ATLANTA (July 1, 2009) – R. William “Bill” Ide, partner in the Atlanta office of McKenna Long & Aldridge, has joined the advisory board of Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment firm.

Mr. Ide’s practice focuses on representing boards of directors, audit committees and management with special investigations, ethics and corporate governance.

Mr. Ide currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) where he serves on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of AFC Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFCE) where he chairs the Governance Committee and serves on the Audit Committee. 

He is also chair of the Advisory Board to the Conference Board’s Governance Center, a senior fellow and co-founder of Emory University’s Directors Institute and he serves on the Audit and Governance Committees of the Clark Atlanta University Board of Trustees and on the Audit Committee of the EastWest Institute.

Mr. Ide formerly served as senior vice president and General Counsel of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), as Counsel to the United States Olympic Committee and as President of the American Bar Association. Mr. Ide received his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Washington and Lee University, J.D. degree from the University of Virginia and M.B.A. degree from Georgia State University. He has lectured extensively and published numerous articles on corporate governance. He was admitted to the Bar in both Georgia and the District of Columbia.

ATLANTA (June 10, 2009) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested $4,000,000 of subordinated mezzanine financing to support the buyout of Automatic Power, Inc. and the assets of AB Pharos Marine, Ltd. by Toxaway Capital Partners.

Automatic Power, Inc. is based in Houston, and AB Pharos Marine, Ltd. is based in the UK. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services marine navigational lighting and signaling with a worldwide installation base. The company’s products are installed in ports, harbors, lighthouses, offshore oil rigs, bridges, towers, buoys, and other structures where aircraft or marine navigation is a concern. In addition to Houston and the UK, the two companies have offices in Louisiana, California, Virginia and Singapore. For more information visit: www.automaticpower.com or www.pharosmarine.com.

ATLANTA (May 29, 2009) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested $3,000,000 of subordinated mezzanine financing in Telematch, Inc. to support its acquisition of Phoenix Data Processing and Farm Market ID from their parent Multi Ag Media, LLC. Telematch is majority owned by Brook Venture Partners.

Telematch, based in Springfield, Va., is a leading information services provider offering a comprehensive range of marketing intelligence and digitally driven marketing solutions, utilizing high quality data sources. Phoenix Data Processing, based in Westmont, Ill., provides data processing, analytics, and database services to the direct marketing field. Farm Market ID provides comprehensive crop and production data to agricultural industry. For more information on Telematch visit:www.telematch.com.

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. Nancy Creek makes $1 million to $5 million investments of subordinated debt and equity in lower middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC. For more information, visit:www.nancycreekcapital.com.

About Brook Venture Partners 
Brook Venture Partners provides expansion stage capital through Brook Venture Fund I, Brook Venture Fund II and other co-investment funds to Information Technology and Medical Technology companies located in the Northeastern United States. The firm focuses on initial investments typically under $5 million and specializes in both financing and providing the strategic and planning support necessary to rapidly scale and accelerate sales and marketing activities. Brook is headquartered outside Boston in Wakefield, Mass. For more information, visit:www.brookventure.com.

ATLANTA (February 4, 2009) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested $1,000,000 of subordinated mezzanine financing in Tech Rentals, LLC to facilitate its acquisition of a rental and staging company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional operations in Memphis and Huntsville, Alabama.

Stan Milner, founder and CEO of Tech Rentals, along with partner KT Capital, LP, and with financing by Tech Rentals’ senior lender, Atlantic Capital, acquired the Nashville-based operation in furthering their plan of expansion. Additional acquisitions are anticipated.

Tech Rentals, LLC, headquartered in Atlanta and founded in 1986, is a leading national provider of audio visual rental and staging services for hotels, convention centers, meeting and event facilities, production companies, tradeshows, associations and corporations across the country. The company offers complete audio visual staging as well as in-house hotel and convention center audio visual services. For more information on Tech Rentals visit: www.techrentals.com.

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. Nancy Creek makes $1 million to $5 million investments of subordinated debt and equity in lower middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC. For more information, visit:www.nancycreekcapital.com.

About KT Capital Partners 
KT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm which invests capital in established companies in growing markets. The firm assists in the growth and maturation of such companies for them to become larger, more profitable businesses as long term investors. For more information, visit: www.ktcapital.net

ATLANTA (October 15, 2008) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, has added two new members to its investment team.

O. Scott Barfield has joined the company as a director, bringing extensive experience in origination and execution of middle-market transactions. Owen M. Basham has joined as an analyst.

Prior to joining Nancy Creek Capital, Mr. Barfield held various positions within Wachovia Securities from 1997 until 2008. From 1997 until 2003, he worked within various transaction execution groups, including M&A, debt capital markets, and private equity and mezzanine placement. From 2003 to 2008, he was the Investment Banking origination officer for the Southeast, responsible for Florida, Georgia and Alabama. During this time he closed eight to 12 transactions per year ranging in size from $30 million to $500 million. 

Prior to joining Wachovia Securities, Mr. Barfield was a Manager in Ernst & Young’s National Corporate Finance Group and focused on executing middle-market M&A assignments. Before that Mr. Barfield spent two years in Ernst and Young’s National Tax Practice Group developing business and tax planning and compliance strategies for corporations and shareholders.

Mr. Barfield holds a Masters in Accounting and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Basham worked previously as a summer analyst in the Sales and Trading division of Barclays Capital. He also held internships at a regional real estate development company and at an internet based start-up.

Mr. Basham holds a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s $40 million mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. The Nancy Creek Capital investment fund is a provider of subordinated debt and equity for small to middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. For more information, visit www.nancycreekcapital.com.

ATLANTA (January 21, 2008) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, has invested $1,460,658 of subordinated debt in the development of Liberty Distribution Center. Senior financing was provided by Regions Bank.

Liberty Distribution Center will be a 237,650 sq. ft. warehouse distribution facility located in Liberty Industrial Park in Henry County, Georgia. The project is being constructed on a speculative basis to meet the needs of 100,000 to 237,650 sq. ft. users in a dynamic distribution and light industrial market that is dominated by larger, 500,000+ sq. ft. facilities.

“Henry County has become a much sought-after location for companies seeking proximity to the ports of Savannah, Charleston, Brunswick and Jacksonville as well as access to the metro Atlanta market and much of the rest of the Southeast and Florida that is within a day’s drive,” said Nancy Creek Capital principal, Barry Branch.

The developer of the project is Fleetwood Partners, LLC, founded by industry veteran Klay W. Simpson. The project is being constructed by the Conlan Company and is being marketed by Colliers Spectrum Cauble. It will be available for occupancy in the Summer of 2008. For more information, visit www.fleetwoodpartners.com

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. Nancy Creek makes $1 million to $5 million investments of subordinated debt and equity in smaller middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC. For more information, visitwww.nancycreekcapital.com.

ATLANTA (November 30, 2007) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested subordinated debt and equity to support ownership succession at Southwest Signal Engineering Co., headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Exact terms of the transaction were not made public.

Southwest is the leading provider of signal and communications engineering services to the railroad industry in North America. Clients include CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and Florida East Coast Railway among others. The company has over 230 employees located in 9 offices throughout the country. For more information on Southwest, visit: www.swsignal.com.

Nancy Creek Capital provided a flexible financing structure to facilitate the transition of ownership from founder James Mayer to new owner Kash Krishnarao, a member of the management team at Southwest. Mayer has assumed the role of Chairman while Kash will be President and CEO. Wachovia Bank provided the senior financing for the transaction.    

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. Nancy Creek makes $1 million to $5 million investments of subordinated debt and equity in smaller middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC. For more information, visit www.nancycreekcapital.com.

ATLANTA (October 15, 2007) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested $3,965,500 of subordinated debt in the development of Brookhaven at Johns Creek. 

Brookhaven at Johns Creek will be a 191-unit, age-restricted active adult community in the municipality of Johns Creek in North Fulton County. The development will feature all-brick construction 2& 3 bedroom attached & detached single family units in a gated, maintenance-free community with amenities such as a clubhouse with exercise facilities and a pool, walking trails and tennis courts.  The project is a development of Atlanta-based Jim Chapman Communities, Inc.

Units will be priced from $290,000 to the high $300,000s and are currently being offered for pre-sale. The first phase will be available for occupancy in the Spring of 2008.

Jim Chapman Communities is an established developer of age-restricted active adult communities in the Atlanta area. The company focuses on developing communities with high-quality units and significant amenities in sought-after locations. This will be the company’s fifth development. For more information, visitwww.jimchapmancommunities.com.

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing. Nancy Creek makes $1 million to $5 million investments of subordinated debt and equity in smaller middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC. For more information, visitwww.nancycreekcapital.com.

ATLANTA, May 23, 2007 – (SPC: NYSE) – Spectrum Brands, Inc. today announced that Kent Hussey has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company.  David Jones will step down as CEO but will continue to serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors until the end of fiscal year 2007 to assist in the management transition.  Jones, 57, has served as CEO and Chairman since September 1996. Hussey, 61, most recently Vice Chairman and director, has previously served in the positions of President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer. 

Thomas Shepherd, Lead Director, said, “Dave Jones has played a vital role in transforming Rayovac from a $400 million domestic consumer battery company to the $2.5 billion diversified global consumer products company that Spectrum Brands is today. The Board respects Dave’s decision to step down and appreciates his willingness to stay on through the transition period. We wish him success in his future endeavors.”

“I am extremely proud of all that Spectrum Brands has accomplished and, after managing the Company through recent challenging times, am comfortable leaving knowing that Spectrum Brands is well positioned for future growth and profitability,” said Jones. “Kent is the ideal successor to lead Spectrum in the next phase of its evolution. He has worked alongside me in the management of the Company for more than 10 years and has been instrumental in guiding Spectrum’s strategic, financial and operational initiatives as well as its M&A strategy. I am confident that Kent, and the rest of our executive team, will continue to execute on strategy and leverage Spectrum’s portfolio of strong brands and global platform to build value for shareholders.” 

“The many initiatives implemented over the past 18 months to revitalize our sales and improve profitability are beginning to show in our ongoing financial results; our recently announced second quarter performance gives me confidence we have turned the corner,” said Hussey. “The corporate restructuring announced in January is on track and our second quarter results demonstrate that our business units are performing well under strong operational leadership teams.  I have a long term commitment to Spectrum and will be fully focused on executing our strategy of improving operational performance while pursuing asset sales to reduce our leverage and interest burden.” 

Hussey, who has over 37 years of management experience in the manufacturing and consumer products industries, has been a managing executive and director of Spectrum since 1996.  Since January 2007, he has served as Vice Chairman, responsible for spearheading the strategic direction of the Company and for corporate business development.  He joined the Company as Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer in October 1996, and served as President and Chief Operating Officer from April 1998 to January 2007. From 1994 to 1996, Hussey was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ECC International, a producer of industrial minerals and specialty chemicals. From 1991 to 1994, he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of The Regina Company. Previously he held financial management positions at The Conair Group, Astechnologies, Inc. and United Technologies Corporation. Hussey currently serves as a director of American Woodmark Corporation and various privately-held companies.

Forward Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this news release, with the exception of historical matters, may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date of this release.  Actual results may differ materially from these statements as a result of (1) changes in external competitive market factors, such as introduction of new product features or technological developments, development of new competitors or competitive brands or competitive promotional activity or spending, (2) changes in consumer demand for the various types of products Spectrum Brands offers, (3) changes in the general economic conditions where Spectrum Brands does business, such as interest rates, currency exchange rates, inflation, consumer spending and raw material costs, (4) the company’s ability to successfully implement manufacturing, distribution and other cost efficiencies, and various other factors, including those discussed herein and those set forth in Spectrum Brands’ securities filings, including the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

About Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Spectrum Brands is a global consumer products company and a leading supplier of batteries, portable lighting, lawn and garden products, household insect control, shaving and grooming products, personal care products and specialty pet supplies. Spectrum Brands' products are sold by the world's top 25 retailers and are available in more than one million stores in 120 countries around the world. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Spectrum Brands generated net sales of $2.5 billion in fiscal 2006 and has approximately 8,400 employees worldwide. The company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SPC.


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Nancy O’Donnell
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770-829-6208

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ATLANTA (May 1, 2007) – Nancy Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based mezzanine and equity investment fund, invested $3.5 million of subordinated debt and equity to support the growth of New River Cabinet and Fixture, Inc.

New River Cabinet & Fixture, Inc., based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., provides customized cabinetry and architectural millwork within the healthcare and commercial construction sectors. The company has a vertically-integrated model of in-house design, engineering, manufacturing, and installing its products for general contractors and end users in the growing Florida market. New River is led by President & CEO Joanne R. Triviz. For more information, visit www.newrivercabinet.com.

The senior lender in the transaction was Wachovia Bank.

About Nancy Creek Capital 
Nancy Creek Capital’s mezzanine and equity investment fund is a strategic partner to commercial banks in meeting bank customers’ needs for growth, recapitalization and acquisition capital and for real estate project financing.  The Nancy Creek Capital investment fund is a provider of subordinated debt and equity for small to middle market companies and real estate projects primarily in the Southeast region. The Fund is managed by The Branch-Shelton Company, LLC.  For more information, visitwww.nancycreekcapital.com.