Alberto Ardura González

Merrill Lynch Mexico SA de CV Casa de Bolsa is the Mexican brokerage subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. Headquartered in Mexico City, the firm offers securities brokering services to clients in Latin America.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Part of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Banca Promex SA is a Mexican company that provides international commercial banking services. The company is based in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Banca Promex was acquired by Grupo Financiero BBVA México SA de CV, part of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA from September 13, 2001 on August 10, 2000 for $60.31 million.