Cain Brothers - Press Release

Cain Brothers Adds Veteran Investment Banker Wyatt Ritchie to Corporate Finance Group

New York – April 5, 2010

Cain Brothers & Company, the health care investment banking firm, has announced the hiring of Wyatt R. Ritchie as a Managing Director in its Corporate Finance Group.

Mr. Ritchie joins Cain Brothers in the firm’s San Francisco office where he will focus on working with companies in the health care services industry and with private equity firms. Mr. Ritchie was most recently Head of Healthcare Services Investment Banking at Jefferies & Company. Before that he was with CIBC World Markets and Bank of America in their health care investment banking groups. Mr. Ritchie has over 20 years experience working with health care clients and private equity firms on a wide variety of transactions, including mergers & acquisitions and raising debt and equity capital. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College and earned an MBA at the University of Chicago.

Rob Fraiman, CEO of Cain Brothers said, “Wyatt is a great addition to our firm. His exceptional professionalism and experience will help us strengthen our capabilities and grow and better serve our clients in the health care services industry. Wyatt has a tremendous reputation for focusing on clients and is known for his creative solutions to his clients’ complex strategic financial needs. ”

Mr. Ritchie said, “I am delighted to join Cain Brothers and its Corporate Finance Group. For a long time, I have admired the firm’s entrepreneurial spirit and focus on serving its for-profit and not-for-profit clients. There are many changes occurring in the health care services industry today in the wake of health care reform and in the capital markets, and I look forward to putting my talents and energy to work in assisting the firm’s clients to meet the many challenges they face.”

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Cain Brothers is a leading investment banking firm that focuses exclusively on the health care industry. The firm’s clients include investor-owned and tax-exempt providers, payors, health care information technology and medical technology companies and financial sponsors. The firm has one of the largest teams of experienced bankers and capital markets professionals on Wall Street dedicated to the health care industry. Operating out of nine offices across the country, Cain Brothers creates custom-tailored, market-based capital raising, M&A, real estate, and strategic and financial advisory solutions for its clients.

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Contacts:

Wyatt Ritchie
415-962-2935
writchie@cainbrothers.com

Robert J. Fraiman
212-981-6947
rfraiman@cainbrothers.com