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NASDAQ
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. equities exchange. With approximately 3,100
companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per
day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders
across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications,
financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the
primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks as well as a leading
liquidity pool for trading NYSE-listed stocks.

www.nasdaq.net


NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading and most liquid
exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality,
customer choice and innovation. Its family of exchanges, located in six
countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash
equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market;
Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and
NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading
platforms. NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products
and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash
equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and
commercial technology solutions. NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed
companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/€20.9 trillion in total
global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007), more than four times
that of any other exchange group. NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges
transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141
billion/€103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007), which represents more than
one-third of the world's cash equities trading. NYSE Euronext is part
of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100
index.

www.nyx.com



 



Business-to-Investor, Inc.

Business-to-Investor, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, provides InvestorPass®, an award-winning software and service that enables investor relations consultants and publicly traded companies to interact online with the financial community. With 24 quarters of consecutive growth, InvestorPass® is currently used by clients to interact with nearly 400,000 satisfied members of the investment community in over 150 countries. With four patents pending, InvestorPass® has been recognized as one the fastest growing and most innovative solutions in the corporate communications software industry. For more information, see www.b2itech.com

Amy Ostler
972.234.9123
amy.ostler@b2itech.com
www.b2itech.com




BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
In addition to its top-ranked stock transfer services, BNY Mellon Shareowner
Services offers a comprehensive suite of products and services ranging from
record keeping and corporate actions to demutualizations, direct investment,
dividend reinvestment, proxy solicitation and employee stock plan
administration. BNY Mellon Shareowner Services is part of The Bank of New
York Mellon's Issuer Services group, which is also a leading provider of
corporate trust services and the market leader in servicing depositary
receipts with more than 1,300 sponsored programs.

Ron Schneider
201.680.5251
schneider.r@mellon.com
www.bnymellon.com


Broadridge Fiancial Services

Broadridge is a leading full service provider of investor communications for the investor relations industry. Broadridge coordinates the entire proxy process from receipt of your documents through distribution, vote return and tabulation. Broadridge also offers shareowner-mailing coordination, document management, and services to support your use of the SEC’s Notice and Access distribution alternative.

Glen Wittenberg
847.658.0304
glen.wittenberg@broadridge.com
www.broadridge.com




Ipreo

Ipreo is a leading global provider of high quality data, expert insight, and
productivity solutions to Investment Banking and Corporate clients. With
decades of experience serving the capital markets, a reputation for superior
customer service and a commitment to creating technologies that improve our
clients' performance, Ipreo is both a dynamic innovator and a trusted
resource. Counting the world's leading investment banks, and hundreds of
Fortune 1000 & FTSE 100 corporations as customers, Ipreo demonstrates every
day how it brings players together through market-leading innovation,
intelligence, and insight.

Ipreo has more than 500 employees worldwide with operations in the US,
Europe and Asia.

Michael Haggerty
212.849.5174
www.ipreo.com
michael.haggerty@ipreo.com

 




ProWolfe Partners

When it comes to annual reports, our numbers tell the story. Since 1982 ProWolfe has produced over 200 annual reports for a nationwide roster of corporate clients, from the Russell 2000 to the Fortune 500. The common denominator: clients who value our curiosity, creativity, and production expertise. Our work has been recognized by financial and peer organizations, including NIRI, NAIC, IABC and AIGA, but what we value most are the long-term client relationships we’ve developed over 25 years. If you’re looking for a partner that brings experience, insight and passion to help you tell your financial or social responsibility story to stakeholders from Wall Street to Main Street, contact:

John Meadows
314.983.9600 extension 27
www.prowolfe.com
jmeadows@prowolfe.com




SNL IR Solutions

SNL IR Solutions specializes in building and managing investor relations Web sites for companies in the industry sectors covered by parent company SNL Financial: banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy and media & communications. SNL manages over 400 Web sites for companies across the market cap spectrum. For more information, visit www.snl.com/irsolutions.

Adam Fehd
434.951.7702
afehd@snl.com
www.snl.com/irsolutions







Christensen

Christensen is a global capital markets advisory firm, assisting pre-IPO and small- to large-capitalized public companies achieve and sustain fair valuation in the global financial markets.  Christensen provides its clients with a personalized choice of investor relations and financial communication solutions, designed to fit clients’ individual needs. In business for 25 years, Christensen has offices in New York, Hong Kong, Phoenix and Montreal.

Patty Bruner
480.614.3009
pbruner@christensenir.com
www.christensenir.com




Curran & Connors, Inc.

Curran & Connors, Inc. is an award-winning graphic design firm specializing
in the design and production of annual reports, corporate literature and new
media. Our four state-of-the-art electronic studios, combined with our
sixteen regional offices, allow us to effectively serve our clientele
throughout the United States and internationally in all their shareholder
communication needs. With over 43 years of experience, we serve clients
ranging in size from developmental stage organizations to the Fortune 500.
Call us or visit our home page and find out why we are chosen to produce
more annual reports than any other design firm in America.
Curran & Connors, where creativity and strategy meet.

Joel Charron
713.586.8890
jcharron@curran-connors.com
www.curran-connors.com




Marketwire
Marketwire is a full service partner to investor and public relations
professionals seeking premiere news distribution, media management,
multimedia, and monitoring solutions. The only fully integrated North
America-based global newswire, Marketwire offers innovative products and
services that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness
while ensuring accuracy and best practices. Marketwire's complete range of
disclosure networks and distribution options provide wide and simultaneous
distribution of your financial news and let you target media and financial
points from coast-to-coast and around the world. 

Debbie Kirkham
214.560.1069
dkirkham@marketwire.com
www.marketwire.com


PR Newswire

PR Newswire Association LLC provides electronic distribution, targeting,
measurement and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of
corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers
worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of
critical audiences including the news media, the investment community,
government decision-makers, and the general public with their
up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments. Utilizing the latest in
communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay
among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from
the source.

www.prnewswire.com




Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters – Corporate Services
Bring capital markets into focus to align your company’s valuation with your true economic worth. Also build lasting institutional relationships. We’ll equip you with the intelligence, tools and support that you need. All available on our IR platform.

  • Understand market sentiment with comprehensive market and competitive analysis.
  • Identify investor risks and opportunities with detailed ownership analysis incorporating the same   factors that drive institutional investment decisions.
  • Reach 51,000 institutional investors and millions of retail investors with our innovative   communications technologies, and monitor your impact.
  • Connect directly with your peers and the institutional investment community.

Pat Doyle
610.927.3200
pat.doyle@thomsonreuters.com
www.thompsonreuters.com

 





Business Wire
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway, company, is utilized by thousands
of member companies and organizations to transmit their full-text news
releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to
journalists, news media, trade publications, institutional and
individual investors, financial information services, regulatory
authorities, Internet portals, information web sites,
business-to-business decision-makers and consumers worldwide.
The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented NX high-speed
data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to deliver the most
sophisticated news file to enhance news release interactivity,
customization and search engine optimization. Business Wire has 31
bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo,
Toronto and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world.
Business Wire was founded in 1961. Cathy Baron Tamraz is president and
CEO.

Sarah Jager
972.458.9555
sarah.jager@businesswire.com
www.businesswire.com


Halliburton Investor Relations
Halliburton Investor Relations (HIR) was formed in 1990 to provide a superior
caliber of investor relations representation to publicly traded companies.
HIR develops strategic communications programs designed to produce maximum results. Cultivating highly targeted, quality contacts in the financial
community, HIR puts its clients face-to-face with hand-picked potential
investors and influencers, the product of a highly selective research
process.

HIR's team of experienced professionals provides clients with solid investor
relations expertise-not as a sideline to public relations or any other
business, but as the firm's total focus. Since 1990, dozens of clients have
benefited from HIR's strategic communications programs through broadened
institutional ownership, enhanced trading volume and, over time, an improved
stock price.

Geralyn DeBusk, President
972.458.8000
gdebusk@halliburtonir.com
www.halliburtonir.com


PrecisionIR

PrecisionIR is a world leader in investor targeting reaching over 15 million institutional and high net-worth investors through our proprietary database and exclusive partnerships with more than 260 of the world's leading financial organizations including The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, Financial Times, and leading exchanges such as, LSE, TSX, NYSE and NASDAQ. PrecisionIR targets investors via impactful, timely, and rich Internet, print and audio/video channels. Since 1991, PrecisionIR has enabled over 15,000 public companies and investor relations firms to attract and engage over 5 million investors at the moment they are making their investment decisions. More information about PrecisionIR is available at www.precisionir.com.

Beth Carty
703.966.5032
bcarty@precisionir.com
www.precisionir.com




Georgeson Inc.
Georgeson Inc. is the world’s leading provider of strategic proxy and corporate governance consulting services to corporations and shareholder groups working to influence corporate strategy. Since 1935, Georgeson has specialized in complex solicitations, proxy contests and takeover defenses. In 2007, Georgeson was awarded more solicitation assignments on public M&A deals than any other proxy solicitor.

212.440.9800
www.georgeson.com


Ilios Partners

Ilios Partners is the preeminent provider of global securities surveillance
and investor relations support to a wide range of corporate, investment
banking, and investor relations consulting firms.
Based on our experience and comprehension in the capital markets
intelligence industry, Ilios is able to deliver real-time, value-added
information via the industries most proactive and personalized service.
Call for a trial.

Robbine Kim
312.261.6458
rkim@ilios.com 
www.ilios.com




Laurel Hill Advisory Group

The Laurel Hill Advisory Group is a corporate governance consulting and advisory firm specializing in proxy solicitation and information agent services as well as Shareholder Asset Recovery Programs.

With a commitment to customer service and over 100 years of solicitation and advisory experience along with the best operations team in the business, Laurel Hill Advisory Group is the right choice to keep your business prepared and protected. 

James Catacosinos
516.933.3107
jcat@laurelhillag.com
laurelhilladvisory.com



 

 

in kind sponsors


ColorDynamics
ColorDynamics is an independent full service commercial printer meeting the
needs of Dallas based and national clientele in the design, advertising and
corporate communities. We are recognized in the southwest as a leader in
providing diverse services including digital prepress, UV and conventional
sheetfed up to 10 colors, 8-color double roll web presses with in-line
finishing on up to 100# cover weight stock. Complete bindery services,
packaging products, order and inventory management, kitting, ink jet
mailing, fulfillment and distribution are also available.

ColorDynamics is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and is committed
to conducting business in a socially responsible manner.
 
Bill Ehrlich
972.390.6500



Behringer Harvard

Behringer Harvard is a commercial real estate company investing in assets domestically and internationally. The company creates and manages strategic real estate fund opportunities across a wide spectrum of investment styles for retail investors, as well as domestic and international institutions, through its real estate investment trusts, partnerships, joint ventures, and proprietary program structures.

866.655.3600
www.behringerharvard.com




CooperStepp & Associates

Providing Market Branding Solutions with positive results since 1997. Whether you’re launching a new product, strengthening relationships, or creating goodwill, you NEED an experienced promotional consultant. CooperStepp can help you supplement your media mix with unique promotional products, imprinted apparel and accessories.

972.208.7073
www.cooperstepp.com




Corporate Communications Center, Inc.
CorpComContact is a web-hosted list software. Data fields designed for
investor relations, institution and analyst contact views as well as
comments and activity logging.

Email and Fax Broadcast - Direct from your browser or using a representative
in our office.

Same-day Investor Mailings - News Releases, 10-Qs, Annual Reports. Our
facility is equipped with inserters, ink-jet addressers, high speed
collators, folders and metering equipment as well as one and two-color
printing.

Literature Request Fulfillment - Via web link and 800 number.

Other services include opt-in email registration, laser letters and hand
assembly.

 
Kelley Burks



Eisenberg And Associates
Founded in 1974, Eisenberg And Associates has earned the reputation as one
of the nation's most successful and respected full service creative firms,
by providing creative firepower to better market client's products and
services. Where any advertising, design or marketing firm can offer the
basics from ads to annual reports to direct mail and TV, only a few can
provide the creativity that can set their clients apart from the
competition. Our design process uses a unique combination of art and
business. As smart business people, we research our clients' businesses and
their customers, looking for the essential truths that connect them. Then we
use these truths as the foundation and inspiration for our work, creating
messages that communicate with our clients' customers.

From identity programs to branding systems, annual reports to integrated
advertising campaigns, we operate as a centralized design team set up to
service all of your communication needs.

Contact:
Liz Kline
214.528.5990