Jersey City, NJ – July 6, 2006 – Yorkville Advisors LLC, a firm engaged
in providing financing solutions to growing companies in the small-cap
sector worldwide, today announced that it has appointed Tom Anderson to
the newly created position of Director, Investor Relations.
 
Mr. Anderson, 43, brings over 20 years of experience in sales,
marketing and product development within the pension and public fund
arena to Cornell Capital. He reports to Mark Angelo, Managing Partner at
the firm and is responsible for overseeing sales, marketing and investor
relations at the firm.
 
The investor base considering alternative investments is clearly
expanding, and with Tom on board we are confident that we can tap this
universe, said Mark Angelo, Cornell founder and president. 
 
Mr. Anderson was most recently Director of Institutional Client
Services at Potomac Asset Management.  Prior to that, he was Director of
Taft-Hartley sales at Mercantile Safe, Deposit &Trust, a Baltimore based
trust bank.  During his time at Mercantile Safe, Deposit, he was also
Editor of Insight, an investment publication for the Public Fund and
Taft-Hartley communities.  Additionally, Tom was responsible for
initiating a policy benefiting local trade unions in the Mid-Atlantic
area.  Mr. Anderson attended the University of Maryland, College Park.

 
The addition of Mr. Anderson comes as the firm continues to
aggressively build up its infrastructure in anticipation of future
growth. Yorkville Advisors recently announced the hiring of Eric Hansen
as Senior Legal Counsel bringing the internal legal department to six
attorneys. In addition, the firm has 30 internal bankers to source and
execute deals.    
 
Cornell Capital is an entity of Yorkville Advisors.  Founded in 2001,
Yorkville Advisors LLC is a private investment firm that specializes in
structured finance and, according to Knobias Pipe Trac, was one of the
most active investors in the U.S. in terms of the number of structured
equity financings in 2005.  Knobias also reported that Yorkville has
structured over $1 billion in committed equity capital in over 100
transactions within the last 12 months.  Headquartered in Jersey City,
NJ, Yorkville has offices in London, San Diego, Jupiter and Aventura,
Florida.
 
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