Janet E. Asher

Northern Securities, Inc. is an independent investment bank headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Vancouver. They provide a full range of investment banking services including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, retail and institutional distribution, equity research, online trading, online public offerings and online private placements. Northern Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northern Financial Corp. (TSX: NFC). They are a member of the CIPF and the IDA.

Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Ltd. (LOM) is an independent Canadian broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1970, the firm combines objective research and value-added financing ideas with institutional sales, trading and investment banking. They are a provider of value-added North American research. LOM focuses exclusively on advising small and mid-cap companies, with a strong focus on select emerging growth companies in industries that include Technology, Healthcare, and Mining.