C. K. Cooper & Company Expands OTCQX Presence

Appoints Michael H. Natter as Director of OTCQX Advisory Group

• Press Release
• Source: C. K. Cooper & Company
• On 12:38 pm EST, Monday November 9, 2009

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- C. K. Cooper & Company, an independent, full-service investment bank, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., announced today that it has expanded its OTCQX presence with the addition of Michael H. Natter as a Director of OTCQX Advisory Group.

In this role, Natter is responsible for facilitating the listing of both domestic U.S. and non-U.S. companies into the OTCQX, including introducing them to U.S. based investors; advising them regarding capital formation and executing capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions; and providing other strategic advice including growing and diversifying the shareholder base and value creation.

"The addition of Michael to our team is instrumental in rounding out our product platform," said Alexander G. Montano, President of C. K. Cooper & Company. "We have been strong believers in the OTCQX and expect that with Michael's assistance we will make significant in-roads into this market over the next several quarters. In particular, Michael brings a great skill set including prior institutional sales and investment banking roles which will prove valuable to this business segment."

"We believe that the OTCQX market fills a gaping hole in the capital markets by providing both domestic and foreign quality issuers the ability to access U.S. investors and capital markets in a cost efficient manner," said Natter. "We are confident that our strong investment banking/capital markets franchise will benefit many of these issuers going forward."

Natter was previously a business development executive for Ross-Smith Energy Group, a Calgary based Oil and Gas Exploration and Production research boutique. Natter is a former Managing Director of Institutional Research Sales for Montgomery, Banc of America Securities and held a similar role as Vice President and Institutional Research Salesperson for Dresdner Bank, a leading German-based, global institution.

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