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China Valves Technology, Inc. offers valves, actuators, forging and castings, valve locks and related services to the nuclear power, fossil power, hydropower, oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical, water treatment and other industries. Its products include high pressure power station valves, butterfly valves, vent valves and accessories. The company was founded by Siping Fang on August 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Zhengzhou, China.

Glory Sky Group Ltd. provides traditional and online investment services to retail customers, corporate clients, funds, and financial institutions in Asia Pacific region. The firm also offers one-stop shop for local securities, foreign exchange, futures, and precious metals in markets located in New York, Europe, and Asia. It engages in the manufacturing and design of gold products, golden handicrafts, and jade products. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Cathay Securities, Inc. is a private company based in New York, NY.

Phoenix Acquisition Ltd. operates as a blank check company. It engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on July 14, 2021 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

Founded in 1971, Westminster Securities Corp. is a broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a subsidiary of Hudson Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Hudson Holding Corp. (OTC BB: HDHL.OB). Westminster focuses on the energy, alternative energy, natural resources, pharmaceuticals and technology sectors. They also introduce US institutional and high net-worth individual investors to the firm's non-US deals and invite their non-US broker-dealer partners to participate in domestic deals. Westminster often acts as a US agent for private placement or syndication transactions in which a foreign broker-dealer seeks US investors. They can also serve as an intermediary, converting investment funds from US dollars to the local currency of the underlying transaction, enabling funds to be forwarded to the deal account. Westminster is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.