John P. Laborde

Stone Energy Corp. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development and operation of oil and gas properties. It operates in the Gulf of Mexico Basin. The company was founded by James Hiram Stone in 1993 and is headquartered in Lafayette, LA.

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. provides funeral, cemetery products and services in the death care industry. It offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and service. The company operates through three segments: Funeral, Cemetery and Corporate Trust Management. The Funeral Homes segment offers a complete range of funeral services and products, which includes family consultation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, removal and preparation of decedents, online remembrance registries and legacies, caskets, urns and flowers. The Cemetery segment involves the sale of cemetery property and related merchandise, including lots, lawn crypts, family and community mausoleums, monuments, markers and burial vaults. It also provides burial site openings and closings and inscriptions. The Corporate Trust Management segment consists of trust management fees and funeral merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Stewart Enterprises was founded by Albert Stewart in 1910 and is headquartered in Jefferson, LA.

BellSouth LLC operates as a telecommunications holding company. It provides wire line communication services including local exchange, network access, intra local access, and internet services. The firm also offers print and online directory advertising. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

South Central Bell Telephone Co. provides wired telephone communication services. The private company is based in Birmingham, AL.

MidCon Corp. provides natural gas transmission, storage, processing and marketing services. The company was founded on December 1, 1981 and is headquartered in Lombard, IL

VT Halter Marine, Inc. is engaged in the design, construction, and repair of ships. It offers comprehensive packages covering shipbuilding projects from blueprint to blue water. The firm provides small to medium size ship construction to commercial and government clients. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Pascagoula, MS.