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Monday, December 10, 2007
Nicholas Investment Partners Launched
Nicholas-Applegate founder opens institutional investment firm

(DEL MAR, CA December 10, 2007) Veteran institutional investors Art Nicholas and Catherine Nicholas announced today the establishment of Nicholas Investment Partners, L.P. The newly named investment management firm already manages approximately $265million including funds from accounts related to the adviser.

The independent, employee-owned firm is led by an experienced team with professional ties extending almost 20 years when they were colleagues at Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management. These include Art Nicholas, founding partner and former Chairman of Nicholas-Applegate; Catherine Nicholas, former partner and Global CIO; John Wylie, former partner and CIO of the Investors Services Group; Jamie Atwell, former partner and Head of Global Trading; Greg Gleeson, former Director of Finance and Laura DeMarco, former partner of Client Service and Marketing. They are joined by talented research analysts and quantitative experts.

The eight-member investment team is led by Catherine Nicholas, Chief Investment Officer. The portfolio managers share the same investment philosophy and passion for institutional investing. True to their heritage in identifying and capturing positive change, Nicholas Investment Partners offers micro cap, small cap and mid cap equity strategies in addition to long/short equity hedge and convertible arbitrage. A new client funded a $35 million account at the beginning of December.

According to CIO Catherine Nicholas, “Our active equity and alternative strategies combine the insights of traditional fundamental research and a well developed research network with the discipline and rigor of quantitative analytics. This is the optimal combination to capture opportunity for our clients’ portfolios, especially in inefficient, less liquid markets.”

Managing Partner Art Nicholas said that Nicholas Investment Partners is committed to adding value for clients by “staying true to our proven investment philosophy and process, restricting assets in limited capacity products and upholding the highest fiduciary standards.”

Further information on the firm is found on their website, www.nicpartners.com.