Many of our current clients have been asking us about the historic $1.4 billion Settlement with the 10 investment banks that was announced on April 28, 2003.

Out of the $1.4 billion Settlement, approximately $443 million will be allocated towards repayment of investors who were customers of one of these 10 firms:

• Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (Bear Stearns) 
• Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (CSFB) 
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman) 
• Lehman Brothers Inc. (Lehman) 
• J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (J.P. Morgan) 
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated (Merrill Lynch) 
• Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley) 
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc. f/k/a Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (SSB) 
• UBS Warburg LLC (UBS) 
• U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. (Piper Jaffray)

The distribution plan for these funds can be found at: http://www.globalresearchanalystsettlement.com/appendix_b.pdf

A listing of the stocks and time periods involved can be found at:

http://www.globalresearchanalystsettlement.com/appendix_a.pdf

If you have lost a significant amount of money in any of the stocks involved in this case and would like to be added to our database of current and potential clients so that we might be able to assist you, please contact us.