RICHMOND, VA – February 26, 2009 – Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has joined the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) as a National Partner. According to Tom Kelso, a Managing Director & Principal at Matrix and head of the firm’s Energy and Multi-Site Retail Team, “Joining PMAA reflects our continuing support of petroleum marketing and convenience store organizations throughout the United States. We are particularly excited about the opportunity to partner with PMAA and the great work they are doing to advance the issues critical to petroleum marketers.”

Matrix’s Energy and Multi-Site Retail Group is recognized as the national leader in providing transactional advisory services to companies in the energy and multi-site retail sectors. Team members are dedicated to these sectors and draw upon complementary experiences to provide advisory services to complete sophisticated merger and acquisition transactions, private debt and equity raises, corporate restructurings, and corporate valuation and long term planning engagements.

About Matrix Capital Markets Group
Matrix Capital Markets Group is a leading middle market investment bank headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Since 1988, Matrix has focused on providing merger & acquisition and financial advisory services for corporate and privately-held companies, including sales and divestitures, Staged Liquidity Transactions®, management buyouts, and debt & equity placements.