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TREASURERSTALKING TO

Preliminary ProgramNATIONAL TREASURERS CONFERENCE

MAY 28 – 30

NEW YORK, NEW YORKPRINCETON CLUB

2014

2 2014 National Treasurers Conference | Treasurers Talking to Treasurers

Dear NACT Colleagues:On behalf of the NACT Board of Directors, we invite you to attend the 2014 National Treasurers Conference in New York City, from May 28 – 30, 2014.

“Treasurers Talking to Treasurers” has been our motto and value proposition from inception. This year’s program is no different in providing opportunities for experts and practitioners to network and exchange innovative ideas and best practices in candid and confidential settings. We focus on the resilient treasurer who keeps abreast of market dynamics and the changing regulatory landscape and is able to bounce back despite economic and political uncertainties by employing strategies for coping with the unexpected.

Our speakers this year include Ioana Barza, Director of Analysis at Thomson Reuters LPC; Chief Financial Markets Economist John Lonski, Moody’s Analytics; Douglas Peterson, President & Chief Executive Officer, McGraw Hill Financial; and Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. In addition, treasurers from major public corporations and privately held firms will share their experiences on topics that are relevant to your organization.

Highlights of the 2014 National Treasurers Conference include:

• An Open Forum discussion among treasurers ONLY

• Thought-provoking sessions with industry topic experts

— China: A Changing Treasury Landscape

— Retirement Plans

— Banks and Capital Markets

— Operating in the New Regulatory Environment

• Dinner with guest speaker Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

The NACT Board of Directors has been very active in the last year, including taking advocacy positions to benefit our profession. An update will be provided at the conference.

Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to attend the premier conference that is developed exclusively by your fellow corporate treasurers. The venue at the Princeton Club offers excellent facilities for our sessions, as well as convenience for those who wish to conduct other business while in New York. Per our usual custom, non-practitioner speakers and corporate sponsors are only present during their applicable sessions and sponsored events.

We look forward to seeing you in May!

Ray Yi Managing Director, Finance & Administration, Port of Houston Authority Chairman, NACT

Joe Sullivan Vice President & Treasurer, Airgas Inc. Executive Vice President and 2014 National Conference Chair, NACT

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NACT Board of Directors (July 2013 – June 2014)The NACT Board is comprised of member treasurers who are committed to advancing the profession. We welcome feedback on all relevant topics. The Board has been very proactive in fostering dialogue among political, regulatory and industry players, and has approved advocacy positions urging restraint on proposed regulations for the money market fund industry and OTC Derivatives. The NACT Immediate Past Chairman also represents the organization at the annual conference of the International Group of Treasury Associations, a global forum to share information on issues that impact treasury and finance.

Board Officers

ChairmanRamon Yi Managing Director, Finance & AdministrationPort of Houston Authority

President Mary Dean HallVice President & TreasurerEastman Chemical Company

Executive Vice President (2014 National Conference Chair)Joseph C. SullivanVice President & TreasurerAIRGAS, INC.

Secretary/TreasurerRuud P. RoggekampAssistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance & BankingThe Boeing Company

Immediate Past ChairmanThomas C. Deas, Jr. Vice President & TreasurerFMC Corporation

Board Members

Nicholas BijurVice President & TreasurerPacific Gas & Electric Corporation

George BittoVice President & TreasurerAir Products & Chemicals Inc.

J. Gregory CoffeyVice President & TreasurerSally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Bradley Fox Vice President & TreasurerSafeway Inc.

Michael J. GannonCorporate Treasurer

Allen A. GellerExecutive Vice President & TreasurerRaines International, Inc.

Gerard A. Halpin IIIPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSiemens Capital Company LLC

Kimberly A. Hunter Corporate Treasurer

Kenneth KoreyvaTreasurerACE Group

Richard LaidermanTreasurerVISA, Inc.

Karen N. LathamCorporate Treasurer

Robert T. MarleyAssistant TreasurerENERSYS

Paulette M. MehasVice President, Treasury & InvestmentsFirst Republic Bank

William Mekrut Vice President & TreasurerFM Global

Colleen O’ConnorVice President & TreasurerThe Duchoissos Group, Inc.

Mark W. PetersonVice President & Treasurer

Erin SelleckSenior Executive Vice PresidentUnion Bank

Peter L. SeredaSenior Vice President-Finance & TreasurerTelephone & Data Systems, Inc.

Rosa C. StrohVice President & TreasurerThe Hershey Company

J. Michael SuffrediniVice President & Treasurer

William H. Van LopikVice President & Corporate TreasurerS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Michael R. WilliamsSenior Vice President & TreasurerOrbital Sciences Corporation

Kevin WilsonVice President & TreasurerMead Johnson Nutrition Company

William H. Zimmer, IIICorporate Treasurer


Preliminary ProgramThe National Association of Corporate Treasurers (“NACT”) continues to provide an unparalleled forum for education and networking to promote the success of our members and their organizations. This year’s national conference is being held at the Princeton Club in New York, New York, from May 28 – 30, 2014.

Our speakers this year include Ioana Barza, Director of Analysis at Thomson Reuters LPC; Chief Financial Markets Economist John Lonski, Moody’s Analytics; Douglas Peterson, President & Chief Executive Officer, McGraw Hill Financial; and Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. In addition, treasurers from major public corporations and privately held firms will share their insights and experiences on topics that are relevant to you and your organization.

In order to provide strategic support to their organizations, treasurers and senior financial officers need to be technically proficient and must keep abreast of global market dynamics and the changing regulatory landscape. The National Treasurers Conference is an ideal venue for exchanging strategies and best practices with peers who have been successful in mitigating financial risks and increasing efficiency in their treasury operations.

Highlights of the 2014 National Treasurers Conference include:

• An Open Forum discussion among treasurers ONLY

• Thought-provoking sessions with industry topic experts

— China: A Changing Treasury Landscape

— Retirement Plans

— Banks and Capital Markets

— Operating in the New Regulatory Environment

• Dinner with guest speaker Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

With our emphasis on Treasurers Talking to Treasurers, we invite practitioners to take advantage of opportunities during these three days to network and share ideas in a confidential setting. Per our usual custom, non-Treasurer speakers and corporate sponsors are only present during their applicable sessions and sponsored events.

As you review the program agenda, please provide feedback on any aspects of the sessions that you would like emphasized. Additional topics of interest are also discussed at the Open Forum.

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Douglas PetersonPresident & Chief Executive OfficerMcGraw Hill Financial

Douglas L. (Doug) Peterson is president and chief executive officer of McGraw Hill Financial, a leader in credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. Peterson was effective

November 2013. He joined the company in September 2011 and served as President of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.

Previously, Peterson was the chief operating officer of Citibank, N.A., Citigroup’s principal banking entity that operates in more than 100 countries. Peterson was with Citigroup for 26 years, during which time he transformed businesses and drove performance in investment and corporate banking, brokerage, asset management, private equity, and retail banking. His prior roles include chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan, country manager for Costa Rica and Uruguay, and chief auditor of Citigroup.

Peterson serves on the Boards of Directors of McGraw Hill Financial, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee, the Institute of International Finance’s Market Monitoring Group, the Boards of Advisors of Wharton Financial Institutions Center, the Partnership for New York City and the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Boards of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Peterson received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in mathematics and history at Claremont McKenna College.

Lee ShavelChief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President,The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Lee Shavel is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy at NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ). Mr. Shavel is responsible for all aspects of financial management at

NASDAQ OMX including accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, treasury, internal reporting, corporate operations and risk management. In addition, Mr. Shavel oversees Corporate Strategy, working with Mr. Greifeld and the EVPs to define NASDAQ’s strategic direction, identify business and corporate opportunities and execute M&A transactions. He has worked extensively with the senior management team at NASDAQ for the past seven years in his prior role as their investment banker on many strategic and financing transactions.

Mr. Shavel joined NASDAQ OMX in May 2011 after 18 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was Americas Head of Financial Institutions Investment Banking and prior to that Global Chief Operating Officer and Head of Finance, Securities and Technology in the Financial Institutions Group. During that time, Mr. Shavel established and developed the Specialty Finance Group at Merrill Lynch, focusing on emerging high growth financial services companies. He worked intensively in the Securities and Exchange sector where he advised on many of the significant transactions in the sector including the IPOs of NASDAQ, Archipelago, Instinet, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and provided M&A advice on the sale of ISE to Deutsche Borse, the sale of NYMEX to CME Group, the merger of Archipelago and REDIBook and the acquisitions of INET and BRUT by NASDAQ. He joined Merrill Lynch & Co. in 1993 after four years at Citicorp in Financial Institutions.

Mr. Shavel graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Finance and a B.A. in English. He lives in Summit, New Jersey with his wife and three children and is originally from Western Pennsylvania.

Featured Speakers

2014 National Treasurers Conference Topics and Events


Open ForumModerators: Ruud P. Roggekamp

Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance & Banking The Boeing Company

Mary Dean Hall Vice President & Treasurer Eastman Chemical Company

Don’t miss the most popular session of our conference. Share your knowledge and experience, as well as ask questions and gain insights from your fellow treasurers on the latest financial topics. It all takes place in a candid, confidential forum under “Vegas Rules”.

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Douglas Peterson

President & Chief Executive Officer McGraw Hill Financial

China: A Changing Treasury LandscapeModerator: George Bitto

Vice President and Treasurer Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

Panelists: Debra Lodge Managing Director HSBC Global Markets Renminbi Business Development USA/Canada

Gregory Weigard Assistant Treasurer Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

Robert Worthington Director, International Finance FMC Corporation

Panelists will address policy changes and opportunities, cross province and cross border use of the RMB, as well as financing investment in China.

Retirement PlansModerator: Susan Plotzky

Assistant Treasurer Blyth Inc.

Panelists: Chris McGoldrick Investment Market Leader, East Division, Towers Watson

Stacy Schaus Executive Vice President PIMCO

Rose Serels Head of Defined Contribution Services Pacific Global Advisors

The session will cover Defined Contribution and Defined Benefits Plans. The focus will be on “back to basics” on the underlying structure, line-up of funds, importance of simplicity, addressing legacy balances, etc.


Dinner and Dessert with Guest Speaker Lee Shavel

Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Banks and Capital MarketsModerator & Panelist: Nicholas Bijur

Vice President & Treasurer Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation

Panelists: Greg Coffey Vice President & Treasurer Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Mary Dean Hall Vice President & Treasurer Eastman Chemical Company

Gain insights on how your peers have recently accessed the bank, debt, and equity capital markets, including strategy, structures, best practice execution, and bank relationship management.

Networking EventsWednesday, May 28, 2014

Opening Conference Reception Enjoy this first opportunity to network with other treasurers during a reception at the Princeton Club.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Reception, Dinner and DessertStart the evening with a cocktail reception at the Princeton Club followed by dinner and dessert. Relax, network and enjoy the evening with fellow treasurers!

Please note change in venue

Spouse and Guest RegistrationSpouses and guests may register for the complete spouse/guest package, which includes the Opening Reception, Thursday evening events (reception followed by dinner and dessert at the Princeton Club), and breakfast both mornings.

Operating in the New Regulatory EnvironmentModerator: Gerard A. Halpin III

President & Chief Executive Officer Siemens Capital Company LLC

Panelists: Matt Hoffman Director, Corporate Regulatory Advisory Chatham Financial

Timothy Karpoff Partner Jenner & Block LLP

How does the myriad of new regulations impact or change the way we manage risk? Panelists will address such topics as cross-border considerations in utilizing derivatives, the economics of choosing to use cleared versus uncleared swaps, and an update on the legislative efforts in this area.


Wednesday, May 281:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Conference Registration

6:30 pm – 8:30 pmOpening Reception at the Princeton Club

Sponsored by Fitch Ratings

10:00 pm – 11:00 pmHospitality Suite Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel

Thursday, May 297:30 am – 5:00 pm


7:30 am – 8:30 amContinental Breakfast with Guest Speaker — Chief Financial Markets Economist John Lonski, Moody’s Analytics

Sponsored by Moody’s

7:30 am – 8:30 amSpouse/Guest Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:30 pmOpen Forum

10:30 am – 10:45 amRefreshment Break

12:30 pm – 2:15 pmLunch and Keynote SpeakerDouglas Peterson, President & Chief Executive Officer, McGraw Hill Financial

Sponsored by Standard & Poor’s

2:15 pm – 2:30 pmBreak

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSession 1: China: A Changing Treasury Landscape

3:45 pm – 5:00 pmSession 2: Retirement Plans

2014 National Conference AgendaMay 28 – 30, 2014 | The Princeton Club

6:30 pm – 7:30 pmReception at the Princeton ClubPlease note change in venue

7:30 pm – 10:00 pmDinner and Dessert at the Princeton Club with guest speaker Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Sponsored by FM Global

Please note change in venue

10:30 pm – 11:30 pmHospitality Suite Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel

Friday, May 307:45 am – 12:30 pm


7:45 am – 8:45 amContinental Breakfast with Guest Speaker Ioana Barza, Director of Analysis, Thomson Reuters LPC

Sponsored by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities

7:45 am – 8:40 amSpouse/Guest Breakfast

8:45 am – 10:15 amSession 3: Banks and Capital Markets

10:15 am – 10:30 amRefreshment Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pmSession 4: Operating in the New Regulatory

Environment

12:00 pm – 12:30 pmNACT Announcements and Annual Business Meeting

12:30 pmConference Adjourns


Hotel InformationRenaissance New York Times Square Hotel714 Seventh Avenue at West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036

Phone: 212.765.7676Reservations: 1.800.468.3571

Room ReservationsNACT has negotiated a special group rate of $339 for standard rooms at the Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel. All room reservations must be made directly with the hotel. Reservations agents are available by phone at 1.800.468.3571 or 212.765.7676. Be sure to indicate that you are attending the NACT National Treasurers Conference when booking your room.

Rooms are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your room as early as possible to take advantage of the special NACT group rate. The cut-off date to receive the NACT group rate is May 6, 2014.

Conference Location The Princeton Club15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036


Registration is open to members, spouses/guests and non-member treasurers. Please print or type the information requested. Your badge name and company should appear as you want them to appear on your badge. Payment in full must accompany this registration form. Cancellations must be made in writing. Written notice of cancellations received at NACT headquarters by April 30, 2014 are entitled to a full refund, less a $250.00 service charge. Registration cancellations received on or after April 30, 2014 are nonrefundable.

Please return this form along with payment to: National Association of Corporate Treasurers, 12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130, Reston, VA 20190. Registrations can be faxed to 703.435.4390, or submitted online. If you are paying by credit card and fax your registration, please do not also mail the form — this may result in double payment.

NACT 2014 National ConferenceREGISTRATION FORM

PRINCETON CLUB | NEW YORK, NEW YORK | MAY 28 – 30, 2014

Name Badge Name

Title

Company

Address

City State Zip

Phone Fax

Spouse/Guest

Name on card

Card No. Expiration Date

Signature

Payment Check enclosed for $___________

Charge my registration for $___________

VISA MasterCard AMEX

EventsFor planning purposes, please identify the events you are likely to attend and how many individuals will be attending.

Opening Reception (May 28) Yes/#_________ No

Reception and Dinner at the NASDAQ Marketsite (May 29) Yes/#_________ No

Registration Fees• Member Registration (includes all meeting sessions, materials and social functions) $1,450

• Complete Spouse/Guest Registration Package $395 (includes all conference social functions and special tour)

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Conference Registration:Three easy ways to register:

1. Online through the NACT’s website at www.nact.org

2. Fax registration form to: 703.435.4390

3. Mail registration form to National Association of Corporate Treasurers, 12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130, Reston, VA 20190

Registration Fee: $1,450.00 for NACT Members

New Members to the NACT — Receive Your First Year of Membership FreeIf you are not a member of the NACT, register for the 2014 National Conference at the member rate of $1,450 and receive a one-year membership in the NACT, effective July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015.

Registration Fees Include: All events on the agenda (breakfasts, lunch, dinner, receptions and refreshment breaks) and all conference materials. Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations.

Spouse/Guest Registration: Complete Spouse/Guest Package Fee: $395.00, includes breakfasts and both evening events.

Conference Attire: Dress for the entire meeting, including the social functions, is business casual.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Written notice of cancellations received at NACT headquarters by April 30, 2014 are entitled to a full refund, less a $250.00 service charge. Registration cancellations received after April 30, 2014 are nonrefundable.

Special Accommodations: NACT will do everything possible to ensure every attendee receives the full value of participating in the National Treasurers Conference. If you or your guest have any physical needs, dietary needs, or require other special accommodations in order to participate, please specify on the registration form. You may also call the NACT headquarters at 703.437.4377 or email [email protected].

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