Geoff Kendrick

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

UBS Ltd. (Broker) is the Great Britain-based brokerage division of UBS Ltd.,the wholly-owned subsidiary of Switzerland-based UBS AG (SWX: UBSN; NYSE: UBS). Established in 1975, the firm is located in London. UBS Ltd.'s business is organized in three departments: fixed-income, rates and currencies; equity and investment banking. UBS Ltd. (Broker) engages in equity trading, equity derivatives and equity-linked products. The equity research department covers a diverse range of sectors globally and also supplies macroeconomic analysis, quantitative and derivative research. The fixed-income, rates and currency business covers credit, rates, commodities including energy and metals, municipal bonds, Forex and cash and collateral trading globally. Their investment banking activities include analysis, structuring, transaction negotiation and communication.

Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (MSA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSA provides institutional securities such as equities, fixed income, derivatives and research.