Tarek Nakhla

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Redburn (USA) LLC is an independent institutional equities broker located in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Redburn Partners USA LLC. Redburn (USA) is the US arm of London-based Redburn (Europe) Ltd. The firm provides institutional investors with conflict-free research and agency execution in the Pan-European equity markets. They provide coverage of the following industries: alternative energy, automotive, banks, beverages, chemicals, food manufacturing, food retail, general retail, insurance, investment banks/diversified financials, luxury goods, medical equipment/services, metals/mining, pharmaceuticals, roving research, technology (software and hardware), telecommunications, transportation and utilities.