Michael L. Ruggirello

Accountability Research Corp. is an investment research firm located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm specializes in providing institutional investors and professional investment advisors with in-depth, unbiased research that focuses on valuation fundamentals and earnings quality issues. They seek to provide reports and ideas that are not available from any other source. This includes research on under-covered and out-of-favor companies, as well as in-depth analyses of earnings quality issues that impact valuation. The majority of their investment recommendations and target prices are based on adjusted free cash flows with value-oriented, longer-term horizons.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Barrington Research Associates, Inc. (Barrington Research) is a full-service investment firm and broker-dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alex P. Paris in 1983. Barrington Research provides investment research, institutional sales & trading, corporate & executive services, investment banking and asset management services to institutional and corporate clients.

Part of Bank of Montreal, Pierce, Givens & Associates LLC is a company that provides tax planning, accounting, and consultancy services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Pierce, Givens & Associates was acquired by Harris myCFO, Inc. on February 13, 2009 for $3.40 million.

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.