Seyfarth Shaw to Co-Host REIT Director Roundtable

NEW YORK (July 7, 2011) — Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP will co-host a REIT Director Roundtable with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)/Directorship on Wednesday, July 13 from 12:00 pm-2:30 pm EST at the firm's New York office. The highly interactive group discussion will be moderated by Seyfarth Shaw's New York office Co-Managing Partner, chair of the Tax group and member of the firm's Corporate Department, John Napoli.

Topics will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Say on Pay: The Latest Proxy/Annual Meeting Learnings and the View from the Proxy Advisory Service
• SEC, NYSE and NASDAQ Dodd-Frank Rulemaking
• Compensation Trends for REIT Directors and REIT Management

Other REIT Boardroom Issues Discussion leaders will include the following:

• Joseph Harvey, President & Chief Investment Officer, Cohen & Steers
• Robert McCormick, Chief Policy Officer, Glass Lewis & Company
• Blake Hornick, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Edward Knight, EVP and General Counsel, NASDAQ OMX Group
• Christian Plath, Vice President, Corporate Governance Analyst, Moody's
• Jack Zwingli, CEO, GovernanceMetrics International
• Anthony Saitta, Managing Director, FTI (Real Estate Advisory Services practice)
• John Gottfried, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Brendan Sheehan, Editorial Director, NACD Directorship

For more information, contact Keith Pew at 202-572-2096, kpew@NADConline.org. The event will be limited to 30 directors.