Firebrand Financial Group, Inc. Stock

Firebrand Financial Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (EarlyBirdCapital) (formerly known as Southeast Research Partners, Inc.) and Dalewood Associates, Inc., provides investment banking, asset management and securities brokerage services, with an emphasis on small- and mid-capitalization companies and early stage growth companies. These services are provided through three primary divisions: investment banking, securities brokerage and asset management. The Company owns 63.6% of EarlyBirdCapital.com Inc. (EarlyBird.com), which, in turn, owns 100% of EarlyBirdCapital and Dalewood. Firebrand Financial also owns 100% of GKN Securities Corp. (GKN) and 80% of StreetWide Asset Recovery Group, Inc. (StreetWide). As of January 31, 2001 Firebrand Financial also owned 56.4% of Shochet Holding Corp. (Shochet).