Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is a New York City-based law firm comprised of more than 35 professionals, offering its clients legal services in a broad range of business related matters. Founded in 1992, the Firm specializes in many areas of commercial law: Corporate, Securities, Private Investment Funds, Broker-Dealer Regulation, Real Estate, Litigation, Arbitration, Tax and Estate Planning.

We represent over 25 microcap public companies, assisting them with their ongoing regulatory filings ('34 Act reporting (10-Qs, 10-Ks and proxies)) general corporate work and litigation. In recent years, the Firm has been engaged by broker-dealers and investment banking firms, public companies and private investment firms to participate in private placements, PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equity), public financing transactions (IPOs, "follow on" and "special purpose/blank check" offerings, known as "SPACs") and many resale registration statements. In 2007, the Firm's ranking among all U.S. law firms by activity level-- for IPOs was 16th, in most recent rankings it was 20th for PIPEs and for SPACs was top 5.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. has been "Serving the Smart Money since 1876"®. Ladenburg Thalmann has been a New York Stock Exchange Member Firm since 1879.

Since its establishment, Ladenburg Thalmann has maintained traditions based on the importance of long-term relationships, integrity and the highest level of service. These traditions, coupled with the ease and accessibility of employees at all levels, further emphasize Ladenburg Thalmann's commitment to achieving outstanding results for our clients.

As a firm which straddles three centuries with professional vision and vitality, it looks forward with great anticipation to the challenges and opportunities of the new millennium.

Pali Capital, Inc. is a global financial services firm providing discrete, value-added products and services to institutional money managers worldwide. Delivering highly-competitive institutional trading and execution, with derivative structuring, equity research, and investment banking services, our clients know us for our focus on the alternative investment community.

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists nearly 400 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.

Who is Vintage Filings LLC? We're the fourth most active S.E.C. Filer in the nation!

With the constant changing requirements in SEC filing regulations for public companies, Vintage Filings, a division of PR Newswire, works in partnership with clients to file documents in an accurate and expeditious fashion. We provide EDGAR filings and Newswire services in a prompt manner enabling public companies and their attorneys to stay focused on their core business.

At Loeb & Loeb LLP, we value every client, every deal and every relationship. Loeb & Loeb provides our clients innovative strategies and sophisticated services because of our substantial experience in counseling issuers and underwriters, taking companies public through the initial public offering or reverse merger process and advising on the legal, business and accounting issues which arise in connection with going public. Loeb & Loeb is nationally recognized as a leader in several industries, particularly the financial services industry where we work with commercial banks, investment banks, insurers, finance companies and private equity funds. Loeb & Loeb is a multi-service national law firm with nearly 300 attorneys and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Nashville, and an affiliation in Asia.

DLA Piper has more than 3,700 lawyers in 25 countries and 64 offices throughout the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm helps companies around the world succeed by meeting their legal needs wherever they do business. DLA Piper has leading practices in all major areas of commercial law, and serves clients ranging from multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 50 enterprises to emerging companies developing new technologies.

Kramer Levin regularly represents both issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies. The attorneys work on transactions involving a wide range of industries and geographic areas. In 2007, DealFlow Media ranked the firm #9 for SPAC IPO total dollars and #3 for total number of SPAC IPOs advising underwriters.

Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. is full service investment bank which provides financial advisory and capital raising services including M&A and restructuring advice, and equity and debt private placements and underwriting services. Morgan Joseph also provides research and trading services for institutional clients.

Akerman Senterfitt is Florida's largest law firm. With more than 500 lawyers and governmental affairs professionals, the firm serves clients in major business centers throughout Florida and the United States, including New York, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. Akerman Senterfitt is distinguished by its comprehensive Corporate, Real Estate, Construction, Government Relations, Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Intellectual Property practices.

Morrow & Co., LLC is a comprehensive shareholder services firm providing proxy solicitation, shareholder ID, strategic consulting, tabulation & inspector of election services. Our experienced counselors have worked over 45 SPAC meetings in the past 3 years, developing a deep understanding of these highly specialized deals and the securities market methodology that result in many successful outcomes.

ROTH Capital Partners is a full service investment banking firm dedicated to the small and micro-cap market. Headquartered in Newport Beach, with offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York City, and Shanghai, China, ROTH offers a wide array of services to both corporate and institutional clients, including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading. The firm is best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. ROTH has raised over $10 billion for small and micro cap public companies and completed over 135 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. Since year 2000, ROTH has been a leading placement agent for the number of PIPE transactions; raising over $2 billion for its clients. ROTH received top 20 IPO aftermarket performance rankings for six consecutive years from 1994 to 1999. It is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized law firm with nearly 300 attorneys. The firm's Specialty Finance Group handles PIPE, RD, reverse merger and SPAC transactions for a wide array of investment funds, leading national investment banks, and issuers, in deals worldwide. In 2006, the Specialty Finance Group assisted in over $750 million in transactions and continuously ranks as one of the top law firms in the nation for the number of PIPE transactions handled for lead investors, according to The PIPES Report and PrivateRaise.com.

Proskauer Rose is one of the few premier law firms that regularly advises in alternative capital finance and is consistently ranked among the most active law firms in this rapidly developing area of the market. With over twenty lawyers focusing on Registered Direct, SPACs, PIPEs and other alternative public offering transactions, we regularly advise leading investment banks, investment funds and issuers in range of industries. Given our industry experience and longstanding relationship with regulators, including the SEC, FINRA and the exchanges, we provide clients with industry and market insights; advice on federal and state securities law and compliance; and introductions critical to their success.

Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of services, including mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions and advisory services, and financial restructuring. In 2007, the firm was ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $1.25 billion and the No. 1 M&A fairness opinion advisor by Thomson Financial. In addition, the firm was ranked the No. 1 restructuring investment banking firm by TheDeal.com's Bankruptcy Insider. Established in 1970, the firm has over 800 employees in 13 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Each year we serve more than 1,000 clients ranging from closely held companies to Global 500 corporations.

Founded in 1836, the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren has more than 400 attorneys and professionals throughout offices in New York; Washington, DC; Chicago; Stamford; Parsippany; and Brussels, and an affiliate office in Mumbai. The firm serves its national clientele in more than 20 practice areas.

Established in 1989, IBR offers a wide range of investigative "due diligence" products to a variety of clients, including investment banks, institutional investors, law firms, and public companies. In 2007, IBR provided due diligence services to the top five SPAC underwriters ranked by total IPO proceeds for the year.

Computershare is a global leader in share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and other specialized financial, governance and communication services. Many of the world's largest companies employ our innovative solutions to maximize the value of their relationships with investors, employees, customers and members. Computershare has approximately 10,000 employees across the world and serves 14,000 corporations and 100 million shareholders and employee accounts in 17 countries across five continents.

Georgeson Inc. is the world's leading provider of strategic proxy and corporate governance consulting services to corporations and shareholder groups working to influence corporate strategy.

Since 1935, Georgeson has specialized in complex solicitations such as hostile and friendly acquisitions, proxy contests and takeover defenses. Georgeson leads more M&A transactions globally than any other firms combined. Georgeson also provides issuers with expertise in corporate events solutions such as post-merger unexchanged holder programs and information agent services.

Georgeson is a Computershare company.

McDermott Will & Emery is a leading international law firm with a diversified business practice. We represent a wide range of commercial, industrial and financial enterprises, both publicly and privately held. Our clientele include some of the world's largest corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, and individuals.

Capital IQ provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 2,000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms and corporations. Completely web-based, Capital IQ uniquely combines deep fundamental and market data on companies you care about with a broad range of easy-to-use tools for financial modeling, screening, charting, and sourcing industry contacts. Capital IQ helps financial professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound investment decisions.

Eurekahedge is the world's largest independent data provider and research house focusing on alternative investments. Eurekahedge is headquartered in Singapore and have representative offices in New York and London. They maintain coverage on over 15,000 alternative funds globally and disseminate data on over 14,000. Eurekahedge's global alternative research covers hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, Islamic funds, real estate funds and long-only absolute return funds.

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service. Unlike any other service of its kind, mergermarket specializes in providing forward-looking origination and deal flow opportunities integrated with a comprehensive deals database – resulting in real revenues for clients.

Hedge Connection is the only web-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to pre-qualified, opt-in investors that are actively allocating to hedge funds. Investor members join for free and can review videos and presentation material from our hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts.

VC Experts serves the needs of the private equity and venture capital communities with its anchor product, The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital by combining substantive commentary on the private equity and venture capital industries with online learning courses. The VC Experts website includes current industry news, weekly commentary, and the online University and 6,000 page Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors.

Every week, Private Equity Insider reports on developments you're not supposed to know about -- behind-the-scenes squabbles, hush-hush plans of investors and inside moves of buyout and venture capital funds.

HedgeCo.Net is the leading online community for qualified investors, hedge funds and service providers. For investors, HedgeCo.Net offers the premier free hedge fund database and powerful tools to search, rank and analyze potential investments. HedgeCo.Net members enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers.

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