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Leucadia National Corporation is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, engages in telecommunications, health care services, manufacturing, banking and lending, real estate and winery businesses. As of August 2005, Leucadia was valued at more than 4 billion dollars. The company s highest profile move to-date was a bid in 2004 to acquire 50 percent of telecommunications company MCI's common stock. Leucadia National Corporation is headquartered in New York, but has additional offices in Salt Lake City.

Ladenburg Thalmann is a full-service financial institution that serves a variety of institutional, corporate and individual clients. For individual investors, the company offers asset management in the form of securities management, mutual funds, fixed income and fee-based services; retirement services, such as 401(k) and individual retirement account administration; wealth planning, including estate planning, trust services and insurance; and alternative investments, such as hedge funds. For institutional and corporate clients, Ladenburg offers asset management, fixed income, institutional trading, investment banking and retirement plans. In addition, the company s syndicate department coordinates the marketing, distribution, pricing and stabilization of managed-equity public offerings. Ladenburg Thalmann maintains seven offices in New York, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois and California. The company maintains its headquarters in New York City and a branch office in Melville, N.Y.

EarlyBirdCapital provides a range of financial consultancy services. Its areas of expertise include investment banking and portfolio management. The firm offers investment banking services in cases of restructurings, recapitalizations, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private offerings. It offers portfolio management services to a variety of high net worth individuals and institutional clients. EarlyBirdCapital offers services to clients in various industries that include aerospace, defense, electronics, components, infrastructure, communications, telecommunications, health care and information technology. The firm is a registered broker-dealer and member of the National Association of Securities Dealers. Its office is located in New York City.