Julie J. Chen

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.

Founded in 1984, Hudson Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Hudson Securities is a market maker, providing their clients with quality order execution and liquidity with an emphasis on smaller capitalized issues. They make markets in over 9,000 stocks including NMS equities, NASDAQ small caps, NYSE listed securities, OTCBB's, Pink Sheets, Foreign ADR and ordinary securities. Hudson Securities also accommodates clients' interest in bidding for or offering gray market stocks. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. The firm does not perform any internal research. Hudson Securities was founded in 1984 and operated as Wien Securities, Inc. until 2004. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Holding Corp.

Founded in 1989, CRT Capital Group LLC is an institutional securities research and brokerage firm located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm focuses on high-yield and convertible debt, capital structure arbitrage, mergers and acquisitions, special situations and distressed securities. CRT trades senior and subordinated bonds, bank debt, trade claims, convertible bonds, equities, real estate loans, tax exempt securities and private placements.

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.

Headquartered in New York City, New York Global Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer. They offer a full array of investment services. The firm has two core areas of focus. One is research and investment in small and medium-sized enterprises in China and the other is the tech value chain throughout Asia and the US. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC.