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IN-PERSON MEETING

Challenges and Solutions for Mature ESOP Companies

Register for one, two, or all three of these back-to-back seminars.

September 12, 2012 :: Denver, CO

From Our Meeting Series The ESOP Company Symposium

This traditional learning format brings you face-to-face with our expert presenters. Our seminars include a networking luncheon and optional dinner outing, and provide ample opportunity for attendees to ask questions and interact with others.

The ESOP Company Symposium is a three-day event that gives you a chance to hear from leading experts, work through specific issues in structured interactive sessions, and periodically break into small groups to exchange ideas and information. There are panels of experts, of course, but a few times each day you will break into small groups, each with one or more experts at the table, to work through issues of specific concern to you. The groups will report back to the whole session to share key insights. You can register for one, two, or three days of this event:

About This Meeting

This seminar is intended for internal ESOP trustees in privately held companies, but members of boards of directors and other ESOP fiduciaries, especially senior executives, ESOP committee members, and external trustees of ESOP companies will benefit as well.

Program

9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
9:30 AM Valuation Issues for Mature ESOPs
TBA, Prairie Capital Advisors
10:15 AM Keeping a Mature Plan Relevant
TBA
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM Table Talks - Roundtable Discussion Groups
11:45 AM Best Practices for Executive Compensation
Matthew Keene, Principal Financial Group
12:30 PM Lunch with the Experts
1:30 PM Keeping Your ESOP Culture Alive - Or Getting One Going
Kim M. Blaugher, Principal Financial Group
2:15 PM Table Talks: Roundtable Discussion Groups
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM The Nuts and Bolts: Executive Compensation, Audits, Lawsuits, Board Structure, and Trustee Transitions
David R. Johanson, Jackson Lewis LLP
3:45 PM Expert Panel
4:15 PM Adjourn
4:15 PM Meet with an Expert (optional)
Sign up for a one-on-one session with the expert of your choice

Presenters

Kim M. Blaugher

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Principal Financial Group

Kim Blaugher is a vice president of consulting in Retirement and Investor Services of The Principal Financial Group (The Principal®). He has 30 years experience. Kim is an expert on ESOPs, 401(k) plans, and executive compensation planning. Kim uses his income tax and accounting background to help companies determine the feasibility of an ESOP, forecast repurchase obligations, and craft ESOP transactions designed to address each client's unique needs and objectives. Kim has been in the retirement plan industry since 1983 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College and a Master of Taxation degree from the University of Denver. He passed the CPA exam in 1985. He is a member of The ESOP Association, a current member of its Finance Committee, and an officer of its Northwest Chapter. He is also a member of the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO). In addition, he is a past president of the Boise Chapter of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference. A frequent speaker on employee benefits and ESOP related topics, Kim has also written articles on technical ESOP issues for both The ESOP Association and the NCEO. Prior to joining us, Kim led the ESOP practice at William M. Mercer & Associates. Kim also worked at McGladrey & Pullen and KPMG.

David R. Johanson

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Jackson Lewis LLP

David R. Johanson is a partner in the Los Angeles, California office of Jackson Lewis LLP. David assists clients in general corporate matters and in employee ownership, benefit, ERISA, and related business matters, with an emphasis on executive compensation, equity incentive plans, non-qualified deferred compensation, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), ESOP transactions, mergers and acquisitions (and related tax planning), and business succession and estate planning. David has served as outside general counsel to numerous corporate clients over the past 26 years. He also frequently appears on behalf of clients in business and employment-oriented defense litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country, before regulatory agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Labor, California Labor Commissioner, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and comparable state regulatory agencies, and in dispute resolutions of various kinds.

Matthew Keene

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Principal Financial Group

Matthew Keene is a VP of consulting in retirement and investor services for the Principal Financial Group. He works with clients on ESOP design and implementation in order to bring the full creativity afforded by ESOPs. Matt and his team draw on their hundreds of ESOP implementation experiences to tailor custom ESOP designs and perform full financial impact analyses for selling shareholders, ESOP-owned companies and employee-owners. Matt received a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Accounting degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is member of the NCEO and The ESOP Association and the Carolinas Chapter, where he serves as vice president.

Registration

NCEO members: $195.00 for the first person and $170.00 for each additional person through August 13; $245.00 for the first person and $220.00 for each additional person thereafter. (If you are not an NCEO member but join when you register, you will receive the member price.)

Nonmembers: $265.00 for the first person and $240.00 for each additional person through August 13; $315.00 for the first person and $290.00 for each additional person thereafter.

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Cancellation Policy

A full refund will be issued, less a $50 administrative fee, if the request is received by the close of business on August 13, 2012. Cancellations made after that date and before our guarantee date of September 6, 2012, will be eligible for credit toward another program, minus a $50 administrative fee. Those canceling on or after the guarantee date will not receive a paper credit or a refund.

Meeting Site

The meeting will be held at the Magnolia Hotel, located at 818 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202. Sleeping rooms are available for our group at a special rate of $159. To make a reservation please call the hotel directly at 303-607-9000 by August 13, 2012. Please mention the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) when making your reservation.

Continuing Education Credit

CPE Credit

The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.

This program is a "group-live" offering and provides 6.50 hours of CPE credit for accountants in the area of "specialized knowledge and applications." The material is basic level. No prerequisites or advanced preparation is needed. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact the NCEO at 510-208-1300.

HRCI Recertification Credit

HRCI logoThe use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.

This program has been approved for 4.75 hours of recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR re-certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or re-certification, please visit the HRCI home page at www.hrci.org.