Margarita V. Fernandez

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (Eagle) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1976 by Tom James and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillon Towers Advisers, Inc., which is wholly owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF). Eagle provides portfolio management services to institutions and high net-worth clients (individual investors, trusts and smaller employee benefit plans) and serves as the investment subadvisor to the Carillon Funds.

Schwartz Investment Counsel, Inc. (SIC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan. The firm was founded by George Schwartz in 1980. SIC provides investment advice to individuals, trusts, foundations, investment companies, qualified retirement plans and corporations or other businesses.

Walton Johnson Group, Inc. makes investments in multi-family real estate and the securities industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by John A. Walton, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Liberty Investment Management, Inc. is an investment management firm. The company is based in Tampa, FL. Liberty Investment Management was acquired by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on October 24, 1996 for $60 million.

RedChip Independent is an investment research firm located in Maitland, Florida. The firm is a division of RedChip Companies, Inc. and their ultimate parent is ProManage, Inc., an advanced software development process management and consulting firm located in Burlingame, Massachusetts. RedChip provides fundamental research on small-cap companies. They seek to identify undervalued and underfollowed small-cap companies that are profitable or near term profitable and have effective management teams, mass appeal, growing sales and improving margins. After considering these factors and looking at expectations implied by the stock's current price, RedChip issues a strong buy, buy, speculative buy, hold or sell rating. The rating combines the firm's projection of the stock's performance, their assessment of the company's financial strength, their confidence in the company's management team and their confidence in their forecast.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Peat Marwick Main & Co. provides audit, tax, and advisory services. The private company is based in San Mateo, CA.