Acknowledgements.

TEI gratefully acknowledges the support of the following firms that sponsored TEIs 65th Midyear Conference. Their financial support enables TEI to maintain a rich program of value-added education, networking, and advocacy activities for the in-house tax community.

TEI'S EXCLUSIVE AFFINITY PARTNER

Thomson Reuters

PLATINUM

ADP

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC

Andersen Tax

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Bloomberg BNA

Corptax Inc.

Deloitte Tax LLP

DLA Piper US LLP

Ernst & Young LLP

Grant Thornton LLP

KPMG LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Vertex Inc.

GOLD

Crowe Horwath LLP

DuCharme, McMillen & Associates Inc.

Fenwick & West LLP

First Names Group

Ivins, Phillips & Barker

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Longview Solutions

McGladrey LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SILVER

Baker Hostetler LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

Experis Finance

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Step Up for Students

BRONZE

Alston & Bird LLP

American University's Kogod School of Business

Gold, and Pepper Hamilton LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Miller & Chevalier

Osier, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Thompson & Knight LLP

I wanted to offer a short preview of our 2015 regional conference activities:

* Region I: Canadian Tax Conference, May 5-7, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada. For further information, please contact Paul Magrath at paut.magrath@astrazeneca.com.

* Region II: Tax Forum, June 15-16, The Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey. For further information, please contact Linda Klang at linda.klang@lehmanholdings.com.

* Region III: Tax Conference, June 22-23, Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Mashantucket...