Steve Mermelstein

Covington Associates LLC (CAL) is an investment banking, financial advisory and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 1991. CAL provides investment banking services, as well as advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising, strategic advisory services, fairness opinions and valuations and capital restructuring. They focus on four distinct areas including business services, consumer & industrials, healthcare and technology. Covington Associates provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Power & Energy, Inc. develops automated hydrogen systems. It offers micro-channel hydrogen purifiers, hydrogen separators and fuel processing technology for the hydrogen economy. The company's micro-channel palladium-alloy hydrogen purifiers purify commercial compressed or liquid hydrogen to nine-nines purity, meeting the requirements for semiconductor fabrication processes, includes MOCVD for LEDs, laser diodes and other compound semiconductors. Power & Energy was founded by Peter R. Bossa in 1993 and is headquartered in Ivyland, PA.

Founded in 1992, Asante Partners LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. They provide investment banking and strategic advisory services to companies across all sectors of healthcare, with particular expertise in mergers and private equity financing. They specialize in pharmaceuticals, medical technology, devices, biotechnology, drug delivery systems, services, information technology and diagnostics

The Chase Manhattan Bank NA operates a commercial banking. It provides financial products, services, and advice, planning and treasury management services. The company is located in New York, NY.

Ferghana Partners Group provides healthcare corporate finance advisory services.