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Mike Bochert Joins Cherry Tree's Investment Banking Group as Managing Director

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 1, 2004 – Cherry Tree Securities, a private investment bank specializing in providing M&A advisory and private placement services to entrepreneurially managed companies, today announced that Mike Bochert has joined the firm's Minneapolis office as a Managing Director. Bochert brings three decades of investment banking experience to Cherry Tree and will be involved in valuations, fairness opinions, M&A and capital markets transactions.

"Mike's deep knowledge of the capital markets and extensive transaction experience covering public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, and company valuations will help us continue to deliver world-class investment banking services to our growing base of entrepreneurially managed client companies", said Gordon Stofer co-founder and Managing Partner of Cherry Tree. "Mike is a tremendous asset to our investment banking team and we are excited to welcome him to the Cherry Tree family."

Previously, Bochert managed the corporate finance departments of Piper Jaffray and Dain Bosworth, both in Minneapolis and was an investment banker with Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin, in New York. Mr. Bochert received his BA and MBA from the University of Minnesota and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

About Cherry Tree
Cherry Tree is a private Investment Banking and Investment Management firm, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota that specializes in serving entrepreneurially-managed companies. Founded in 1980, the firm has provided services to over 200 companies in a wide variety of industries. It has formed and managed six private equity funds, and has participated in over 250 private equity financings, over 50 M&A transactions and 25 public equity offerings.