EMPLOYEE BENEFITS MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AGENDA

8:00     Networking Continental Breakfast

8:30     Introduction

             T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

8:35     Qualified Plan Problems After the Transaction

             T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

9:25     Qualified Plans and Corporate Transactions: A Case Study

             Moderator: Taina Edlund, Deloitte Tax LLP, Washington, DC

             T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

             Susan Katz Hoffman, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA

9:55     Morning Break

10:10   Compensating and Protecting the Executive

              Marc R. Trevino, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY

10:40   Executive Compensation: 409A Issues

              Pamela Baker, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, IL

              Max J. Schwartz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY 

11:10  Executive Compensation: A Case Study

              Moderator:  Pamela Baker, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP,     

              Chicago, IL

              Max J. Schwartz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY

              Marc R. Trevino, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY

11:35  Retiree Medical and HIPAA Issues

             Greta E. Cowart, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX

12:00  Questions and Answers

12:10   Lunch [On Your Own]

1:15    Structuring the Benefit Plans of a Joint Venture: Qualified  

           Plans and Executive Compensation in the LLC Context

             Peter J. Hunt, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY

2:05    Walking Through the Maze of a Joint Venture: A Panel Discussion

             Moderator: Thomas A. Jorgensen, Calfee, Halter & Griswold 

             LLP, Cleveland, OH

             Peter J. Hunt, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY

             James P. Klein, Deloitte Tax LLP, New York, NY

             Alan Tawshunsky, Assistant Chief Counsel for Employee Benefits,

              Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

2:30     Afternoon Break

2:40     COBRA and Other Welfare Plan Issues

              Diane J. Fuchs, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Dallas, TX

3:05     Representations, Warranties and Covenants - Protecting Buyers

            and Sellers

              John L. Utz, Utz, Miller & Kuhn LLC, Overland Park, KS

3:35     Negotiating the Acquisition Agreement:  A Panel Discussion

              Moderator: Susan Katz Hoffman, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA

              T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

              Priscilla E. Ryan, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL

              John L. Utz, Utz, Miller & Kuhn LLC, Overland Park, KS

4:05     Roundtable of Experienced Practitioners on Mergers and

            Acquisitions Issues

              Moderators: Thomas A. Jorgensen, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP,

   Cleveland, OH 

              and T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

              Pamela Baker, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, IL

              Greta E. Cowart, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX

              Diane J. Fuchs, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC,

              Washington, DC             

              James P. Klein, Deloitte Tax LLP, New York, NY

              James R. Raborn, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX

              Priscilla E. Ryan, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL

              Max J. Schwartz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY

              John L. Utz, Utz, Miller & Kuhn LLC, Overland Park, KS

4:55     Questions and Answers

5:00     Adjourn