Richard L. Feldman

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Kimelman & Baird LLC (K&B) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michael Kimelman and Sheila Baird in 1966 as M. Kimelman & Co. In April of 1995, they changed both their name and legal status to become Kimelman & Baird LLC. K&B provides portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable institutions, corporations and business entities.

Headquartered in New York City, Monarch Capital Group LLC is a full-service, investment-banking firm specializing in identifying small- and micro-cap investment opportunities with substantial growth potential. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Monarch is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Part of Stifel Financial Corp., Hampshire Securities Corp. is an investment bank specializing in small and emerging companies. The company is based in New York, NY. Hampshire Securities was acquired by Gruntal & Co. LLC on November 20, 1997.

Founded in 1990 by Liam Dalton, Axiom Capital Management, Inc. is a full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm offers traditional fixed-income and equity services including separately managed accounts through mutual funds, hedge funds, fund of funds and exchange funds. They serve high net-worth individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and other institutions. Axiom Capital Management is member of FINRA/SIPC. Axiom assists start-up and transitional hedge funds in selecting the prime broker best suited for their funds. The firm's services include: soft dollar reimbursements, execution of foreign market derivatives, turnkey information technology infrastructure solutions. Axiom can meet the needs of hedge funds worth up to $1 billion. Axiom is an experienced soft-dollar broker. The firm works their large, diverse institutional customer base to arrange equitable and compliant soft-dollar agreements. The firm's trading desk adheres to the highest compliance standards combining state-of-the-art technology and experienced traders to deliver quality executions in most domestic and international products.