HEDGESTOCK ORGANIZERS ASK JAPONICA PARTNERS TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER

-----Topic: Providing entrepreneurial returns to accomplished money managers----

Dateline: London, United Kingdom, June 5, 2006

The organizers of Hedgestock have asked Japonica Partners Founder and Managing Director Paul B. Kazarian to be a featured speaker at the event.

Hedgestock is quite possibly Europe’s leading hedge fund networking event. Approximately 5000 attendees are expected. One hundred percent (100%) of net proceeds will be contributed to the UK-based Teenage Cancer Trust.

Japonica’s comments will be in a Q&A format and the topic of focus will be:

Japonica’s providing entrepreneurial returns for
accomplished money managers
who succeed with top quartile performance

Japonica Partners is an entrepreneurial co-investment firm that makes concentrated investments in underperforming global large caps. Japonica’s special core competency is changing corporate cultures to cultivate entrepreneurial returns for its co-investors who succeed with top quartile performance.

Japonica’s largest co-investors include accomplished hedge fund and mutual fund managers who individually had over $500 million with Japonica. Among Japonica’s earliest co-investor limited partners were –“the two Michaels”– Michael Steinhardt and Michael Price.

Hedgestock is a leading UK hedge fund gathering being held outside of London at Knebworth House June 7-8. www.hedgestock.co.uk/2006/speakerscorner