Robert A. Muh

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. operated, developed, and franchised restaurants throughout the world. The company was founded on March 6, 1991 and was headquartered in Missin Viejo, CA.

Sola International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes broad range of eyeglass lenses. Its products include progressive, photochromic, coated and specialty plastic lenses. The firm's clients include Wal-Mart, Alain Afflelou, Specsavers, LensCrafters, U.S. Vision, Kaiser Permanente, and Vision Service Plan. Sola International was founded in 1960 and is located in San Diego, CA.

Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. provides financial planning services to its clients. It provides services to corporations, governments, hospitals, charitable foundations, endowments, universities, unions, high net-worth individuals, reserve funds of insurance companies, estates, trusts, and private corporations. The company was founded on November 22, 1955 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 1992 by Joseph DuCote and Frank Soriano, Sutter Securities, Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm underwrites, trades and sells fixed-income and equity products. Their trading desk also engages in agency transactions in U.S. Government and agency obligations, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, MBS, ABS, listed and over-the-counter stocks, and domestic and foreign CDs and commercial paper. The firm serves domestic and international institutional clients, including bond and mutual funds, insurance companies, corporations, banks, retirement funds and investment advisors. Sutter Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Part of RxPC, Inc., Financial Services International, Inc. provides financial services specializing in membership services centered on stored value debit cards. The company is based in Covington, KY. Financial Services International was acquired by RxPC, Inc. on July 21, 2005 for $0.02 million.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.