During 2001, 77 public companies completed public-to-private ("P2P") transactions. Duff & Phelps, LLC has extensive experience in structuring P2P transactions as well as advising special committees of public company board of directors as to the fairness of P2P transactions. The 2002 Public-to-Private & Small Cap Financing Seminar is presented by the Strategic Research Institute and sponsored by Duff & Phelps at the Le Merigot Hotel in Santa Monica on June 24, 2002. In addition to Duff & Phelps, LLC, other conference sponsors include: McDonald Investments, American Capital Strategies, Katten Muchin Zavis, Associate for Corporate Growth, the Daily Deal, Corporate Financing Week and vFinance.com are presenting sponsors. A few of Duff & Phelps' select public-to-private, small cap financing, and public company fairness opinion experience includes Chart House Enterprises' rights offering, Leapnet's P2P transaction, National Home Center's P2P transaction, and Rockshox's sale to SRAM.