City Capital Advisors registered broker-dealer

Chicago, Illinois – July 30, 2007; City Capital Advisors, LLC, a Chicago middle market investment bank formed in 2006, announced today the firm’s broker dealer application has been approved and registered by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

About FINRA

FINRA, formerly NASD, is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business as broker dealers in the United States dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. FINRA oversees nearly 5,100 brokerage firms, about 174,000 branch offices and more than 675,000 registered securities representatives. FINRA has approximately 3,000 employees and operates from Washington, D.C. and New York, NY with 15 District Offices around the country.

About City Capital

City Capital is a results-oriented investment and merchant banking advisory firm dedicated to delivering business owners optimal performance in capitalizing on the value of their companies. Client engagements are managed by experienced senior bankers who have built successful practices at renowned investment banks, but sought a highly focused environment from which to advise their clients in a highly responsive manner. Our capabilities include mergers and acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, private capital formation for growth/acquisition/ownership transition, and managing direct investments. Our long standing relationships with strategic buyers and financial investors with interests across a wide variety of industries enables City Capital to offer its clients unique and proprietary execution capabilities.