Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation is listed on NYSE (HLN). Hilton Hotels Corporation is engaged, together with its subsidiaries, in the ownership, management and development of hotels, resorts and timeshare properties and the franchising of lodging properties. As of December 31, 2004, our system contained 2,259 properties, totaling over 358,000 rooms. Of such properties, we owned an interest in and operated 115 hotels, leased seven hotels, managed 206 hotels owned by others and franchised 1,900 hotels owned and operated by third parties. Also included in the number of properties in our system are 31 timeshare properties which we managed or franchised. All of these properties are located in the United States, with the exception of 16 hotels in which we own an interest and-or manage and 55 hotels that we franchise. Our hotel brands include Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Conrad.

Hines Horticulture Inc.

Hines Horticulture Inc. is listed on NASDAQ (HORT). Hines Horticulture, Inc., a Delaware corporation, currently produces and distributes horticultural products through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Hines Nurseries, Inc. (Hines Nurseries) and Enviro-Safe Laboratories, Inc. Unless otherwise specified, references to Hines or the Company refer to Hines Horticulture, Inc. and its subsidiaries. 1 Hines is a leading national supplier of ornamental shrubs, color plants and container-grown plants with 13 commercial nursery facilities located in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. Hines markets its products to retail and commercial customers throughout the United States and Canada. Hines produces approximately 4,900 varieties of ornamental shrubs and color plants.

IPC Holdings Limited ..nce and, to a limited extent, property-per-risk excess, aviation (including satellite) and other short-tail reinsurance on a worldwide basis. During 2..

Irvine Sensors Corporation ..factures and sells miniaturized electronic products for defense, security and commercial applications. We also perform customer-funded contract resear..

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. ..the exploration for and production of oil and gas, enhanced oil recovery and natural gas projects and the application of heavy-to-light (HTL) oil upgr..

Jo-Ann Stores Inc. ..fabrics and one of the largest specialty retailers of crafts, serving customers in their pursuit of apparel and craft sewing, crafting, home decoratin..

Kemet Corporation ..ries is referred to herein as KEMET or the Company is a leading manufacturer of tantalum capacitors, multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), and solid a..

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. ..mited partnership, is a publicly traded limited partnership that was formed in August 1992. We are the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partne..

KongZhong Corporation .. of the Cayman Islands as Communication Over The Air Inc., an exempted limited liability company. In March 2004, we changed our name to KongZhong Corp..

Kansas City Southern .. holding company with principal operations in rail transportation. KCS, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates a uniquely posit..

Leap Wireless International Inc. ..oration, and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to in this report as the Company. Leap Wireless International, Inc., or Leap, conducts operati..

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. ..1997, derives all of its operating income and cash flow from its wholly-owned subsidiary, L-3 Communications. L-3 Communications, a Delaware corporati..

Loudeye Corporation ..digital media services that facilitate the distribution, promotion and sale of digital media content for media and entertainment, retail, wireless and..

La-Z-Boy Incorporated ..loral City Furniture in the 1920s and, in 1928, the newly formed company introduced its first recliner. In 1941, the name was changed to La-Z-Boy Chai..

Matthews International Corporation ..nded in 1850 and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1902, is a designer, manufacturer and marketer principally of memorialization products and brand solu..

Mediacom Communications Corporation .. television company based on customers served and the leading cable operator focused on serving the smaller cities and towns in the United States. Thr..

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. ..n Province Diamonds Inc., formerly Mountain Province Mining Inc., was formed on November 1, 1997 by the amalgamation (the MPV Amalgamation) of Mountai..

Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust .. statutory trust which we refer to as the trust, owns its businesses and investments through Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, a Delaware limited ..

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation ..ion), incorporated in Wisconsin in 1959, is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHCA) and is certified a..

Mentor Corporation ..n 1969. Our fiscal year ends on March 31, and references to fiscal 2005, fiscal 2004 or fiscal 2003 refer to the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 or 2..

Mpower Holding Corporation New ..ive local telephone companies founded after the inception of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which opened up the local telephone market to competi..

MRV Communications Inc. ..e and support communication equipment and services, and optical components. We conduct our business along three principal segments: the networking gro..

Metal Storm Limited ..Development of Metal Storm Our legal and commercial name is Metal Storm Limited, which was incorporated under the laws of Australia on April 13, 1994...

MASSBANK Corp. ..ncorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on August 11, 1986. MASSBANK Corp. was organized for the purpose of becoming the holding company f..

Theragenics Corporation ..ed under Delaware law in 1981, is the manufacturer of TheraSeed®, a rice-sized, FDA-cleared device used to treat solid localized tumors, primarily pro..

NetLogic Microsystems Inc. ..ops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced Internet, corporate and other networking systems, such as router..

Nidec Corporation (Nihon Densan Kabushiki Kaisha) .. is a joint stock corporation that was incorporated and registered under the Commercial Code of Japan on July 23, 1973 under the name of Nihon Densan ..

NewMil Bancorp Inc. ..tion formed in 1987, is the registered bank holding company for NewMil Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary. NewMils activity is currently limited to the h..

Norsk Hydro ASA ..nformation set forth under the headings Business and Operating Information – About Hydro on pages 8 to 10, Business and Operating Information – Histor..

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ..ile voice related services, IP-packet communications services, sales of telecommunications equipment, systems integration and other telecommunications..

Neoware Inc. ..ble thin client computing, which is a computing architecture for business customers that is designed to be easier to manage, more secure, more reliabl..

Overland Storage Inc. ..s Overland Data, Inc. in California in 1980. In June 2002 we changed our name to Overland Storage, Inc. Our principal executive offices are located at..

Omega Financial Corporation ..nia business corporation that is registered as a bank holding company and has elected to be a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company..

Onstream Media Corporation ..emand media communication, including webcasting, webconferencing, digital asset management and web publishing services. Our objective is to provide th..

Hellenic Telecommunication Organization S.A. ..pment of OTE Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A., known as OTE or OTE SA, was incorporated as a socit anonyme in Athens, Greece, under the l..

VeriSign Inc. ..t infrastructure services that enable people and businesses to find, connect, secure, and transact across complex global networks. Through our Interne..

Petro-Canada ..conomic factors influencing Petro-Canadas upstream financial performance include crude oil and natural gas prices, and foreign exchange, particularly ..

Premier Financial Bancorp Inc. ..ti-bank holding company that, as of March 15, 2005, operates ten banking offices in Kentucky, three banking offices in Ohio, and six banking offices i..

Progress Software Corporation ..ets and distributes software to simplify and accelerate the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications software. The..

Pier 1 Imports Inc. ..y include Pier 1 Imports, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to Pier 1 relate to the Company’s retail locations operating under the na..

Pinnacle Bancshares Inc. ..e Holding Company) is a bank holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Holding Company is registered under the Bank Ho..

Potomac Electric Power Company ..diversified energy company that, through its operating subsidiaries, is engaged in three principal areas of business operations: † regulated electrici..

Park National Corporation .. company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the Bank Holding Company Act). Park was incorporated under Ohio law in 199..

PacificNet Inc. ..ficNet or PACT refers to PacificNet Inc., a Delaware corporation. OVERVIEW We were incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1987. Our business consist..

PLATO Learning Inc. ..uter and web-based instruction, curriculum planning and management, assessment, and related professional development and support services to K-12 scho..

PXRE Group Ltd. ..ganized in Bermuda. We provide reinsurance products and services to a worldwide marketplace through our wholly owned subsidiary operations located in ..

QSound Labs Inc. ..990 in the province of Alberta, Canada under the Business Corporations Act of Alberta, by way of continuance from the province of British Columbia whe..

Republic Bancorp Inc. ..olding company, under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (BHCA), headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Republic’s principal subsidiarie..

Reynolds and Reynolds Company (The) ..founded in 1866 and became an Ohio corporation in 1889. Reynolds was one of the first printing companies to produce standardized business forms. In 19..

Republic Bancorp Inc. ..ncorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan in 1986. The Companys principal office is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Through its wholly-owned..

Rimage Corporation ..of CD recordable (CD-R) and DVD recordable (DVD-R) publishing systems required for producing discs with customized digital content on an on-demand bas..

Ronson Corporation ..incorporated in 1928. The Company is engaged principally in the following businesses: 1. Consumer Products; and 2. Aviation-Fixed Wing Operations and ..

Reuters Group PLC ..he global financial markets and the news media with a wide range of information and news products including real-time financial data, collective inves..

Satyam Computer Services Limited ..vider, offering a comprehensive range of IT services to our customers including, application development and maintenance services, consulting and ente..

Scottish Power plc ..nformation set forth under the headings Business Review on pages 12-35, Financial Review – Overview of the Year to March 2005 – Investment on pages 43..

Spherion Corporation ..erion and the Company refer to Spherion Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requ..

Spartan Motors Inc. ..corporation on September 18, 1975, and is headquartered in Charlotte, Michigan. The Company began development of its first product that same year and ..

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation ..the laws of the State of Delaware in May 1975. Effective July 31, 1975 (Reorganization), the Company succeeded, as a reporting company, Sigma Internat..

Solexa Inc. .. completed a business combination with Solexa Limited. Solexa Limited is a privately held company registered in England and Wales that develops system..

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp .. United States and the largest U.S. exporter of handguns. We manufacture revolvers, pistols, and related products and accessories for sale primarily t..

Sapient Corporation ..s consulting and technology services firm that plans, designs, implements and manages information technology to improve business performance for Globa..

Southcoast Financial Corporation ..zed in 1999 under the laws of South Carolina for the purpose of being a holding company for Southcoast Community Bank. On April 29, 1999, pursuant to ..

Stamps.com Inc. ..ctive Internet based services for mailing or shipping letters, packages or parcels anywhere in the United States and at anytime. Our mailing and shipp..

Symantec Corporation ..ity providing a broad range of software, appliances, and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises ..

TiVo Inc. ..es for digital video recorders, or DVRs, a rapidly growing consumer electronics category. Our subscription-based TiVo service improves home entertainm..

Tractor Supply Company ..e corporation , was founded in 1938 as a catalog mail order tractor parts supplier. In 1982, the Company was formed by a group of investors through th..

Texas United Bancshares Inc. ..bank holding company formed in June 1998 as a result of the merger of South Central Texas Bancshares, Inc. with and into Premier Bancshares, Inc. At t..

Universal Truckload Services Inc. ..nsportation services to shippers throughout the United States and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Our over-the-road trucking services..

Vasogen Inc. ..development of technologies targeting the chronic inflammation underlying cardiovascular and neurological disease. The Companys lead product, the Cela..

Westmoreland Coal Company ..ndent coal company in the United States with our origin in 1854. We mine coal that is used to produce electric power and we own interests in power-gen..

Xerox Corporation ..Corporation and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically states or implies otherwise. Xerox is a $15.7 billion technology and services enterpr..

AmeriCredit Corporation .. 18, 1988, and succeeded to the business, assets and liabilities of a predecessor corporation formed under the laws of Texas on August 1, 1986. The Co..

ASSURED GUARANTY LTD .. is a Bermuda-based holding company providing, through our operating subsidiaries, credit enhancement products to the public finance, structured finan..