Rick D. O'Brien

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Shakey's USA, Inc. operates and franchises pizza restaurants. The firm offer a variety of pizzas along with other serve menu favorites, including fried chicken and Mojo potatoes (fried potato skins). The company was founded by Sherwood Johnson in 1954 and is headquartered in Alhambra, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Lenders Title Co. operates as an insurance and escrow agency. It provides residential, commercial, real estate owned, and relocations. The company was founded by James East in 1987 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Founded in 1998, BOK Financial Securities, Inc. is an investment bank and full-service broker/dealer located in Tulsa, Oklahoma with additional offices in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, Scottsdale, Arizona, Little Rock, Arkansas, Overland Park, Kansas, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm is a subsidiary of BOK Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: BOKF). BOSC specializes in public and municipal finance and private placements. They offer a variety of taxable and tax-free investment products including tax-exempt municipal bonds, U.S. Government securities, equity investments, mutual funds, tax-deferred annuities, self-directed IRAs, asset allocation programs, separately managed accounts (SMAs), fee-based brokerage accounts and hedging strategies. The firm's clients include individuals, corporations, government agencies, foundations, municipalities and institutions.

Vining Sparks IBG LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was founded in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Vining-Sparks Securities, Inc., which is owned by Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). Vining Sparks IBG executes fixed income securities transactions for a variety of institutional investors.

Balcones Resources, Inc. engages in provision of environmental services. It specializes in recovering resources through traditional recycling, document, destruction, and alternative energy. It also offers janitorial training, employee awareness events, and marketing materials and reporting services. The company was founded by Kerry Getter and Becky Getter in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.