George P. Stasen

Provident New York Bancorp operated as a bank holding company. It offered a complete line of commercial, community business, retail banking, and investment management products and services. The company was founded in 1828 and was headquartered in Montebello, NY.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

CoreCare Systems, Inc. operates psychiatric treatment centers. It offers various services, including behavioral health services, leasing office space at the Kirkbride center to third parties, food services and clinical trial services for central nervous system disorders. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of Intellectual Capital Markets, Inc., Declaration Holdings, Inc. provides investment banking services. The company is based in Conshohocken, PA. Declaration Holdings was acquired by Intellectual Capital Markets, Inc. on December 05, 2001.

European Investment Bank is a long term lending bank representing the interest of the European Union members. It raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets and provides finance and expertise for investment projects towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion among members. Its services include lending, blending and advising. The Lending service offers loans, guarantees, microfinance as well as equity investment. The Blending service includes unlock financing from other sources and blended together to form full financing package. The Advising service covers administrative and project management assistance with facilities investment implementation. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Mentor Capital Partners Ltd. (Mentor Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in1994 by Edward F Sager. The firm headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania.