The Laurel Hill Advisory Group is one of the leading providers of corporate governance advisory and proxy solicitation services throughout North America. We specialize in annual meeting solicitation, information agent services, mergers and acquisitions, special meeting solicitation and shareholder asset recovery programs. We also provide our clients with the most knowledgeable and comprehensive corporate governance advisory service available.

At Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC), we believe in a proactive approach to the law, which involves dealing with today's challenges in such a way that positions our clients for future success. This practical, strategic, forward-thinking approach to the law means that while we are answering your immediate questions, we are also thinking ahead to plan for the continued success of your business. FMC has a team of more than 500 lawyers, with offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Our national network allows us to strategically diversify our expertise across Canada. This ensures our ability to understand the unique complexities of your industry, as well as address your business needs, regardless of geographic boundaries.

Okapi Partners LLC is a strategic proxy solicitation and investor response firm providing a full range of solicitation and information agent services. Okapi Partners represents clients including activist investors, private equity sponsors, corporations and mutual funds and provides expert consultation and advice as well as superior service, top intellectual capital, established industry relationships and outstanding execution capabilities. Headquartered in New York City, the senior management team at Okapi Partners has 60 plus years of experience working with clients on corporate and mutual fund solicitations, proxy fights, negotiated and hostile mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, rights offerings and other special situations. This experience provides our clients with unique insight to formulate successful and cost-effective campaigns.

The AM&A is the acknowledged leading association and credentialing body for Middle Market M & A professionals. Our leadership and people have unrivalled multidisciplinary expertise in the financial services industry. AM&AA members represent sellers and buyers of businesses ranging from $5 to $500 million in transaction value. Their services are seller representation, buyer representation, due diligence, accounting financing, business valuation, tax planning legal, strategic, other advisory and transaction services. Our professional members work to provide the entire spectrum of consulting and corporate financial advisory services to measure, build, finance, and convert business value into personal wealth.

Eurekahedge is world's largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 20,800 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide. Eurekahedge has produced a market-leading research data suite from which our hedge fund and Islamic fund indices are derived; an array of region-specific hedge fund, private equity fund, Islamic fund, real estate fund, enhanced equity fund (SRI) and socially responsible investment fund (SRI) databases; as well as a collection of educational guides for both funds and investors. Founded in 2001, Eurekahedge has offices in London, New York and Singapore.

Eureka Private Equity is a comprehensive online portal providing one-stop service for private equity and venture capital professionals. This portal provides daily news stories about the global private equity and venture capital industry. In addition to the free news service, Eureka Private Equity also has a global suite of private equity fund databases covering over 7,400 funds across all regions in this alternative investment universe – a significant increase of over 250% since it was first launched in 2005. Eureka Private Equity is a subsidiary of Eurekahedge, the world's largest independent alternative fund data provider and research house, covering over 20,800 funds across all strategies and asset classes. Our global alternative research encompasses hedge funds, funds of funds, Islamic funds, real estate funds, long-only absolute return funds, enhanced equity funds (130/30) and socially responsible investment funds (SRI).

BarclayHedge, a leading source for proprietary research in alternative investments since 1985, has provided services as a publisher, database and software provider, and industry consultant. Barclay's 18 hedge fund indices and 10 managed futures indices are utilized worldwide as performance benchmarks for hedge funds and managed futures.

Hedge Connection is the only web-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to pre-qualified, opt-in investors that are actively allocating to hedge funds. Investor members join for free and can review videos and presentation material from our hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts.

Seeking Alpha is the premier financial website for actionable stock market opinion and analysis. Handpicked from the world's top blogs, money managers, financial experts and investment newsletters, Seeking Alpha publishes more than 250 articles daily. Seeking Alpha gives a voice to over 3,000 contributors worldwide, providing access to the nation's most savvy and inquisitive investors. The award-winning site is the only free, online source for over 3,000 companies' quarterly earnings call transcripts including all of the Russell 3000 Index. Seeking Alpha was named the Most Informative Website by Kiplinger's Magazine and received Forbes Magazine's 'Best of the Web' Award.

The Activist Investor serves as a comprehensive resource for equity investors that seek to enhance returns of poorly-performing portfolio companies. If you are an equity investor with an investment that has failed to perform to your expectations, and you desire an equity turnaround strategy, you’ve come to the right place. We provide a range of professional services to assist investors with their activist efforts.

HedgeCo.Net is the leading online community for qualified investors, hedge funds and service providers. For investors, HedgeCo.Net offers the premier free hedge fund database and powerful tools to search, rank and analyze potential investments. HedgeCo.Net members enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers.

Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors.

Preqin is the leading source of information for the alternative assets industry, providing data and analysis via online databases, publications and bespoke data requests. Preqin also works with fund managers to identify and approach institutional investors for new vehicles via its flagship Fundraising Support Service.

Hedge Fund Solutions, LLC (HFS) provides investment research, strategy and stakeholder communications consulting to companies and investors interested in, or involved with, shareholder activist campaigns. Since 2001 HFS has become the trusted advisor to numerous institutional investors, CEOs and board members worldwide. The firm publishes The Catalyst Equity Research Report™, a free weekly report highlighting the companies being targeted by activist investors, and the Catalyst Investment Research™ report, a fee-based research product that combines company-specific shareholder activism research with deep value investment analysis. In addition, HFS administers The Official Activist Investing Blog™, the definitive source for activist shareholder information.

Global Fund Media Ltd. is the largest online news publisher serving institutional investors/wealth managers and their investment managers/advisers across all asset classes, with six daily global newswires and news-driven websites.

The Hedge Fund Association, HFA, is an International not for profit industry trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization devoted to advancing transparency, development and trust in alternative investments.

The Activist Investor Alert is your weekly update on investor activism.