Investment banks.

Investment
Banks

THIS    LAST
YEAR    YEAR    COMPANY                                 LOCATION

  1       1     The Williams Capital Group L.P.         New York, NY
  2       2     Blaylock & Partners L.P.                New York, NY
  3       3     Loop Capital Markets L.L.C..            Chicago, IL
  4       5     Utendahl Capital Partners L.P.          New York, NY
  5       4     Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. L.L.C.    Oakland, CA
  6       6     M. R. Beal & Co.                        New York, NY
  7       7     Jackson Securities L.L.C.               Atlanta, GA
  8       9     SBK-Brooks Investment Corp.             Cleveland, OH
  9      10     Rice Financial Products Co. **          New York, NY
 10      --     Powell Capital Markets Inc.             Roseland, NJ

THIS    LAST             CHIEF              YEAR
YEAR    YEAR           EXECUTIVE           STARTED    STAFF

  1       1     Christopher J. Williams     1994       58
  2       2       Ronald E. Blaylock        1993       70
  3       3       James Reynolds Jr.        1997       80
  4       5       John Oscar Utendahl       1992       29
  5       4          Suzanne Shank          1996       45
  6       6         Bernard B. Beal         1988       35
  7       7     Reuben R. McDaniel III      1987       30
  8       9          Eric L. Small          1993       20
  9      10       J. Donald Rice Jr.        1987       26
 10      --        Arthur F. Powell         1990        5

THIS    LAST    TOTAL MANAGED
YEAR    YEAR      ISSUES *

  1       1        122.315
  2       2        109.329
  3       3         83.753
  4       5         69.299
  5       4         50.957
  6       6         45.325
  7       7         36.425
  8       9         14.500
  9      10         12.388
 10      --          2.982

* IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AS OF DEC. 31, 2004. PREPARED BY B.E.
RESEARCH.

THIS IS FOR ALL ISSUES INCLUDING MUNICIPAL, DEBT, AND EQUITY
TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 2004.

** RICE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS CO. NOT MEASURED BY THOMSON FINANCIAL

REVIEWED BY THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM EDWARDS & CO.

SOURCE: THOMSON FINANCIAL