January 10, 2008 - The Organization of Independent Floor Brokers announce that Jonathan Corpina has been elected to the position of President. Mr. Corpina, who served as the Secretary in 2007, was elected as President by his peers. The Organization of Independent Floor Brokers is a non-profit, fraternal organization which exists to advance, support, and educate the independent floor brokers of the New York Stock Exchange. The organization seeks to enhance information flow among the independent floor broker community, the management of the NYSE, the legislative and regulatory bodies of the United States government, and the investing public. For more information, please visit www.oifb.org

January 9, 2008 - Meridian Equity Partners, Inc. announced a clearing and execution agreement with MF Global Inc. This agreement will afford ProTrade Financial, a division of Meridian, to add an additional technology and service provider to its current suite of Futures and Options solutions. This relationship with MF Global will provide ProTrade and Meridian customers with immediate access to the largest and fastest growing derivative markets in over 12 countries and more than 70 exchanges worldwide.

October 15, 2007 - Meridian Equity Partners announces that it has entered into an agreement with Bloomberg L.P. whereby access to Meridian's daily market commentary can be reached via the Bloomberg terminal. Comments on specific companies appear with the wire code MEQ and are archived on our Bloomberg page MEQU <GO>

June 28, 2007 - Jonathan Corpina of Meridian Equity Partners has been appointed a Floor Official of the New York Stock Exchange.

June 20, 2007 - Mike McCarty of Meridian Equity Partners is interviewed by Bloomberg TV to offer his expert insight into unusual Option activity and Insider Trading. For a complete transcript of the story, please visit: www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=auYAd_dfUuxU

May 3, 2007 - ProTrade Financial, a division of Meridian Equity Partners, announces that is has officially launched its electronic trading platform. Protrade is a direct access trading broker-dealer built upon the extensive experience of a full-service trading firm. Unlike traditional direct access trading firms, Protrade is a hybrid offering its customers a team of top traders with an impressive background in the financial markets, including a daily presence on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. ProTrade caters to high net worth individuals and day traders, along with small to mid size institutions. For more information, please visit: www.protradefinancial.com

April 1, 2007 - Meridian Equity Partners announces that it has entered into a clearing agreement with Jefferies & Co whereby Jefferies will clear Equity, Option, and Fixed Income trades. This agreement provides Meridian with a full suite of products including International Access, Algorithmic Trading & Prime Brokerage.

March 30, 2007 - Meridian Equity Partners announces the signing of a new lease for its downtown Manhattan headquarters at 5 Hanover Square, 21st Floor. This space will provide for a state of the art trading floor that will house its Sales Traders and support staff. Patrick Nash of Winslow & Company represented Meridian while Todd Korren of Swig Equities represented the landlord. For more information, please see:
www.therealdeal.net/deals/office_leases.php?deals_leases_index=100

February 1, 2007 - Meridian Equity Partners announces that it has chosen Mixit USA to be the primary OMS platform provider for both Meridian’s extensive NYSE floor operation and its 5 Hanover Square headquarters trading floor.