Frederick R. Meyer

SWS Group, Inc. is a diversified financial services holding company. The company delivers investment banking, commercial banking and related financial services to individual, corporate and institutional investors, broker/dealers, governmental entities and financial intermediaries. It operates through four segments: Clearing, Retail Brokerage, Institutional Brokerage and Banking. The Clearing segment provides clearing and execution services for general securities broker/dealers, for bank affiliated firms and firms specializing in high volume trading. The Retail Brokerage segment includes retail securities products and services, insurance products and managed accounts and encompasses the activities of its employee registered representatives and independent representatives. The Institutional Brokerage segment serves institutional customers in securities lending, investment banking and public finance, fixed income sales and trading, proprietary trading and agency execution services. The Banking segment offers traditional banking products and services and focuses on small business lending and short-term funding for mortgage bankers. SWS Group was founded by Donald A. Buchholz in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hilltop Securities, Inc. (dba HilltopSecurities) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1946 as Southwest Securities, Inc. and they a subsidiary of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. Hilltop Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients.

Southwest Securities, FSB provides community banking services. The company is based in Arlington, TX.

Aladdin Industries LLC designs, manufactures and retails insulated products, including bottles, mugs, and coolers. The company was founded on January 26, 1999 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

PHH Liquidation Trust, Inc. manufactures and markets factory-built homes in the United States. The company sells its homes through company-owned superstores and independent retailers. It offers commercial modular development services for work force housing, hospitality, medical, retail, office and dormitories through PHN Commercial. The company's insurance subsidiary, Standard Casualty Co. offers a wide range of insurance packages with a specialty in manufactured homes. Palm Harbor's Nationwide Homes, Inc. subsidiary builds modular homes. Its CountryPlace Mortgage Ltd. subsidiary offers a variety of financing options that suits homebuyer. The company was founded by Lee Posey on December 31, 1977 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.