Mark Cordes MacQueen

Sage Advisory Services Ltd. Co. (Sage) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Robert Smith III and Mark MacQueen in 1996. Sage specializes in domestic and international fixed income, balanced and equity portfolio management for individual and institutional clients.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Ltd. is an Australian company that provides security brokerage services. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Tejas Securities Group, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary and a primary business operating unit of Tejas, Inc. (OTC BB: TEJS). Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tejas is a registered broker/dealer offering full-service brokerage and investment banking services. They were founded in 1994. The firm's core services include: proprietary research on distressed debt, emerging growth equities and special situation securities, trading and other brokerage services to value-based institutional and retail investors active in fixed-income and equity instruments and corporate finance and strategic advisory services to middle-market companies within the target industries. Tejas offers a broad product offering specializing in yield-oriented and value securities. Their product offering includes, equities, corporate bonds, bank debt issued by distressed companies, MBS, ABS, government and government agency securities, municipal securities, options and mutual funds. The research group analyzes many industries including the wireless and wire-line telecommunications, cable, satellite, transportation, energy and municipal securities sectors. Tejas is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Headquartered in Austin, APS Financial Corp., a subsidiary of APS Investment Services, Inc., is a full service securities, research and investment banking firm. APS offers a range of services including trading of debt and equity securities, high-yield and distressed research, private debt and trade claims sourcing and clearing, investment banking and asset management. APS focuses on fixed-income securities, specializing in high yield, including distressed debt, as well as investment grade debt securities. Their research includes a wide range of industries including healthcare, media/telecommunications, metals & mining, energy, automotive suppliers, consumer products and retail. APS is a member of the NASD. They were founded in 1981.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.