Paul Gerard Meeks

Founded in 1995, Value Trend Capital Management LP is a registered investment advisor located in El Cajon, California. The firm provides investment management services to individuals, trusts, retirement plans and non-profit organizations.

Founded in 1995, Capstone Investments is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Diego, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm provides a full range of institutional services including, investment banking, research, deal origination and capital introduction services. They provide fundamental research and investment opinions to their clients primarily on small- to mid-cap companies.

Headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, J. M. Dutton & Associates is a broker/dealer. The firm offers a full array of investment services with a focus on small-cap public companies. They provide issuer-paid research and widely distribute their research to institutions and individuals, both domestic and international.

Saturna Capital Corp. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bellingham, Washington. The firm was founded by Nicholas “Nick” Kaiser in 1989. Saturna Capital advises a variety of accounts divided between (1) investment management accounts for individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans and (2) pooled investment funds (mutual funds and private partnerships).

South Carolina Research Authority provides research and commercialization services. It caters maritime technologies, metals and advanced materials, ordnance, health and bioscience, technology services and solutions, and alternative energy. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.