Roth Capital Partners 25th Annual Growth Stock Conference to Be Held March 17-20, 2013

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and their investors, will host its 25th Annual Growth Stock Conference March 17-20, 2013, at The Ritz Carlton, located at 1 Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point, California.

One of the largest of its kind, ROTH’s flagship three-day investment conference brings together executives from more than 370 growth companies and 1,000 institutional investors. The event provides attendees with investment ideas across a variety of sectors, including Business Services, Consumer, Cleantech, Industrials & Resources, Healthcare, Metals & Mining, and Technology & Media. Company presentations, Q&A sessions, panels and management one-on-one meetings offer institutional clients opportunities for extensive interaction with executive management to gain in-depth insights into each business and sector.

ROTH Senior Research Analysts Matt Dolan, Bert Hazlett, Scott Henry, CFA, Yale Jen, and Joe Pantginis, Ph.D. are pleased to feature presentation tracks dedicated to Healthcare. These tracks will include presentations from over 120 domestic and international companies in key subsectors including Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, and Healthcare Services. One-on-one meetings are available upon request.

John W. Chambers, ROTH Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, said, “This year’s ROTH conference is taking place at a particularly interesting time for the healthcare industry. The biotech market has been fueled by positive investor sentiment over the past several quarters, with the NYSE and NASDAQ indices rising approximately 40% in 2012. The financing market has started off strong during the first quarter of 2013. In addition, we have experienced very strong M&A activity over the past 2 years - with roughly $70 billion in transactions occurring through 2011 and 2012. (Source – Capital IQ). At this event, investors will have the opportunity to interact with over 120 innovative healthcare growth companies to better understand the value drivers each represent. These companies will be featured in formal presentations as well as be available for one-on-one meetings with investors. Our conference venue provides a unique environment to facilitate interactions between a very exciting group of leading healthcare companies and those investors who provide the funding to make their vision a reality.”

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Agenda and Events

This year’s event will continue to feature 30-minute presentations in eight tracks, from Monday at 8:00 a.m. through Wednesday afternoon. In addition, this year’s conference will feature eight extensive, one-hour discussions with companies that ROTH analysts believe have significant business developments of interest to investors. These extended presentation slots are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday to enable enhanced dialogue between management and investors. As in prior years, ROTH’s research team has assembled a number of panels designed to educate and promote sector-specific discussion, including an Energy Panel on Sunday afternoon that will discuss the future of natural gas and electricity named “The Resurgence of Renewable Energy,” moderated by DLA Piper’s Senior Partner, Kevin Lipson.

ROTH is also hosting a panel on the JOBS Act on Tuesday morning which will provide updates on the evolving market framework for emerging growth companies.

Sponsors

The conference provides a rich environment for business development opportunities and is a powerful and effective marketing platform targeting key decision makers. A partial list of conference sponsors at the time of this announcement includes:

Platinum Level

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Loeb & Loeb

Lowenstein Sandler PC

William O'Neil + Co.

Gold Level

Bloomberg

Business Wire

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Friedman LLP

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP

K&L Gates LLP

Marcum LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OTC Markets Inc.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pryor Cashman LLP

S&P Capital IQ

The Wall Street Transcript/MeetMax

Thomson Reuters

Silver Level

Aon

Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc.

Dickinson Wright PLLC

EFP Rotenberg, LLP

Equisolve, LLC

GBH CPAs

Genesis Select Corp.

Goodwin Procter

Hayden IR, LLC

IRTH Communications, Inc.

Locke Lord LLP

Lucosky Brookman LLP

mergermarket

MZ Group

NASDAQ OMX Group

NYSE Euronext

Pacific Stock Transfer

Reed Smith LLP

Registrar and Transfer Company

Richardson & Patel, LLP

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

SingerLewak

Solebury Communications Group

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Troutman Sanders

V3-Vcorp Services, VStock Transfer, Vcheck Global

Vintage Filings

Participant Level

AH&T

Anslow + Jaclin LLP

Audit Analytics

Bike Religion

Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF)

CleanTechOC

CONNECT

Edgar Agents LLC

Junior Achievement of Orange County

Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

Moss Adams LLP

SD Sport Innovators (SDSI)

Conference Website

For more information about this invitation-only conference – including agenda and web cast schedule – please visit: www.roth.com.

About ROTH Capital Partners, LLC:

ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and their investors. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading, market-making services and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and employee owned, and maintains offices throughout the U.S. and Hong Kong. For more information on ROTH, please visit www.roth.com.