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PROGRAM PROPOSAL 2008<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> GROUP, Inc. - LOS ANGELES • SAN FRANCISCO • NEW YORK<br />

6525 W. Sunset Blvd., Garden Suite 4, Los Angeles, CA 90028 • Phone: 323.468.2300 • Fax: 323.468.2304


Contents<br />

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part I<br />

INVESTOR RELATIONS PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II<br />

1. METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part III<br />

A. MANAGEMENT CONSULTING<br />

B. IR INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

C. FINANCIAL COMMUNITY TARGETING & MARKETING<br />

D. CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS<br />

E. INTERNET ACTIVITIES<br />

GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part IV<br />

THE <strong>MKR</strong> PRINCIPALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> GROUP CLIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part VI<br />

CONTACT <strong>MKR</strong> GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part VII


Introduction<br />

I. Introduction<br />

Thank you for inviting the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> to submit a proposal to serve as your investor relations partner.<br />

Creating communications that effectively differentiate your Company’s unique operating characteristics,<br />

strategies and financial performance will play a critical role in maximizing valuation, reputation and brand<br />

awareness with all audiences, including shareholders, the investment community, media, strategic partners,<br />

customers and employees.<br />

Based on our working knowledge and expertise in the representation of micro-cap and small-cap<br />

companies, we have created a program focused on delivering tangible results.<br />

II. <strong>Investor</strong> <strong>Relations</strong> <strong>Program</strong>-Framework<br />

AN EDUCATED SHAREHOLDER BASE<br />

Particularly in the case of a micro-cap or small-cap public company that is reintroducing itself to Wall Street<br />

or attempting to increase institutional sponsorship, a comprehensive and timely communications program is<br />

essential. The <strong>MKR</strong> program will result in a better informed and more supportive base of professional<br />

investors.<br />

CREDIBILITY<br />

A consistent, proactive and broad-based <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> effort can solidify the long term credibility of a<br />

company. Credibility is of particular importance to micro-cap and small-cap public companies as they<br />

embark on an expanded investor awareness program.<br />

MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY<br />

With the numerous investment alternatives that are currently available to institutional and retail investors, a<br />

direct and concentrated effort must be undertaken to keep the attention of the entire financial community.<br />

The <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> will assist management by maintaining a proactive investor relations outreach effort and<br />

by keeping an open line of communication with the investment community. This effort is very difficult to<br />

manage effectively in house due to the ever increasing constraints on management’s time.<br />

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE <strong>MKR</strong> INVESTOR RELATIONS PROGRAM FOR A<br />

PUBLIC COMPANY ARE:<br />

• To develop an effective, comprehensive and proactive investor relations and corporate communications<br />

program that utilizes resources as efficiently as possible.<br />

• To counsel management on material disclosure, corporate governance and Reg FD issues. While your<br />

attorneys will provide their perspective, we will offer guidance regarding likely investor reaction as<br />

well as a review of the peer group’s policies.<br />

• To contribute to the long term maintenance and growth of a quality market valuation for your<br />

Company through research coverage and expanded institutional and retail ownership.<br />

• To provide a continual source of feedback regarding investors’ perceptions of your Company and its<br />

strategic initiatives.<br />

• To assist management in creating and maintaining an open dialogue with the investment community<br />

while not compromising your main priority of running the business.<br />

• To support investor relations positioning and corporate development efforts with an outreach program<br />

that generates coverage in the national and regional financial media and key trade publications.


Methods of Implementation<br />

III. Methods of Implementation<br />

THE <strong>MKR</strong> ACTIVITIES FALL INTO THE FOLLOWING FIVE GENERAL AREAS:<br />

A. MANAGEMENT CONSULTING<br />

B. IR INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

C. FINANCIAL COMMUNITY TARGETING & MARKETING<br />

D. CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS<br />

E. INTERNET ACTIVITIES<br />

A. MANAGEMENT CONSULTING<br />

Going forward, the Company will face important IR issues throughout the year that will need to be evaluated<br />

in the context of your various audiences. We are highly confident that our team’s experience will provide an<br />

important perspective to your management team. We expect that our advisory work for the Company will<br />

involve corporate communications related issues such as:<br />

• Positioning material developments as they emerge<br />

• Managing the expectations of all investors within Reg FD guidelines<br />

• Assessing likely investor reactions to corporate initiatives and corporate governance policies<br />

• Directing senior management’s involvement with IR to the desired and appropriate level<br />

• Best practices for communications<br />

• Timing and content of quarterly results releases and conference calls<br />

• Communicating material corporate events such as earnings, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, etc.<br />

• Advising on integrating communications to consider all stakeholder groups<br />

• Determining the most compelling investment thesis for the Company<br />

• Managing any communications crisis that may develop<br />

• Vendor relationships<br />

In addition, we are on call 24-7 to address any issue that may arise.<br />

B. IR INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

In today’s stock market environment, investors expect a prompt response to their inquiries. Failure to respond<br />

within 24 hours can result in lost interest, eliminated positions or fodder for chat rooms. <strong>MKR</strong> can help provide<br />

a “standard of excellence” with IR Infrastructure as follows:<br />

• Fax & E-mail lists: <strong>MKR</strong> will review the existing company blast fax and e-mail database and bring<br />

these lists up to date. We will also work with the Company to establish new lists focused on micro-cap<br />

buy-side and sell-side targets, as well as a select list of financial media.<br />

• <strong>Investor</strong> Kits: While you rarely receive requests for printed investor materials, we will need to have a<br />

new investor kit for meetings with the buy-side and sell-side, financial media and conference appearances.<br />

We will develop a new corporate profile/fact sheet and make recommendations on the remainder of the<br />

kit’s contents. We will also assist the Company with the development of an electronic investor kit,<br />

which should be available on the Company’s website.<br />

• Website: We will work with you to update the investor relations component of your website. In<br />

addition, <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> professionals will conduct a review of the IR portion of the Company’s website<br />

each month. We can write or coordinate the production of special information pieces for the IR web<br />

page as needed.


Methods of Implementation<br />

• Vendor <strong>Relations</strong>hip Management: We will work with you to maximize the benefits received from<br />

all investor relations services vendors, and recommend that <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> set up all conference<br />

calls, webcasts and press releases and manage associated vendor relationships.<br />

• Best Practices: On an ongoing basis, we will review best practices of your peer group and the overall<br />

industry and make recommendations as appropriate concerning the Company’s IR infrastructure.<br />

C. FINANCIAL COMMUNITY TARGETING & MARKETING<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> professionals are consistently interfacing with fund managers, sell-side analysts and key<br />

retail brokers to broaden our network of investment professionals and to build value added relationships on<br />

behalf of our clients. This relationship approach will result in our identifying potential new holders for your<br />

Company, as well as potential new analyst coverage. Our efforts will be divided into the following activities:<br />

• Financial Community Positioning/Presentation: <strong>MKR</strong> will review and revise the current corporate<br />

presentation once we determine the most compelling investment thesis for your Company.<br />

• <strong>Group</strong> and One-on-One Buy-side Presentations: Based on our previously described one-on-one<br />

efforts, we expect to build a steady stream of new interest in the Company and will work with<br />

management to capitalize on this interest. Additionally, we will build a continuously evolving<br />

institutional holder target list for the Company and target these institutions for potential one-on-one<br />

meetings with management. After <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> has arranged meetings, we will follow up to determine<br />

actions to be taken and any issues that need to be addressed to convert the interest into ownership.<br />

While we envision devoting several days to this effort in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San<br />

Francisco, we also want to work with your travel schedule to take advantage of any free time you may<br />

have on your prearranged business trips.<br />

• <strong>Investor</strong> Conferences: We will identify potential conferences that might be open to a presentation by<br />

your Company, and we will pursue invitations.<br />

• Sell-side Analyst <strong>Relations</strong>: Our team will develop and continually evolve a target list of sell-side<br />

analysts that will become the focus of our sell-side analyst relations effort. We will arrange for<br />

management to personally interface with pre-qualified sell-side targets at least once every three<br />

months. We will also market corporate developments and media coverage to this target list.<br />

• Retail: We will consider strategies to maximize the retail market’s interest in your Company, including<br />

financial advertising, participating in retail oriented conferences and presentations to local broker<br />

groups.<br />

As mentioned previously in this program, a key driver for all financial community marketing will be our<br />

proactive relationship building efforts where the <strong>MKR</strong> team members regularly meet with portfolio<br />

managers, analysts and investment bankers to determine their interests and investment parameters, and then<br />

bring them stories that meet their needs. The execution of this program is a major factor behind our ability to<br />

convert initial interest in a company into tangible results.


Methods of Implementation<br />

D. CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS<br />

It is essential to the success of an investor relations program that all communication be treated as a<br />

“branding” effort. This means that all communications should convey key messages that we determine<br />

management should focus on when communicating with Wall Street, strategic partners, media, etc.<br />

Additionally, it is essential that all communications issued by the Company consider the impact on all<br />

stakeholders during the strategic planning and drafting process.<br />

• Press Releases: If it is Company practice to generate most news releases internally, <strong>MKR</strong> will<br />

provide the Company with input and editing suggestions from an investor perspective. <strong>MKR</strong> will also<br />

manage the press release distribution process. <strong>MKR</strong> can also assist in the generation of press release<br />

drafts on behalf of the Company, if the Company so chooses. We particularly suggest using our<br />

services to draft any financial releases, such as quarterly earnings announcements.<br />

• Conference Calls: <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> will manage your Company’s earnings conference calls from start to<br />

finish. We will also work with senior management to determine the appropriate structure of the calls,<br />

including timing, screening, vendor and format. We will manage the distribution of the invitation,<br />

follow up with key opinion leaders to encourage their participation and arrange for Webcasting of the<br />

event. <strong>MKR</strong> will prepare your conference call script drafts, provide advance input and review later<br />

drafts. In addition, we will develop potential Q&A for management’s consideration. Finally, we will<br />

make sure the event is on your website both live and archived, and we will conduct a post-call review<br />

with key participants.<br />

• Fact Sheet: During the quiet period, we would recommend that <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> draft a one-page fact<br />

sheet that would be used as part of a hard copy information kit and on the IR portion of your website.<br />

We will work with management to determine the other key components of the information kit, such<br />

as recent releases, articles, etc.<br />

• Annual Report: We will advise in the development of the annual report’s theme and content, provide<br />

graphic designer and production vendor recommendations, oversee the selected vendor to ensure successful<br />

project completion from a timing, quality and budget perspective, and make sure the report is<br />

appropriately converted for the website. In addition, we recommend that we draft the shareholders’<br />

letter and work with your internal resources on any narrative that accompanies the letter.<br />

• Research & Analysis: An important part of any investor relations effort is to know the developments<br />

of your peers and their potential impact on your Company. We will monitor your stock activity, as<br />

well as that of the peer group, and we will poll the Street to determine current attitudes towards your<br />

Company on a regular basis. Furthermore, we will monitor the major news services, websites and<br />

chat rooms to get market intelligence and to track rumors. Appropriate action would be recommended<br />

based on our findings.<br />

• Public <strong>Relations</strong>: In today’s competitive marketplace, it is essential to maintain an expanded<br />

audience focus. For clients who do not retain separate public relations representatives, <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />

will provide basic public relations services including target marketing, designing and updating press<br />

kit, media news distribution and appropriate follow up. <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> maintains an extensive database<br />

of both consumer and trade media outlets.


Internet Activities<br />

E. INTERNET ACTIVITIES<br />

A key element of <strong>MKR</strong>’s philosophy is the importance of using the Internet as a tool to achieve a company’s<br />

investor relations goals. A company's IR site is often the first place a prospective investor looks for<br />

information on the company. <strong>MKR</strong> will implement a specifically tailored web program for your Company<br />

that works in concert with our ongoing investor relations efforts.<br />

The immediate goals of an <strong>MKR</strong> investor relations website are:<br />

• To create a web location where your Company’s investors, employees and potential investors have<br />

timely, comprehensive, easily accessible investor information;<br />

• To ensure that all investor information is the latest and most up to date material available;<br />

• To present the information to the investor as a “live document” that will give a sense of immediacy to<br />

a company’s Wall Street story and focus the investor’s attention on the elements of the story that we<br />

want to emphasize; and<br />

• To market and position the website with a focus on drawing a new high-level investor.<br />

Some of the elements that are included in an <strong>MKR</strong> investor relations website are:<br />

TMWD<br />

web site<br />

• Press Releases<br />

• Daily Stock Status<br />

• Quarterly Earnings Reports<br />

• Annual Report<br />

• Analyst Coverage and Contact Information<br />

• Company Contact Information<br />

• Corporate Profile<br />

• Media Coverage Archive<br />

• News (Recent Releases and Events)<br />

• SEC Filings (EDGAR Search)<br />

• Request Form (For Client Subscription-<br />

Email/Fax Sign-up)<br />

• Equation Information<br />

• Presentations<br />

• Conference Calls/Events<br />

• CEO Forum<br />

• FAQs<br />

TMWD<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> IR web site<br />

For an additional fee, <strong>MKR</strong> can also provide real-time financial information.<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> will construct the investor relations website to seamlessly match the functionality and design of your<br />

Company’s main website, while still creating, maintaining and updating the IR site using <strong>MKR</strong> resources.<br />

To view more examples of an <strong>MKR</strong> investor relations website, please visit our site at:<br />

www.mkr-group.com/clients.html


Started<br />

IV. Getting Started<br />

COMPLETING OUR DUE DILIGENCE<br />

The <strong>MKR</strong> team will visit your Company to tour the facilities and interview management to get a more<br />

intimate perspective on your Company and its story.<br />

CONDUCTING AN <strong>MKR</strong> COMMUNITY SURVEY<br />

Our survey will sample an audience comprised of several of the following: (i) analysts following the<br />

industry; (ii) current shareholders; (iii) interested parties; and (iv) current partners.<br />

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> will work closely with management to address all internal issues, ensuring they are properly<br />

addressed to the Street with the underlying goal of maximizing the credibility of your Company to the<br />

investment community. This will include the off-loading of investor and media calls to <strong>MKR</strong>, thus<br />

maximizing communications to shareholders, interested parties and the press.<br />

Principals<br />

V. <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Principals<br />

Charles Messman - President<br />

Charles Messman is one of the founding partners of the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong>, Inc., which he co-founded in July of 1999<br />

with Todd Kehrli. Charles brings over 11 years of Wall Street experience with a unique combination of institutional<br />

sales, investment banking and investor relations experience. Over the past 6 years Charles has specialized<br />

in working with micro-Cap and small-Cap companies providing investor relations counsel, strategy, and financing<br />

alternatives. Over the past 11 years Charles has represented over 40 companies with market-caps ranging<br />

from $10 million to $2.5 billion. Charles is well known in the small-cap universe for having a strong marketing<br />

presence throughout many diverse industries. While with <strong>MKR</strong>, Charles has assisted his client companies in raising<br />

over $250 million in capital, through both buy-side and sell-side introductions.<br />

Prior to forming <strong>MKR</strong>, Charles was employed by the investment bank of C.E. Unterberg Towbin, where he was<br />

part of the firm's institutional sales force. Prior to Unterberg, Charles worked for the investor relations firm,<br />

Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc. While at Morgen-Walke he worked with over 50 accounts in many different<br />

industries, often specializing in the representation of telecommunications-related organizations. Charles also ran<br />

the West Coast Marketing program of Morgen-Walke, assisting companies ranging in size from $10 million to $8<br />

billion in market capitalization with setting up buy-side roadshows. Charles holds a BA degree in Economics<br />

from Iowa State University.<br />

Todd Kehrli - Executive Vice President<br />

Todd Kehrli co-founded the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> in July of 1999. He brings a unique combination of legal and investor<br />

relations experience to the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong>. Over the past 6 years Todd has specialized in working with micro-cap<br />

and small-cap companies providing investor relations counsel and strategy. Todd has built significant working<br />

relationships with many of the leading consumer, healthcare and technology analysts on both the buy-side and<br />

sell-side. Todd specializes in the marketing of micro-cap and small-cap companies to institutional investors.<br />

Prior to co-founding the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong>, Todd acted as a Business Litigation Associate specializing in the representation<br />

of financial institutions, including complex commercial litigation and insolvency issues. Todd is an active<br />

member of the California State Bar.<br />

Prior to practicing law, Todd worked in the San Francisco Office of Morgen-Walke Associates assisting in the<br />

handling of client accounts and corporate communications. Todd earned his Juris Doctor from the University of<br />

the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in 1996 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State<br />

University.


<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Principals<br />

Jim Byers - Senior Vice President<br />

Jim Byers recently joined the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> in January of 2006. Jim brings a wealth of experience to the <strong>MKR</strong><br />

<strong>Group</strong> with more than 15 years of investor relations and financial markets experience. He has provided strategic<br />

counsel and created investor relations programs generating significant tangible results for companies in a variety<br />

of industries including healthcare, business services, technology, telecommunications and basic industry. He has<br />

been honored as a SABRE award recipient in recognition of superior achievement in investor relations program<br />

development. Prior to joining the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong>, Jim served as a Vice President with the investor relations firm,<br />

Financial Dynamics, for nearly nine years. Prior to that he was an institutional fixed income executive with<br />

Rauscher Pierce Refsnes and was a writer for Time magazine. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science<br />

from the University of California, Davis.<br />

Bonnie McBride - Senior Vice President<br />

SBonnie has more than 12 years of experience in investor relations, corporate finance, communications and<br />

financial analysis with a strong emphasis in technology. For the past 4 years, Bonnie managed and ran a boutique<br />

investor relations firm providing investor relations counsel and strategy to multiple companies in varying stages<br />

of development. Prior to forming her own firm, Bonnie held increasingly senior positions including IR Director<br />

for a large technology company, Vice President of IR at the Carson <strong>Group</strong>, Senior Vice President, at Thomson<br />

Financial and more recently, Senior Vice President, IR Services at the Global Consulting <strong>Group</strong>, one of the<br />

largest financial communications firms in the world. Her experience with large and small cap companies such as<br />

Zoran Corporation, Power Integrations, Openwave Systems, E*Trade, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Power-One<br />

Inc., Infoseek, Tibco Software, among others, enables her to understand a wide variety of issues facing companies<br />

today. Bonnie has also worked with multiple pre-IPO companies and her relationship with senior management,<br />

investors and sell-side analysts has established her credentials as a senior investor relations professional.<br />

Bonnie holds a MBA in Finance from the University of California at Davis and a BA in both Economics and<br />

Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.<br />

Marie Dagresto - Vice President<br />

Marie Dagresto has rejoined the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> as a Vice President, bringing 8 years of investment and marketing<br />

experience. Marie first came to the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> in May 2004, and spent the last year working on the buyside as<br />

the Director of Marketing for MAG Capital LLC, a small-cap equity financing hedge fund. She was responsible<br />

for spearheading the firm’s global institutional fundraising activities, including investor relations and communications.<br />

She began her career as an Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co., trading equities and equity derivatives for<br />

private clients. She later co-founded aLine Media public relations, serving as the Director of Corporate<br />

Marketing. Marie earned her Bachelors Degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.<br />

Susan Schoch - Vice President<br />

Susan Schoch joined the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> in September of 2005. Susan is also the President of S/S Small Cap<br />

Network, a financial relations consulting firm, founded in 1994, that specializes in helping investment banks<br />

qualify investors for IPO and private equity financings. She co-founded and was formerly Senior Vice President<br />

of McKim & Co. LLC, a New York investment banking boutique formed in 2000 to advise publicly traded and<br />

privately-held emerging growth companies on structuring and raising private equity in the $3-$25 million range.<br />

Previously, Susan founded MarketCom Resources, Inc., a financial marketing communications firm specializing<br />

in annual reports, capabilities booklets for Wall Street firms, financial public relations and investor relations.<br />

Clients included American Express, The Bank of New York, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch,<br />

Mitel and Morgan Stanley. Her company also worked on special projects, such as writing and editing American<br />

Express's Corporate Policy Manual (reporting to Corporate Counsel) and a proprietary merchant banking study<br />

for Morgan Stanley. MarketCom developed the broker-dealer/institutional investor distribution network for The<br />

Research Works, Inc., which produces and distributes research on small cap and emerging growth companies.<br />

Susan began her career as a financial journalist at Institutional <strong>Investor</strong> and wrote for publications, including<br />

Corporate Finance, The Wall Street Letter, Fortune, Financial World, and Venture magazines. She was a cofounder<br />

of Corporate Finance Letter, which later merged with Institutional <strong>Investor</strong>'s Corporate Financing Week.<br />

Susan did graduate work in Politics at N.Y.U. and earned her B.A. from Wheaton College (Mass.).


VI. <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Clients Clients<br />

Accelrys Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL)<br />

Accelrys has been delivering software and service solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology,<br />

and industrial chemical research organizations for over twenty years.<br />

Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADEP)<br />

Adept Technology will be the global leader in the manufacturing, marketing and innovation<br />

of robotics, vision and motion control products for automated material handling<br />

and assembly.<br />

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS)<br />

Amtech Systems, Inc. has been serving the needs of the semiconductor industry since<br />

1981. The Company is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of capital<br />

equipment and related consumables used in the fabrication of semiconductors, MEMS,<br />

optics and solar cells.<br />

AVP, Inc. (OTCBB: AVPI)<br />

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company<br />

focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball<br />

events worldwide.<br />

Blink Logic, Inc. (OTCBB: BLKL)<br />

Blink Logic's Mission is to provide enterprise business intelligence software solutions<br />

that deliver information with unmatched value, flexibility, usability, and impact–while<br />

leveraging your existing infrastructure.<br />

Captaris (NASDAQ: CAPA)<br />

Captaris is a leading provider of Business Information Delivery solutions that integrate,<br />

process and automate the flow of messages, data and documents.<br />

Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CRDS.PK)<br />

Crossroads Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of Business Information Assurance<br />

(BIA) solutions for assured connectivity, reliable storage and information security.<br />

InfoSonics Corp. (NASDAQ: IFON)<br />

InfoSonics is one of the fastest growing providers of wireless handsets and accessories<br />

in the United States and Latin America. InfoSonics facilitates the delivery of wireless<br />

handset from the factory floor to the final consumer in the United States and throughout<br />

Latin America<br />

Migo Software, Inc. (OTCBB: MIGO)<br />

Migo Software, Inc. is a global provider of content mobility software. With its range of<br />

patent-pending technology, the Company's product lines range from content synchronization<br />

and security to device optimization solutions for mobile devices and PCs. The<br />

company sells its products through a variety of OEMs including PC, Mobile Handset,<br />

USB Drive, SD Card and others, as well as via a variety of retail outlets.<br />

Rainmaker (NASDAQ: R<strong>MKR</strong>)<br />

Rainmaker Systems is an outsourced provider of sales and marketing services for organizations<br />

that want to drive more sales.


VI. <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Clients Clients<br />

Simtek (NASDAQ: SMTK)<br />

Simtek Corporation designs and markets high-speed, re-programmable, nonvolatile<br />

semiconductor memory products, for use in a variety of systems including RAID<br />

servers, storage arrays, GPS navigational systems, industrial controllers, robotics,<br />

copiers, avionics, metering, consumer, UPS, and networking and broadcast equipment.<br />

Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI)<br />

Smith Micro Software, Inc. is a leading developer and marketer of wireless and broadband<br />

communication, PC utility and diagnostic, and eCommerce software products and<br />

services.<br />

Socket Communications (NASDAQ: SCKT)<br />

Socket Communications develops and distributes a broad range of data collection and<br />

network connectivity products for mobile devices such as PDA’s, Smartphones and<br />

tablet notebooks.<br />

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO)<br />

Transgenomic, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides products for the synthesis,<br />

purification, and analysis of nucleic acids used in the life sciences industry for research<br />

focused on molecular genetics and diagnostics.<br />

Tucows, Inc. (AMEX: TCX)<br />

Tucows seeks to make the Internet easier and more effective for passionate Internet<br />

users. Our goal is to reduce complexity for our customers as they acquire, deliver or use<br />

Internet services.<br />

Unify (OTCBB: UNFY.OB)<br />

Unify provides software development and database tools. Unify’s solutions deliver a<br />

broad set of capabilities for automating business processes, integrating existing information<br />

systems and delivering collaborative information.


Please feel free to contact the<br />

following <strong>MKR</strong> Principals at any time:<br />

VII. Contact the <strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />

Charles Messman – President<br />

charles@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - Los Angeles<br />

Phone - 323.468.2300 • Cell - 818.322.6789 • Fax - 323.468.2304<br />

Todd Kehrli – Executive Vice President<br />

todd@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - Los Angeles<br />

Phone - 323.468.2300 • Cell - 310.625.4462 • Fax - 323.468.2304<br />

Jim Byers - Senior Vice President<br />

jim@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - San Francisco<br />

Phone - 415.440.1351 • Cell - 415.309.2079<br />

Bonnie Mc Bride - Senior Vice President<br />

bonnie@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - Los Angeles<br />

Phone - 323.468.2300 • Fax - 323.468.2304<br />

Mary J. Magnani - Vice President<br />

mary@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - San Francisco<br />

Phone - 415.829.7879 • Fax - 323.468.2304<br />

Ashley Wells - Executive Assistant and Client Coordinator<br />

ashley@mkr-group.com<br />

<strong>MKR</strong> <strong>Group</strong> - Los Angeles<br />

Phone - 323.468.2300 • Fax - 323.468.2304<br />

LOS ANGELES • SAN FRANCISCO • NEW YORK<br />

WWW.<strong>MKR</strong>-GROUP.COM

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