Claude Camiré

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

Dundee Securities Corp. is a broker/dealer located in Toronto with additional offices in Montreal and Calgary. The firm is a subsidiary of Dundee Wealth Management, Inc. (TSE: DW). Dundee Securities is a full service investment dealer engaged in wealth management and financial advisory services, retail brokerage, institutional sales and trading, equity research and investment banking. The firm operates a sell-side institutional sales and trading floor. Dundee Securities is a member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and the CIPF.

Sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. is the Canadian affiliate of the sanofi-aventis Group, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. They are headquartered in Laval, Quebec, and employ 900 people across the country. Their Laval site is also home to a world-class manufacturing facility that produces medications for use by patients in Canada, the United States and other countries. As a leading healthcare partner they provide, and are developing, innovative medicines for treatments in several therapeutic areas: cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology, metabolic disorders, the central nervous system, and internal medicine. They also play a role by investing in activities that improve health and quality of life in their communities. The sanofi-aventis Group is also represented in Canada by Sanofi Pasteur Limited. Located in Toronto, the company is Canada's largest producer of vaccines and employs 1,200 people.

Shire Canada, Inc. develops and markets medicines. It focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), rare diseases, as well as gastrointestinal and renal diseases. The firm develops treatments for genetic disorders known as rare or orphan diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.

eResearch Corp. is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 and provides institutional-quality, equity research focused primarily on small- and mid-cap companies. Their focus is on identifying companies that have interesting prospects, sound management, and significant potential for share price appreciation. They also provide research reports on middle and larger-sized companies, through a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. eResearch complements their corporate research coverage with a diversified selection of informative, insightful, and thought-provoking research publications from a wide variety of investment professionals.