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Company

Standard Investment Chartered, Inc. ("Standard") is a privately-held, full service securities and investment banking firm providing brokerage, advisory, research and evaluation services to institutions, corporations, professionally managed portfolios, foundations, trusts, retirement plans and sophisticated individuals.

Standard operates as a registered securities "broker-dealer" and is incorporated under the laws of the state of California. The firm is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and the Securities Investors Protection Corporation ("SIPC").

Standard conducts investment research with an focus on the identification, analysis and investment of closely-held, thinly traded, over-the-counter ("OTC") equities and executes all transactions on behalf of its clients on a fully disclosed basis through a New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") member firm. Through our Wall Street affiliate, Standard provides industry-standard prices for U.S. Treasury and Agency securities; an extensive database of closing prices with associated analytics and graphics functions; analytic report generators; daily market commentaries, and ad hoc research reports to the institutional community and primary dealer network.

Standard was founded in 1988 to assist professional investors, institutions and fund managers with their research, trade discovery, market execution, risk management and position maintenance. We are one of less than a dozen firms nationally that devotes a majority of its resources to this specialized investment practice, which is considered by many to be the last bastion of the pure equities investor.