To our valued Research Bank Web Clients,

Thomson Financial is pleased to announce that all users have been successfully upgraded to Thomson Research. As a result, the Research Bank Web site was retired on September 30th. To continue to access Broker and Market Research reports, please log in to Thomson Research at http://research.thomsonib.com .

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As always, we thank you for choosing Thomson Financial for your information and technology needs.

Sincerely,

Research Bank Web Product Management