Alan Grant

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

Baytex Energy Ltd. engages in the development and exploration of oil and natural gas properties. The company was founded on June 3, 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Launch Resources, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in western Canada. The company was founded on August 13, 1999 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of ConocoPhillips, Crestar Energy, Inc. is a Canadian company that explores for, produces, and develops oil and gas properties. The company is based in Calgary, Canada. Crestar Energy was acquired by Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. on November 14, 2000 for $1,039.28 million.

Part of Cohu, Inc., Daymarc Corp is a company that specializes in semiconductor test handling equipment. The company is based in Waltham, MA. Daymarc was acquired by Cohu, Inc. on June 23, 1994 for $11.13 million.

eResearch Corp. is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 and provides institutional-quality, equity research focused primarily on small- and mid-cap companies. Their focus is on identifying companies that have interesting prospects, sound management, and significant potential for share price appreciation. They also provide research reports on middle and larger-sized companies, through a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. eResearch complements their corporate research coverage with a diversified selection of informative, insightful, and thought-provoking research publications from a wide variety of investment professionals.