Francis T. Duffy

Sky Capital LLC, a subsidiary of Sky Capital Holdings Ltd. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They offer a full array of investment services including equity and fixed-income trading, independent research and retail brokerage to both retail and institutional clients. They focus on the healthcare and banking sectors. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Sky Capital Enterprises, Inc. provides strategic advice, consulting services and financing to small and mid-sized start-up and early stage companies. The company was founded on August 1. 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Daiwa Capital Markets America, Inc. (DCMA), formerly Daiwa Securities America, Inc., is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1964. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings, Inc., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TK: 8601), a Tokyo-based investment bank and broker/dealer. DCMA provides high quality investment data, analysis and research products to major U.S. institutional investors.