Amelia Farley Weir

Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. (Paradigm) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Albany, New York. The firm was founded by Candace Weir in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradigm Capital Holdings, Inc. Paradigm offers investment advisory services primarily to corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, individuals, investment funds, trusts and individuals (which include high net-worth individuals), other separate accounts, and pooled investment vehicles such as private investment limited partnerships.

Paradigm Funds is an open-end investment company, which engages in the provision of diversified funds. It operates the following funds: Paradigm Value, Paradigm Opportunity, Paradigm Select, and Paradigm Micro-Cap. The company was founded on September 13, 2002 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

William D. Witter, Inc. (WDW) was founded as a registered investment advisor in 1977. From 1966 to 1976 William Witter was the head of a similarly named Wall Street brokerage firm that specialized in institutional investment research. Today, WDW manages assets for institutional and individual clients and is a sub-advisor to a mutual fund. The firm is based in New York City.

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.