John Palumbo

Founded in 1993, Octagon Capital Corp. is a full-service broker/dealer located in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Vancouver. The firm provides services to institutional investors, issuing companies and retail clients. Octagon Capital provides research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading and private client group services. Their research focuses on, but is not limited to, the mining and energy sectors

Founded in 1989, Research Capital Corp. is a broker/dealer located in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Vancouver. The firm focuses on small- to mid-cap growth companies and growth investors. They provide services to private clients, institutional investors and corporations. Their research coverage ranges from technology to natural resources. Research Capital Corp is a member of the CIPF.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Ltd. (LOM) is an independent Canadian broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1970, the firm combines objective research and value-added financing ideas with institutional sales, trading and investment banking. They are a provider of value-added North American research. LOM focuses exclusively on advising small and mid-cap companies, with a strong focus on select emerging growth companies in industries that include Technology, Healthcare, and Mining.