INVESTOhio Equity Conference Announces Speakers, Presentation Times


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The presentation schedule has been released for the 16 public companies participating in the inaugural INVESTOhio Equity Conference, to be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Columbus.

INVESTOhio is an equity forum bringing together publicly traded Ohio companies of various sizes, industries and capitalizations with regional and Wall Street fund managers, analysts and investment professionals. Sectors represented include banking, insurance, retail, utility/energy, health, environmental, and specialty products.

"The sessions may be particularly insightful as companies move forward in an economy beginning to show some signs of life," said INVESTOhio Chairman Terry McWilliams.

Michael Santoli, financial journalist and editor for the Dow Jones financial and business weekly Barron's, will deliver the keynote address. Afterward, two tracks of company presentations will take place simultaneously at the conference. The lineups for each company, trading symbol, headquarters city, speakers, presentation times and location are as follows:

Crowe Horwath Presentation Room



 * RPM International, Inc. (NYSE:RPM), Medina, Ohio. R. Kelly
   Tompkins, Executive VP and CFO. 8:25 a.m.
 * Lancaster Colony Corporation (Nasdaq:LANC), Columbus. John B.
   Gerlach, Jr., Chairman and CEO. 9:05 a.m.
 * Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH), Dublin, Ohio. Sally Curley, Sr.
   VP, Investor Relations. 9:50 a.m.
 * AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex:ADK), Springfield, Ohio.
   David A. Tenwick, Chairman; Gary L. Wade, CEO; and Andy Wade, Vice
   President. 10:30 a.m.
 * American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), Columbus. Chuck Zebula,
   Treasurer and Senior VP, Investor Relations. 11:15 a.m.
 * Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq:HBAN), Columbus. Don
   Kimble, Executive VP and CFO. 1 p.m.
 * First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq:FFBC), Cincinnati. J. Franklin
   Hall, Executive VP and CFO. 1:40 p.m.
 * Park National Corporation (NYSE Amex:PRK), Newark, Ohio. C. Daniel
   DeLawder, Chairman and CEO. 2:25 p.m.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Presentation Room



 * Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CINF), Cincinnati. Steven
   J. Johnston, CFO, Sr. VP, Secretary and Treasurer. 8:25 a.m.
 * American Financial Group, Inc.(NYSE:AFG)(Nasdaq:AFG), Cincinnati.
   Keith A. Jensen, Sr. VP; and Christopher P. Miliano, Executive VP
   and CFO, Great American Financial Resources. 9:05 a.m.
 * National Interstate Corporation (Nasdaq:NATL), Richfield, Ohio.
   David W.  Michelson, President and CEO; Gary N. Monda, VP and
   Chief Investment Officer; and Julie A. McGraw, VP and CFO. 9:50 a.m.
 * Macy's Inc. (NYSE:M), Cincinnati. Susan R. Robinson, VP, Investor
   Relations. 10:30 a.m.
 * R.G. Barry Corporation (Nasdaq:DFZ), Pickerington, Ohio. Greg A.
   Tunney, CEO and President; and Jose G. Ibarra, Senior VP, Finance,
   and CFO. 11:15 a.m.
 * Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG), Columbus. Joe R. Cooper, Sr. VP and CFO.
   1 p.m.
 * Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (NYSE:JAS), Hudson, Ohio. Travis Smith, Chief
   Operating Officer; and James Kerr, Executive VP, CFO. 1:40 p.m.
 * CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq:CECE),Cincinnati. Phillip
   DeZwirkek, Chairman and CEO; Dennis W. Blazer, VP- Finance
   and Administration and CFO; and Richard J. Blum, President and
   Chief Operating Officer. 2:25 p.m.

Webcasts for several of these company presentations are available through the INVESTOhio website at http://www.invest-oh.com.

Sponsors and underwriters

The professional services firms Crowe Horwath LLP, and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, are INVESTOhio's title sponsors. The event is supported by financial analysts through the CFA Societies of Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton; National Investor Relations Institute chapters in Ohio's three largest cities; and the Financial Executives International chapter in Columbus.

In addition, support comes from gold sponsors NASDAQ OMX, Voyager Institutional Services and the Wall Street Transcript, and in-kind gold sponsors Columbus CEO Magazine, Curran & Connors, Globe Newswire, Optimum Printing, Shareholder.com, Makespace Media and O'Neil Arnold Photography. The organizing sponsor is Mozaic Investor Relations, Inc.

More information is available at www.invest-oh.com.

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