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September 4, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Steven R. Mills Joins DCA Partners. Investment Banking Firm Continues Local Expansion

Sacramento, CA., September 4, 2002 — DCA Partners, the Sacramento area’s premier provider of comprehensive business development, financing, and mergers & acquisitions advisory services, is pleased to announce that Steven R. Mills has joined the Firm as a Partner.

Mills brings more than 25 years of executive financial management experience—both as a CFO of rapidly growing businesses, and as a Partner and Manager with top accounting firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche. At DCA Partners, Mills will be responsible for working with the Firm’s clients to assist them with strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and company sales that are customized to achieve each client’s growth and profitability objectives.

“Steve joins DCA Partners at an exciting time in our corporate history as we solidify our position as this area’s leader in business development and merger and acquisition advisory services,” said Curtis Rocca, Managing Partner. “Steve’s breadth of knowledge and expertise—gained from years of working for two of the Big 4 accounting firms, combined with his recent success as a CFO—will help DCA Partners leverage its presence in the marketplace and assist its clients in meeting their goals and objectives.”

“For over a year, we have not been able to accept new clients because we did not have sufficient resources to effectively manage additional engagements,” continued Rocca. “With Steve on Board, we are once again accepting new clients, and I have every confidence that Steve’s professionalism and expertise will play a significant role in expanding DCA Partners’ reputation for professionalism and delivering positive results for our clients.”

Mills started his professional career in 1978 at Deloitte & Touche, where he spent six years prior to joining Ernst & Young in 1984. Mills was a Partner at Ernst & Young in the San Jose and Sacramento offices, where he specialized in consulting with technology and other companies regarding all facets of their financial and tax affairs. After Mills left Ernst & Young, he became the CFO at AnyTime Access and Responsys, Inc., both venture capital funded companies in the financial services and on–line marketing industries. Over the course of his career, Mills has been involved in numerous M&A and public offering transactions in the following industries:

Semiconductor Industry (e.g. Xilinx; Novellus; Linear Technology, Credence Systems)
Software Industry (e.g. Frame Technology acquired by Adobe; Inference Systems)
Medical Devices Industry (e.g. Chemtrak; KeraVision; Integrated Surgical Systems, Endosonics; DKD acquired by Medtronics)
Services Industry (e.g. AnyTime Access acquired by Digital Insight; Responsys; Access Health acquired by McKesson; Emcon Associates; Boomtown Casinos acquired by Hollywood Park; Sterling Pacific Assets)
Manufacturing Industry (e.g. Giro Sport Design acquired by Bell Helmets; Calgene acquired by Monsanto; Specialized Bicycle Components; Ames Manufacturing)

Mills holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor of Law, both from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Mills has been admitted to the bar in Nebraska and is a Certified Public Accountant in both California and Nebraska. He is also a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

About DCA Partners
DCA Partners provides comprehensive and turnkey business development and mergers and acquisition services to an exclusive group of small public companies and select private companies. The Firm was founded by Curtis M. Rocca, former CEO of a successful NASDAQ National Market company that used acquisitions as a key component of its growth strategy. DCA’s Partners have assisted companies in completing more than 60 corporate transactions over the past 15 years. Unlike many business advisory and consulting firms, DCA Partners limits its client base to that number which can personally be served by Partners of the Firm, rather than relegating the assignment to lower–level associates. Clients receive a comprehensive and personalized suite of business development services customized to achieve their specific growth and profitability objectives. For more information, visit www.dcapartners.com or e–mail contact@dcapartners.com.