GMP SECURITIES

GMP Securities L.P.'s predecessor, Griffiths McBurney & Partners, was founded in March 1995 with the vision of creating an energetic, entrepreneurial and independent investment dealer focused on serving corporate clients and institutional investors. Today, GMP Securities is wholly owned by GMP Capital Trust, which converted on December 1, 2005 from GMP Capital Corp. GMP Securities has offered institutional sales, research and trading services to Canadian and U.S. clients since inception and also... services European clients through its affiliate GMP Europe. The firm finished sixth in market share on the Toronto Stock Exchange on its first day of operations and year-over-year has the same strong position as a dominant equity block trader. Their affiliates are GMP Private Client L.P. which services high net worth private clients and currently has offices in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, and EdgeStone Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms with offices in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary.More