Phil Kenny

Founded in 1994, Acadian Securities, Inc. is an independent full-service broker/dealer located in Windsor, Nova Scotia. They provide a full range of services including financial, tax and estate planning, professional money and portfolio management and access to equity and fixed-income markets. Clients include corporate, institutional, and private investors. Acadian's research department covers growing small- to mid-cap Atlantic Canadian companies. They are able to provide proprietary coverage of national and international companies. Acadian focuses on companies that have considerable growth potential, but lack research coverage and have low investor awareness. The firm follows several industries including oil & gas, renewable energy, utilities and mining & materials.

Part of iA Financial Corp., Inc., Lynch Investments Ltd. is a Canadian company that provides securities broker services. The company is based in Halifax, Canada. Lynch Investments was acquired by iA Private Wealth, Inc. on December 22, 2004 for $0.30 million.

Founded by Robert Jennings in 1993, Jennings Capital, Inc. is an independent full-service booker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario with an additional office in Calgary, Alberta. The firm provides in-house research services covering a variety of sectors including: (1) oil and gas production and exploration companies (2) oil and gas service companies (3) electric power companies (4) base and precious metal companies (5) forest products (6) consumer and retail (7) industrial technology and (8) special situations. Their research coverage also includes other high-growth areas and companies as determined by the firm. Jennings Capital is a member of the CIPF and the IDAC. Jennings Capital is allied with Western Financial Group Inc. (TSX-WES), a large Western Canadian network based. Western Financial Group provides all forms of industrial, commercial, residential and car insurance, including disability and life insurance, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Western Life. Western Financial Group also holds 100% ownership in their subsidiary, Bank West.