JMP JMP Group LLC

JMP Group Inc. (NYSE:JMP), an investment banking and alternative asset management firm, announced today that its broker-dealer subsidiary, JMP Securities, will host The Eighth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference from May 18 through May 20, 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco.

Over the course of the three-day event, senior executives from nearly 240 primarily small- and mid-cap public companies, as well as leading private companies, will present to an audience of institutional investors and financial sponsors. The conference will feature companies representing the six growth industries that comprise JMP Securities� equity research universe: technology, healthcare, financial services, real estate, business services and consumer.

Companies scheduled to present (as of 5/13/09; subject to change):

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Actuate Corporation

ADA-ES, Inc.

Advent Software, Inc.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation

Allos Therapeutics, Inc.

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

America�s Car-Mart, Inc.

American Capital Agency Corp.

American Dairy, Inc.

AmeriCredit Corp.

AngioDynamics, Inc.

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation

Apartment Investment and Management Company

Apieron, Inc.

Ares Capital Corporation

Ariba, Inc.

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

athenahealth, Inc.

AuthenTec, Inc.

Bankrate, Inc.

Beam Networks

Better Place

BGC Partners, Inc.

BigFix, Inc.

BMP Sunstone Corporation

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Calgon Carbon Corporation

California Micro Devices Corporation

Capital Senior Living Corporation

CapitalSource Bank (CapitalSource Inc.)

Capstead Mortgage Corporation

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Cash America International, Inc.

Cavium Networks, Inc.

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.

Celera Corporation

Celgene Corporation

Cephalon, Inc.

Cepheid

Chimera Investment Corporation

China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.

China Architectural Engineering, Inc.

China Bio Energy Holding Group Co., Ltd.

China Housing & Land Development, Inc.

China Information Security Technology, Inc.

China XD Plastics Company Limited

ChinaCast Education Corporation

Chordiant Software, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Clinical Data, Inc.

Coastal Contacts Inc.

Comverge, Inc.

Convio, Inc.

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

CoStar Group, Inc.

CyberSource Corporation

Cytokinetics, Incorporated

D.R. Horton, Inc.

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.

DemandTec, Inc.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

Didit.com, LLC

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Digital River, Inc.

Diodes Incorporated

DiscoverReady LLC

Dollar Financial Corp.

Double-Take Software, Inc.

drugstore.com, inc.

Dynex Capital, Inc.

Echelon Corporation

eHealth, Inc.

Eloqua Corporation

eLoyalty Corporation

Ener1, Inc.

EnerNOC, Inc.

Entech Solar, Inc.

Entropic Communications, Inc.

EPIQ Systems, Inc.

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

Exelixis, Inc.

EZCORP, Inc.

Facet Biotech Corporation

FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated

Financial Federal Corporation

First Cash Financial Services, Inc.

FTI Consulting, Inc.

Fuqi International, Inc.

GATX Corporation

Gaylord Entertainment Company

Genesis HealthCare Corporation

Genomic Health, Inc.

Geo Semiconductor Inc.

Given Imaging Ltd.

Glam Media, Inc.

GoGrid (ServePath LLC)

Gomez, Inc.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

GreenHunter Energy, Inc.

Grubb & Ellis Company

GSI Commerce, Inc.

Hansen Medical, Inc.

Hatteras Financial Corp.

HeartWare International, Inc.

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

Huron Consulting Group Inc.

i2 Technologies, Inc.

iCrossing

IGG Inc.

Immersion Corporation

Informatica Corporation

Innovation Interactive LLC

Insulet Corporation

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation

Intellon Corporation

Internet Capital Group, Inc.

Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

INX Inc.

Ixia

JDA Software Group, Inc.

JMP Group Inc.

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated

Juhl Wind, Inc.

KACE Networks, Inc.

KB Home

KBW, Inc.

Kohlberg Capital Corp.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

Lime Energy Co.

LoopNet Inc.

Lumension Security, Inc.

Marketo, Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Mellanox Technologies

Meritage Homes Corporation

Metastorm Inc.

MFA Financial, Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Microsemi Corporation

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.

Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

Morgans Hotel Group Co.

MoSys, Inc.

Move, Inc.

MSCI Inc.

MVC Capital, Inc.

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Netezza Corporation

NETGEAR, Inc.

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.

NetSuite Inc.

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

Nimsoft Inc.

Ocwen Financial Corporation

Omneon, Inc.

Omniture, Inc.

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.

Outspark

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Pegasystems Inc.

Penson Worldwide, Inc.

Pharmaxis Ltd

PharMerica Corporation

PHH Corporation

Points International Ltd.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.

Potlatch Corporation

PowerSecure International, Inc.

QLogic Corporation

Quality Systems, Inc.

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.

Raser Technologies, Inc.

RealPage, Inc.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation

Redwood Trust, Inc.

Return Path, Inc.

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

RightNow Technologies, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc.

RingCentral, Inc.

RiskMetrics Group, Inc.

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.

SearchMedia International Ltd.

ServiceSource Corporation

ShoreTel, Inc.

Shutterfly, Inc.

Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Silverado Senior Living, Inc.

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sport Supply Group, Inc.

STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.

Stereotaxis, Inc.

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

SuccessFactors, Inc.

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc.

SVB Financial Group

SXC Health Solutions Corp.

Sybase, Inc.

Tensilica Inc.

Teradata Corporation

The Ensign Group, Inc.

The First American Corporation

The Ryland Group, Inc.

ThermoEnergy Corporation

Thoratec Corporation

Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Tripwire, Inc.

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

Ultralife Corporation

Universal Hospital Services, Inc.

UQM Technologies, Inc.

ValueClick, Inc.

Visualase, Inc.

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

Volcano Corporation

Volterra Semiconductor Corp.

Walter Investment Management Corporation

Webroot Software, Inc.

Websense, Inc.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation

Zions Bancorporation

ZipRealty, Inc.

About JMP Group

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm that provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients and alternative asset management products to institutional and high-net-worth investors. JMP Group operates through three subsidiaries, JMP Securities, JMP Capital and Harvest Capital Strategies. For more information, visit www.jmpg.com.