Eliot M. Fried

Grant Prideco, Inc. is engaged in drill pipe manufacturing. The firm provides engineered connections and premium tubular products that are used in oilfield exploration and development operations. The company was founded in April 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Oregon Tool, Inc. manufactures and distributes agricultural and construction equipment. Its products include hydraulic chain saws, flat saws and power packs, saw chain, guide bars, rims and sprockets, log splitters, lawnmower, trimmer heads, log splitters, rotary cutters, finish mowers, landscape equipment, excavator buckets, and backhoe equipment. The firm offers its products under the Oregon, Carlton, Woods, SpeeCo, CF, Wain-roy, Alitec, Gannon, ICS, and Pentruder brands. The company was founded by Joseph Buford Cox in 1947 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Axsys Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) systems, multi-axis stabilized HD cameras, infrared lenses, optical systems and components and motion control products. The company is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

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.