Hodges Capital Management - Founded in 1989 and based in Dallas, Texas, Hodges Capital Management is
an investment advisory firm, managing assets for individuals and institutions. Hodges Capital Management is
also the advisor to a proprietary no-load mutual fund, The Hodges Fund (HDPMX). The Hodges Fund was
awarded the best Multi-Cap Core for each of the last two years by Lipper Analytical Services. For more
information, visit Lipper Analytical Services. For more information, visit www.hodgescapital.com
an investment advisory firm, managing assets for individuals and institutions. Hodges Capital Management is
also the advisor to a proprietary no-load mutual fund, The Hodges Fund (HDPMX). The Hodges Fund was
awarded the best Multi-Cap Core for each of the last two years by Lipper Analytical Services. For more
information, visit Lipper Analytical Services. For more information, visit www.hodgescapital.com
The CFA Society of Dallas/ Fort Worth (CFADFW) - With more than
1,100 members, the CFADFW is one of the largest chapters of the CFA
Institute. With more than 90,000 members, the CFA Institute is a
professional investor organization that helps set professional and ethical
standards for investors around the world. You can find out more about
the CFADFW at www.cfadfw.org
1,100 members, the CFADFW is one of the largest chapters of the CFA
Institute. With more than 90,000 members, the CFA Institute is a
professional investor organization that helps set professional and ethical
standards for investors around the world. You can find out more about
the CFADFW at www.cfadfw.org
Ipreo is a global leader in the provision of sophisticated market intelligence,
robust technology, and superior customer service to publicly listed companies and
investment banks around the world. Built on a legacy of experience and a
thorough understanding of the capital markets, Ipreo provides critical insights and
flexible solutions to help our clients run better investor relations programs. Ipreo’s
investor relations products and services include:
* Global market intelligence
* Shareholder identification and analysis
* Institutional investor targeting
* Investment community perception studies
* Online investor relationship management software
For more information, visit www.ipreo.com
robust technology, and superior customer service to publicly listed companies and
investment banks around the world. Built on a legacy of experience and a
thorough understanding of the capital markets, Ipreo provides critical insights and
flexible solutions to help our clients run better investor relations programs. Ipreo’s
investor relations products and services include:
* Global market intelligence
* Shareholder identification and analysis
* Institutional investor targeting
* Investment community perception studies
* Online investor relationship management software
For more information, visit www.ipreo.com
Founded in Dallas in 1989 NFJ Investment Group manages assets for a
sizable list of institutional and private clients through retail mutual funds and
managed account programs, which are both offered through Allianz Global
Investors. NFJ is a disciplined, value oriented equity manager specializing in a
diversified, low P/E approach that selects stocks on a bottom-up basis.
Investment philosophy is based on research which has shown that portfolios of
dividend paying low P/E stocks have outperformed market indices throughout all
capitalization levels over extended periods. Currently 8 value products are
managed. These products are available in separate accounts and institutional
mutual funds format.Dividend Value (mid/large cap); Large Cap Value;
Renaissance Fund (mid cap); Mid Cap Value;Small Cap Value (closed to new
investors); All Cap Value; Global Dividend Value; International Value
sizable list of institutional and private clients through retail mutual funds and
managed account programs, which are both offered through Allianz Global
Investors. NFJ is a disciplined, value oriented equity manager specializing in a
diversified, low P/E approach that selects stocks on a bottom-up basis.
Investment philosophy is based on research which has shown that portfolios of
dividend paying low P/E stocks have outperformed market indices throughout all
capitalization levels over extended periods. Currently 8 value products are
managed. These products are available in separate accounts and institutional
mutual funds format.Dividend Value (mid/large cap); Large Cap Value;
Renaissance Fund (mid cap); Mid Cap Value;Small Cap Value (closed to new
investors); All Cap Value; Global Dividend Value; International Value
Perritt Capital Management, Inc. is an independent and registered investment
advisor located in Chicago's Financial District. The firm manages over $500
million of client assets including two no-load mutual funds and 150 separately
managed accounts. Since its establishment in 1987, the firm has specialized in
small company investing for individual and institutional investors. In addition, the
company offers asset allocation portfolio management to individual investors. For
more information, visit www.perrittcap.com
advisor located in Chicago's Financial District. The firm manages over $500
million of client assets including two no-load mutual funds and 150 separately
managed accounts. Since its establishment in 1987, the firm has specialized in
small company investing for individual and institutional investors. In addition, the
company offers asset allocation portfolio management to individual investors. For
more information, visit www.perrittcap.com
For over 30 years FactSet has been a leading provider of accurate financial information and superior software
solutions to the global investment community. By integrating content from more than 800 databases with
powerful analytics on a single platform, FactSet offers the most complete financial workflow solution available.
Learn more at www.factset.com.
solutions to the global investment community. By integrating content from more than 800 databases with
powerful analytics on a single platform, FactSet offers the most complete financial workflow solution available.
Learn more at www.factset.com.
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Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM) is the institutional trading arm of Fidelity Investments and is a leading
provider of sophisticated securities trading and execution services. FCM’s electronic brokerage capabilities,
provides access to a robust liquidity pool, derived from the power of Fidelity’s brokerage business and a full
suite of electronic brokerage trading products, including next generation proprietary algorithms and our own
anonymous crossing network, CrossStream®. FCM executes domestic and international equity securities
including block and portfolio trading, listed options and foreign exchange. It offers securities lending,
commission and transition management. Fidelity Capital Markets trades fixed-income principally in a wide
range of taxable and tax-exempt securities and underwrites municipal and government agency debt. FCM has
its own distribution channel, Fidelity Prime Services®, focused on servicing hedge funds and offers all of our
clients’ conflict free trading, execution excellence and personal service. For more information about Fidelity
Capital Markets please visit www.fidelitycapitalmarkets.com
provider of sophisticated securities trading and execution services. FCM’s electronic brokerage capabilities,
provides access to a robust liquidity pool, derived from the power of Fidelity’s brokerage business and a full
suite of electronic brokerage trading products, including next generation proprietary algorithms and our own
anonymous crossing network, CrossStream®. FCM executes domestic and international equity securities
including block and portfolio trading, listed options and foreign exchange. It offers securities lending,
commission and transition management. Fidelity Capital Markets trades fixed-income principally in a wide
range of taxable and tax-exempt securities and underwrites municipal and government agency debt. FCM has
its own distribution channel, Fidelity Prime Services®, focused on servicing hedge funds and offers all of our
clients’ conflict free trading, execution excellence and personal service. For more information about Fidelity
Capital Markets please visit www.fidelitycapitalmarkets.com
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss (Barrow Hanley), based in Dallas, has provided value-oriented
investment strategies to institutional investors, mutual funds, and family offices since 1979. Today, clients
representing approximately $60 billion in assets rely on Barrow Hanley to manage equity and fixed income
portfolios with the same rigor and discipline that has resulted in the outperformance of Barrow Hanley's
flagship large cap value equity strategy for more than 30 years. For more information, visit
www.barrowhanley.com
investment strategies to institutional investors, mutual funds, and family offices since 1979. Today, clients
representing approximately $60 billion in assets rely on Barrow Hanley to manage equity and fixed income
portfolios with the same rigor and discipline that has resulted in the outperformance of Barrow Hanley's
flagship large cap value equity strategy for more than 30 years. For more information, visit
www.barrowhanley.com
Keeley Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) is a privately-owned
Chicago-based money management firm, founded in 1982. The firm serves a
diverse client base that includes the institutional community through private
foundations and endowments, corporate pension funds, public funds, education
and religious organizations, as well as individual and family trusts. The firm also
manages the Keeley Funds, open-end publicly traded mutual funds that include
the Keeley Small Cap Value Fund, the Keeley Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, the
Keeley Mid Cap Value Fund, the Keeley All Cap Value Fund, the Keeley Small
Cap Dividend Value Fund, and the Keeley Alternative Value Fund. The firm's
professionals are bottom-up, value driven investors, focusing the majority of
portfolios on our internal corporate restructuring strategy. John L. Keeley, Jr., is
President and Chief Investment Officer at Keeley Asset Management Corp., a
registered investment adviser. For more information, visit www.keeleyfunds.com
Chicago-based money management firm, founded in 1982. The firm serves a
diverse client base that includes the institutional community through private
foundations and endowments, corporate pension funds, public funds, education
and religious organizations, as well as individual and family trusts. The firm also
manages the Keeley Funds, open-end publicly traded mutual funds that include
the Keeley Small Cap Value Fund, the Keeley Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, the
Keeley Mid Cap Value Fund, the Keeley All Cap Value Fund, the Keeley Small
Cap Dividend Value Fund, and the Keeley Alternative Value Fund. The firm's
professionals are bottom-up, value driven investors, focusing the majority of
portfolios on our internal corporate restructuring strategy. John L. Keeley, Jr., is
President and Chief Investment Officer at Keeley Asset Management Corp., a
registered investment adviser. For more information, visit www.keeleyfunds.com
Alpha Theory™ is an advanced investment discipline that helps fund managers maximize the return of their
portfolios. Alpha Theory's™ web-based Fundamental Portfolio Management tool leverages a firm's research
and instinct to build a repeatable system for optimally sizing positions using state of the art software design.
This pioneering blend of philosophy and technology is developed by a team of high achieving investment
practitioners and technology professionals. Learn more at www.AlphaTheory.com.
portfolios. Alpha Theory's™ web-based Fundamental Portfolio Management tool leverages a firm's research
and instinct to build a repeatable system for optimally sizing positions using state of the art software design.
This pioneering blend of philosophy and technology is developed by a team of high achieving investment
practitioners and technology professionals. Learn more at www.AlphaTheory.com.
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange
technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies.
NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S.
listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt,
commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the
operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50
countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common
offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and
Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies.
NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S.
listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt,
commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the
operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50
countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common
offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and
Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
NorthPoint Trading Partners, a member company of
ConvergEx Group, provides prime services to Hedge
Funds, Family Offices, Mutual Funds, and Registered
Investment Advisors. NorthPoint prime services clients
enjoy personalized service and full access to powerful
ConvergEx products and technologies that are unmatched
in the prime services industry. By combining boutique firm
service and pricing with professional clearing and prime
brokerage services, we are able to offer our clients a
prime services package that, previously, only the largest
institutions could access.
ConvergEx Group, provides prime services to Hedge
Funds, Family Offices, Mutual Funds, and Registered
Investment Advisors. NorthPoint prime services clients
enjoy personalized service and full access to powerful
ConvergEx products and technologies that are unmatched
in the prime services industry. By combining boutique firm
service and pricing with professional clearing and prime
brokerage services, we are able to offer our clients a
prime services package that, previously, only the largest
institutions could access.
The Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA) is a
regional trade association of over 200 member firms
that represents the hedge fund industry throughout
the state of Texas and surrounding states. THFA
membership is composed primarily of hedge fund
managers and investment advisers, high net worth
investors, institutional investors (pension funds,
foundations, banks), fund of funds and industry
service providers such as administrators, auditors and
accountants, attorneys, third party marketers and
others. The THFA sponsors periodic programs
around the state, including networking events and
educational seminars. For more information about
THFA, please visit www.texashfa.org
regional trade association of over 200 member firms
that represents the hedge fund industry throughout
the state of Texas and surrounding states. THFA
membership is composed primarily of hedge fund
managers and investment advisers, high net worth
investors, institutional investors (pension funds,
foundations, banks), fund of funds and industry
service providers such as administrators, auditors and
accountants, attorneys, third party marketers and
others. The THFA sponsors periodic programs
around the state, including networking events and
educational seminars. For more information about
THFA, please visit www.texashfa.org
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the world's largest electronic marketplace for broker-
dealers to trade unlisted stocks. The OTC Link™ platform supports an open network of competing broker-
dealers that provide investors with the best prices in over 10,000 OTC securities. As of October 2011, securities
on OTC Link traded over $196 billion in dollar volume (vs. $144 billion in all of 2010), making it the 3rd largest
equity trading venue after NYSE and NASDAQ. OTCM categorizes the wide spectrum of OTC-traded companies
into three tiers - OTCQX (the quality-controlled marketplace for investor-friendly companies), OTCQB® (the U.S.
reporting company marketplace for development stage companies), and OTC Pink™ (the open trading
marketplace for broker-dealers to source best execution for their customers) - so investors can identify the level
and quality of information companies provide. To learn more about how OTC Markets Group makes the OTC
market more transparent, informed, and efficient, visit www.otcmarkets.com.
dealers to trade unlisted stocks. The OTC Link™ platform supports an open network of competing broker-
dealers that provide investors with the best prices in over 10,000 OTC securities. As of October 2011, securities
on OTC Link traded over $196 billion in dollar volume (vs. $144 billion in all of 2010), making it the 3rd largest
equity trading venue after NYSE and NASDAQ. OTCM categorizes the wide spectrum of OTC-traded companies
into three tiers - OTCQX (the quality-controlled marketplace for investor-friendly companies), OTCQB® (the U.S.
reporting company marketplace for development stage companies), and OTC Pink™ (the open trading
marketplace for broker-dealers to source best execution for their customers) - so investors can identify the level
and quality of information companies provide. To learn more about how OTC Markets Group makes the OTC
market more transparent, informed, and efficient, visit www.otcmarkets.com.
advisory firm that understands success lies in evolving with
our clients and their needs. As an independent,
management-owned firm, our year-round support and
analysis of the investor and governance environment allow
us to prepare for successful outcomes well in advance of the
shareholder meeting. Since 2005, our firm has applied
innovative methods to address the ever-changing roles of
regulatory compliance, proxy advisory firms, investors,
activists, and the proxy intermediaries. Our success is based
on a combination of our dedicated professionals, their
expertise, and the firm’s collective commitment to flawless
execution. Learn more at www.allianceadvisorsllc.com
our clients and their needs. As an independent,
management-owned firm, our year-round support and
analysis of the investor and governance environment allow
us to prepare for successful outcomes well in advance of the
shareholder meeting. Since 2005, our firm has applied
innovative methods to address the ever-changing roles of
regulatory compliance, proxy advisory firms, investors,
activists, and the proxy intermediaries. Our success is based
on a combination of our dedicated professionals, their
expertise, and the firm’s collective commitment to flawless
execution. Learn more at www.allianceadvisorsllc.com