Alan Libshutz

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Part of Marubeni Corp., Sithe Asia Holdings Ltd. develops, builds, and manages power plants in Hong Kong, HK. Sithe Asia Holdings was acquired by Marubeni Corp. on November 25, 2003.

Pegasus Capital Advisors LP (Pegasus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Craig Cogut. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Changing World Technologies, Inc. specializes in transformation of organic wastes into petroleum products. Its technology Thermal Conversion Process reforms organic waste into renewable fuel oil, without combustion, incineration or toxic residue and breaks down waste into its smallest chemical units and reforms them into new combinations to produce alternative fuels and specialty chemicals. The company was founded by Brian S. Appel on June 12, 1998 and is headquartered in West Hempstead, NY.

Valero Peru SAC operates as a fuels supplying company. It is engaged in the refining, storage, marketing and distribution of biofuels to retailers, miners, and airlines. The company was founded by David Michael Clifton on June 1, 2006 and is headquartered in San Isidro, Peru.