A Candid Interview with Leveraged Buyout Legend Tom Hicks

<body.content> <block> <p>WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Thomas O. Hicks, CEO and Chairman of Hicks, Muse, Tate &amp; Furst Inc., a global private investment firmspecializing in leveraged acquisitions, will be in the spotlight at the Private Equity Analyst Conference to be held September 23rd and 24th at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York.</p><p>Hicks will speak candidly with Bob Dunn, Associate Editor, The Private Equity Analyst, about how he reassessed his firm’s strategy and rebuilt investor confidence in the wake of the telecombust. Hicks is the featured guest in The Private Equity Interview taking place at the conference on Tuesday, September 23rd. Hear how Hicks, Muse, Tate &amp; Furst, the country’s largest investorin the broadcast industry, made Clear Channel Communications the largest radio station in the country.</p> <p>The 10th annual Private Equity Analyst Conference will bring together morethan 100 industry experts to discuss the biggest risks, best opportunities, and most important issues facing institutional investors, venture capitalists, LBO investors, and firms planning to raise afund.</p> <p>In addition, three distinguished keynote panelists will discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for private equity professionals. Mark Weisdorf, VicePresident, Private Market Investments, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, will give the institutional investor perspective; Jimmy Lee, Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co., will give theLBO perspective; and Peter Barris, Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates, will give the venture capital perspective.</p> <p>The Private Equity Analyst Conference is theindustry’s largest and most prestigious conference, bringing together more than 1,000 senior-level institutional investors, fund-of-funds managers, venture capitalists, buyout specialists, dealoriginators, senior and mezzanine lenders, and other private equity professionals.</p> <p>For more information about the conference, please visit:<a>http://www.assetnews.com/products/conf/pea/peaconf_2003.htm</a></p> <p>About Alternative Investor: VentureOne &amp; The Private Equity Analyst</p><p>Alternative Investor, the premier provider of data, news, and analysis for private market professionals, leverages the research strengths of VentureOne with the editorial expertise of ThePrivate Equity Analyst and The Venture Capital Analyst. Our databases, publications, conferences, directories, and customized research offer investors and industry service providers the comprehensiveinformation they need to make informed investment decisions and stay abreast of industry trends and events.</p> <p>Flagship products include The Private Equity Analyst newsletter,covering private equity fundraising and investment; VentureSource, an Internet database of financial and valuation information on startups and investors worldwide; The Directory of AlternativeInvestment Programs, profiling institutional investors and their investments in private equity; and The Private Equity Analyst Conference and VentureOne Summit, the nation’s leading private equityand venture capital events.</p> <p>For more information about Alternative Investor, please visit <a>http://www.alternativeinvestor.info/</a>. </p><datasource>Alternative Investor</datasource> </block> <block class=”contact”> <p>CONTACT: Michelle Jeffers, Senior Communications Manager of Alternative<br/>Investor: VentureOne &amp; The Private Equity Analyst, +1-415-538-2658, or<br/> <virtloc idsrc=”dummy” value=”dummy”>[email protected]</virtloc></p></block> <block class=”website”> <p>Web site: <a>http://www.alternativeinvestor.info/</a> </p> </block> </body.content>