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October 4, 2007, Thursday 6:00 PM GMT

HEADLINE: Sean J. Ryan and Ada Lee Join Sterne Agee

DATELINE: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Oct. 4

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sean J. Ryan and Ada Lee join Sterne Agee's Investment Banking group.

Ryan and Lee are a team, Ryan being the Special Situation Analyst and Lee being the Registered Brokerage and Exchange Analyst.

Prior to joining Sterne Agee, Ryan was Vice President and Senior Analyst at Financial Stocks, Inc. Before that, he was Co-Founder and Co-Director of Research and a Financial Services Analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners. Ryan was also with Banc of America Securities as Senior Vice President and was Co- Founder of Byrne, Ryan, and Co.

Ryan received a BS in Industrial and Labor Unions at Cornell University and is a CFA.

Prior to joining Sterne Agee, Lee was a Research Associate at Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Before that, Lee worked as a Research Associate for Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Co., Brean Murray, Co., Fulcrum Global Partners and Bryne, Ryan, Co.

Lee received a BA from Cornell University.

Founded in 1901, Sterne Agee is one of the oldest and largest privately owned brokerage firms in the country. A member of the New York Stock Exchange, Sterne Agee has headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama and offices in 20 states.

CONTACT: Leah McKinney, Senior Vice President of Sterne Agee,
+1-205-949-3564, lmckinney@sterneagee.com
Web site: http://www.sterneagee.com/
SOURCE Sterne Agee

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