ProFinance® Associates, Inc. (ProFinance®), established in 1985, is a United States broker-dealer firm. Since inception, its professional staff has developed special
expertise in providing financial and industry specific advisory and investment banking services to high gross margin, repetitive income service industries and to specialty
finance companies.

These service industries have included electronic security, HVAC, energy management, healthcare (devices and services), Internet, power production and conditioning,
software, telecommunications and specialty financial services as well as various other high and low-tech services. In these businesses, ProFinance® has arranged all
levels of financing and assisted in executing consolidation strategies nationally. ProFinance® has been particularly active in providing services to the electronic security
industry, with total industry revenues exceeding $127.3 billion annually. In specialty finance, ProFinance® has assisted clients in identifying and developing new asset
classes, helped form new companies to provide these financial services, and structured financing facilities.

ProFinance® has completed financings from $250,000 to $175 million for companies ranging from early stage to mature, and assisted in negotiations for the purchase or
sale of numerous businesses. From its headquarters in San Diego, CA, ProFinance® is prepared to assist clients throughout the U.S. and, selectively, internationally.

In addition to many years as investment bankers to service industries, ProFinance's professional staff has extensive experience with a number of applicable disciplines.
Among these are:

Asset-backed finance
Cash-flow oriented finance
International finance
Lease finance
Multilingual capabilities

ProFinance's goal is to build strong, long-term relationships with each of its clients. Given that many companies in service industries are entrepreneurial, and that the
nature of these industries and the forms of financing available to them are constantly evolving, ProFinance often provides a variety of services to clients over an
extended period of time. ProFinance clients have ranged from traditional companies in specific industries, to financial players such as individual and Venture Investors, to
newer strategic entrants (cable, diversified service, telephone and utility companies) seeking to enter emerging non-regulated markets.