HOGAN ATTENDS M&A CONFERENCE

Released on = September 8, 2005, 11:25 am

Press Release Author = Timothy D. Hogan, CEO Commonwealth Capital Advisors

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Commonwealth Capital Advisors specializes in assisting
start-up and early stage companies raise their first few million in development
capital through private and publicly placed securities offerings. In addition,
Commonwealth Capital Advisors assists the owners of seasoned companies to sell
limited amounts of equity from the sale of their company’s securities while
maintaining voting control, through equity transference under Regulation A of the
Securities Act of 1933.

Press Release Body = CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2005 --- Timothy D. Hogan, CEO of
Commonwealth Capital Advisors, LLC joined other industry leaders recently at the
Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors 2005 summer conference held at the
Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago.

Entitled “M&A Trends & Opportunities,” this “Superconference” featured over 50
speakers from both the practitioner and academic worlds discussing the latest
developments in the disciplines of business valuation, financial litigation
forensics, fraud deterrence, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property,
matrimonial litigation, exit planning, and corporate governance after
Sarbanes-oxley.

“Each year the Alliance of M&A Advisors (AM&AA) draws the top professionals in these
consulting fields to share their practical insights and research findings with
attendees, who assembled this year from all over the United States and ten different
countries,” Hogan noted. “This was an invaluable opportunity to stay abreast of the
latest developments in my field and leverage the knowledge of these speakers with my
own experience to better serve our clients,” Hogan commented.

Commonwealth Capital Advisors specializes in assisting start-up and early stage
companies raise their first few million in development capital through private and
publicly placed securities offerings. In addition, Commonwealth Capital Advisors
assists the owners of seasoned companies to sell limited amounts of equity from the
sale of their company’s securities while maintaining voting control, through equity
transference under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933.

Commonwealth Capital Advisors also enhances and expands the practices of CPAs and
attorneys that serve the small business community by employing the “Expert Suite”
which can be reviewed at their web site:
http://www.commonwealthcapital.com/members/amaa

The AM&AA is the premiere national organization serving the educational and resource
needs of the M&A profession. It’s 300 plus members are M&A professionals providing
intermediary and transaction support services. Most of the members have a CPA, MBA,
JD or similar advanced education or equivalent certification.

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Web Site = http://www.commonwealthcapital.com/members/amaa

Contact Details = Charles D. Dreher, Senior Vice President
Commonwealth Capital Advisors
1-312-540-1938
cdreher@commonwealthcapital.com