A Morning Seminar conducted by Alan J. Beard Managing Director Interlink Capital Strategies Washington, D.C. Friday, November 12, 2004 Registration: 9:30 a.m. Program: 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Suite 2900, World Trade Center (Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Topics

1. Cross-Border Financing - An Overview

2. Government Backed Sources of Grant Money

• U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA)
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Others

3. Export Credit Agencies

• General Overview
• The United States Export-Import Bank
• Exim Bank Programs

4. Government-Backed Sources of Debt and Equity

• Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Inter American Development Bank (IDB)
• Others

Alan Beard is a Managing Director of Interlink Capital Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm that develops and finances overseas transactions and projects.

Prior to joining ICS, Mr. Beard was the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Delphos International, another Washington, DC-based consulting firm that specializes in arranging financing for overseas projects using U.S., multilateral and foreign government programs. During his employment the firm arranged over $9 billion in government grants, equity, guarantees and loans for more than 700 companies. Previously, Mr. Beard established and headed up an international merchant banking unit of Bank One Capital Corp. and worked at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, where he was a Senior Lending Officer in both the Latin American and U.S. divisions. Prior to working at Eximbank, Mr. Beard was an official with the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.

Mr. Beard has been a frequent speaker, university lecturer and published writer on international finance issues. Currently he is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. He has edited and contributed to the writing of more than 25 books, including most recently Inside The World’s Export Credit Agencies and Inside The World’s Developmental Financial Institutions. Mr. Beard graduated from the University of Utah cum laude and received his MBA from the George Washington University.