CHICAGO, July 20, 2005 - Duff & Phelps, LLC, a leading middle-market investment banking and financial advisory company, will host a seminar on non-sponsored buyouts at the Capital City Country Club in Atlanta, Ga., on August 18, 2005.

The seminar focuses on using S-Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plans and other benefit plans to drive management buyouts, divestitures and going-private transactions. It will feature presentations from leading firms in the market, such as Duff & Phelps, Schiff Hardin LLP, LaSalle Bank Corp., Peachtree Equity Partners, and Grant Thornton.

Duff & Phelps is a national investment banking and financial advisory firm focused on providing merger and acquisition, private placement, valuation, financial opinion and restructuring services to middle-market companies. Since 1932, Duff & Phelps has been committed to delivering independent advice and service of exceptional quality to a broad range of public and private companies.

To view a PDF version of the Non-Sponsored Buyouts Seminar mailer, please click here.

Contact:

Richard Steingraber
Managing Director
(404) 260-7601