New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; and Silicon Valley, CA -- July 20, 2005. SageGroup Strategies announces that it has formed a major Liaison Group to interface with investment bankers regarding troubled and untroubled companies.

SGS is the USA's and world's largest Professional Troubled-Company Specialist firm, with over 600 professionals based in over 60 offices located in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Larry Lindsey, a SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group Co-Manager with over 35 years' experience as a troubled-company specialist, executive, venture capitalist, financier, and entrepreneur, including in over 300 troubled-company situations, said, "Virtually all SageGroup clients need additional capital at some point, not only in relation to strengthening weak or troubled companies, but also in helping to fuel these companies' further growth, development, and transitions into being larger, stronger, well-financed, and larger-management-team-run ongoing companies. SageGroup much respects and appreciates the strong capital-raising, advisory, strategic, and other professional capabilities and services of quality investment banking firms. And, accordingly, SageGroup welcomes opportunities to work with these firms in the best interests of its clients."

Mike Preston, JD/MBA, a SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group Co-Manager with many years of strong experience as an investment banker, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, executive, and turnaround specialist, stated, "Investment banking firms and SageGroup Strategies are involved in very complementary business activities. Accordingly, there are excellent potential mutually-attractive benefits from strategic alliances and other business relationships between the firms. SageGroup has had some quality relationships during the past, and now the SGS Liaison Group has been formed to proactively increase the number and favorable results from such relationships."

"JD" (Jerry) Gamble, another SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group member with over 25 years of investment banking experience, including having managed over 40 capital market national syndications that raised over $1 billion, plus much involvement in mergers and acquisitions strategy and negotiations, company analysis, and related areas, further stated, "The investment banking profession is a very important part of the business world, both nationally and internationally. Investment bankers are very important in raising capital, providing advice and counsel, and in other ways greatly helping both new and established companies. And, this also is very beneficial to the public and other parts of the economy. SageGroup welcomes the opportunity to work closely with investment bankers in complementary ways."

John Bierylo, another SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group member with many years of corporate finance, "Big-Four" CPA firm, and other senior-level business experience, added, "From the investment bankers' perspective, there are several potential benefits from having business relationships with SGS. One benefit is that SGS often sees business situations that can be referred to investment bankers for their financing and other professional services. A second benefit is that investment banking firms often encounter situations which need the professional troubled-company services that SGS can provide well -- and the investment banking firm can refer these to SGS before, during, or after the investment banking firm has become involved. And, there are other mutually-attractive aspects of the business relationship that can evolve over time. Accordingly, it is wise to begin quality business relationships and proactively have them evolve and grow over time in beneficial ways."

"The Liaison Group fits well within SageGroup's multi-dimensional organizational structure," added Jerry Vickers, another SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group Co-Manager with many years of financing and other business experience. "The Liaison Group supports, interacts with, and is supported by the SGS Industry Divisions, the SGS Geographical Divisions and Offices, the SGS Functional Divisions, the other SGS Liaison Groups, and other SGS entities. Some, but not all, of these entities are described in press releases posted in the SGS website's SGS General Press Releases section."

The SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group has at least one representative in every SGS Office worldwide. For maximum confidentiality, initial inquiries from investment banking firms can be directed to Larry Lindsey, a SGS Managing Director and a SGS Investment Bankers Liaison Group Co-Manager, at SGS's International Coordination Office, phone number (510) 865-2480.