Tom E. Covington

A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. is a full-service brokerage firm. A.G. Edwards equity research team covers a wide range of industries including: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, material, telecommunication services and utilities. They also provide fixed-income research in the utility, auto, banking and finance, and telecom industries. A.G. Edwards was founded in 1887 by General Albert Gallatin Edwards and his son Benjamin Franklin Edwards. They are a broker/dealer subsidiary of A.G. Edwards, Inc. They are a member of the SIPC.

Part of Stifel Financial Corp., Hanifen Imhoff Holdings, Inc. is a company that provides investment banking services. The company is based in Glenwood Springs, CO. Hanifen Imhoff Holdings was acquired by Stifel Financial Corp. on January 12, 2000 for $5.93 million.

Mobil Corp. operates primarily in the petroleum industry. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Part of Exxon Mobil Corp., Superior Oil Co. is a company that specializes in the production and sale of oil and gas. The company is based in Tacoma, WA. The company was founded by William Myron Keck. Superior Oil was acquired by Mobil Corp., part of Exxon Mobil Corp. from November 30, 1999 on September 29, 1984 for $5,725.80 million.

XTO Energy Inc. operates as a domestic energy producer engaged in the acquisition, development, and discovery of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It specializes in the development of tight gas, shale gas, coal bed methane, and unconventional oil resources. The company was founded by Steve Palko, Bob Simpson and Jon Brumley in 1986 and is headquartered in Spring, TX.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Securities, formerly Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique headquartered in New York City. They were also previously known as First Albany Capital, Inc. The firm is a subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPSG), formerly known as First Albany Cos., Inc. They have additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Bonita Springs, Florida, Glen Allen, Virginia, Roseland, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri. Broadpoint.Gleacher follows a range of fixed-income securities and provides proprietary views and analysis on credit fundamentals and trading dynamics. They focus on investment grade, high yield and convertible securities in the following sectors: consumer, building materials, financials, gaming / leisure, healthcare, homebuilding, industrials, mining, packaging, paper/forest products, power/energy, technology/media/telecommunications and transportation.