The Piacente Group Sponsors the ROTH Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 8, 2010) -  The Piacente Group, Inc. ("TPG"), a full service investor relations consulting firm with offices in New York, California and Beijing, today announced its GOLD sponsorship of the upcoming 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference to be held March 15-17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, California.

The three-day, institutional investor conference will be the largest ROTH conference ever and will feature management presentations from over 350 small cap public companies, including 100 companies based in China. Presenters include TPG clients Avantair, Inc., Heckmann Corporation, Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company and SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. The conference is expected to attract 2,500 attendees, including over 1,500 institutional investors.

Brandi Piacente, President of The Piacente Group, stated, "ROTH Capital Partners' commitment to emerging growth companies worldwide is one that we hold in high regard. With our emphasis on small- and mid-cap growth companies, we have appreciated ROTH's support of many of our clients over the past several years. Likewise, we value our sponsorship of the firm's outstanding events that bring managements and investors together in a dynamic forum. The March conference is the tenth ROTH Capital Partners event that The Piacente Group has sponsored over the past several years."

About The Piacente Group

The Piacente Group, Inc. ("TPG") is a full service investor relations and financial communications consulting firm with offices in New York, California and Beijing. TPG represents a balanced portfolio of U.S. and China-based companies including the top performing IPO of 2009 (Lihua International, Inc.). Past achievements include two programs nominated for the "Best Investor Relations by a US-Listed Chinese Company" award by IR Magazine for 2008: Sohu.com Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. TPG develops and implements strategic programs aimed at broadening investment community sponsorship through best practice execution. Value-driven communications, proactive outreach to Wall Street, targeted media relations and innovative social media methodologies work in concert to market clients' securities before optimal investment audiences.

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