C. K. Cooper & Company is a full service investment bank focused almost exclusively on the energy sector. As a firm, C. K. Cooper & Company remains committed to certain key underlying principles.

• Research
• Customer Service
• Customer Education
• Execution

In an effort to create a forum to allow the firm’s clients direct access to senior management of those energy companies deemed as attractive or insightful investments, C. K. Cooper & Company began hosting an annual conference. This conference is held in February of each year to allow issuers to provide initial year – end operational guidance, as well as an outlook for the upcoming year. Held in Palm Springs, California, this conference is a perfect combination of business and play.

• The JW Marriott Desert Springs is home of two exceptional 18-hole championship courses, set against the towering backdrop of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Both the Palm and Valley courses were designed by acclaimed architect Ted Robinson, "King of Waterscapes."
• The hotel tennis center is the only one in the world with the combination of all three surfaces, the Tennis & Lawn Club has been named one of the "50 Greatest U.S. Tennis Resorts" by Tennis Magazine, one of the "Top 100 Resorts in the World," by Racquet Magazine.
• JW Marriott Desert Springs also offers a Kid's Klub designed for children ages 4-12.

“Building Blocks”, is the theme for our 4th Annual Energy Conference.

In addition, C. K. Cooper continues to build on its foundation. The recent expansion of its Research and Trading Departments are a direct result of a solid cornerstone of Research, Institutional Sales, Money Management and Investment Banking. Building towards the future, C. K. Cooper is expanding into oil service and alternative energy stocks.

It is easy to stand back and admire a building when it is completed. It is much more difficult to understand the pieces, the blocks that came together to create that same structure. Buying energy stocks is easy, why you buy or sell particular issues requires a clear understanding of the “Building Blocks”. Welcome to our 2008 energy conference.

Prior year's themes included:

	2007 – In the Cross Hairs We focus our investment thesis towards those opportunities that can weather the ups and downs and achieve their goals in any environment conditions.
	2006 – Undiscovered Country This voyage was based upon a new investment environment of higher commodity prices and a shift from conventional exploration to resource play exploitation.
	2005 – First Annual Conference to seek out those smaller issues that are beginning to develop a niche opportunity, which will eventually become attractive to a larger E&P company as a potential acquisition.