Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation is listed on NYSE (HRL). Hormel Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation , was founded by George A. Hormel in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, as George A. Hormel & Company. The Company started as a processor of meat and food products and continues in this line of business. The Company name was changed to Hormel Foods Corporation on January 31, 1995. The Company is primarily engaged in the production of a variety of meat and food products and the marketing of those products throughout the United States. Although pork and turkey remain the major raw materials for Hormel products, the Company has emphasized for several years the manufacture and distribution of branded, consumer packaged items rather than the commodity fresh meat business. The Company's branding strategy led to the development of a joint venture between Hormel Foods Corporation and Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (formerly Excel Corporation), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated.

Hornbeck Offshore Services

Hornbeck Offshore Services is listed on NYSE (HOS). We are a leading provider of technologically advanced, new generation OSVs serving the offshore oil and gas industry, primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and in select international markets. The focus of our OSV business is on complex exploration and production activities, which include deepwater, deep well and other logistically demanding projects. We are also a leading transporter of petroleum products through our tug and tank barge segment serving the energy industry, primarily in the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico. In the mid-1990s, oil and gas producers began seeking large hydrocarbon reserves at deeper well depths using new, specialized drilling and production equipment. We recognized that the existing fleet of conventional 180 OSVs operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was not designed to support these more complex projects or to operate in the challenging environments in which they were conducted.

Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc. ..scovering, developing and commercializing prescription pharmaceutical products in disease areas with significant commercial markets and unmet medical ..

Illinois Tool Works Inc. .. and incorporated in 1915. The Company is a worldwide manufacturer of highly engineered products and specialty systems. The Company has approximately ..

J. Alexanders Cp ..and, as of January 2, 2005, operated as a proprietary concept 27 J. Alexander's full-service, casual dining restaurants located in Alabama, Colorado, ..

KCS Energy Inc. ..dependent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil. Our properties are pri..

KMG Chemicals Inc. .. of the largest sellers of industrial wood preserving chemicals in the United States. We also sell animal health pesticides and agricultural herbicide..

Kronos Incorporated ..sachusetts corporation. As part of our workforce management solution, we develop, manufacture, and market human resources, payroll, scheduling, absenc..

Lam Research Corporation ..tion, was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. The mailing address for our principal executive offices is 4650 Cushing Parkway..

Lynch Corporation .. laws of the State of Indiana, is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries engaged in manufacturing. The Companys executive offices are located..

Lifecore Biomedical Inc. ..biomaterials and medical devices for use in various surgical markets. The Company was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1965. The Company oper..

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation ..leading manufacturer and distributor of building products. As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately 6,500 employees and operated 34 facilities in..

Lexmark International Inc. ..re corporation and the surviving company of a merger between itself and its former parent holding company, Lexmark International Group, Inc., (Group) ..

Mobile TeleSystems ..Development Mobile TeleSystems CJSC, or MTS CJSC, our predecessor, was formed in 1993. The founding shareholders included MGTS and three other Russian..

Marcus Corporation (The) .. movie theatres and hotels and resorts. As of May 26, 2005, our theatre operations included 45 movie theatres with 504 screens throughout Wisconsin, O..

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation ..its wholly owned subsidiaries is a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focusing primarily on helping patients attain a healthy and youthful appea..

Met-Pro Corporation .. State of Delaware on March 30, 1966 and reincorporated in the State of Pennsylvania on July 31, 2003, manufactures and sells product recovery and pol..

Micron Technology Inc. ..n and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, s..

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation ..corporation operating as a qualified real estate investment trust (REIT) under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), and intends t..

Marlin Business Services Corp. ..g solutions primarily to small businesses. We finance over 60 categories of commercial equipment important to our end user customers, including copier..

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MannKind Corporation ..annKind, we, company, us and our refer to MannKind Corporation and its subsidiary. Technospherc® and MedTone® are our registered trademark in the Unit..

Max Re Capital Ltd. ..therwise requires, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to we, us, our and similar expressions are references to Max Re Capital Ltd. and ..

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NGP Capital Resources Company ..uly 2004 as a Maryland corporation to invest primarily in small and mid-size energy companies, which we generally define as companies that have net as..

National Medical Health Card Systems Inc. ..e read in conjunction with the information elsewhere in this Form 10-K. References in this Form 10-K to we, our, us, or the Company, refer to NMHC. Ge..

Micronetics Inc. .. and reincorporated in Delaware in 1987. In January 2003, Microwave Concepts, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Micronetic..

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. ..rugs for the treatment of neurological and endocrine-related diseases and disorders. Our product candidates address some of the largest pharmaceutical..

Nutrition 21 Inc. .. the research, development and commercialization of innovative chromium-based nutrition products for use in improving the structure or function of the..

Nyer Medical Group Inc. ..corporated in 1991, is a holding company with operations in the following segments: Pharmacies. D.A.W., Inc. (Eaton or D.A.W.), 80% owned by the Compa..

Old Line Bancshares Inc. (MD) ..he laws of the State of Maryland on April 11, 2003 to serve as the holding company of Old Line Bank. On May 22, 2003, the stockholders of Old Line Ban..

Orix Corp Ads ..ion (kabushiki kaisha) formed under Japanese law. Our principal place of business is at Mita NN Bldg., 4-1-23 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014, Japan,..

Openwave Systems Inc ..pendent provider of open standards software products and services for the telecommunications industry. We provide software and services to mobile and ..

Mikron Infrared Inc. ..infrared non-contact temperature measurement since 1969. Today, we provide industrial customers and R&D laboratories with accurate instrumentation ran..

Pharmos Corporation ..cal company that discovers and develops new drugs to treat a range of neuro-inflammatory disorders. We have a portfolio of drug candidates under devel..

Southern Peru Copper Corporation ..rates mining, smelting and refining facilities in the southern part of Peru. The Company, incorporated in 1952 was reorganized in 1955, 1996 and 1998 ..

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG ..y AG is domiciled at Berliner Strasse 43, D-35614 Asslar, Germany; telephone: +49-(0)6441-802-0, fax: +49-(0)6441-802-202, http:-www.pfeiffer-vacuum.n..

Photon Dynamics Inc. ..ornia corporation incorporated on May 12, 1986. We are a leading global provider of yield management solutions to the flat panel display industry. Our..

PPlus Trust ..urities held by PPLUS Trust Series VAL-1, please refer to Valero Energy Corporations (Commission file number 001-13175) periodic reports, including an..

Polydex Pharmaceuticals Limited .. research, development, manufacture and marketing of biotechnology-based products for the human pharmaceutical market, and also manufactures bulk phar..

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation ..aws of the State of Arizona and owns all of the outstanding equity securities of APS, its major subsidiary. APS is a vertically-integrated electric ut..

ProCentury Corporation ..y property and casualty insurance holding company. We market and underwrite general liability, commercial property, multi-peril insurance and garage l..

Psychemedics Corporation ..n organized on September 24, 1986 to provide testing services for the detection of abused substances through the analysis of hair samples. The Company..

Parkway Properties Inc. ..e investment trust (REIT) specializing in the operations, acquisition, ownership, management, and leasing of office properties. The Company is self-ad..

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Queenstake Resources Ltd ..tory Effective with the Santa Cruz business combination in July, 1999 (see Corporate Structure - Name and Incorporation), the Company acquired Santa C..

Red Hat Inc. ..perating systems and related software and services based on open source technology for large enterprises. First introduced in 2002, Red Hat Enterprise..

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RIT Technologies Ltd. ..chnologies Ltd. was incorporated in Israel and commenced operations in 1989. We are a company limited by shares and operate under Israeli law. The pri..

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Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group PLC .. merger in 1996 of two of the then largest U.K. insurers Royal Insurance Holdings plc and Sun Alliance Group plc. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group..

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Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. ..g company for Sandy Spring Bank. The Company is registered as a bank holding company pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the..

SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. ..cal company engaged in the development and commercialization of therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases. Our lead product ZADAXIN is currently..

Spirit Finance Corporation ..d our company refer to Spirit Finance Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and our subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. We are a self..

Schering Aktiengesellschaft .. research-based company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceutical products. We currently operate eight ..

Apogee Enterprises Inc. ..e laws of the State of Minnesota in 1949. Through its subsidiaries, the Company believes it is a world leader in technologies involving the design and..

Skyline Corporation .. Indiana in 1959, as successor to a business founded in 1951. Skyline Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries design, produce and distribute ma..

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SimpleTech Inc ..m and open-standard memory solutions based on Flash memory and dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, technologies as well as external hard drive stor..

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Sunrise Senior Living Inc. ..ider of senior living services, with operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Founded in 1981, we began with a simple..

Star Scientific Inc. ..subsidiary, Star Tobacco, Inc. (ST and together with Star) are technology-oriented tobacco companies with a mission to reduce toxins in tobacco leaf a..

Digital Recorders Inc. ..gital Recorders, Inc. as DRI, Company, us, we and our. DRI was incorporated in March 1983 and became a public company through an initial public offeri..

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Triarc Companies Inc. ..ries, the franchisor of the Arbys restaurant system and, as of January 2, 2005, the owner and operator of 233 Arbys restaurants located in the United ..

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VCG Holding Corporation ..of the State of Colorado in 1998, but did not begin operations until 2002. We are engaged in owning and operating nightclubs which provide quality liv..

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