Larkspur, CA, November 3, 2006 – LRG Capital Group LLC, a global merchant bank that invests in and provides advisory services to small and mid-cap public companies, today announced that Bryce Suttonhas joined the firm as Director of Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Sutton, 35, is responsible for sales, marketing and investor relations.  He reports to Larry Goldfarb, CEO of LRG Capital and Portfolio Manager of its underlying BayStar Funds.

“We are delighted to welcome Bryce to LRG,” said Mr. Goldfarb.  “His solid experience and relationships within the institutional investment community will be a great asset to our firm.”

Mr. Sutton brings more than eleven years of institutional investment sales and marketing experience to LRG Capital.  He most recently served as Vice President of Institutional Sales at BKF AssetManagement, Inc. Prior to BKF, he was a Vice President and Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales at Lynch, Jones & Ryan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of New York.  Mr. Suttonalso served as an Assistant Vice President at SIFE Asset Management and began his career as a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley.  Mr. Sutton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham YoungUniversity and holds the series 7, 63 and 65 licenses.

LRG Capital Group LLC is a merchant bank that invests in and provides advisory services to small-to-mid size capitalization public and private companies.  With offices in San Francisco, New Yorkand Miami, the firm represents companies on equity and debt placements, restructurings, recapitalizations, management buyouts and other strategic alternatives.  While managing a diversifiedportfolio of companies, LRG Capital has been recognized for its success in financing companies in the Technology, Life Sciences and Entertainment sectors in the U.S. and globally over the lastdecade.  For further information, please visit www.lrgcapital.com 

Armel Leslie l Walek & Associates l Office: 212.590.0530 l aleslie@walek.com