NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The INVEST Tennessee Equity Conference, a forum for Tennessee public companies to reach institutional investors, fund managers, analysts and professional investors, today announced its schedule of public company presentations.
The June 21 event at the Nashville Convention Center brings together executives from publicly traded companies headquartered in Tennessee and representing various industry sectors and market capitalizations.
Listed by presentation room and time, the companies and executives delivering 35-minute presentations are as follows (all times listed are Central Daylight Time):
NASDAQ OMX Presentation Area / Nashville Convention Center Room 209
Industry sectors: healthcare, energy, manufacturing
9:15 – 9:50 a.m. - AmSurg Corp. (Nasdaq:AMSG). Nashville. Christopher Holden, Chief Executive Officer, President.
9:55 – 10:30 a.m. - Healthways, Inc. (Nasdaq:HWAY). Franklin. Alfred Lumsdaine, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
10:45 – 11:20 a.m. - Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:PVCT). Knoxville. Peter Culpepper, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
12:35 – 1:10 p.m. - Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (NYSE:MILL). Knoxville. Scott Boruff, Chief Executive Officer; Robert Gaylor, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations.
1:15 – 1:50 p.m. - Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation. (NYSE:NOR). Franklin. Layle K. "Kip" Smith, Chief Executive Officer, President; Robert Mahoney, Chief Financial Officer.
Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) Presentation Area / Nashville Convention Center Room 210
Industry sectors: manufacturing, retail, transportation
9:15 – 9:50 a.m. - International Paper Company. (NYSE:IP). Memphis. Glenn R. Landau, Vice President, Investor Relations.
9:55 – 10:30 a.m. - AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO). Memphis. Brian Campbell, Vice President, Treasury, Investor Relations.
10:45 – 11:20 a.m. - Regal Entertainment Group. (NYSE:RGC). Knoxville. David Ownby, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
12:35 – 1:10 p.m. – Tractor Supply Company. (Nasdaq:TSCO). Brentwood. Anthony Crudele, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer
1:15 – 1:50 p.m. - FedEx Corporation. (NYSE:FDX). Memphis. Jeffrey K. Smith, CFA, Director, Investor Relations
Crowe Horwath / PNC Bank Ballroom / Nashville Convention Center, Rooms 205-6
8 a.m. (Breakfast/networking) – Keynote speaker: Lauren C. Templeton, founder and president of Lauren Templeton Capital Management, LLC. Topic: Value investing in the context of behavioral finance.
11:30 a.m. (Lunch) – Special speaker: Donna Carter. Topic: A former controller's non-traditional perspective on business.
More information about each of the companies, participating executives and keynote speakers is available at http://www.invest-tn.com/companies.html.
Attendance and individual meetings
Qualified investment professionals can attend the day-long conference at no cost. However, a special code is required for registration. It can be obtained from the invitation or by calling the CFA Society of Nashville or INVEST Tennessee (see contact information below). Attendance is limited to available space on a first-come basis. The registration deadline is June 14.
The public can listen to webcasts from participating companies through the INVEST Tennessee website.
The INVEST Tennessee executives are meeting professional investors during the day, but individual meetings must be requested in advance. (The conference website provides instructions on how to request individual meetings after registration.)
Crowe Horwath LLP and PNC Bank are title sponsors of INVEST Tennessee. They are joined by platinum sponsors Creative Financial Staffing and NASDAQ OMX; gold sponsors Hilliard Lyons, the Frost Brown Todd law firm, Wall Street Transcript; and contributing gold sponsors InGrid Design, Optimum Print Solutions, O'Neil Arnold Photography, MergerID and mergermarket.
Organizing sponsors are CFA Society of Nashville, joined by CFA chapters in Memphis and East Tennessee; and Financial Executives International chapters in Nashville and Memphis.
More information about INVEST Tennessee is available at www.invest-tn.com or www.facebook.com/investtn.
The INVEST Tennessee logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7061
Contacts:
General information and Media: Terry McWilliams, Chairman, INVEST Tennessee, 615-290-5636, terrym@mozaicir.com.
Analysts and fund managers: Ward Cullum, CFA, Director, CFA Society of Nashville, 615-717-7497, wardcullum@gmail.com.
Sponsor contacts: Dwayne Dillard, Partner, Crowe Horwath LLP, 615-360-5582, dwayne.dillard@crowehorwath.com; John Thurman, PNC Bank, 615-472-2458, john.thurman@pnc.com