NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INVEST Tennessee's schedule of public company executive presentations before fund managers, analysts and professional investors was announced today.
The May 27 event at the Nashville Convention Center features publicly traded companies headquartered in Tennessee which operate in the retail, health, banking, manufacturing, service and energy sectors.
The room, time, company and executives taking part in the 35-minute presentations are as follows (all times listed Central Daylight Time):
| PNC Bank Presentation Area, Nashville Convention Center, Room 209 | |
| 9:35 am – 10:10 | Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE:CXW), Nashville. |
| Damon T. Hininger, President and Chief Executive Officer. | |
| 10:15 – 10:50 | Fred's, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRED), Memphis. |
| Bruce A. Efird, President and Chief Executive Officer; | |
| Jerry A. Shore, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. | |
| 11:00 – 11:35 | Kirkland's, Inc. (Nasdaq:KIRK), Nashville. |
| Robert E. Alderson, President and Chief Executive Officer; | |
| W. Michael Madden, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. | |
| 12:55pm – 1:30 | AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), Memphis. |
| Brian Campbell, Vice President, Treasury, Investor Relations. | |
| 1:35 – 2:10 | Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq:TSCO), Brentwood. |
| Gregory A. Sandfort, President and Chief Merchandising Officer; | |
| Anthony F. Crudele, Chief Financial Officer. | |
| 2:20 – 2:55 | Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:TNCC), Franklin. |
| Michael R. Sapp, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; | |
| Martin Zorn, Chief Administrative Officer; Frank Perez, Chief Financial Officer. | |
| Hilliard Lyons Presentation Area, Nashville Convention Center, Room 210 | |
| 9:35am – 10:10 | HealthStream, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSTM), Nashville. |
| Robert A. Frist, Jr., Chief Executive Officer. | |
| 10:15 – 10:50 | BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:BMTI), Franklin. |
| Samuel E. Lynch, DMD, DMSc, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. | |
| 11:00 – 11:35 | Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:CPIX), Nashville. |
| A.J. Kazimi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. | |
| 12:55pm – 1:30 | Forward Air Corporation (Nasdaq:FWRD), Greeneville. |
| Bruce A. Campbell, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; | |
| Rodney L. Bell, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer. | |
| 1:35 – 2:10 | Miller Energy Resources (Nasdaq:MILL), Knoxville. |
| Scott Boruff, Chief Executive Officer; Robert Gaylor, | |
| Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. | |
| 2:20 – 2:55 | Astec Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTE), Chattanooga. |
| David Silvious, Corporate Controller; Stephen C. Anderson, | |
| Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations. | |
| Fast Track Company (Individual meetings only), Level Two, Nashville Convention Center, 9:35 a.m. through 2:55 p.m. | |
| Delek US Holdings (NYSE:DK), Brentwood. | |
| Mark Cox, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; | |
| Noel Ryan, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. | |
| (Meetings only.) | |
Participating companies are meeting professional investors separately during the day, but investors must request meetings in advance online following conference registration.
Profiles of the presenting companies and bios for the executives are available at the conference website, http://www.invest-tn.com. Admission to the conference, continental breakfast and lunch for qualified investment professionals has been underwritten by the conference and its sponsors. Attendance is limited to available slots on a first-come, first-serve basis, with online registration at http://www.invest-tn.com. The required registration code can be obtained from the INVEST Tennessee invitation or by contacting the CFA Society or INVEST Tennessee at the numbers below. Webcasts by participating companies will be accessible through the INVEST Tennessee website.
The conference speakers for the opening session (8:55 a.m) are corporate board governance expert T.K. Kerstetter from Corporate Board Member Magazine and Nashville Metro Mayor Karl Dean. Wall Street investment writer Michael Santoli from Barron's will provide the lunchtime keynote address.
Organizing sponsors of the event are the CFA Society of Nashville and the CFA Society of Memphis. They are joined by title sponsors Crowe Horwath LLP and Corporate Communications, Inc.; platinum sponsors PNC Bank and Hilliard Lyons; gold sponsors NASDAQ OMX, the Frost Brown Todd law firm, Wall Street Transcript and contributing gold sponsors Curran & Connors, Optimum Print Solutions, Makespace Media, Corporate Board Member magazine, NovaCopy, Inc., The Document Solutions Specialists, and O'Neil Arnold Photography.
The INVEST Tennessee logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7061