COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senior executives from some of Ohio's largest and best known public companies will present their investment stories to analysts, fund managers and professional investors at the first INVESTOhio Equity Conference, to be held Sept. 15 in Columbus.
"INVESTOhio is a prime opportunity for companies to increase awareness among money managers, educate analysts and reach out to potential investors -- all critically important tasks during these unsettled economic times," said Terry McWilliams, an investor relations executive who chairs the conference.
The event, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, features publicly traded companies headquartered in Ohio. The 16 companies participating in INVESTOhio operate in the healthcare, banking and insurance, manufacturing, retail, energy and food sectors.
The lineup of companies and executives presenting and/or conducting separate meetings with investors is as follows:
AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE/AMEX:ADK), Springfield, Ohio. David A. Tenwick, Chairman; Gary L. Wade, Chief Executive Officer. American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), Columbus Chuck Zebula, Treasurer and Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE/NASDAQ:AFG), Cincinnati. Keith A. Jensen, Senior Vice President; Christopher P. Miliano, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Great American Financial Resources, Inc. (GAFRI). Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG), Columbus. Joe R. Cooper, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH), Dublin, Ohio. Sally Curley, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq:CECE), Cincinnati. Phillip DeZwirkek, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Dennis W. Blazer, Vice President - Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer. Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CINF), Cincinnati. Steven J. Johnston, FCAS, MAAA, CFA, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq:FFBC), Cincinnati. J. Franklin Hall, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq:HBAN), Columbus. Donald R. Kimble, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (NYSE:JAS), Hudson, Ohio. Travis Smith, Chief Operating Officer; James Kerr, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Lancaster Colony Corporation (Nasdaq:LANC) , Columbus. John B. 'Jay' Gerlach, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Macy's Inc. (NYSE:M), Cincinnati. Susan R. Robinson Vice President, Investor Relations. National Interstate Corporation (Nasdaq:NATL), Richfield, Ohio. David W. Michelson, President and Chief Executive Officer; Gary N. Monda, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer; Julie A. McGraw, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Park National Corporation (NYSE/AMEX:PRK), Newark, Ohio. C. Daniel DeLawder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. R.G. Barry Corporation (Nasdaq:DFZ), Pickerington, Ohio. Greg A. Tunney, Chief Executive Officer and President; Jose' G. Ibarra, Senior Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer. RPM International, Inc. (NYSE:RPM) , Medina, Ohio. P. Kelly Tompkins, Executive Vice President - Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Additional information about the presenting companies and executives is available at the conference website, http://www.invest-oh.com. Attendance is limited to the professional investment community and is by invitation. Webcasts by participating companies will be available through the INVESTOhio website, and the schedule of presentation times will be available online as well.
The professional services firms Crowe Horwath LLP, and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, are INVESTOhio's title sponsors. The one-day event is supported by financial analysts through the CFA Societies of Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton; National Investor Relations Institute chapters in Ohio's three largest cities; and the Financial Executives International chapter in Columbus.
In addition, support comes from gold sponsors NASDAQ OMX, Voyager Institutional Services and the Wall Street Transcript, and in-kind gold sponsors Columbus CEO Magazine, Curran & Connors, Globe Newswire, Optimum Printing, Shareholder.com, Makespace Media and O'Neil Arnold Photography. The organizing sponsor is Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc.
Participating companies were selected in part based on surveys of Ohio investment professionals. Nearly 140 public companies are headquartered in Ohio, representing a market value exceeding $350 billion.
More information is available at www.invest-oh.com.
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