Industrialist Investor Lynn Tilton to Outline Plan for Reviving Lending to Small, Midsize Companies

October 15, 2009

National Press Club Newsmakers Speech, this Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:00 am

Contact:
Mark Schoeff Jr., chair, NPC Newsmakers Committee (202-662-7218, mschoeff@workforce.com)
Taylor Griffin, Sulgrave Partners (202-812-0400, tgriffin@sulgravepartners.com)

Lynn Tilton, CEO of the private equity firm Patriarch Partners, will outline a plan to help revive the economy by increasing lending to small- and medium-size companies that employ a majority of Americans at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Lisagor Room, 13th floor, National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Tilton's Small and Middle-market Enterprise (SME) Rescue Loans proposal would create a public-private partnership to target companies that have been unable to access traditional bank credit as a temporary measure to plug the lending gap and save jobs while injured banks recover. Tilton's firm manages a $6 billion portfolio specializing in turning around distressed small and midsize companies.

WHAT: Lynn Tilton Speaks at National Press Club on Plan to Revive Lending for Small and Midsize Companies
WHEN: This Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:00 AM
WHERE: National Press Club, Lisagor Room, National Press Building, 529 14th St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
RSVP: Crystal Feldman, cfeldman@sulgravepartners.com or 202-321-4862

MORE INFO: www.smerescueloans.com