General

Firebrand Financial Group, Inc. ("Firebrand Financial" or "the Company") owns 63.6% of EarlyBirdCapital.com Inc. ("EarlyBird.com"), which in turn owns 100% of EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. ("EarlyBirdCapital") and Dalewood Associates, Inc. ("Dalewood"). Firebrand Financial also owns 100% of GKN Securities Corp. ("GKN") and 80% of StreetWide Asset Recovery Group, Inc. ("StreetWide"). As of January 31, 2001 Firebrand Financial also owned 56.4% of Shochet Holding Corp. ("Shochet").

Through our subsidiaries, EarlyBirdCapital (formerly known as Southeast Research Partners, Inc.) and Dalewood, we provide investment banking, asset management, and securities brokerage...