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The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah will honor three outstanding alumni with the Distinguished Alumni award.    The award is given to alumni who have made significant achievements in business and for their involvement at the School.  The awards will be presented at the Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 5 at the Huntsman Center.

The three who will be honored are: Mary Kay Griffin, director, CBIZ Accounting, Tax and Advisory of Utah, LLC, and shareholder, Mayer Hoffman and McCann P.C for her successes in accounting, and her service to the School’s National Advisory Board and the School of Accounting and Information Systems Advisory Board; John A. Scowcroft, Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors for Wasatch Advisors, for his business successes and involvement with the School’s National Advisory Board and the department of finance’s Advisory Board; Devin Thorpe, Managing Director of Thorpe Capital Group, LLC, a leading regional investment bank, for his service as Chair of the University of Utah Business Alumni Association and business successes.

Jack Brittain, Dean of the David Eccles School of Business, said this award sets an example for current and graduating students.  “The Distinguished Alumni awards honor individuals whose achievements and contributions are invaluable,” he said.  “These people serve as role models for the current generation of students.”

Omniture posted the following press release today:

OREM, Utah – April 4, 2006 – Omniture, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The offered shares will be sold by Omniture and certain stockholders of the company.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated will act as the sole book-running manager for the offering and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will act as co-lead manager. In addition, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. will act as co-managers of the offering. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. When available, prospectuses may be obtained from Morgan Stanley’s prospectus department at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-8200, by telephone at (212) 761-6775 or by emailing prospectus@morganstanley.com.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would