Martin Financial Services

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="609"> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="384"> <tr> <td align="center" width="1%" valign="middle"> <img src="/files/2327/bldg6.jpg" alt="Martin Financial Services" height="160" width="160" border="0"> </td> <td> <img src="/graphics/spacer.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="1" border="0"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="99%"> <span style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b><font size="3"><alignment="center"><li type=disc>Accounting <li type=disc> Tax Preparation <li type=disc> Investments <li type=disc> Insurance </b> <br> <br>222 West Pointe Drive <br>Swansea , IL 62226 <br>Phone: 618.233.3000 <br>FAX: 618.233.3003 <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr style="font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <td>Email: <br> <a href="mailto:contact@martinfs.com"> contact@martinfs.com</a> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <p><br /> <br /> Can you imagine how much easier life would be if you could find just one firm to handle all of your financial needs? This is exactly what <strong>Martin Financial Service's</strong> team of professionals can do for you. By providing all these services under one roof, each client can rest assured that all of their trusted advisors are part of the same professional team, each using their expertise to assure that you, the client, has gained access to an overall financial game plan that leaves the sum of the whole greater than the parts.</p> <p><br /> </p> <h2 align="center"><font color="#800000">Providing Accounting and Financial Solutions Since 1972</font></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="384"> <tr><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA12_r4_c1.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Calculators"></td><td colspan="2" width="192" height="43" valign="bottom"><img src="/graphics/A/TA12_r4_c4.gif" width="192" height="43" border="0" alt="Newsletters"></td></tr> <tr><td width="14" valign="top" background="/graphics/A/TA12_r5_c1.gif"> </td> <td valign="top" width="178"> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" 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