Newpark Resources Inc.

Newpark Resources Inc. is listed on NYSE (NR). Newpark Resources, Inc. principally markets its services to the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. Since 1997, we have been working to broaden geographic and customer markets beyond the U.S. Gulf Coast. Through these efforts, we now operate in west Texas, the U.S. Mid-continent, the U.S. Rocky Mountains, Canada, areas of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and Mexico. We provide, either individually or as part of a comprehensive package, the following products and services: . drilling fluids, associated engineering and technical services; . mat and integrated services; and . processing and disposing of E&P waste and non-hazardous industrial wastes for the refining, petrochemical an

Newport Corporation

Newport Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (NEWP). We are a global supplier of advanced technology products and systems to a wide range of industries, including microelectronics manufacturing, scientific research, aerospace and defense-security, life and health sciences and communications. In July 2004, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Spectra-Physics, Inc. and certain related entities (collectively, Spectra-Physics). Spectra-Physics manufactures high-power solid-state, gas and dye lasers, high-power laser diodes, and ultrafast laser systems, as well as photonics instruments and components, including light sources, monochromators, spectroscopy instrumentation, optical filters, ruled and holographic diffraction gratings and crystals.

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..

Peoples Community Bancorp Inc. ..nized in December 1999 at the direction of the Board of Directors of The People's Building, Loan and Savings Company, presently Peoples Community Bank..

Peoples Educational Holdings Inc. .., distributes, and markets supplementary books, technology, classroom assessment, and professional development materials for the K-12 market. Suppleme..

Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. .. and development services and products to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Our corporate mission is to help clients maximiz..

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..

Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc .. Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries, including Pacific Premier Bank, our primary operating subsidiary. All references to ..

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..

PP&L Corporation ..s an energy and utility holding company that was incorporated in 1994. PPL has been exempted by the SEC from the provisions of PUHCA applicable to it ..

Partners Trust Financial Group Inc. .., which can be identified by the use of such words as estimate, project, believe, intend, anticipate, plan, seek, expect and similar expressions. Thes..

Performance Technologies Incorporated ..ier of platforms, components, software, and service solutions for the embedded systems marketplace that can be used in a broad range of applications a..

PPlus Trust ..urities held by PLUS Trust Series GSG-2, please refer to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.s (Commission file number 001-14965) periodic reports, including..

Quebecor World Inc. ...1 BUSINESS OVERVIEW 2.1.1 Our Business We are one of the largest commercial print media services companies in the world and one of the few commercial..

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..

Radian Group Inc. .. to the global financial and capital markets. Our subsidiaries provide products and services through three primary business lines: mortgage insurance,..

Regent Communications Inc. ..uiring, developing and operating radio stations in mid-sized and small markets. We currently own 56 FM and 19 AM radio stations in 15 markets in Calif..

Arbinet-thexchange Inc. ..routing and settling communications capacity. Members of our exchange, consisting primarily of communications services providers, anonymously buy and ..

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..

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. .. The current parent corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., was incorporated on July 23, 1985 in the Republic of Liberia under the Business Corpora..

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..

Southwest Airlines Company ..stic airline that provides point-to-point, low-fare service. Historically, routes served by Southwest had been predominantly short-haul, with high fre..

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust ..ws of the state of Texas by the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Indenture (the Original Indenture) entered into on November 3, 1980, between Southland Ro..

Superior Well Services Inc. ..n 2005 to serve as the parent holding company for an oilfield services business operating under the Superior Well Services name since 1997. In August ..

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..

Synagro Technologies Inc. ..ts to secure the protection of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for all forward-looking statements m..

CanArgo Energy Corporation ..ction company and as a holding company carry out our activities through a number of subsidiaries and associated companies. These companies are general..

Sony Corporation ..he Sony Group, was established in Japan in May 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, a joint stock company (Kabushiki Kaisha) under the Japane..

SRA International Inc ..y services and solutions to clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health. Our largest market, national security, ..

Seattle Genetics Inc. ..d on the development of monoclonal antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and immunologic diseases. We currently have three p..

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..

SWISSCOM AG ..ons provider in Switzerland, offering a comprehensive range of products and services to residential and business customers. As the leading provider of..

Sentigen Holding Corp. .. through two-wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Sentigen Biosciences, Inc. (Sentigen Biosciences) and Cell & Molecular Technologies, Inc. (CMT). Sen..

Tarrant Apparel Group ..pany for private label and private brand casual apparel serving mass merchandisers, department stores, branded wholesalers and specialty chains locate..

Tiens Biotech Group (USA) Inc. ..rly known as Strategika, Inc. (Strategika), was incorporated on July 13, 1990 as Super Shops, Inc. in the State of Michigan. In October 2000, Super Sh..

Theravance Inc. ..ipeline of internally discovered product candidates. Of our six programs in development, two are in late stage-our bacterial infections program focusi..

Telik Inc. ..nd is a biopharmaceutical company working to discover, develop and commercialize innovative small molecule drugs to treat diseases. Our most advanced ..

Too Inc. .. January 31, 2004, and the consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years ended January 31, 2004 ..

Tenaris S.A. ..supplier of seamless steel pipe products and associated services to the oil and gas, energy and other industries, with production, distribution and se..

Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. ..e Company or we or us), a Nevada corporation, is the successor to a California business trust that was organized on September 6, 1983 and commenced op..

Tuxis Corporation ..ties and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are made available, free..

The Exploration Company ..cal, including statements regarding TXCOs or managements intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, estimations, plans or..

Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. ..lorida in May 1997. Until June 7, 2004, Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. was a development stage company and its business consisted only of acquiring a l..

Ultra Petroleum Corp. ..l and gas company engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and gas properties. The Company was incorporat..

U.S. Shipping Partners L.P. ..sportation services, principally for refined petroleum products, in the U.S. domestic coastwise trade. We are also involved, to a limited extent, in t..

UnumProvident Corporation ..numProvident Corporation, a Delaware general business corporation, and its insurance and non-insurance companies that collectively operate in the Unit..

Vical Incorporated ..rch and develop biopharmaceutical products based on our patented DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threate..

Viasys Healthcare Inc ..developing, manufacturing, marketing and servicing a variety of medical devices, instruments and medical and surgical products for use in the respirat..

Western Digital Corporation ..) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard disk drives. A hard disk drive is a device that stores data on one or more rotating magnetic disks to..

Willow Grove Bancorp Inc. ..vania corporation and parent holding company for Willow Grove Bank. The Bank, which was originally organized in 1909, is a Federally chartered savings..

Winnebago Industries Inc. ..t City, Iowa, is a leading United States manufacturer of motor homes, self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor ..

WOLSELEY PLC ..velopment of the Company The Company and its subsidiaries form an international group of companies, engaged primarily in the wholesale distribution an..

Watts Water Technologies Inc. ..s which are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These ..

EZCORP Inc. ..rincipal executive offices located at 1901 Capital Parkway, Austin, Texas 78746. Its telephone number is (512) 314-3400. Interested parties may access..

ZipRealty Inc. ..erage firm, using the Internet, proprietary technology and efficient business processes to provide home buyers and sellers with high-quality service a..

American Bio Medica Corp. ..r the laws of the State of New York under the name American Micro Media, Inc. On September 9, 1992, we filed an amendment to our Articles of Incorpora..

Ace Limited ..pany of the ACE Group of Companies incorporated with limited liability under the Cayman Islands Companies Law. We created our business office in Bermu..

Action Products International Inc. ..used, educational toy company. We design, manufacture and market a diversified portfolio of educational, positive and non-violent brands of toy produc..

Adeza Biomedical Corporation ... All statements contained in this Form 10-K other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. The words may, continue, estimat..

AtheroGenics Inc. ..mpany incorporated in the State of Georgia in 1993. We are focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs for the treatmen..

Arts-Way Manufacturing Co. Inc. ..as a farm equipment manufacturer in 1956. Our manufacturing plant is located in Armstrong, Iowa. On July 28, 2003, we purchased the assets of Obeco, I..

Alteon Inc. ..ngaged in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to reverse or slow down diseases of aging and complications of diabetes. We have ident..

AMTEK Inc. .. Its predecessor was originally incorporated in Delaware in 1930 under the name American Machine and Metals, Inc. The Company maintains its principal ..

Alto Palermo S.A. .. S.A. (APSA). We were organized and incorporated on August 29,1889 under Argentine law as a stock corporation (Sociedad Annima or S.A.). Our bylaws we..

Allergan Inc. ..th care company that develops and commercializes specialty pharmaceutical products for the ophthalmic, neurological, dermatological and other specialt..

Banco Bradesco Sa .. as of December 2004, we are the largest private-sector (non-government-controlled) bank in Brazil in terms of total net worth. We provide a wide rang..

Barnes & Noble Inc. ..s largest bookseller1, as of January 29, 2005 operates 820 bookstores. Of the 820 bookstores, 666 operate primarily under the Barnes & Noble Bookselle..

Biosite Inc. ..m 10-K contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including: the impact of competition, including products competitive w..

Citizens Communications Company ..es (Citizens) will be referred to as the Company, we, us or our throughout this report. We are a communications company providing services to rural ar..

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. ..company, we, us, or our) is one of the largest third party logistics companies in North America with 2004 gross revenues of $4.3 billion. We provide f..

Celestica Inc. ..name Celestica International Holdings Inc. on September 27, 1996. Since that date, we have amended our articles of incorporation on various occasions,..

Cameco Corporation ..world's largest uranium producer. The Company's competitive position is based upon its large, high-grade reserves and low-cost operations, significant..

CITIGROUP CAP VIII ..ubsidiaries) is a diversified global financial services holding company whose businesses provide a broad range of financial services to consumer and c..

Delcath Systems Inc. ..e are a development stage company, and we have developed the Delcath system to isolate the liver from the general circulatory system and to administer..

Digital Realty Trust Inc. ..any refer to Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a ..

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ..thin the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company intends the forward-..

eOn Communications Corporation ..elops and markets unified voice, email and Web-based communications systems and software for customer contact centers and general business application..

FirstBank NW Corp. ..organized in Delaware in March 1997 to become the holding company for FirstBank Northwest (formerly known as First Federal Bank of Idaho, a Federal Sa..

Leesport Financial Corporation .. headquartered at 1240 Broadcasting Road, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610. The Company was organized as a bank holding company on January 1, 1986. The ..

Flotek Industries Inc. ..porated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia on May 17, 1985. On October 23, 2001, we approved a change in our corporate domicile to the..