Mark William Opila

Founded in 1998, Advisors Capital Management LLC (ACM) is a registered investment advisor based in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The firm is principally owned by ACM Holding Trust. ACM offers advisory services to their direct clients and clients of unaffiliated registered investment advisors and broker-dealers throughout the US.

Patrina Corp. provides information technology services. Its solutions include data management and storage, robust, data outsourcing, third-party-compliant data storage and rapid online access solutions. The company was founded by Dan deRoulet, Tony Aruta, Maria Tossini and Frank-Charles Osafo in 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein provides investment banking services. It offers general financial advice together with execution capability for a range of corporate finance related transactions on a global basis. The primary focus is on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, equity issues and initial public offerings. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp Investment Bank Ltd. is a British company.