CSR Press Release

Waltham, Mass. - Corporate governance expert Mervyn King will be a keynote speaker at the 2006 Ethics & Compliance Officer Association Annual Business Ethics & Compliance Conference. The conference will take place at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, from October 3-6, and King's keynote address will officially commence the conference at 9:00 am on Wednesday October 4.

Mervyn King is senior counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He is Professor Extraordinaire at the College of Economic and Management Sciences of the University of South Africa and chairman of the King Committee on corporate governance. He is a member of the private sector advisory group to the World Bank on corporate governance, Chairman of the Eminent Persons Group to review the governance and oversight of the United Nations and a director and Chairman of companies listed on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges.

The ECOA Annual Business Ethics & Compliance Conference is the world's largest gathering of ethics and compliance practitioners in the world. This year's conference will host over 650 attendees from around the globe. For more information on the 2006 ECOA Annual Business Ethics & Compliance Conference, please visit www.theecoa.org

About the ECOA

The Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) is a non-consulting, member-driven association exclusively for individuals who are responsible for their company's ethics, compliance, and business conduct programs. Dedicated to building trust and corporate integrity worldwide, the ECOA is the largest group of corporate ethics and compliance practitioners in the world. By bringing together people who are new to the field with those with years of experience to share, the ECOA facilitates peer-to-peer learning, and helps to foster a global commitment to ethics and integrity.

The ECOA offers an annual conference for ethics and compliance professionals, professional development workshops, web casts, and regional forums that provide members the opportunity for education and discussion on recent legislation. In addition, the ECOA publishes a monthly newsletter, daily news updates, and houses a library containing ethics and compliance program materials from more than 350 member companies, along with business videos, DVDs, magazines and books.

The ECOA is a non-profit, 501(c) (6) association, which derives all of its revenue from members' dues, conferences and other meeting fees, and financial contributions. ECOA members represent nearly 600 companies worldwide and in over 30 industries. To learn more about the ECOA, please visit the website at www.theecoa.org or call 781-647-9333.

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