Jeff S. Weiss

Tejas Securities Group, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary and a primary business operating unit of Tejas, Inc. (OTC BB: TEJS). Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tejas is a registered broker/dealer offering full-service brokerage and investment banking services. They were founded in 1994. The firm's core services include: proprietary research on distressed debt, emerging growth equities and special situation securities, trading and other brokerage services to value-based institutional and retail investors active in fixed-income and equity instruments and corporate finance and strategic advisory services to middle-market companies within the target industries. Tejas offers a broad product offering specializing in yield-oriented and value securities. Their product offering includes, equities, corporate bonds, bank debt issued by distressed companies, MBS, ABS, government and government agency securities, municipal securities, options and mutual funds. The research group analyzes many industries including the wireless and wire-line telecommunications, cable, satellite, transportation, energy and municipal securities sectors. Tejas is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. is broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Jesup & Lamont, Inc. (AMEX: JLI), formerly Empire Financial Holding Co., a New York City-based full-service brokerage and investment banking firm that specializes in institutional, retail sales, trading services and equity research. Jesup & Lamont, Inc. was founded in 2000, but traces its roots to the 1877 partnership between James Jesup and Lansing Lamont. Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. provides institutional and retail sales and trading services, equity research and asset management for institutions and high net-worth individuals. The firm's corporate finance activities include mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, acquisition finance, restructurings and other corporate finance matters. Their research covers the following areas in the US and abroad: biotechnology, industrials, specialty retail, aerospace/defense, alternative energy, oil & gas, restaurants, technology, transportation and special situations. Jesup & Lamont provides fundamental analysis of companies and sectors and also employs strategists and technical analysts to provide comprehensive research insights.

Key Group, Inc. provides marketing support, proposal development and management consulting services. It offers its services to companies pursuing government contracts, particularly with the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA. The company was founded by Dave Anderson in 1988 and is headquartered in Fillmore, CA.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.