings. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to ask questions and make suggestions on the approach and scope of the EBR Consortium.

Session 9after Sarbanes-oxley: Finance is More than Compliance

eric Keller President & CEO Movaris

Many companies completing their second year of Sarbanes-Oxley are looking beyond mere SOX compliance. Learn from first-hand experience how today’s manual financial processes inhibit corporate performance. Mr. Keller will reveal how Financial Control Management dramatically improves the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of finance operations, reduces the time and cost of compliance efforts and creates more time for finance executives to pursue strategic opportunities.

Session 10Sarbox & the purchase to pay process

david Furth General Manager BasWare, Inc.

This session will highlight the key requirements in Sarbox that relate to the purchase to pay process including: accurate estimates of accruals, recognition of newly purchased assets, control over approval hierarchies, knowledge of unrecorded liabilities, and accurate financial reporting. Specific examples will be provided as well as a framework that can be used to drive toward Sarbox compliance in this critical, often overlooked, portion of your business.

Session 11Simply Comply — Making Sox Stick

Kevin roberts Vice President Business Solutions CODA Financials

This session is designed to demonstrate the cost-effective automation of financials and business processes that can be implemented in a matter of a few weeks utilizing desktop tools that virtually every organization employs resulting in both better compliance and savings of resources and dollars.

2:30 pM - 3:30 pM global Compliance — dealing with Sox ChallengesPanel Discussion

Moderator: Mark Slicer Executive Financial Advisor & Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Leader General Electric Company

Juan giordano Vice President Finance Operations Nextel International

anders land Chief Internal Control Officer AIG

Chuck pfister Vice President Internal Audit The Home Depot, Inc.

Hear senior executives of global organizations discuss the challenges of implementing SOX on multiple continents and how they overcame the challenges of dealing with various financial systems, local customs, language barriers, foreign currency translation, etc.

4:00 pM - 5:00 pM the impact of Sox on Merger & acquisition activity

Morton pierce Partner Dewey Ballantine, LLP

andrea Schmidt Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services

This session will examine the impact of SOX on the timing of deal closings, letters of intent and purchase agreements, as well as the expanded due diligence efforts now required in the internal control area and the new importance of detailed post merger internal control integration planning. The panel will also discuss added costs during the merger evaluation process and post merger integration period and the potential impact of such costs on the valuation of acquisition targets.

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