NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, an investment bank recognized for providing financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies, today announced that their 23rd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference will be held March 13-16, 2011 at The Ritz Carlton, located at 1 Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point, California.

The three-day, institutional investor conference will feature management presentations from over 400 small-cap public companies--100 of which are based in China, will be the largest ROTH conference to date. The presenting companies represent a broad spectrum of sectors, including: Business Services, Cleantech, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Global Energy and Industrials, Healthcare (Biotech, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals), Media & Internet, Semiconductors and Retail & Consumer.

This event will provide investors with unique insight into small-cap growth companies and is formatted to maximize investor/company interaction through a combination of company presentations, Q&A sessions, expert panels and one-on-one management meetings.

"This is our flagship conference, and we look forward to this event each and every year," said Byron Roth, CEO of ROTH. "We hope to provide our investors the opportunity to gain useful insights, fresh new perspectives and the chance to share ideas. As a destination conference, the setting is conducive for focused attention on the presentations and the building of relationships, without many of the normal day-to-day distractions. We look forward to another productive event.”

“Investor interest in small-cap stocks remained strong in 2010, and we are off to an encouraging start in 2011,” said Mark Tobin, Co-Director of Research at ROTH. “Small-cap equities posted strong gains in 2010 with the Russell 2000 up 26.9%, ahead of broader industry gains of 18.0% for the Nasdaq Composite, 12.8% for the S&P500 and 11.0% for the Dow.”

The 2011 lineup of over 400 presenting companies has a median market value of approximately $200 million. The list contains a well-balanced market capitalization distribution: including 49 companies under $50 million, 71 between $51 and $100 million, 80 between $100 and $200 million, 95 between $200 and $500 million, 45 between $500 million and $1 billion, and 51 companies over $1 billion. ROTH’s research team of 24 analysts publishes research on over half of the approximately 400 presenting companies. *

*Past Performance is not indicative of future returns. Source: Thomson Reuters.

A partial list of conference sponsors at the time of this announcement includes:

PLATINUM
Crowe Horwath
DLA Piper US LLP
Friedman LLP
Loeb & Loeb
Lowenstein Sandler PC
Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP
Thomson Reuters
William O'Neil + Co

GOLD
Anslow + Jaclin LLP
Business Wire
Capital IQ
Goodwin Procter LLP
K&L Gates
OTC Markets Inc.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Rothstein Kass
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
SingerLewak
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Vintage Filings

SILVER
Avantair
BIOCOM
CCG Investor Relations
China Venture
CleanTech OC
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Corporate Stocktransfer
Dorsey & Dorsey
EFP Rotenberg LLP
Financial Dynamics
Forefront Capital
Grant Thornton LLP
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
KPMG LLP
Moss Adams
NASDAQ OMX
NYSE Euronext
PrivateRaise/DealFlow Media
SEC Connect
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Wall Street Webcasting
Weinberg & Company
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak
Winston & Strawn LLP

For more information about this invitation-only conference – including agenda, web cast schedule and a list of participating companies – please visit: www.roth.com.

About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:

ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on identifying opportunities for institutional investors in U.S.-listed equity securities of companies based in the U.S. and China. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, with offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong and a Shanghai Representative Office, the employee-owned firm provides analytical research, trading, capital raising, and business combination advisory services. ROTH seeks to implement innovative financing strategies to efficiently meet the liquidity and valuation requirements of both its corporate and institutional investor clients List of Confirmed Presenting Companies at time of this announcement: (Please visit ROTH website at www.roth.com for updates and agenda)

List is subject to change. This is not an offer or solicitation of the securities herein.

Key Words:
Small-Cap Stocks
Micro-Cap Stocks
PIPEs
Media
Energy
Software
Industrials
Media
Retail
Technology
Healthcare
Financial Services
Consumer Goods
China
Institutional Investor
Medical Devices
Spec Pharma
Pharmaceuticals
Generics
Drug Delivery
Biotechnology
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