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TRANSPORTATION

GENERAL AVIATION HAS BIG IMPACT ACROSS THE STATE By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com Can you name the busiest airport in the state of Mississippi? The surprising answer is Olive Branch, and the reason is simple. “Location, location, location,” said manager David Taylor. “We’re 10 miles from Memphis International and 5 miles due south of FedEx world headquarters.” It is classified as a reliever airport for Memphis but that’s a misnomer, said Taylor. “We’re relieving Memphis every day. There are 160 planes based in Olive Branch and if they weren’t, they’d have to be based in Memphis.” And Olive Branch is not just the busiest general aviation airport in the Magnolia State. “It’s the busiest airport of any type in the state,” Taylor said. Following Olive Branch are Meridian, Jackson and Gulfport, three of the state’s eight commercial airports. Olive Branch averages more than 200 takeoffs and landings a day. Taylor said there are 515 control towers in the U.S. and Olive Branch ranks 235th in daily operations. The air trafﬁc control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The airport opened in 1973 and Taylor has been manager for 30 years. “When I came we had a 4,000 foot runway and two buildings, probably 30 planes but no jets based here. Now the runway is 6,000 feet, we have a See AVIATION, Page 4

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February 14, 2014

Mississippi Business Journal

LAW AND ACCOUNTING

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Mississippi sets export record for 4th straight year WASHINGTON – Mississippi is one of 16 states to set a record for exports in 2013, according to a release today by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Last year was the fourth consecutive year Mississippi has set an export record. Exports last year were $12.4 billion, compared to $11.8 billion in 2012. The export levels have risen steadily since 2005 when exports were at $4 billion. Nationally, total merchandise exports from the 50 U.S. states helped contribute to the record-setting value of goods and services exports, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2013. Ten more states experienced merchandise export growth. “These export numbers show that for more and more American companies, selling internationally is critical to growing their businesses and strengthening our economy,” said Pritzker. “We know for a fact, that for every $1 billion in exports nearly 5,000 jobs are supported across our nation, and with more than 95 percent of the world’s potential consumers residing outside our borders, exports will continue to be an important driver of the local and national economy.” Mississippi’s largest market was Panama, which received $2.2 billion in exports, representing 17.5 percent of the state’s total merchandise exports. Panama was followed by Canada ($2 billion), Mexico ($1.3 billion), China ($671 million), and the Netherlands ($483 million). Mississippi’s largest merchandise export category is petroleum and coal products, which accounted for $4.3 billion. Other top merchandise exports are chemicals ($1.6 billion), transportation equipment ($1.1 billion), computer and electronic products ($981 million) and paper ($801 million). The other 15 states that set records for exports in 2013 were Texas ($279.7 billion), California ($168.1 billion), Washington ($81.9 billion), Louisiana ($63.1 billion), Michigan ($58.5 billion), Ohio ($50.5 billion), Georgia ($37.6 billion), Tennessee ($32.4 billion), North Carolina ($29.3 billion), South Carolina ($26.1 billion), Kentucky ($25.3 billion), Connecticut ($16.5 billion), Maryland ($11.8 billion), Colorado ($8.7 billion) and Oklahoma ($6.9 billion).

Petroleum and coal products are Mississippi’s top exports. (File photo) Also reporting growth in total merchandise exports in 2013: Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and South Dakota. — Frank Brown/MBJ

Butler Snow opens office on Broadway RIDGELAND — Butler Snow has expanded into New York, and Stanford G. Ladner has joined the firm. Ladner joins recent addition David M. Cohen, a member of the firm’s Product Liability, Mass Tort and Environmental Group. Ladner is a member of the firm’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Group. His practice focuses on public finance, banking law, business and commercial transactions, energy law and regulatory compliance and advice. Ladner has spent his career advising banks, investment firms, municipalities and private industries on how to navigate the public financing sector. He earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in economics before earning his juris doctor from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Ladner has been named in The Best Lawyers in America, public finance law, and is a fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Water Resources Association, where he previously served on the Board of Directors, and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, where he is the past vice chairman of the committee on selection and evaluation of bond counsel. Cohen’s practice focuses on toxic torts, products liability, and pharmaceutical litigation and counseling. He has spent more than 15 years helping clients defend allegations of disease diagnosis and causation.

— from staff and MBJ wire services

4 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14 2014 PHARMACEUTICALS

SKIN DEEP

» Waltman grows ZAPZYT line-up, rebrands product BY WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com

Over its history, Waltman Pharmaceuticals Inc. has quietly grown its flagship skin care product ZAPZYT into a national player with scores of distributors scattered across the U.S. It hasn’t always been easy, and challenges abounded. However, 2014 is shaping up to be a key year for Jackson-based Waltman Pharmaceuticals as the company has expanded its patented ZAPZYT product line and unveiled a major re-branding effort. “Every year is a milestone year for us,” said company president and founder Herchell Waltman flatly. When asked about the success of ZAPZYT, Whitney Burns, vice president of Waltman Pharmaceuticals and Herchell

develop a skin care product here in the Magnolia State. One of the first decision about the product — its name — would prove a gamechanger. Waltman was wrestling with prospective names when the word “ZAPZYT” came to him while in church. Stopping short of claiming divine intervention, Waltman said the name ZAPZYT has proved a customer-grabber. “It’s short, and it’s memorable. The name has been a big part of our success,” Waltman said. By that time Waltman had already been canvassing dermatologists, asking them a simple question — what would make for an effective over-the-counter acne treatment? The preferred formula included a simple combination of water, sulfur and benzoyl peroxide.

“It’s short, and it’s memorable. The name has been a big part of our success” Herchell Waltman ZAPZYT president and founder

Waltman’s daughter, summed it up by saying, “We have an exceptional product. It works.” The ZAPZYT story begins in the mid1980s when Herchell Waltman was based in Jackson and was working with a national pharmaceutical company, a position that afforded him the opportunity to make contacts in the industry, including dermatologists. Faced with a transfer to the Northeast, Waltman decided to retire and

AVIATION

With that, Waltman contracted a chemist to develop the formula, and Waltman Pharmaceuticals and ZAPZYT were out of the gate. The early days proved challenging, though. Waltman said the company made some missteps, including a two-ounce bottle that proved too big for the market. “It was a tremendous mistake,” he admitted.

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control tower with 56 additional hangars and all kinds of jets every day.” Bustling Olive Branch is one of about 80 public-use airports in Mississippi serving 4,355 pilots and 2,500 general aviation aircraft. Aviation Across America, an industry group, reports that general aviation employs 1,560 Mississippians, with an annual payroll of $32.4 million. Overall, general aviation contributes $860 million to Mississippi’s economy, according to a Merge Global study. Thomas Booth, director of the state Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division, described the state of general aviation in Mississippi as strong. “We have a fairly active state from an aviation standpoint,” he said. There is a mix of business at Olive Branch typical at other airports. “We have probably 30 percent corporate business and 50 percent ﬂight training,” Taylor said. “We have two schools on airport. The other 20 percent is individual and military.” The Metro Olive Branch Airport’s pedigree is mixed, too. “We are privately owned and we’ve got a public owned control tower,”

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Just this month, Waltman Pharmaceuticals added yet again to its ZAPZYT line, and is currently developing more product that is expected to be rolled out over the next year or so.

Hammering out the wrinkles, Waltman’s next hurdle was muscling onto store shelves. Early efforts centered around regional drug store chains, which hamstrung company growth. The watershed moment for Waltman and ZAPZYT came in the early 1990s through one of Waltman’s contacts. A retailer in Memphis suggested that Waltman obtain a Walmart vendor number, and that proved successful. Waltman Pharmaceuticals began selling to individual Walmart stores, dropping off product each week then returning the next week to get a check and replenish the stock. But that proved cumbersome. So, Waltman made a trip to Bentonville, Ark., to pitch the retailer’s corporate office. Not long afterwards, a delivery van pulled up right around closing time. “That van had enough Walmart orders in it to choke a horse,” Waltman remembered. Since then, ZAPZYT has grown its presence and lineup. In addition to Walmart, other stores include A&P, Fred’s, Rite Aid and CVS Pharmacy, to name just a few. At press time, Waltman Pharmaceuticals was negotiating with yet another retailer, this one based in Texas. The product lineup, which offers a 100

Taylor said. The airport is part of Metro Industrial Park owned by Belz Enterprises. Taylor said business at the state’s busiest airport likely will continue. “We are poised and ready to grow as soon as the economy breaks a little more,” Taylor said. At the opposite end of the state is Stennis International Airport in coastal Hancock County has experienced post-Katrina expansion and will soon have a ribbon cutting on its new terminal and hangar complex. “We started 2013 with seven construction projects and we are now down to the final one,” said Bill Cotter, the airport manager for the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission. The upscale terminal will include a lounge, cafe and pilot rest area with a movie theater where crews can wait comfortably before flying out. He said a grand opening will be around May. When pilots have options choosing airports, Cotter expects the new terminal to give Stennis an edge. “They spend a whole lot of time sitting around,” he said. The airport’s fixed base operator is Freeman Holdings, the largest Million Air FBO franchisee. Cotter said Stennis is running around 3,000 take offs and landings a

percent satisfaction guarantee, had grown to three before the company added a new product just this month. The new Pore Treatment Gel, once sold as part of a skincleaning kit and now offered as a standalone product, joins ZAPZYT’s Acne Wash, Scrub and Acne Treatment Gel. Burns said the company has more new product in the pipeline that could be introduced “over the next year or so.” In addition, Waltman Pharmaceuticals unveiled a major re-branding this month. Contracting with the strategic brand consulting and design firm Landor Associates and after roughly a half-year of research, the new look brings forward more of blue and orange colors in a much cleaner and more modern design that tested very well among targeted consumers. The new packaging also better calls out the brand's long established points of difference among acne products. Waltman and Burns both said the ZAPZYT story continues to unfold. They both see areas and accounts they can add, and future growth is a given. “We can be as big as we want to be,” Waltman said. For more on Waltman Pharmaceuticals and ZAPZYT, visit www.zapzyt.com.

month and the military is the field’s largest user. “They can do operations after the air traffic control tower closes,” he said. Stennis offers nighttime training for C-130 crews from Keesler Air Force Base in nearby Biloxi. “We turn the runway lights off and there’s no housing in the Stennis Space Center buffer zone so it gets very dark. It works very well for them.” Stennis also is seeing more Air Force special ops training missions from Hurlburt Field in Florida and from the Navy’s special warfare unit training. “We’ve also get the Marine Corps out of New Orleans doing some work in Huey and Cobra helicopters.” One tenant, Selex Galileo, tests radar and other systems they install on C-130s at the airport. Stennis also gets spillover business from the New Orleans and Gulfport airports. Celebrity passengers have included Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The airport was home to about 110 aircraft when Hurricane Katrina hit and now there are 50 aircraft based there. “Those numbers continue to build slowly but surely,” Cotter said. Another pre-Katrina asset will return soon. “We’re pretty excited to be starting a flight school again around the first of March,” he said.

February 14 2014

Mississippi Business Journal

ENERGY

Mississippi already benefiting from U.S. moving toward energy self sufficiency By BECKY GILLETTE I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

Not that many years ago there were concerns about “the end of oil,” the depletion of the oil reserves that fuel the world economy. One of the largest economic problems in the U.S. was the cost of importing so much oil. But drilling technology innovations including fracking now have some experts predicting that by 2035 the U.S. will achieve something almost unthinkable until now: Energy self sufficiency, making it no longer dependent on oil imports from unstable countries in the Middle East. BP has forecast that the output of shale oil and gas will accelerate as domestic demand diminishes, making it possible for the U.S. to become a net exporter of natural gas by 2017 and to provide for all of its own energy needs by 2035. That picture has huge implications for the energy security, the balance of trade, increasing employment and the success of manufacturing in the U.S. Until the fracking revolution, big investments were being made in terminals in the U.S. to import natural gas. One example is the $1.1-billion Gulf LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant in Pascagoula. But as domestic natural gas production jumped, the demand to import LNG never materialized. Gulf LNG and other similar facilities are now seeking permission to export LNG. Mississippi is not known to have the huge reserves of natural gas and oil being discovered in other states, but the state has a very robust system of natural gas pipelines, and is home to the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery in Pascagoula, which is the largest Chevron refinery in the country. Alan K. Sudduth, manager of policy, government and public affairs, Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, said because of American ingenuity and technology, the country is experi-

encing early indicators of energy affordability and energy security. While it is premature to speculate about specific benefits for the Pascagoula Refinery and Mississippi, he said the economic revitalization enabled by oil and gas development has provided benefits to the areas where Chevron operates, like Pascagoula. “Moreover, as the Pascagoula Refinery celebrates fifty successful years of operation in Mississippi, the next fifty years look just as promising,” Sudduth said. “Chevron has upgraded its largest refinery to enable it to process some of the more challenging crudes the world has to offer. When you combine the refinery’s flexibility for processing crude with the upcoming addition of a new product slate – base oil, the foundational component of lubricants – the Pascagoula Refinery’s capacity and capabilities place it in the best position to provide top quality products for many years to come.” By taking full advantage of the domestic energy resource base, the President and members of Congress could help turn the United States into a global energy superpower. “To turn this opportunity into reality, we will need all sources of energy – oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables – to play a role in meeting energy demand even as we seek to improve our economy’s energy efficiency,” Suddeth said. “As our energy renaissance advances, we would also anticipate increased jobs, growth and tax revenues nationally and locally. Finally, our nation’s energy renaissance will give us greater flexibility on the international front even as we strengthen our domestic competitiveness\economic standing in the world.” State Economist Dr. Darrin Webb finds this new technology and the growth it is generating fascinating. While he defers to the experts on whether it will lead to energy independence in the time frame projected, he believes it is has already proven to be a boost to an economy that was struggling. “The continued growth of this industry will certainly help the national economy,” he said. “It will greatly help in the reduction of our trade deficit and, perhaps more importantly, could help stabilize and reduce energy prices. This will be a help to the entire economy. Energy intensive industries in

Mississippi will certainly benefit.” Patrick Sullivan, president, Mississippi Energy Institute, said it could be even sooner than 2035 when the U.S. achieves energy independence. “Hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling for domestic oil and natural gas production has totally changed the game almost overnight,” Sullivan said. “We do have more energy reserves due to our new ability to recover oil and natural gas over these tight formations. But to be the richest energy country, we have to factor in all of our reserves. That includes coal. There is Sudduth a big economic and environmental debate over coal that has gone on for years. We have the largest fleet of nuclear reactors for energy production in the world.” Beyond that, Sullivan said, there are other energy sources that have their place and have become more economical and more competitive such as bio energy, wind and solar, although the biggest source of renewable energy production in the U.S. has been and remains hydroelectric power. “The key point is if we are going to say we have the most energy reserves in the world, we have to count everything,” Sullivan said. “That should be a promise to use everything. We are going to use it responsibly, but we are going to use everything.” The energy independence revolution bodes well for Mississippi, which has a greater percentage of manufacturing See

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“The key point is if we are going to say we have the most energy reserves in the world, we have to count everything. That should be a promise to use everything. We are going to use it responsibly, but we are going to use everything.” Patrick Sullivan Mississippi Energy Institute president

6 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14 2014 MANUFACTURING

FROM THE NEWSROOM Special to the MBJ

Members of Atlantic Marksmen’s precision rifle team pause from testing Atlantic Marksmen model rifles at the company’s 1,000yard shooting range north of Laurel. From left are Todd Ellis and Sean Little, sales and promotion; Joshua B. Traxler, CEO of Atlantic Marksmen´s rifle business; Alexander Mazevski, European business partner; and Olivier Scherlofsky, president of Trade League Mississippi Central Europe Inc.

Ammo maker launching custom rifle line By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

Things are happening so quickly at Trade League Mississippi Central Europe Inc. that it is accelerating its plans to introduce new products. The international venture opened its Atlantic Marksmen unit in Gulfport late last year and now it is adding a custom gun line to its ammunition manufacturing and distribution business. “We started to accept the first purchase orders for our custom made Atlantic Marksmen precision rifles for hunting and competition or tactical long-range shooting,” said Olivier Scherlofsky, president of TLMCE. The rifles range from $3,000 to $6,000. A Mississippi doctor paid $6,000 up front for the first one. “It’s perfect synergy: precision rifles and ammo,” he said. “There really is a demand.” Don Geraci of Louisiana, a Hall of Fame and world champion shooter, is the head gunsmith. “He is one of the most respected precision rifle gunsmiths in the South, and we are very happy that he decided to join our efforts,” Scherlofsky said. “With his help we are able to guarantee the extraordinary accuracy and reliability of the rifles.” The rifles come with accuracy guarantees and will be delivered in about six weeks or less, thanks to the company’s set-up and components supply infrastructure. “This is a huge advantage in a market where customers have to wait for months or even years to get such quality custom made ri-

fles delivered.” Owners also can upgrade their existing rifles with better triggers, stocks or barrels. Scherlofsky and partner Ricky Bishop, owner of Specialty Machine, are already building up the Gulf Coast hub for Lapua, Atlantic Marksmen’s flagship brand of highend ammo produced in Finland and Germany. Several local shops and ranges have started to stock Lapua products, he said. Beginning in March the company will introduce its own Mississippi-manufactured premium pistol and rifle rounds. “In the next weeks we will start to offer our precision ammo to shops and wholesalers through the U.S.,” Scherlofsky said. The rounds will be sold to shops as well as online. Some of the rifle ammo will be hand loaded specially for match and law enforcement shooters. Another new product entering the market next month is a 9mm premium pistol ammo line designed for use in Glock, Steyr and other prized pistols from Austria and Germany. “Those pistols are highly popular in the with police as well as citizens,” he said. Also starting in March, the 9mm pistol ammo will be included in special promotion kits for Glock pistols that will sell for $80 to $150 at select shops and include Glock accessories. Scherlofsky said Atlantic Marksmen will offer factory reloading of the Atlantic Marksmen rounds for half the cost of the new ammo. The Lapua brass rounds can be

“(Don Geraci) is one of the most respected precision rifle gunsmiths in the South, and we are very happy that he decided to join our efforts” Olivier Scherlofsky president of TLMCE

reloaded several times without any loss of reliability or functionality, he said. Gunsmith Geraci isn’t the only big name in the gun world who will be marketing Atlantic Marksmen. The company will sponsor the cable TV shooting shows featuring Jim and Melissa Gilliland and is also creating a channel on Trigger Time TV that is run by Gautier resident Troy Allan Guillotte. Scherlofsky said all of the expansion activity and new products will create jobs. “We started to cooperate with a Mississippi packaging company for our packaging, helping them to keep and increase jobs in Mississippi,” he said. “And, utilizing our European firearms background, once we have our U.S. export licenses we will help companies marketing and exporting their first class products to U.S. allies in the European Union.”

Bosses, can you weather the storm? A

s snow accumulated on the street in front of my house on a recent Tuesday morning, I thoughtfully evaluated the situation. According to local news outlets, Twitter and Facebook, the mayhem guy had taken over, causing a variety of traffic accidents along the path to my downtown office. I’ve made my share of dumb decisions in life, but the prospects of dancing with 18-wheelers on an icy Interstate 55 south of Jackson didn’t seem too smart. As the accumulation grew, I decided I could do any major work from home. The remainder could wait until the great thaw. “Stay home,” was the simple text message reply from my boss, who had already arrived at the office from the balmy northern suburbs. Frank Brown So I did. I was fortunate. But as businesses closed, it created a domino effect. For example, when my granddaughter’s daycare closed, my daughter had to stay home to care for her. Meetings scheduled for her office would go on without her. But it was a few days later, during my monthly haircut appointment, I learned of another impact of the snowy day. The woman who cuts my hair works part-time on Saturdays, but has a full-time job as an administrative assistant and receptionist in a busy North Jackson office during the week. When the ice and snow fell, she too stayed tucked away in her southern Hinds County home, and her two supervisors decided they would do her essential duties for the day. You can probably guess how that went. Crisis management quickly became managers in crisis. It resembled Undercover Boss with out the reality TV cameras. And, the next day, there was an Undercover Boss-like payoff. Her supervisors determined she had too many duties, and shifted some of her responsibilities to others in the office. Her situation is common today in a world where many businesses try to do more with less. The uncommon aspect of her story is how her supervisors had the awareness to realize changes were needed. I once worked in an office where a caller with a problem told my co-worker that he wanted to talk to the head of the company. “Sir, do you want to talk to the person in charge,” she replied, “or would you rather talk to the person who knows what’s going on?” Bosses, which are you? Frank Brown is a staff writer and special projects coordinator at the Mississippi Business Journal.

February 14 2014

AGRICULTURE

Mississippi Business Journal

HEALTHCARE

MarketMaker going global » Riverside Research hired to expand database BY WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com

The match-making program MarketMaker began humbly enough in Illinois as a way to help connect that state’s food-related industry to local markets. Over time, the database grew to include nearly half the states, including Mississippi through Mississippi State University, and the District of Columbia. However, a new day has dawned for the database MarketMaker — it is going global. And those in the food-related industry in Mississippi are expecting large returns. Managers of the database recently signed a contract with Riverside Research, an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, scientific research institution with offices in six states. Riverside signed a licensing agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which first developed MarketMaker, for the exclusive rights to the web-based information and communication resource designed to revolutionize the food supply chain. Riverside Research plans to invest in additional research and development to expand MarketMaker’s capabilities to new markets and regions, both nationally and globally. “Riverside Research is the ideal partner for MarketMaker,” said Darlene Knipe, cofounder and director of the National MarketMaker Program. “The company has great experience and expertise in information systems, a long-standing commitment to the greater good, and a high-integrity business culture. These qualities are critical to the future expansion of MarketMaker and realizing its great potential to fight world hunger.” Led by researchers Richard and Darlene Knipe, the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences partnered with other landgrant agriculture colleges and universities — including MSU — to enhance MarketMaker’s capabilities. This includes improvement of access to emerging markets; facilitating local sourcing of agricultural products; enhancing the efficiency of food distribution value chains; and supporting agro-economic research in food distribution networks. “Addressing the food and nutritional needs of a growing global population is a significant challenge,” said Richard Annas, president, Riverside Research. “We will apply our corporate strengths in information sciences with MarketMaker to address this challenge and make meaningful con-

tributions to the solution. That’s our purpose — technical excellence and trusted solutions.” Here in Mississippi, much is expected of the new, expanded MarketMaker (www.marketmaker.msstate.edu). Ken Hood, a Mississippi State University Extension Service professor in agricultural economics, said, “The new globalization licensing agreement gives us a stronger link between the different groups, because of the resources available at Riverside. In the past, the different universities had to pay an annual fee that went toward maintaining the system overall, and now that will be handled by the corporation.” MSU and other land-grant universities enhance MarketMaker’s capabilities to improve research in food distribution networks, and Hood feels Riverside Research will help take MarketMaker to the next level. “They have dedicated teams available that can devote more time and effort to get the job done faster,” Hood said. MarketMaker currently offers many searchable options. Researchers can browse by age, household type, race, income, education, foreign-born and food preferences. Users can find a business under the categories of farmer/rancher, buyer, eating/drinking place, farmer’s market, fishery, food bank, retailer, processor/packaging shed, wholesaler and winery. The site also offers free registration for businesses that want to be included in the database. Riverside Research’s Chantelle Hougland said details of her firm’s work to broaden MarketMaker’s footprint are still being hammered out, but the globalization efforts have already begun. Riverside Research just signed a partnership agreement with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She said Riverside Research would officially announce the new compact in the coming weeks, and that the contract marked Riverside Research’s “toe in the water” to begin efforts to take MarketMaker global. “This partnership (with MarketMaker) helps fulfill our charter of doing good works,” Hougland added. “We have a 46-year history of successfully serving our corporate charter to advance scientific research in the public interest and in support of the U.S. government,” added T.I. Weintraub, executive vice president, Riverside Research. “MarketMaker presents an opportunity to extend our legacy to the food and agriculture supply chain. It’s a perfect match with our charter and aligns well with our growing capabilities in precision agriculture.” For more on Riverside Research, visit www.riversideresearch.org.

Photos courtesy of UMMC

Above: Dr. Simeone signs a heart-shaped pillow for Mackey as Dr. Matthew deShazo looks on. Below: Sharon, right, gets a big hug from her daughter Ronneccia Mackey.

AT UMMC, PORT GIBSON WOMAN RECEIVES WARM BLANKET, NEW HEART By Gary Pettus

JACKSON — When cardiac patient Sharon Mackey goes home, she’ll take with her at least two mementos from her stay at UMMC, she said: “A warm blanket and a warm heart.” The bright red blanket, one of a number distributed to cardiac patients to recognize today’s National Wear Red Day, was presented by Dr. Alan Simeone and Dr. Matthew deShazo, two of her physicians. The heart was a gift from an unnamed donor and the donor’s family. “They were my guardian angels who watched and waited to give me this new lease on life,” said Mackey, 50, of Port Gibson. “I feel like a million bucks.” Mackey’s story is one of many that could be told today to raise awareness of heart disease — the purpose of National Wear Red Day. Although her debilitating heart condition was not a preventable disease (it was probably related to a long-ago pregnancy) Mackey’s example is valuable for at least two reasons: It emphasizes the importance of taking care of your heart, and it illustrates the kind of care that’s available at UMMC when things go wrong. “Unfortunately, I’m the part of the team that sticks out, but I’m just a little piece of this,” said Simeone, who led the heart-transplant team on Mackey’s case. “There’s a huge team involved,” he said, naming, among others, heart-failure cardiologists Dr. Charles “Chuck” Moore, Dr. Robert Craig Long and deShazo. “What they do is actually miraculous. The average cardiologist can’t do this. The patient was saved by what they do.” At UMMC, the only hospital offering heart transplants in Mississippi, Mackey arrived with end stage, or advanced, heart failure the last week of January. Fortunate to ﬁnd a donor whose blood type matched Mackey’s, doctors performed the transplant on Jan. 31. “My doctors were great; they stuck with me all the time,” Mackey said. “And the (donor) family has not just touched my heart; they’ve replaced my heart.” Six days after surgery, Mackey was sitting up in her hospital bed, describing the change in her life. Before the operation, she was always fatigued; in the short journey from room to room in her house, she had to stop to take breaks, said Mackey, whose caregiver at home has been her daughter Ronneccia Mackey, 23, a graduate student in public health at Jackson State University. With a healthy heart now, Mackey said, “there’s a lot I want to do and can do. I’m going to run with the wind.” She’ll also be able to spend more time with her daughter, she said – not so much as a patient, but as a mom.

8 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14 2014 INSIDE BUSINESS

Business tax bills seek limits on DOR in taxing options » Proponents say it will repair damage from Equifax ruling, concede 'significant' costs By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

Some members of the Mississippi Legislature fear last summer’s state Supreme Court ruling that bumped the one-year Mississippi tax bill of Atlanta’s Equifax Credit Information Services from zero to over $700,000 will tarnish the state’s “business friendly reputation.” To undo the perceived damage, two Republican-sponsored bills designed to make it harder for the state to assess taxes on multistate businesses based on revenue earned, a standard called the “market-approach,” are moving ahead in both the House and Senate. Part of the push is coming from the Council on State Taxation, a nonprofit trade association of more than 600 multistate corporations, that late last year downgraded the state's grade among “The Best and Worst of State Tax Administration” from a B-plus to a C-plus. COST cited the Equifax case and indicated a grade reassessment would come with adoption of legislation to diminish the effects of the Equifax ruling. Until the ruling in the Equifax case, Mississippi had followed the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act, or UDITPA, established in 1957 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to remedy apportionment issues associated with taxpayers’ operating in multiple states. The UDITPA method applies a weighted performancebased standard in assessing taxes on the sales of services. The Mississippi ruling — which has caught the attention of state taxing authorities around the country — upheld the state tax commissioner’s use of market-based standards in assessing tax liabilities for multistate companies such as credit reporting service Equifax. Using the standard UDITPA cost-of-performance method, Equifax computed its tax liability as zero. The state Department of Revenue later declared the standard method did not properly reflect the company’s business activities in the state. The result: A tax bill for the year of more than $700,000 based on revenues generated in the state. HB 799, which cleared the House last Friday morning on 1 113-2 vote, and SB 2487 would allow the Department of Revenue to apply the market-based standard only when it can present “clear and convincing evidence” that the standard apportionment method does not fairly represent the taxpayer’s activity. Both SB 2487, which has passed the Senate Finance Com-

mittee and is on the calendar for a floor vote at some point, and HB 799 would also force the state’s DOR to present “clear and convincing evidence” to support requests for out-of-state companies with operations in Mississippi to provide the DOR with combined tax returns. The DOR, in appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, projected that creating hurdles to applying the market-standard on tax apportionment would cause the state to lose “significant” tax revenue. Bill author Sen. Joey Fillingane, a Republican and chairman of the finance panel, acknowledged the revenue trade-off but emphasized his measure ensures the state is

“not too onerous” in its pursuit of tax revenue from multi-state businesses. With the Equifax case closed, Fillingane said he and others, including the Mississippi Economic Council (which serves as the state’s chamber of commerce) decided the impact of the ruling must be mitigated. “The issue that the Equifax case was about affects many businesses across the state,” the senator from South Mississippi noted. Fillingane said that since the lawsuit is final, “I don’t feel we are inserting ourselves into ongoing litigation.” He said he expects some of the fiscal impact on the state’s treasury will be eased through negotiations underway with the

DOR. The Mississippi Economic Council is trying to work out some compromise language with the DOR, Fillingane said. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican and Senate gatekeeper, is taking a close look at the legislation. “He supports all efforts ensuring that our regulations don’t place unfair burdens on businesses,” said Laura Hipp, Reeves' spokeswoman. Ron Aldridge, state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses/Mississippi, welcomed the House and Senate bills as a way to give busiSee

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UNIFORMITY ELUDES STATES' MULTISTATE BUSINESS TAXING METHODS By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

with the state's high court that it will seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of the finding that Equifax had to show why the market standard would not fairly reflect its business activity in the state. Mississippi is an “all or nothing” state when it comes to designating the source of taxing Henchman said the increasing reliance on the sales factor in tax apportionment means the revenue a multistate corporation makes through the sales of services. greater attention to how states source sale of services. Achieving this is easier said than Here's an explanation from attorney Richard Henchman, VP of legal & sate projects for done, he noted. The Tax Foundation, based in Washington, D.C.: “The historical approach is Cost of “Defining what counts is still being developed state-by-state, with much complexity Performance (CoP), or Income-Producing Activity (IPA). Under this rule, sale of services are and non-uniformity.” In addressing apportionment in general,” Henchman said frustration sourced to the state where most of the activity occurs/costs were borne. It’s an all-orwith the states' patchwork of standards and rules on taxation of multistate companies nothing rule, which means little changes can make a big difference. Take Nebraska, which led Congress in the 1950s to threaten to settle the issue of the amount of a corporation’s had this rule until recently. A Nebraska service provider that sells 51 percent of its services to profit that could be subject to tax by each state. To head off such a move, the states customers in Nebraska and 49 banded together and came percent to customers in Iowa up with the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes will have 100 percent of their model Act (UDITPA), which service sales apportioned to enshrined an evenly-weighted Nebraska, because a majority three-factor formula: one-third — 51 percent — of the costs based on property, one-third providing the services are based on payroll, one-third borne in Nebraska.” based on sales. As an The Mississippi Department example, a Mississippi of Revenue decided a couple company with 50 percent of years ago to try a new its payroll in Mississippi, 50 approach — Market-Based percent of its property in Sourcing, or Benefits — after Mississippi, but, say, only 2 reviewing tax returns from percent of its sales in the state Atlanta's Equifax Credit would have an average of 34 Information Services. With percent for these three items, this approach, The Tax Henchman explained. Foundation's Henchman said “So only 34 percent of their in an email, sales of services profits are subject to are sourced in proportion to Mississippi tax under the where they are provided. three-factor formula.” Some “Take Iowa, which has this rule. The Nebraska service provider that provides 49 states such as Iowa prefer a “single-sales” factor. “All that mattered for corporate tax percent of its services to Iowa will have 49 percent of its sales sourced to Iowa. apportionment for them was where sales were,” Henchman said. (Taking the two examples together, this company will be taxed on 149 percent of its Forinstance,amultistatecompanywithlotsofpropertyoremployeesinIowabutfew profits — 100 percent sourced to Nebraska and 49 percent sourced to Iowa. Reverse salesinIowawouldpayverylittletaxtoIowa.Butmultistatecorporationswithnopresence examples also occur.)” inIowaexceptforsaleswouldhavetopayalotmoretaxtoIowa,headded. The DOR's selection of Equifax caused the company's tax bill to go from zero to more The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Iowa's single-sales factor approach in 1978, leading than $700,000. The DOR switched to the new standard after concluding the state's other states to begin copying Iowa. The result: UDITPA today is no longer uniform, statutory standard would not fairly reflect Equifax's business activity in Mississippi, Henchman said. “Most states now double-weight or exclusively weight sales for which consisted of providing credit reporting services electronically to Mississippi corporate tax apportionment,” he added. “The current dis-uniformity, aside from businesses. Equifax sued, losing in Chancery Court, winning in appeals court but losing creating needless complexity and causing multiple taxation, has also given rise to the last summer at the Mississippi Supreme Court, which held that the DOR could apply a problem of nowhere income — income left untaxed because the state that ought to tax tax to the actual revenue Equifax made in Mississippi. Equifax has since filed a notice it isn’t taxing it.”

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Mississippi Business Journal

BANKING

POLITICS AND BUSINESS

RENASANT, BANCORPSOUTH ACQUISITIONS SEEN BOOSTING EARNINGS PER SHARE

Quitman legislator still carrying banner for abolishing business inventory tax

By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

Analysts see bump-ups in earnings per share from growth achieved by Tupelo's Renasant Bank through acquisition of M&F Bank of Kosciusko and growth expected by Tupelo neighbor BancorpSouth's announced acquisitions in Texas and Louisiana. The $5.7 billion Renasant's first full quarter with M&F was a solid one, Birmingham, Ala.-based Stern Agee reported, citing a .03 percent increase in net interest margin from the third quarter which helped to drive net interest income growth of 30 percent. “Cost savings from the deal should drop to the bottom line in 2014, along with solid loan growth and the continued reduction in credit expenses,” Stern Agee said in a late January report. The analysts say savings from the deal should benefit Renasant by an EPS of 28 cents. The publicly held Renasant's acquisition of M&F added $1.6 billion in assets and 42 banking and insurance locations throughout Renasant's Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee markets. The merger, completed in the fall, significantly increased Renasant's deposit market share in the Birmingham and Memphis metro markets as well as the key Mississippi markets of Tupelo, Oxford and Starkville, while providing entry into the markets surrounding Jackson. Also in 2013, Renasant completed a de novo expansion into the East Tennessee markets of Jonesborough, Maryville, Bristol and Johnson City. The expansion gave the banking company 17 locations covering all three major Tennessee markets. Renasant has 120 banking, mortgage, financial services and insurance offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. While Renasant looked east for much of its 2013 growth, the $13 billion BancorpSouth's announced acquisitions are in the west in Louisianan and Texas. BancorpSouth said it expects to close in the second quarter on its acquisitions of $1.3 billion First State Bank, which is

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headquartered in Austin, Texas, and operates 31 fullservice banking offices. BancorpSouth will acquire parent Central Community Corp.’s interest in First State Bank, Central Community Capital Trust 1, and First Central Union Capital Trust 1 in exchange for approximately 7,250,000 shares of BancorpSouth common stock plus $28.5 million in cash. In a deal announced shortly after New Year's, BancorpSouth said it will acquire the $652 million Ouachita Bancshares Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Ouachita Independent Bank headquartered in Monroe, La. Ouachita Independent operates 12 full-service banking offices in Louisiana and loan production offices in Natchitoches, La., and Madison, Miss. BancorpSouth will issue a maximum of 3,675,000 shares of BancorpSouth common stock plus $22.875 million in cash for all outstanding shares of Ouachita Bancshares Corp. capital stock. BancorpSouth put the total value of the deal at between $99 million to $112 million. Meanwhile, analysts at Stern Agree estimate the acquisitions will benefit BancorpSouth's EPS by 22-cents. Based on BancorpSouth's fourth quarter results and the accretion from the Central Community acquisition, Stern Agee said it was raising BancorpSouth's EPS estimate for 2014 by 3-cents and its 2015 EPS by 12-cents. The analysts estimated the Ouachita Bancshares acquisition will give BancorpSouth a 10-cents annual benefit to EPS, assuming 30 percent savings and a 4 percent mark on the loan portfolio. With the acquisition, BancorpSouth's EPS estimate from Stern Agee rose by cents for this year and 10 cents for 2015. BancorpSouth has 292 commercial banking, mortgage and insurance locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, including an insurance location in Illinois.

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jobs than average. Manufacturing is energy intensive, and natural gas is a raw material that can be converted to other products. Currently natural gas, which is used a lot in manufacturing, costs only 25 percent as much in the U.S. as Japan. “The U.S. and our continent have a very significant advantage in having low cost energy, especially natural gas,” Sullivan said. “If you look around the world at some of our major manufacturing competitors in Germany, Japan and China, natural gas is much cheaper here and electricity is less expensive. The pendulum where manufacturing competitiveness left the U.S. in the past two decades has swung back. Energy isn’t the only reason, but it is a major reason. Now, for manufacturing in a lot of different sectors, it is more profitable to do it back in the U.S. Other reasons are that wage rates are going up in developing countries like China. Shipping rates are going up. Especially for products at the end of the day destined for America, it makes a lot of sense

State Rep. William Shirley, owner of the Family Fish Camp restaurant in Quitman, expects he'll be doing the same thing next year he's doing this year: continuing his lonely campaign for phasing out Mississippi's business inventory tax. Elected in 2011, the Republican representative for District 84 has introduced an inventory ad valorem tax phase out the last three years. As in past years, the 2014 bill specifies a 10-percent a year decline in the assessed value of business equipment through 2024, when the percentage of value assessed would be zero. His legislation, HB 9, is stuck in the House Ways & Means Committee, where Shirley expects it will perish. “Naturally, nobody wants to sign on to it,” he said, though he listed the National Federation of Independent Businesses/Mississippi as supporters. Mississippi in 2012 gave business owners a measure of relief, enacting legislation that increases the state income tax credit for inventory taxes paid from the current $5,000 to $10,000 in 2014, to $15,000 in 2015, and in 2016 and beyond to the lesser of the amount of state income taxes owed or the amount of inventory taxes paid. Beneficiaries of that bill were the larger businesses, leaving little benefit for the owners of small businesses whose equipment and furnishings never drop below 15 percent of their original value, Shirley contended. “Small business owners don't qualify in many cases,” said Shirley, whose district takes in portions of Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale and Newton counties. “I pay taxes on every chair and table” no matter their age, Shirley said of his restaurant. “If

to manufacture here.” He also points to Mississippi’s abundance of natural gas infrastructure. The state has some natural production, but where Mississippi really shines is in the volume of natural gas that goes through the state because of natural gas pipelines. That could create more jobs in the energy sector, which are two to three times higher paying than the average private sector jobs. “These are exactly the kind of jobs we want more of here because they yield a higher economic outcome,” Sullivan said. “They are very good paying jobs. And they are jobs that can be filled by people at all education levels. Most of the jobs are technical level positions which can be filled by people with a high school education, but these industries also require degreed professionals.”

they're going to charge somebody 15 percent on a chair, just throw the thing away. It never goes to zero [on depreciation],” he added. “ I've heard colleagues on the ﬂoor say they have desks they've paid for for 40 years.” The original House-passed version of the 2012 legislation, House Bill 536, favored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses/Mississippi would have allowed a full rebate of all inventory taxes paid by use of income tax credits and actual rebates by the state. Shirley said legislative leaders are missing an opportunity to compete for small business growth with neighboring Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, none of which has an inventory tax. Local governments in Mississippi annually take in approximately $142 million in inventory tax money. The state gives back a total of $6.5 million in income tax credits. Ron Aldridge, state director of the NFIB, said in a 2012 Mississippi Business Journal interview that the low amount of income tax credits the state gives back “ tells you real quickly that a whole lot of (small businesses) don’t have enough income tax because some of them are at break-even, whereby the credit does them no good. We see the rebate program as doing the same good that repealing the tax would, because it would end up being no cost to (businesses). Aldridge conceded in the same 2012 interview that “the money is probably not there.” Shirley said he sees the inventory tax phase-out as more of a fairness issue than a fiscal one. “If we are going to be a pro business state, they need to help the small businesses as well,” he said.

There is also a real opportunity to use that to add value in manufacturing producing petrochemicals, plastics, and possibly metals. Mississippi could be increasingly attractive for industries that are very energy intensive. Imagine the impact on the balance of trade if the U.S. starts exporting energy, competing with the likes of OPEC for sales in areas like Asia where demand is expected to grow quickly. “The country is moving to exporting more energy, and we have the enormous LNG import terminal built in Pascagoula just before the market totally changed with all the production in the U.S.,” Sullivan said. “There are concerns that if the U.S. exports too much natural gas, it will bring prices up closer to natural gas prices outside of the U.S. But hopefully that terminal will be converted to an export terminal.”

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TVA land transfer offers a new chance for growth

he probable transfer of 172 acres owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Yellow Creek industrial site in Tishomingo County to the state of Mississippi creates another opportunity for major development at that prime location on the Tennessee River and the Tenn-Tom Waterway. Since 1971, when TVA announced that it would build a nuclear power plant at the site, Tishomingo countians and people in Northeast Mississippi have waited for Yellow Creek’s ship to come in. So far, it has not. After $1.2 billion in nuclear plant investment, that project was mothballed and aban-

doned. That was followed by a planned advanced solid rocket motor (ASRM) for the space shuttle fleet, but after $1.5 billion invested, politics in Washington killed that project when it was 80 percent complete and the jobs it had brought in relocations by contractor employees from California. Some smaller private-sector businesses are on the site, but it has not scored big as the home of large industries employing hundreds, if not thousands. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s efforts to win congressional transfer of 172 acres, if finalized, would lead

to another state effort to bring major industry to the acreage. The Mississippi Development Authority would be given fuller sway in developing the site. Companion legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House by Rep. Alan Nunnelee, R-Miss., and co-sponsored by the rest of the Mississippi delegation. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted favorably Thursday on a bill proposed by Cochran and Wicker to transfer the site at the Yellow Creek Port in See TVA, Page 12

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ou shall not covet” says the commandment. But, my observation is that such selfish desires of the body, mind, and soul befoul American culture today. We covet power, money, sex, material things, and undisciplined freedom. Dictionary.com defines “covet” as “to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others.” Covetous politicians’ desire for power not only subverts the system of government-by-compromise established by our founders, but also empowers special interests to enjoy what Sen. Mike Lee Bill Crawford recently described as “cronyist privilege at the top, where political and economic insiders twist the immense power of the federal government to profit at the expense of everyone else.” It’s not hard to tell politicians who desire power from those who desire to serve… the former talk and strut a lot, the latter work with others to get things done. The falling number of public servants in elected office bears witness to the rise of our covetous culture. Covetous corporations caused the Great Recession and continue to hold sway over America’s economy. When such corporations place short-term profits above all else they decimate jobs and wages for American workers. This drives both high unemployment and the growing wealth gap between the rich and middle-class. See CRAWFORD, Page 12

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Passage of Farm Bill good for state farmers and Mississippi conservation

n Feb. 4, 2014, the U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in a bi-partisan vote to approve reauthorization of the U.S. Farm Bill. Mississippi’s entire delegation — Congressmen Thompson, Harper, Nunnelee, and Palazzo, as well as Senators Cochran and Wicker — all supported the measure. As Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Thad Cochran played a particularly central role in securing passage of the bill and in ensuring that it contains provisions to help farmers conserve our state’s natural resources. The new Conservation Title of this bill is particularly important for Mississippi because of the opportunities it presents for farmers, especially those in the Mississippi Delta. It can also help to restore the health of the Gulf of Mexico. For many years, the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill has provided voluntary incentives to help farmers, ranchers and forest land owners manage and protect our nation’s precious soil and water. In the Mississippi Delta, the new bill will allow continuation of a highly successful program to restore very wet and flood prone farmland to bottomland hardwood forests that reduce downstream flooding, provide fish and wildlife habitat and, over the long run, produce valuable hardwood lumber. The bill will also assist landowners in managing water on their land in ways that aid crop production, reduce flooding and soil and nutrient runoff, and further expand wildlife areas, particularly for migratory waterfowl. These programs have waiting lists for participation because, in the way they are administered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts, they provide financial incentives for farmers to stay on the land and help to ensure the long-term productivity of Mississippi agriculture. Similarly, with respect to the Gulf, the Farm Bill’s Conserva-

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tion Title will be used by farmers up the Mississippi River to employ new, more tarAlex Littlejohn geted measures to reduce the runoff of nutrients into the river which ultimately contribute to a “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico where most fish and shellfish species cannot survive. The same longstanding, cost-effective and voluntary programs that benefit farming in the Delta can be used in states like Iowa and Illinois, where the most nitrogen and phosphorous runoff originates. With passage of the bill, the Natural Resource Conservation Service will also be able to set aside special funding for other measures to improve the health of the Gulf by restoration of coastal rivers, streams and wetlands and for measures to reduce local runoff of pollutants. The Farm Bill of 2014 is authorized for five years—so there is some assurance that conservation funding will be available over time. That will allow farmers and their communities to plan conservation well into the future. And all this is done in an overall bill that actually reduces federal spending over the fiveyear period. My organization, The Nature Conservancy, works closely with farmers and land owners in Mississippi, and in the Mississippi River basin to our north, to maintain agricultural production while enhancing fish and wildlife habitat and reducing the hazard of flooding. These goals can all be achieved together, and the Conservation Title in the new Farm Bill can help us get there. Thanks to Mississippi’s congressional delegation for their leadership in working to make this this important measure a reality.

» For many years, the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill has provided voluntary incentives to help farmers, ranchers and forest land owners manage and protect our nation’s precious soil and water. In the Mississippi Delta, the new bill will allow continuation of a highly successful program to restore very wet and flood prone farmland to bottomland hardwood forests that reduce downstream flooding, provide fish and wildlife habitat and, over the long run, produce valuable hardwood lumber.

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In its new Growth & Opportunity Project the Republican Party now acknowledges corporate misconduct as an issue: “We have to blow the whistle at corporate malfeasance and attack corporate welfare. We should speak out when a company liquidates itself and its executives receive bonuses but rank-and-file workers are left unemployed. We should speak out when CEOs receive tens of millions of dollars in retirement packages but middle-class workers have not had a meaningful raise in years.” Of course, our covetousness culture extends beyond corpora-

Alex Littlejohn serves as Associate State Director of the Mississippi Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. To learn more about The Nature Conservancy’s conservation work in Mississippi, contact Alex at (601) 713-3165 or alittlejohn@tnc.org.

tions and politicians. Many of us covet others’ money – moochers who could and should work but instead choose to game safety-net and entitlement programs; retirees who believe taxpayers owe them never-ending cost-of-living adjustments; victims who pursue egregious settlements; and so on. Many covet illicit sex, both visual and carnal as evidenced by the rise of pornography on the Internet and cover-ups of child molestation. Covetous distributors and retailers take advantage of these desires by creating sex-based ads. Most of us covet material things as demonstrated by the dramatic shift in our economy from production to consumerism. Perhaps

RE: “Shane Sekul puts passion into boat building, restoration” (Feb. 7) ... Shane Sekul is a remarkable person. There seems to be no limit to his artistic talents. He has a deep passion for his work and will not accept anything but the best of his abilities in any creating/work he understakes.

Farm Bill stinks RE: “Farm Bill and Sen. Thad Cochran are important to Mississippi” (Feb. 7) ... Reason Magazine says – THE FARM BILLS STINKS – I agree.

Give me more Nehi RE: “Nehi Bottling Company has been a Cleveland fixture for 85 years” ... As a child I use to set outside by a windoy and watch the bottles go down the line to be filled with pop in Wyoming Michigan. Once a d awhile an employee would see us on a hot summer day and bring us some to drink. That was in the late 40s or early 50s. I loved that drink.

Too little too late RE: “New process from Mississippi company helps remove bacteria from oysters” (Jan. 31) ... It’s about time. I’ve been waiting for this technology to come to market for 30 years. Now it’s time has come. Meanwhile a friend of mine lost his leg due to a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters two years ago. This technology would have prevented that tragic consequence.

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Iuka from TVA to the state. The bill has the backing of TVA, the Mississippi Development Authority, the Yellow Creek Port and the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; all those agencies have official relationships with Yellow Creek, the port, the river and the waterway. The boundary lines of statehood gave Mississippi few miles of shoreline on the Tennessee River. It is heavily developed with permanent residences and vacation homes, but Mississippi has barely scratched the surface in commercial and industrial development compared to Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. The transfer of 172 valuable acres from the Tennessee Valley Authority provides another opportunity for Mississippi to increase shoreline assets with substantial employment and investment. — Northeast Miss. Daily Journal

the greatest calamity of our cultural change comes from how much we now covet undisciplined freedom. The self-discipline and duty required by moral imperatives – those principles that define virtuous behavior, from industriousness and self-reliance to the Golden Rule to Biblical admonitions – have eroded. These changes fuel other covetous behaviors. Nothing less than a MADD style campaign against covetousness will change anything. Without such, we will find ourselves pledging allegiance to a nation out-from-under God. Bill Crawford (crawfolk@gmail.com) is a syndicated columnist from Meridian.

NEWSMAKERS Waggoner welcomes new-hires Waggoner Engineering has added two new employees to its team. Tyler Moore has joined the firm as an engineering technician. Previously, he worked with the Mississippi Development Authority neighborhood home program where he was responsible for reviewing Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and FEMA flood maps, and coordinating with city and county officials on flood and elevation zone requirements. Ira Turner Jr. joined Waggoner as a senior designer in the transportation department. Previously, he worked as roadway designer for the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Turner has served as lead designer and design team member for a variety of highway design projects. He brings with him 25 years of design experience utilizing CADD, Geopak and MicroStation.

Firms names new principals Senior associates David Burnet, Ron Fender and Parker Reece were recently made principals and the newest additions to the leadership team of Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons Architects + Engineers PA. Burnet received his bachelor of architecture from Mississippi State University, and is licensed to practice architecture in Mississippi and Florida. He is a LEEDaccredited professional and a member of the U. S. Green Building Council as well as American Institute of Architects. Parker is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. He is a LEED-accredited professional and past president of the Mississippi chapter of ASHRAE. An electrical engineer and project manager, Fender earned his bachelor of science degree at the Ohio State University. He is a LEED-accredited professional and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

BKD welcomes Munn, Osborn Vicki L. Munn and David J. Osborn have been added as staff accountants in BKD, LLP’s Jackson office. Munn joins BKD in the tax department of BKD. Before joining BKD, she worked as a project manager and coordinator for Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Munn is a recent graduate of Mississippi College where she earned a master’s in business administration in accounting in December 2013. In 1999, she earned a Munn Bachelor’s degree in Office Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. Additionally, she obtained a master of science degree in instructional technology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2000. Osborn is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma where he earned a bachelor’s Osborn degree in accountancy in 2011. He begins his career with BKD in the tax department in the Jackson office. Osborn worked in financial administration and stock management prior to joining BKD.

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Renasant makes promotions Renasant Bank has promoted to Pamela Hadley to vice president and community outreach and mortgage resource officer; Hozay Hausley to vice president and branch manager of Aberdeen; Jay Prewett to vice president and technology Archer services manager; Adam Archer to vice president and infrastructure manager; Jerri Pannell to assistant vice president and trust compliance officer; Patrick Bedgood to banking officer and field services leader; and Bo Sellers to banking officer and server administrator. Hadley has been with Re- Bedgood nasant since 2000, serving in the capacities of cash management, consumer lending and, most recently, fair lending officer. She attended Mississippi State University, graduating with degrees in business administration and communications. She also attended the Consumer School of Banking at Hadley Vanderbilt University. Hausley has been with the bank since 2000, serving in the position of vice president and branch manager in Aberdeen. Hausley, who is also a loan officer, attended Mississippi University for Women, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in social science. He also attended the Southeastern School of Consumer Credit at Vanderbilt, the Mississippi School of Banking at the University of Mississippi, the Commercial Lending Academy at Christian Brothers University and the Graduate School of Banking at Christian Brothers. He and his wife, Lashayla, have two children, Hannah Jaide Hausley, and Blayke O’neal Hausley. Prewett has been with Renasant since 2006, serving in the position of network administrator. Prior to joining Renasant, Prewett was an IT analyst for Vista III Media, now Metrocast. Prewett attended Mississippi State University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He and his wife, Andra, have one child, Colby. Archer has been with the bank since 2006,

serving in the position of senior systems administrator. Prior to joining Renasant, Archer served as a systems analyst for Software Unlimited Corporation. Archer attended Mississippi State University, graduating with a BBA in information Hausley systems. He and his wife, Darbi, have two children, Chloe and Selah. Pannell first joined Renasant in 1993, and has held positions in the Audit, Human Resources and Trust departments. In 2010, she was promoted to trust compliance officer. Pannell attended Mississippi State University, Pannell graduating with a bachelor of professional accountancy. She also attended the Cannon Financial Institute where she received the designation of certified fiduciary investment risk specialist. She and her husband Scotty, have three children, Austin, Ally Ruth and Madison. Prewett Bedgood has been with the bank since October 2007, serving in the position of business analyst. Prior to joining Renasant, Bedgood was an IT support analyst with Flextronics International in Memphis, Tenn. Bedgood attended Itawamba Community College, graduating with an AAS in computer network- Sellers ing. He and his wife Jessica, have two children, Carson (7) and Brady (5). Sellars has been with the bank since 2012, serving in the position of systems administrator. Prior to joining Renasant, Sellars was a senior systems administrator with T-Systems North America working out of the Philips Day-Brite facility in Tupelo. Sellars attended Itawamba Community College, graduating with an AAS in computer programming. He and his wife, Jennifer, have one child, Taylor.

Chinn replacing Kovar

Naghshpour writes paper

Bruce Chinn has been named general manager of the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery. Chinn, who currently works as a deputy upgrader manager in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, for Chevron Global Technology Services Co., will succeed current general manager Tom Kovar, who is retiring in April after 36 years with Chevron, the last four of those years as refinery general manager in Pascagoula. Prior to his current assignment, Chinn served as refinery operations manager at Chevron's refinery in Richmond, Calif.

Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour, professor of international development at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus, recently authored the paper “Exchange Rate Volatility and Imports Demand for the Islamic Republic of Iran,” which will be published by Inderscience Publishers. Naghshpour’s paper provides an analysis of imports demand for Iran. Using time series methods, Naghshpour determined imports demand with the idea of capturing and accounting for volatility of real effective exchange rate.

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Henson made case manager United Way of Southeast Mississippi has hired Vanessa Henson of Hattiesburg as a case manager for its Friends for Financial Freedom financial literacy program. Henson, a Hattiesburg native, will earn her bachelor’s of arts degree in communication studies from the University of Southern Mississippi in May Henson 2014. She was previously employed for three years with the Southern Miss Speaking Center as a peer consultant.

Crum named regional president Verizon Wireless has named Kristi Crum president of its South Central Region, which includes northern Mississippi, western Tennessee and all of Arkansas and Oklahoma. A graduate of Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., Crum began her career in the wireless industry in 2001 as an analyst with Alltel, which was acquired by Verizon Wireless in 2009. Since then, Crum has served in leadership positions in emerging communication products, consumer data products and retail sales for Verizon Wireless. Relocating from Danville, Calif., where she most recently was director of retail sales for the Northern California Region.

Wright earns award Dr. Peggy Brasfeild Wright, assistant director for Human Capital (ADHC) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, was recently named the 2012 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Human Resources Professional of the Year for her role in supporting and promoting the goals of the USACE Human Capital Strategic Plan. Wright, a 25-plus year veteran Wright of the Corps, began her technical career as a co-op student in 1985. She received her bachelor’s in computer science from Mississippi College in 1986 and went on to earn a master’s in 1992 and a doctorate in 2000, both in computer science from Mississippi State University. She maintained a 4.0 throughout the course of her education. Wright has participated in multiple Army-wide configuration boards and has served as the organizing chair of the CEEIS Configuration Control Board and as an adjunct professor to the Computer Science Department at MSU since 2000. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi. She has given invited presentations at the Human Capital Management Defense conference. Past awards for Wright include the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Superior Civilian Service Award and numerous Commander’s Awards, including two conferred by USACE commanding generals. She is also a recipient of the Vogel Award for the Scientist of the Year. Wright, a Vicksburg native, is active in community service and enjoys spending time with her two children, their spouses and her seven grandchildren.

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Model Contractor Development Program begins Feb. 20 in Jackson JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority will kick off its Model Contractor Development Program workshop series next Thursday in the fifth floor training room of the Strayer University building, 460 Briarwood Drive in Jackson. The nine weekly workshops are designed to teach small contractors and businesses practices that will improve their company’s operations and increase their bonding capacity. The workshops will be held each Thursday evening through April 17. “Mississippi’s small businesses and contractors contribute significantly to the state’s economy, and the Model Contractor Development Program is a great resource to help empower them as they work to grow and achieve success,” said Bob Covington, director of MDA’s Minority and Small Business Development Division. “The sessions offered are designed to ensure participants complete the course armed with the information needed to secure new contracting opportunities.” The MCDP workshop series is free and open to all small contractors and businesses. Participants must enroll or already be enrolled in the Mississippi Contractor Procurement Network system in order to attend. Additionally, each company’s representative must agree to attend seven of the nine sessions to successfully complete the course. The nine-week program schedule follows: » Thursday, Feb. 20, 6 – 9 p.m. – Kickoff/Orientation » Thursday, Feb. 27, 6 – 9 p.m. – Business Planning » Thursday, March 6 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Banking and Finance » Thursday, March 13 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Bonding and Insurance » Thursday, March 20 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Construction Accounting and Financial Management » Thursday, March 27, 6 – 9 p.m. – Marketing, Estimating and Bidding » Thursday, April 3 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Project Management and Field Operations » Thursday, April 10 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Claims and Dispute Resolution » Thursday, April 17 – 6 – 9 p.m. – Success Stories: Why Some Contractors Succeed and Others Fail The Jackson workshop series is sponsored by MDA, the Central Mississippi Contract Procurement Center and The Surety and Fidelity Association of America. Seating is limited, so interested parties are encouraged to register early. To register, visit www.mscpc.com, and select “Events Calendar” and then “February 20.” For more information about the MCDP, contact Latonia Shirley with MDA’s Minority and Small Business Development Division at (601) 359-6678 or lshirley@mississippi.org.

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Council vote makes pro baseball in Biloxi official The extended process of bringing baseball to Biloxi has come to an end. Now it’s time to build, then play. The Biloxi City Council passed five measures Tuesday, opening the door to begin construction of a $36 million minor league stadium across the street from the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino. In votes of 5-2, the council accepted $15 million from the state in BP oil spill funds; agreed to lease land for $1 a year from Beau Rivage Resort & Casino; agreed to a stadium lease with Biloxi Baseball, LLC, owners of the minor league franchise; and agreed to the sale of $21 million in Taxable Special Obligation Bonds by the Mississippi Development Bank. Council members Felix Gines, Dixie Newman, Paul Tisdale, Robert Deming III and Kenny Glavan supported the plan. David Fayard and George Lawerence voted against the measure. The council voted 7-0 for Dale Partners Architects to build the stadium, parking garage and

related facilities. Ken Young, the majority owner, has purchased the Huntsville, Ala., Stars — a Milwaukee Brewer Double-A farm team — and plans to move the team for the 2015 season. That dictates completion of the first phase of the project by April 2015. Biloxi has been seeking a baseball team for 20 years, first by former New York Met and Biloxi native Barry Lyons, and more recently by Overtime

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Silver Airways agrees to cutback flights to Tupelo

Gentiva Health to cut ‘hundreds’ of jobs, close up to 46 locations

Silver Airways has agreed to reduce the number of roundtrip flights between Greenville, Tupelo and Atlanta, as requested by the mayors and airport officials of the Mississippi cities a couple of weeks ago. The new schedule will begin March 3, but details are still being worked out. Tupelo Regional Airport executive director Josh Abramson said he’s getting more details on Thursday, when he meets with the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based regional airline. Tupelo’s and Greenville’s mayors had written a letter to Silver last month requesting the airline reduce the number of roundtrip flights in order to improve service.

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McCrary to step down as CEO of Alabama Power Charles McCrary will step down as chief executive officer at Alabama Power Co. at the end of the month, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. McCrary, who has led Alabama Power for 13 years, will be replaced by Mark A. Crosswhite, according to a release from the company. Crosswhite most recently served as COO at Alabama Power parent Southern Co. He will become Alabama Power president and CEO effective March 1.

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NRF optimistic about retail sails in 2014 WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation has released its 2014 economic forecast, projecting

Proposed Biloxi minor league baseball stadium (Courtesy of Dale Partners)

Sports director Tim Bennett, the man behind the move of the Atlanta Braves Double-A franchise to Pearl in 2004. This most recent attempt became serious on May 14 when the Biloxi City Council passed the resolution to build a stadium and bring a team to Biloxi. Many delays follows, forcing the developers to push the start date to 2015. — Frank Brown/MBJ

Gentiva Health Services Inc., whose website lists 24 locations in Mississippi, including two in Flowood, says it is closing 46 of its home health-care locations across the country. Hundreds of clinicians and other health care professionals are expected to lose their jobs, the Atlantabased company said in a report published Thursday by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Based on revenue, Gentiva (NASDAQ: GTIV) is currently the largest provider of home health and hospice services in the United States. The company has about 430 branch offices in 40 states and 14,600 employees. The downsizing comes as Gentiva struggles with poor financial health. Through the first nine months of 2013, the company lost $197 million. The company has previously closed a significant number of branch operations and sold a number of operating units. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the company sold its Phoenix area hospice operations. During the second half of 2011 and continuing into early 2012, the company undertook a comprehensive review of its branch structure, support infrastructure and other significant expenditures to reduce its ongoing operating costs because of what it said was a “challenging rate environment facing the company,” the Business Chronicle reported. As a result, it closed or divested 46 home health branches and 13 hospice branches and completed significant reductions in staffing levels in regional, area and corporate support functions. The company specializes in skilled nursing, social work, nutrition and disease management education. Other services include physical, occupational, speech and neuro-rehabilitation. The Gentiva family of companies includes Gentiva Home Health, Gentiva Hospice, Emerald Coast Hospice, Hospice of Charleston, Odyssey Hospice and VistaCare Hospice.

— Ted Carter, MBJ retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 4.1 percent, up from the preliminary 3.7 percent growth seen in 2013. NRF also expects online sales in 2014 to grow between 9 and 12 percent. A number of factors contributed to NRF’s 2014 economic forecast, including: » Economic growth is expected to be above its long-term historical average. Early estimates for growth in the economy as measured by real GDP could fall between 2.6 and 3 percent, a noticeable improvement from the estimated 1.9 percent rate for

2013, and the fastest pace in the past three years. » The labor market is expected to continue its modest recovery averaging approximately 185,000 jobs per month, helping decrease unemployment to near 6.5 percent or lower by the end of 2014. » Inflation as measured by the CPI is predicted to inch higher to as much as 1.7 percent in 2014. » The housing sector is expected to continue to improve in 2014, and stronger household and business confidence should spur more consumer spending overall.

— from staff and MBJ wire services

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“Mississippi asphalt is second to none. People ask us how we do it.” — Tone Garrett, Executive director, Mississippi Asphalt Pavement Association

HE MISSISSIPPI Asphalt Pavement Association was established in 1966 and its primary membership consists of 16 asphalt contractors and 60 associate members. Executive director Tone Garrett has headed the association for 28 years. “Our mission is to represent the industry and to develop and promote our product,” he said. “I like to spread the word about asphalt.” For example, Garrett will tell you that asphalt is the most recycled product in the world and it’s the only reusable portion of a barrel of oil. He also takes every advantage to clear up some common misconceptions about asphalt. “Tar is not asphalt. They don’t use tar for roads.” And those famous La Brea Tar Pits in California? “That isn’t tar, it’s asphalt.” He also is familiar with asphalt trivia and history. “The first recorded use of asphalt was the mummification process in

Egypt,” he said. “The next use was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. It was used to line the gardens.” Garrett pointed out that two Mississippians developed systems to test asphalt’s durability and ultimately improve its qualities worldwide “Mississippi is actually a national leader in asphalt manufacturing,” he said. “Mississippi asphalt is second to none. People ask us how we do it.” There are about 3,500 asphalt mix production sites in the U.S. producing 350 million tons of asphalt pavement material a year. Most of the facilities are family-owned businesses. In Mississippi most are familyowned, he said. Asphalt pavement is used for highways, airport runways, parking lots and driveways. Proponents describe it as economical, versatile and environmentally friendly. It is estimated that 94 of all pavement surfaces in the See

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U.S. have been surfaced with asphalt pavement and proponents say it has a record of success and excellent performance. Other attributes: asphalt pavements can be easily widened and cut to make way for utilities and its surface makes traffic markings more visible to drivers. And asphalt pavements are 100 percent recyclable and have salvage value. Garrett, who attended this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the National Asphalt Paving Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual meeting, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now the biggest thing we are talking about is environmental issues affecting our industry.â&#x20AC;? One big issue is the Occupational Safety and Health Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed permissible exposure level for silica dust. The asphalt industry has said it is positioned to meet the new, more stringent standard. Silica, a known carcinogen, is also known to cause the lung disease silicosis. Dust from roadway milling operations is the greatest potential source of silica exposure for workers in the asphalt pavement industry. Garrett said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are addressing the issue by putting vacuums on new equipment in the next couple of years.â&#x20AC;? The association works with Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s universities and community colleges to make sure there is a pool of

professionals available to fill jobs in the highway construction industry. Another goal is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;encourage the timely construction, repair and maintenance of Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public, private, and commercial highways, roads and streets.â&#x20AC;? They do that by educating public officials and the general public about the advantages of using asphalt pavement. The contractors who make up the association membership develop and produce asphalt mixes at plants located throughout the state. The mix is then approved by the Mississippi Department of Transportation before production begins. He said that the asphalt that is produced in the state is used mostly for roads. Publically funded highway projects make up 65 percent of the asphalt pavement market nationally. Federal, state and local capital spending on highways, roads and bridges total about $80 billion annually with half coming from federal funding. In Mississippi, Garrett said, MDOT doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive enough funding to maintain roads. Greater fuel efficiency in cars and trucks has caused a drop in the gasoline tax and the cost of materials has more than doubled since the last tax increase in 1987. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are struggling just to maintain what we have with the dollars coming in,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People will see noticeable deterioration of roads soon. It is an urgent situation.â&#x20AC;?

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Jeff Hannon, interim director of the School of Construction at the University of Southern Mississippi, looks over Century Park South, a new residential complex on campus.

» School of Construction at USM adjusts to fit the needs of the business By LYNN LOFTON I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

The School of Construction at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg was formed in 2004 and is filling needs of the construction industry. In the beginning, the school included the departments of architecture, construction and industrial technology. Interior design was added in 2009. Approximately 160 universities across the country have this type of construction school. “The motivation behind the union was that a set of core courses could be shared between the disciplines such as statics and strengths of materials, while preserving the specialized courses of each unit in the (students’) last three to four semesters,” says Jeff Hannon, interim director. “ The union is also unique in that technology programs are commonly housed in sub-departments of either engineering or architecture schools at other universities. “This is especially significant 10 years later as the design and building industries are merging in the real world with the adoption of building information modeling as a business process and integrated project delivery as a delivery system.” Hannon says USM’s School of Construction is now positioned to mirror these

“We tell our students to think worldwide. The opportunities are unlimited.” — Jeff Hannon, Interim director, USM school of construction industry changes academically via its autonomy rather than the separate architecture/engineering school structure. USM originally began with an industrial arts and architectural drafting major in 1957-1958. Construction contractors began hiring students from this program and this enabled the university to create the building construction technology program in 1974-75. Based on needs of the construction industry, bachelor’s degrees are offered in architectural engineering technology, construction engineering technology, industrial engineering technology and interior design, and a master's degree in logistics trade and transportation. Current enrollment figures are: construction technology, 238; architectural technology, 61; industrial technology, 57; interior design, 40; and master's in logistics trade and transportation, 27. Approximately half of the construction engineering technology students are taking online classes which includes students from all over the country.

The school is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission, the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology, the American Council for Construction Education, the Council for Interior Design Accreditation and the National Kitchen and Bath Association. There are 12 full-time faculty members and seven part-time. Teaching methods are changing in the building disciplines. “The architecture, construction, and interior design units have embraced and are teaching Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) methods,” Hannon said. “This reflects the change in industry which is embracing three-dimensional drawings and construction simulation before breaking ground – typically larger projects. This can save money because problems can be detected before shovels go in the ground. We can see things we can't see with twodimension drawings.” As academic advisers to students, faculty

members help graduates find jobs. “We also work closely with our Career Services unit and twice-a-year career fairs,” Hannon said. “Our graduates work with construction company owners who build and plan facilities, design firms, general contractors and sub contractors, construction management firms, material supply firms and equipment supply firms. Even though there was a slow down in the construction industry, there’s lots of military and health care building going on around the world.” Several recent graduates are among the management team constructing the new student housing and College of Business building on the Hattiesburg campus. Two 2012 graduates are building the American Embassy in Kabal, Afghanistan. “We tell our students to think worldwide. The opportunities are unlimited,” Hannon said. Hannon, a native of Oklahoma, came to USM after a 30-year career in construction, choosing the Hattiesburg school over Auburn University. He looks forward to the new permanent director coming onboard by August 2014 following a national search. At that time, Hannon will become the coordinator and associate professor of the construction technology unit. “The industry has radically changed in the past 10 years, and we are looking to the new person to take us to the next level,” he said

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Optimism increases for builders By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

After an especially harsh winter dragging on in Mississippi, contractors and others who work around the weather are looking forward to some relief with the coming spring season. Jay Carney, president of T.L. Wallace Construction based in Columbia, said contractors generally are â&#x20AC;&#x153;eternally optimistic

and always look for a break in the weatherâ&#x20AC;? for activity to pick back up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be able to do the work they have under contract this time of year has been very limited because of the rainfall and cold temperatures,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly we look to spring to get things kicked off and rolling strong. We have a lot under contract to get started on.â&#x20AC;? T.L. Wallace has approximately 250 employees and does heavy civil, commercial

and industrial construction throughout the Southeast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a good bit of Department of Transportation work in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. We have several projects for MDOT we are working on or are about to start working on.â&#x20AC;? The work includes roads, bridges, dirt work and asphalt paving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are multi-year projects that will be taking us into 2015,â&#x20AC;? he said. The volume of work has increased over recent years, Carney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have picked up

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additional work over the last year, enough work for our guys to keep them busy.â&#x20AC;? He said the transportation funding canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the demand for maintenance or new construction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There certainly is a shortfall in construction spending for transportation.â&#x20AC;? Commercial construction seems to be picking up, Carney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a good bit of commercial construction for private and public owners.â&#x20AC;? The company is building an animal necropsy center at Mississippi State University and is retrofitting and building out a facility for Crown Health Care, a large commercial laundry business in Marion County that caters to hospitals. A third project is the expansion of the Ocean Springs Hospital. T.L. Wallace has more than a $50 million backlog on the civil construction side and a $20 million backlog on the commercial side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect to have a great year,â&#x20AC;? he said. Dr. Darrin Webb, the state economist, said that one major construction project is winding down this year but home building activity looks promising. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Construction employment has been very good over the past year,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After declining for four years, employment grew a strong 9.1 percent in 2013. The years of decline were caused by the recession as well as diminishing Katrina-rebuilding activity. The 2013 growth was fueled in part by some large projects such as the Kemper Power Plant. Housing construction has also begun to improve particularly the single-family housing. We think these trends will remain stable through the spring. However, we expect tapering of construction activity at the Kemper plant as we move through the year. While residential construction should continue to improve, we will not soon return to the pre-recession level.â&#x20AC;? Jeff Salmons is president of the Home Builders Association of Jackson and also is president of Houseworks LLC, an insurance restoration company with offices in Madison, Natchez, Meridian and in the Starkville and Greenville areas. Salmons is feeling optimistic about the future home building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hit bottom in 2011, it leveled out and now we are on the rise,â&#x20AC;? he said of residential construction in Hinds, Rankin and Madison counties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things are getting better each year,â&#x20AC;? he said. In Jackson and the surrounding area, there were 1,051 residential housing permits issued in 2011. In 2012 the number grew to 1,290 and last year there were 1,407 permits, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically we finished the year about 10 percent over the total of the previous year,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, we had months of 20 percent growth,â&#x20AC;? over the previous period. Salmons just returned from last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Association of Home Builders International Buildersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Show in Las Vegas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a great show in Vegas,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of enthusiasm. The general feeling with the public right now is interest rates are low, house prices are still at a reasonable level and for the most part everybody is feeling very positive.â&#x20AC;?

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 MABC Merit Awards Honoring Quality, Innovation, and Safety in Merit Shop Construction OUR 2013 MERIT AWARD WINNERS Birdsong Construction Co., Inc. Burkhalter Rigging, Inc. Carothers Construction, Inc. Commercial Flooring Inc. Copeland & Johns, Inc. F. L. Crane & Sons, Inc. Ivey Mechanical Company, LLC JESCO, Inc. Mandalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Inc. Orocon - Carothers JV1 Orocon Construction, LLC

R. C. Construction Robinson Electric Roy Anderson Corp Scott C Woods & Associates, P.A. Shoemake Painting Services, Inc. Steel Service Corporation Tri-Star Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Tull Brothers, Inc. Upchurch Plumbing, Inc. W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. West Brothers Construction

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ABC Merit Awards » The University of of Southern Mississippi School of Construction recently completed judging the entries for the Associated Builders and Contractors annual merit awards. Here are the winners. More photos online at http://msbusiness.com/abc-merit-award-winners/

Governmental — $5-10 million: W.G. Yates & Sons

Institutional — $10-25 million: JESCO Inc.

Aerial Port Facility, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi

Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex, Mississippi State University

Commercial — $2-5 million: West Brothers Construction

Commercial — Less than $2 million: Orocon Construction, LLC

Renasant Bank, Starkville

Walter Anderson Museum of Art addition and renovation, Ocean Springs

Healthcare — $25-99 million: Roy Anderson Corp

Healthcare — $10-25 million: Roy Anderson Corp

Belhaven Medical Office Building and Parking Garage, Jackson

St. Dominic’s Behavioral Health Center, Phases I & II, Jackson

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Renovation — $2M-10M: Copeland & Johns Inc.

Historical Restoration — $2M-10M: West Brothers Const. Historical Restoration — Under $2M: Orocon Const.

Lady Luck Casino, Vicksburg

Poindexter Hall Renovation, MUW, Columbus

Industrial — Under $2M: Burkhalter Rigging Inc.

Mechanical Commercial, $2M-10M: Upchurch Plumbing Mechanical Industrial — $2M-10M: Tri-Star Mechanical

Kemper County IGCC H25 Absorber Mover

Greenwood Leflore Hospital Central Plant Refurbishment

University of Mississippi Central Mechanical Plant

Other winners — In State

Mechanical Industrial — Under $2M: Ivey Mechanical

Mechanical, all other projects — Upchurch Plumbing

Windsor Foods Line No. 5, Oakland, Miss.

Harlow’s Casino Resortl, additions and renovations, Greenville

» Mechanical: Commercial, Under $2M — Ivey Mechanical, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems » Electrical: Commercial, Less Than $2M — Robinson Electric, University of Mississippi Central Mechanical Plant » Exteriors: Exterior Walls — F.L. Crane & Sons, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Hospitality & Resort Management Building » Exteriors: Roofing — Mandal’s Inc., Margaritaville Casinio and Restaurant, Biloxi » Interiors: Drywall and Wall Covering — F.L. Crane & Sons, MGCCC Hospitality & Resort Management Building, Biloxi » Interiors: Tile and Flooring — Commercial Flooring Inc., UMMC Batson Children’s lobby, Jackson » Site-Work/Landscape — Birdsong Construction, Southern Pine Electric Power Association, Taylorsville » Other Specialty Construction — Shoemake Painting Services, Charnley-Norwood House Renovations, Ocean Springs

Workforce Development Awards » Award of Excellence — W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. » Award of Achievement — Ivey Mechanical Co. » MABC/MCEF Adult Craft Instructor of the Year — Richie Price, Electrical Instructor, Mississippi Construction Education Foundation » MABC/MCEF High School Craft Instructor of the Year — Fred Jackson, Construction Trades Instructor, Alcorn Career & Technology Center » MABC/MCEF Career & Technical Center of Excellence Award — West Point Career & Technology Center. Director: Patrick Ray Honorable Mention: Forest-Scott County Career & Technology Center. Director: Timmy Fanguy

Beauvoir Historical Landscape Restoration, Biloxi

Out of State Project winners » Mega Projects, more than $100M — W.G. Yates & Sons, Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville, Ala. » Commercial, $25M-$99M — Roy Anderson Corp., Margaritaville Resort & Casino, Bossier City, La. » Commercial, $10M-$25M W.G. Yates & Sons, Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites, Atlanta » Governmental, $10M-$25M — Carrothers Construction, Design/Build SOCCENT GEC Facility, McDill Air Force Base, Fla. » Governmental, Under $5M — Scott C. Woods & Associates, USCG Base Support

Unit, new FRC Support Facility, Miami Beach, Fla. » Industrial, $15M-$25M — Carothers Construction, Aviation Components Maintenance Facility, Fort Rucker, Ala. » Industrial, $5M-$15M — Orocon-Carothers JV1, Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility, Millington, Tenn. » Infrastructure, Heavy — Burkhalter Rigging, West 7th Street Bridge, Fort Worth, Texas » Other Construction — R.C. Construction, Training Area Infrastructure No. 3, Fort Benning, Ga. » Mechanical, other projects — Ivey Me-

chanical, Midland Memorial Scharbauer Tower, Midland, Texas » Other Specialty Construction — Steel Service Corp., Alabama State Football Stadium, Montgomery, Ala. » Exteriors: Exterior Walls — Tull Brothers, Beale Street Landing Services & Terminal Building, Memphis » Interiors: Ceiling — F.L. Crane & Sons, Margaritaville Resort Hotel and Casino, Bossier City, La. » Interiors: Tile and Flooring — Commercial Flooring Inc., Margaritaville Resort Casino, Bossier City, La.

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FOR SALE WITH LICENSE, YOUR AGENT SIGN CAN HANG HERE » Real Estate schools are seeing classes get older By BECKY GILLETTE I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

While the number of real estate agents and brokers in Mississippi has declined by nearly a quarter since the recession began in 2007, many people are still interested in taking the training to become a licensed real estate agent. John Phillips, vice president of professional development\education director, Mississippi Association of Realtors (MAR), said over the years he has seen the average age of people who take the course required to get a real estate license get higher and higher. At one time, it was mostly younger people who were taking the training. “The room now is

probably over half filled with what I would consider senior people,” Phillips said. “Some are in their 50s and 60s. The two things I’m seeing is that some of the folks have actually retired and they are seeing Phillips their income doesn’t reach, so they need to add a little to that. Some are victims of the economy. They have lost their jobs. And then there are some who are anticipating a job loss. Some see what is happening, and they want to position themselves in the event they do lose their job.” Phillips, who has been in the real estate business for 41 years, teaches the sales person pre-license class that includes 60 classroom hours of approved

education. The class is required before sitting for the license exam. MAR is one of a number of organizations in the state that provide the training. MAR charges $225 for the online course and $595 for the classroom instruction. The classroom version includes a $37 textbook and a $125 exam review, which online students would have to purchase separately, if wanted. “There is online education available all over the place for people who don’t want to take the trouble to come into the classroom or want to study at three in the morning in their jammies,” Phillips said. “My recommendation is the classroom because you are going to get a lot more. If you want to learn something that will help you earn See

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Drop in agents, brokers stabilizing Âť Real Estate workforce had seen steady decline since 2007 recession By BECKY GILLETTE I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The MREC administers control over the entire real estate industry in the State of Mississippi by licensing all real estate brokers, real estate salespersons and real estate brokerage firms.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Robert Praytor, administrator, MREC and Mississippi Appraisal Board

The recession has taken its toll on the number of licensed sales agents in the state. According to the Mississippi Real Estate Commission, active licenses for salespersons declined from 5,245 in 2007 to 3,655 in 2013. Licensed brokers declined from 4,512 in 2007 to 3,275 in 2013. The total number of licenses regulated dropped from 15,427 in 2007 to 11,884 in 2013, a decline of 23 percent. The number has stabilized over the past six months and has trended between a monthly low of 11,771 and a high of 11,911 as of early February, said Robert Praytor, administrator of MREC and the Mississippi Appraisal Board. Praytor said the primary purpose of the

MREC is the protection of the general public and consumers by establishing a set of rules for its licensees and implementing procedures and protocols for investigating reports of rule violations and unethical practices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The MREC administers control over the entire real estate industry in the State of Mississippi by licensing all real estate brokers, real estate salespersons and real estate brokerage firms,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The MREC works to assure that all real estate transactions are performed in a professional and ethical manner while monitoring real estate commerce which takes place between brokers licensed in the state of Mississippi and those licensed in

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other states.â&#x20AC;? There is no current pending legislation that would change the current statutory provisions of the MREC. But there are currently four pieces of legislation that have passed the Senate Business and Financial Institutions Committee affecting the appraisal side of the business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each would have a direct and immediate impact on the Mississippi Appraisal Board,â&#x20AC;? Praytor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each is awaiting floor action. The bill numbers are SB2475, SB-2537, SB-2538 and SB-2671.â&#x20AC;? Âť SB-2475 will require criminal background checks on all real estate appraisers after January 1, 2015. The background checks will be completed by the Missis-

sippi Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification Division. Âť SB-2537 will revise the service of process or pleadings when dealing with a non-resident real estate appraiser. Âť SB-2538 will require each individual who has a 10 percent ownership interest in an Appraisal Management Company to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal background check prior to registration of a company and upon each renewal of a company registration. Âť SB-2671 will establish a uniform standard for measuring residential properties (up to four units) and require appraisers to indicate the standard of measurement they used in an appraisal. It will also require the Appraisal Board to hire an independent third party to complete a survey to determine the reasonable and customary fees to be paid to an appraiser. Finally, it will establish a recovery fund to be administered by the Appraisal Board to provide restitution to appraisers who suffer a pecuniary loss due to an Appraisal Management Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to pay fees.

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money or stay out of trouble, the classroom is the place for that. You get to ask questions and network with other students.” A lot of the training is simple terminology such as the definitions of real property, personal property and eminent domain. Students are taught the difference between a general warranty deed, a special warranty deed, a bargain and sale deed, and quit claim deed. They also go over ethical considerations. “The thing we have to keep in mind is that the consumers are normally doing the largest financial transaction they do in their life,” Phillips said. “We have to be careful we give them a good experience. They are literally putting their future in your hands. You can help them or do great harm.” He advises students to spend at least 45 minutes with a prospective buyer or seller before ever taking them out to see property. “Talk to them to find out what their needs are,” Phillips said. “We cut to the chase way too quickly.” About 50 percent of people who get a real estate license drop out in the first year. “You find out pretty quickly whether this is a right career for you,” Phillips said. “You have to be a self starter. It isn’t exciting for everyone because it is not what they thought it was. What I like to tell

“People can’t afford the fees. It is not so much that they are sitting at home doing nothing. That is not the primary issue. All the fees get to be a lot.” — Jim Clauson, co-owner, Real Estate Training Institute them is that this is the easiest low-paying job you are going to ever have. If you are going to make some money, you have to work your rear end off. It is a tough, hard grind. But for those who find it is the right career, you have unlimited income potential. And you get to do good things for a lot of people. You change their lives for the better by helping them find a safe, secure place to live, a real estate investment to build up for retirement.” Jim Clauson, who co-owns the Real Estate Training Institute with his wife, Leslie, said the cost of being in business is another reason why many newly trained real estate agents don’t make it. He said real estate agents who go with a large company might find advantages like superb training programs. But it can also be expensive. A real estate agent has to practice under a licensed broker, and brokers take different percentages of sales commission. One that takes only 10 percent of the commis-

sion might also provide little help. On the other hand, some who takes 50 percent could be worth it if the broker spends a considerable amount of time helping the real estate agent succeed. “A lot of people make bad choices with the broker they go with,” Clauson said. “Getting 90 percent is nothing if you are doing nothing. That is what happens. People fall into a little trap there.” Another issue for profitability is the cost of being a real estate agent. Clauson said that includes the cost of training, $110 to the State of Mississippi to process the application, and $75 for the test. If an agent joins a local Board of Realtors providing MLS services, that costs $407 plus another $30 per month. Agents and brokers are required by state law to errors and omission insurance that costs about $165 per year. Clauson said it breaks his heart to see people who worked hard to get the money to attend school and obtain a license get

buried under the costs of doing business. A lot of franchise companies have franchise fees you have to pay every month, charge 25 cents per copy, a $200 per month desk fee, and sometimes are even required to buy expensive business cards and for sale signs from the company when something far less expensive could have been ordered online. Clauson attributes the high failure rate for newly licensed sales agents to the many costs of doing business. “People can’t afford the fees,” he said. “It is not so much that they are sitting at home doing nothing. That is not the primary issue. All the fees get to be a lot.” A new trend is for real estate agents or brokers to use free listing services like Zillow and Trulia instead of paying for a local Realtor association. “Quite a few people are moving away from these associations,” Clauson said. “People are going out on their own and using all those free MLS sites. There are 12 big ones now. I think if they don’t do something with the local boards, people will stop using them. They just cost too much. You can save a lot of money and go with the free stuff. You can jump on that bandwagon.” Clauson also has a real estate company with 20 real estate agents. Every year when it is time to renew with the local Realtor board, they vote on it. So far they have voted to stay with the board, but he thinks in the future that might change.

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Bless Their Hearts Animal Rescue NP 12/20/13 50418 Becker Btm Rd ( Amory)

This is the December 2013 list of the state’s newly incorporated businesses from the Secretary of State’s Office. Listed are towns from Aberdeen to Yazoo City. Listings include business name, type, date formed and location. Addresses reflect legal entity for service of process, not necessarily the new business entities’ operating address.

12/2/13 NBB&G LLC 12/12/13

Belden

Performance Prosthetics & Orthotics PL LLC

Aberdeen

Belmont

Amity Cabin LLC LLC 12/30/13 10084 Lakeview Rd Betts Trucking LLC LLC 12/20/13 50548 Old Hwy 25 Cain Resources, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 108 Woodland Heights Road QISMA LLC LLC 12/23/13 705 Lakewood Drive

Crossroads Trading Post LLC LLC 12/9/13 434 S3 Big Oak Dr. Repeat Boutique LLC LLC 12/6/13 102 Main Street

Ackerman Aguilar Linguistics LLC 12/23/13

LLC 77 E Quinn St

Messiah Presbyterian Church (USA)

12/17/13

430 Hayes Rd

Alligator RS Farms, Inc 12/9/13

BUS 400 Wilkinson Rd

Amory French’s Child Learning and Development Center, Inc. BUS 12/5/13 1127 I Ave

Anguilla Precision Land Leveling LLC LLC 12/4/13 2030 Widow Bayou Rd

Ashland

Baldwyn Lula Lees Coffee Corner, LLC LLC 12/6/13 120 West Main St

Batesville Atkinson Road LLC LLC 12/2/13 210 Pine Lane Dr C and S Real Estate LLC LLC 12/30/13 112 Court Street Drake Metal Works, LLC LLC 12/2/13 105 Public Square Phelps Farms, LLC LLC 12/20/13 102 Graves Street River Run Planting Co LLC LLC 12/2/13 210 Pine Lane Dr SEA-TAC Protective Services, LLC LLC 12/2/13 104 Sunrise Cove Shaw Auto Sales LLC LLC 12/16/13 4002 Eureka Sound Equipment Rental, Inc. BUS 12/23/13 11558 Highway 6 West Tri-City Snacks LLC LLC 12/9/13 102 Allen Street

Bay Springs Anderson Diesel, LLC LLC 12/6/13 26 County Road 1723

Bay St. Louis DJ’s Cleaning Service LLC LLC 12/16/13 100 Bouslog St. Gulf Coast Real Estate Holdings Co., LLC LLC

12/20/13 519 Ulman Avenue Jude Studio, LLC LLC 12/13/13 410 Carroll Ave Longfellow Property LLC LLC 12/17/13 3079 Longfellow Rd Pop Dat LLC LLC 12/13/13 614 Blue Meadow Rd Solid Ground, Addiction & Substance Abuse Counseling & Support Services, L.L.C. LLC

Shieldsboro Square Center

The Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse LLC LLC

12/9/13

Belzoni Black Creek Farms Trucking LLC LLC 12/13/13 110 W Jackson St Superior Maintenance LLC LLC 12/9/13 131 North Hayden St.

Benton R Moore Properties LLC LLC 12/12/13 11751 Scotland Rd

Bentonia Burrough Construction LLC LLC 12/19/13 5724 Hwy 433 W Precision Prosthetics LLC LLC 12/6/13 5526 Scotland Rd

Biloxi A & N Transporters Inc. BUS 12/17/13 8020 Ridgecrest Circle Alarm Central Security (ACS), LLC LLC 12/11/13 13123 Hudson Kron Road Biloxi Boys LLC LLC 12/11/13 1593 Lucius Street Biloxi Harbor Fuel & Bait Shop, Inc.

Norton Trucking LLC LLC 12/20/13 13662 Highway 72 Stakes Unlimited LLC LLC 12/9/13 75 Hunt Road

12/6/13

Human Performance Centers LLC LLC 12/20/13 3104 Countryside Dr Steven G Hankins CPA, PLLC PLLC 12/18/13 1674 Ranchland Rd The Painted Wren LLC LLC 12/12/13 268 Greenbrier Road

532 Main Street

925 Tommy Munro Dr Suite F2

Performance Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLCLLC

12/12/13 925 Tommy Munro Dr Suite F2 S & L Properties LLC LLC 12/26/13 2355 Pass Road Self Properties Inc BUS 12/27/13 2080 Trailwood Drive Seven D Wholesale - Southern Division LLC LLC 12/13/13 9343 West Oaklawn Road Shahid, LLC LLC 12/30/13 1932 Bayside Drive The Mitchell Company, LLC LLC 12/19/13 282 Big Lake Road W.H.A.V., LLC LLC 12/16/13 7441 Oakland Dr

Bogue Chitto Paradise Equity Investments, LLC LLC 12/26/13 1891 Huckleberry Trail SW

Bolton R Brister Construction Consulting Inc

BUS

12/30/13 1132 Noel Cove RGB & Son LP LP 12/30/13 1132 Noel Cove Robert Brister Construction LLC LLC 12/30/13 1132 Noel Cove

Booneville Altitude Hay & Cattle Co., Inc BUS 12/6/13 150 County Road 1371 Altitude Hay & Cattle Co., Inc BUS 12/6/13 150 County Road 1371 G & DW Trucking Inc BUS 12/30/13 405West College Street Hillside Enterprise LLC LLC 12/23/13 27 CR 5061

BUS

12/18/13 565 Comfort Place Bulldog Industries, Inc. BUS 12/30/13 139 McDonnell Ave Apt 15 City Real Estate Investments LLC LLC 12/9/13 759 Vieux Marche’ Mall Coastal Real Estate, LLC LLC 12/13/13 2355 Pass Road Crafty Mascot LLC LLC 12/9/13 2355 Pass Road DIA, LLC LLC 12/26/13 8011 Tucker Road DiFranco-Hardy Group, LLC LLC 12/20/1315260†Big†John†Road,†Suite†A Eagle Concepts LLC LLC 3161 Wayne Dr. 12/27/13 Ely Technology Consulting LLC LLC 12/2/13 495 Popps Ferry Rd #77 EMG Photography LLC LLC 12/9/13 232 Fairchild Drive Endearment of Care, LLC LLC 12/2/13 7441 Oakland Dr First Baptist Church of Sterling, Inc.NP 12/27/13 2080 Trailwood Drive Glass Flowers LLC LLC 12/26/13 621 Bay Haven Cove Glass Walls LLC LLC 12/26/13 621 Bay Haven Cove Go Searcher, LLC LLC 12/16/131000 Government St, Suite E (Ocean Springs 39564)

GreenBridge Consulting, LLC LLC 12/11/13 2343 Rue Maison Gulf Coast Disc Sports Inc. BUS 12/20/13 1093 Cherokee Street HKE Properties, LLC LLC 12/17/13 1714 Pass Road Ince Properties, LLC LLC 12/17/13 2467 Randall Drive JaBuu Technologies, Company BUS 12/17/13 6900 Southwind Dr. JL Smith Associates Mississippi LLC

12/12/13

281 Seal Ave LLC 2533 Mercedes

LLC

12/30/13 2341 Rue Maison King Buffet Inc BUS 12/23/13 227 Eisenhower Dr Lighthouse Enterprises Co BUS 12/12/13 821 Division St Suite C McMullen Automotive Transport Service LLC LLC 12/27/13 2355 Pass Road Medical Apprenticeship Program (MAP) LLC LLC 12/3/13 10013 Shady Place Miguelitos Inc BUS 12/5/13 1585 Knoll Ct

Brandon Aksharnath LLC LLC 12/10/13 2004 Asbury Cove Amrut Hansa HGI, LLC LLC 12/11/13 332 Bay Park Drive Anderson Sports Training LLC LLC 12/11/13 137 Eastside Dr Asset Protectors MS LLC LLC 12/31/13 103 Sunrise Point Drive Barry Clean LLC LLC 12/20/13 125 Tullos Cove Bither Wood Designs LLC LLC 12/12/13 408 Pineview Lane BluePhone LLC LLC 12/20/13 246 Ashton Way Bowman Properties LLC LLC 12/30/13 20 Eastgate Dr Ste D Brandon 39042 Bright Minds Learning Center LLC 12/2/13 2005 Devonbriar Cove Carolina Hunt and Land Club LLC LLC 12/12/13 6478 Grants Ferry Road Courtyard MFG. Jewelers, LLC LLC 12/17/13 210 Woodgate Dr. South Ste B D. Frost Enterprises, Inc. BUS 12/23/13 1149 Old Fannin Road Ste 16 Derek Havard Inc BUS 12/2/13 32302 Majesty Ln Dixon Management and Consulting, LLC LLC

12/31/13 221 Cherrybark Lane DL Ministries, Inc NP 12/18/13 218 Legacy Drive High Ridge Farms LLC LLC 12/30/13 224 Arbor Trails Hits and Hoops, LLC LLC 12/9/13 151 Chestnut Dr Inthelot, LLC LLC 12/6/13 117 Fern Dr J & R Systems Integrators LLC LLC 12/10/13 301 Turtle Creek Dr JAJ Enterprises LLC LLC 12/27/13 407 Baker Lane Karen Real Estate LLC LLC 12/10/13 210 Laurel Oak Cv KaSha’ Salon & Spa LLC LLC 12/2/13 1Stonegate Dr Kings Collection Agency, LLC LLC 12/31/13 1290 W Gov St. Apt G43 Lee’s Lawn Service, LLC LLC 12/19/13 126 Rankin Cove Medsolution ZLN, LLC LLC 12/4/13 417 Arbor View MEH Music LLC LLC 12/12/13 469 Wimbledon Drive

Mississippi Citizens for Good Government LLC LLC 12/6/13 112 Cannon Ridge Dr Mississippi Cold Drip DBA OTH 12/9/13 411 Turtle Creek Drive Murphy Farm Equipment, LLC LLC 12/4/13 306 Maxey Drive, Ste D Pinnacle Enterprises of MS LLC LLC 12/9/13 713 South College Street Pramukh Flowood, LLC LLC 12/9/13 84 Grandview Circle Rankin Thrift 2 LLC LLC 12/20/13 3126 Hwy 43 N. Raymond E Horn III DBA OTH 12/9/13 411 Turtle Creek Drive Riverbend Properties LLC LLC 12/9/13 46 Riverbend Rive RLW, PLLC PLLC 12/13/13 523 Bradford Drive Rouge Nails & Spa, LLC LLC 12/16/13 500 Avalon Way; Apt 902 Sayso LLC LLC 12/27/13 118 Paradise Lane Seppin R&A Property LLC LLC 12/30/13 2015 Highpointe Drive Tanner Mechanical LLC LLC 12/5/13 117 Rollingwood Dr Tarver Family LLC LLC 12/2/13 6478 Grants Ferry Road The Living Word Faith Family Fellowship Church NP 12/13/13 824 Chardonnay Circle Three Rivers, Tena Myers & Associates, LLC LLC 12/23/13 302 Speer Valley Circle Titus Transportation Inc BUS 12/12/13 2010 Highpointe Dr Touching Hands-Healing Hearts P.L.L.C.PLLC

12/30/13

108 Queens Wood

Touching Hands-Healing Hearts P.L.L.C.

12/13/13 108 Queens Wood W-winn Enterprises Inc. BUS 12/10/13 500 Avalon Way; Apt 902 WBM LLC LLC 12/26/13 105 W Waterwood Dr. Younger Law Firm PLLC PLLC 12/16/131700 W. Government St., Bldg. B, Ste 102

Braxton Pope’s Trucking LLC LLC 12/9/13 130 Pope Dr W. Stephen Barry Consulting Inc BUS 12/2/13 2950 Cato Rd

Brookhaven Bullock Consulting Services Inc BUS 12/9/13 997 Noah Trail NW

Brookhaven CDW, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1210 Hwy 51 NE DSW LLC LLC 12/18/13 1210 Hwy 51 NE Got Land? LLC LLC 12/20/13 19G East Lincoln Rd. Got Timber? LLC LLC 12/20/13 19G East Lincoln Rd. J. Howard Consulting Inc BUS 12/9/13 1419 West Lincoln Dr Mid-South Sign Graphics LLC LLC 12/11/13 1534 Hwy 51 North MSSG Business Building LLC LLC 12/11/13 1534 Hwy 51 North MSSG Equipment and Furnishings LLC

Burnsville An Antique LLC LLC 12/30/13 353 Highway 72 Cole Turner Overdrive Services LLCLLC 12/2/13 379 Hwy 72

Byhalia F&H Stone, Inc BUS 12/18/13 120 Landen Circle Giant Oak Stables, Limited Liability Company 12/4/13 856 Quinn Road Giant Oak Stables, Limited Liability Company LLC 12/4/13 856 Quinn Road Wiz Kids Academy Corp BUS 12/30/13 7885 Hwy 178

Byram 1J4 Consultants, LLC LLC 12/27/13 462 Lake Dockery Drive Gary’s Fish House LLC LLC 12/16/13 6622 Gary Road Negotiation Strategies, LLC LLC 12/3/13 156 Brooklyn St Providence Management of Ms LLC

LLC

12/4/13 957 Woodlee Drive Richard E Risler Properties 3 LLC LLC 12/16/13 4406 Blake Circle Stewart Transportation of MS LLC LLC 12/11/13 350 Byram Dr Apt 614

Caledonia AJ Hauling L.L.C. LLC 12/2/13 1849 Seed Tick Rd Eggscellent Eggs LLC LLC 12/12/13 158 Jackson Dr.

Calhoun City Bond Family Farm, LLC LLC 12/12/13 109 E Gore Street

Canton CA White, LLC LLC 12/2/13 613 Katherine Drive Canton Shiitake Mushrooms LLC LLC 12/17/13 151 West Peace Street Delightful Designs & Creations LLCLLC 12/12/13 147 Links Dr Apt 46 C Hart Properties, LLC LLC 12/4/13 107 Post Oak Dr., Brandon MS 39047 Ishani Hospitality LLC LLC 12/2/13 137 Soldier Colony Road KC Gordon, LLC LLC 12/2/13 3242 S. Liberty Street KCA Properties, LLC LLC 12/2/13 3242 S. Liberty Street Lanks Auto Glass 4 Less Inc BUS 12/4/13 211 Stokes Alley LC Enterprises LLC BUS 12/12/13 141 Creekside Jr New Transportation Inc BUS 12/5/13 922 West Franklin Street Philadelphia Wine & Spirits, LLC LLC 12/13/13 1554 W Peace St Prater Family Holding, LLC LLC 12/6/13 1668 West Peace Street Speedy Mini Mart Inc BUS 12/19/13 272 W Union Street Yandell Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/4/13 107 Post Oak Dr., Brandon MS 39047

LLC

12/11/13 1534 Hwy 51 North MSSG Rental Building LLC LLC 12/11/13 1534 Hwy 51 North Ole Brook Timber, Inc. BUS 12/4/13 973 Zetus Road PDW, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1210 Hwy 51 NE RCW, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1210 Hwy 51 NE Watson Acres, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1210 Hwy 51 NE

Brooksville

Carriere 2 Js Investments LLC LLC 12/31/13 49 Windance Dr Cross Gates Physical Therapy, LLC LLC 12/17/13 42 Burk Station Lou-Mis Con LLC 12/23/13 506 Ridgeview Dr. Mississippi Faith and Freedom Coalition NP

12/4/13 52 Wind N. Oaks Road Silent Thunder, LLC LLC 12/2/13 5821 Highway 43 North

Hero’s tire, automotive and appliances LLCLLC

Carrollton

12/30/13 21280 Hwy 45 I-Can Community Academy NP 12/4/13 2530 Harris Road

Carroll County Men in Black and Blue Fighting Cancer NP 12/9/13 16587 Hwy 82

Bruce

Carthage

Genuine Diamond Social Club NP 12/23/13 101 Webb Ave Griffins Custom Cabinets LLC LLC 12/11/13 146 Pilgreen Road

J. Ellington Consulting, LLC LLC 12/17/13 2281 Red Dog Rd Neal Adams Consulting, Inc. BUS 12/6/13 6951 Highway 488

PFrasier Properties, LLC LLC 12/2/13 200 Highway 16 Quick Marketing, LLC LLC 12/18/13 2772 Highway 16 East

TJada Enterprises LLC LLC 12/9/13 5054 Williamson Rd Wendy Lea Guillot Jones DBA OTH 12/18/13 636 Berkshire St

Cedar Bluff

Coffeeville

Jai Shree Ganesh Inc. BUS 12/17/13 1220 Pine Grove Road

G and E Enterprises LLP LLP 12/10/13 1717 County Rd 169

Chunky

Coldwater

A-1 Air Filter Service of MS, LLC LLC 12/3/13 12888 Suqualena Road

Elite Marketing Solutions L.L.C. LLC 12/6/13 1965 Peavine Rd

Clarksdale

Collins

Dream Room Picture LLC LLC 12/9/13 143 Yazoo Ave E & R Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/30/13 851 Friars Point Rd Hydro Tech, LLC LLC 12/26/13 1315 Industrial Park Drive Kiawah Properties LLC LLC 12/23/13 405 Court Street Morrisons Pro Shop LLC LLC 12/2/13 905 Friars Point Ralph E Chapman I, LLC LLC 12/6/13 501 First Street Rome Delta Farm, LLC LLC 12/4/13 107 Court Street

GAC Southern Holdings LLC LLC 12/12/13 601 South Second Street Woolwine Properties, LLC LLC 12/10/13 3080 Highway 49 Woolwine Property No. 1, LLC LLC 12/12/13 3080 Highway 49 Woolwine Property No. 2, LLC LLC 12/10/13 3080 Highway 49 Woolwine Property No. 3, LLC LLC 12/10/13 3080 Highway 49 Woolwine Property No. 4, LLC LLC 12/10/13 3080 Highway 49

Cleveland

TRAC Enterprises LLC LLC 12/16/13 11241 Julius Tucker Memorial D Triple G Logging LLC LLC 12/26/13 331 Bob Calvert Road

Abrahams Designs LLC LLC 12/9/13 45 Caroline Cv Brian Street Insurance Inc BUS 12/26/13 111 W. Harrison Ruleville 38771 Cotton Row Coffee Company, LLC LLC 12/11/13 808 South 5th Ave Delta Educational Consulting LLC LLC 12/9/13 121 Belvedere Court Gran Boiz, L.L.C. LLC 12/17/13 39 Happy St. Apt. 21 Peltan Eye Centers of Mississippi, LLC

LLC

12/31/13 425 B N. Davis Ave Williams Brothers Farm LLC LLC 12/13/13 116 South Court Street

Clinton 3D Sign Design LLC LLC 12/17/13 131 Bentwood Drive Anna’s Designs DBA OTH 12/18/13 636 Berkshire St Antones Used Cars LLC LLC 12/20/13 801 East Northside Drive Attache’ Booster Club NP 12/30/13 220 Chestnut Drive Blessed Sellers, LLC LLC 12/2/13 132 A Fairmont Street Blount & Company, PLLC PLLC 12/9/13 422 Warwick Road Charli C. Searcy DBA OTH 12/27/13 PO Box 1099 Ekam Food Mart LLC LLC 12/10/13 221 Clinton Blvd. ELMSEM Properties LLC LLC 12/20/13 105 Grand Oak Blvd EyeShine Inc NP 12/4/13 102 Sonyas Cove Harper Services, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1904 N Frontage Rd Inner Beauty Salon LLC LLC 12/16/13 1002 Hampstead Blvd ITC Networks, LLC LLC 12/31/13 123-A Highway 80 East, Ste 128 J & K Food Retail LLC LLC 12/9/13 1301 Laurelwood Drive J. TurnerContracting LLC LLC 12/11/13 115 Marion Dr Karmjot LLC LLC 12/23/13 107 Reserve Dr KIRAT GROUP LLC LLC 12/18/13 100 Green Oak Cove Law Offices of Brandi L Ajpacaja, PLLC PLLC

12/5/13 311 Clinton Boulevard, Suite B Markeith LLC LLC 12/20/13 1102 Arlington Dr Mid State Firearms LLC LLC 12/23/13 607 David Drive New Movement LLC LLC 12/10/13 200 Pecan Hill Dr, Apt 1D Pennibunkport Investments, LLC LLC 12/5/13 102 E. Leake Street Robertson Consulting, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 139 Belle Meade Trace SAMCITY Inc BUS 12/30/13 820 East Northside Drive Skillfully Written DBA OTH 12/27/13 PO Box 1099 Skips Financial Solutions, LLC LLC 12/26/13 148 Skyline Dr

Collinsville

Columbia Carpenter Logging LLC LLC 12/6/13 226 Clear Creek Church Rd Harvey Holdings, LLC LLC 12/16/13 813 Highway 98 Jones Companies Leverage Lender I, LLC LLC

12/4/13 2438 Hwy 98 East JRH Consulting LLC LLC 12/9/13 150 Old Highway 98 East Mississippi Dip Tea, Inc. BUS 12/13/13 212 Eagle Day Drive Reid River Bottom LLC LLC 12/30/13 235 Camp Lane Willie Rays LLC LLC 12/19/13 473 Goss Bunferhill Rd

Columbus Adams Family, LLC LLC 12/20/13 319 Park Creek Drive FH Investments, LLC LLC 12/18/13 215 5Th Street North Friendly Estates LLC LLC 12/6/13 1203 2Nd Ave No Gholar’s Childcare Facility Inc BUS 12/30/13 1409 4Th Avenue North H & R Agri-Power Inc BUS 12/10/13 215 5Th Street North 39701 Hensley Timberland, LLC LLC 12/11/13 592 Woodridge Place Little Movers & Learners LLC LLC 12/6/13 391 Woodland Heights Dr Minerva’s, LLC LLC 12/26/13 807 Alabama St Mood Index Incorporated BUS 12/20/13 1112 12Th Street North Petty’s Christian Childcare, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 1723 Military Road SLC Holdings, Inc. BUS 12/13/13 215 5Th Street North Thai by Thai Bar, LLC LLC 12/26/13 207 2Nd Street North The Scrap Yard LLC LLC 12/20/13 385 Burns Road

Como Home Place Pastures LLC LLC 12/23/13 1659 Home Place Rd.

Corinth 3:16 Motor Sports LLC LLC 12/12/13 9 CR 617 Blue Lake Estates, LP LP 12/12/13 516A Cruise Street Blue Skyz, LLC LLC 12/13/13 511 Franklin Street Los Cabos Properties, LLC LLC 12/13/13 3202 Old Oak Road Penn Majors Agency, LLC LLC 12/16/13 514 Waldron Street William Davis Holdings LLC LLC 12/12/13 1407A Harper Rd

INCORPORATIONS Crawford Rice Fitness and Sports Performance LLCLLC

12/2/13 Ricefitness.org 12/17/13

85 Appaloosa Lane NP 85 Appaloosa Lane

Crenshaw Branches LLC 12/9/13

Westminster Christian Ministry, Inc.

12/23/13

590 Ridgeway Road

LLC 736 Farmer Road

Crystal Springs Big D’s Bailbonds, LLC LLC 12/6/13 162 Pacific Circle Preiss Company Mississippi, LLC LLC 12/17/13 706 Lee Avenue Rick Snacks N Gas LLC LLC 12/2/13 218 E. Georgetown St

Diamondhead Dave Flowers Foundation NP 12/16/13 7857 Hilo Way Southern Acoustics LLC LLC 12/18/13 7520 Cherry Hill Dr

D’Iberville ASC of Gulfport, LLC LLC 12/19/13 3950 Promenade Pkwy Suite D Centerlink LLC LLC 12/30/13 4426 Popps Ferry Rd Lion of Judah Bible College and Theological Seminary Inc NP 12/30/13 316 Croesus St Biloxi 39530 Lion of Judah Ministries Inc NP 12/30/13 316 Croesus St Biloxi 39530

Drew Christian Achievement Center NP 12/26/13 401 North Broadway Street D.W.B. Imports LLC LLC 12/19/13 154 Tram Road

Duncan 3 Way Pit Stop LLC LLC 12/19/13 541 Sandy Ridge Road

Ecru Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network NP 12/30/13 153 Lessell Road

12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Advanced Vending, LLC LLC 12/6/13 229 Katherine Drive Aetna Health Management LLC LLC 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 AG Jackson Investco, LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Altisource Single Family, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Am-Finn Sauna Company Inc BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 AMEC AES, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 American Express Global Business Travel DBA LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Analogic Corporation BUS 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Andrews & Cox, P.C. PA 12/26/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 APCO 7 LLC LLC 12/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Argus Health Systems Inc BUS 12/3/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Aviation Advantage, LLC LLC 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Barnes Crossing Plaza DBA LLC 12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Baskervill & Son International, P.C. PA 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Batton Technical, Inc. BUS 12/10/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Bluberi USA, Inc. BUS 12/12/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 BMO Harris Equipment Finance CompanyBUS 12/20/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

BNT MCI, Inc BUS 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Brad Drake Construction LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Bridger Transportation, LLC LLC 12/3/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Brighton-Best International, Inc. BUS 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Bryan Baking Inc. BUS 12/10/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Buchanan Woodlands B, LLC LLC 12/20/13

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Buchanan Woodlands G, LLC

Edwards

12/20/13

Resource Leasing Group LLC LLC 12/9/13 3985 Mt Moriah Rd

Ellisville Beech’s Towing & Recovery LLC LLC 12/9/13 810 Highway 11 S Green Genes Farm, LLC LLC 12/17/13 408 Main Street

Eupora Burchfield Law Firm PLLC PLLC 12/10/13 15 N. Dunn St. Eudy Construction Company, LLC LLC 12/17/13 14 Morris Dr Teacups and Tulips- Flowers and Gifts LLCLLC

83 N Dunn Ct.

LLC

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Cambridge Education LLC LLC 12/11/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CEFALU LLC LLC 12/12/13 104 Stockton Drive Cenco Inc BUS 12/30/13

Blessed Hands Craft & Creations LLC

LLC

12/10/13 124 Brookwood St J&A Farms And Nursery, LLC LLC 12/3/13 116Th First Street nZym Feed LLC LLC 12/30/13 248 Lep Childress Rd.

Florence Compere Farms LLC LLC 12/19/13 2147 West Mountain Creek Road Drop Tine Properties LLC LLC 12/2/13 125 E Main Street Higgins Enterprises Inc BUS 12/20/13 200 West Main Street Rainbow Roofing LLC LLC 12/3/13 134 Amanda Ave Rolyat Group LLC LLC 12/9/13 125 E Main Street

12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Eola Capital, LLC LLC 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Espar, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Evan Terry Associates, P.C. PA 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Food Friends Foundation NP 12/16/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Frank’s Casing Crew & Rental Tools DBA LLC

12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Frank’s International DBA LLC 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Frank’s International, LLC LLC 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Garrard Construction Group, Inc. BUS 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GBT US LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Global Insurance Marketing LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Global Recovery Group Inc BUS 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Gulf Intelligence, LLC LLC 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GWNE, Inc. BUS 12/27/13 10 Cranebrake Boulevard Suite 200 Gym Source USA LLC LLC 12/4/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hives Beverages International BUS 12/18/13 3010 Lakeland Cove, Suite Y Hmt LLC LLC 12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 HMT Tank Service LLC LLC 12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Holiday Al Management Sub LLC LLC 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Holiday Retirement Dba LLC 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Horizon Milling LLC LLC 12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hunting Titan I, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Indra USA, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 232 Market Street IsoNova Technologies LLC LLC 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Jack A Farrior, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 JonesFarmFresh, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Landauer Inc BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 LoanCare, LLC LLC 12/3/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Los Angeles Pacific University NP 12/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Max Foote Construction Company, L.L.C.LLC

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

12/10/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Chateau Ridgeland DBA LLC 12/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Citizen’s Rx, LLC LLC 12/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Common Sense Lending LLC LLC 12/23/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Communication Services, LLC LLC 12/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Connectria Corporation BUS 12/18/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

McElhenney Construction Company, LLC LLC

12/11/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Medova Healthcare Financial Group, LLC LLC

12/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NP

D1 Sports Medicine LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Dental Imaging Technologies CorpBUS

12/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Merit Service Solutions, LLC LLC 12/11/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mid South Baking Company dba BUS 12/10/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Millcreek Merger Sub, LLC LLC 12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Millcreek Schools, LLC LLC 12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mine Assets Holding, LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MJMT Holdings LLC LLC 12/17/13 511 Keywood Circle MMIC Health IT, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Morningstar Partners, L.P. LP 12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MyAMC, LLC LLC

12/20/13

CPP Barnes Crossing Sole Member LLC LLC

Flora

12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Envision Pharmaceutical Services, LLC LLC

12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 ABM Electrical Power Services, LLCLLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Access General Insurance Adjusters LLC LLC

BLG Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/11/13 10808 Highway 563

ENG Group Inc BUS 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Enserv, Incorporated BUS ENTAP, Inc BUS 12/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Flowood Able Wrecker Towing and Recovery LLC LLC

Crosby

12/4/13

SHR Support Services, LLC LLC 12/16/13 603 Copper Ridge Cove

February 14, 2014

12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CPP Barnes Crossing SPE LLC LLC 12/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CSL Services, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Custegra Services & Programs, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

DFS Corporate Services LLC LLC 12/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Elite Prizes DBA LLC 12/6/13 229 Katherine Drive Empirica LLC LLC 12/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Energy Services Group International IncBUS

12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

NCWPCS MPL 20 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 25 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 26 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

NCWPCS MPL 28 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 29- Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 30 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 31- Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 32 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 33 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 34- Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCWPCS MPL 35 - Year Sites Tower Holdings LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Netwolves Managed Services LLC LLC 12/18/13 232 Market Street NH Chateau Ridgeland LLC LLC 12/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NIC 12 Chateau Ridgeland Owner LLC

LLC

12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Noble Royalty Access Fund 12 LP LP 12/23/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Noble Royalty Access Fund 13 LP LP 12/23/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Noble Royalty Access Fund 14 LP LP 12/23/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Oakwood Financial Affiliates, LLC LLC 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Byhalia, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Cleveland, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Clinton, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Columbia, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Corinth, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Greenwood, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Grenada, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Holly Springs, LLCLLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Indianola, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Natchez, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Picayune, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Vicksburg, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OHI Asset (MS) Yazoo City, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Old Guard Risk Services, Inc. BUS 12/5/13 232 Market Street Paychex PEO III Inc. BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Paychex PEO IV Inc. BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Paychex PEO V, Inc. BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PEM Payroll, LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PEM Residential, LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PMSI Settlement Solutions, LLC LLC 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PMSI, LLC LLC 12/3/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PRC Environmental Inc BUS 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Prime Thermal Solutions LLC LLC 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PurFoods, LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Rand Worldwide Subsidiary, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 RBJ, LLC LLC 12/19/13 100 Caterpillar Drive Regional Care LLC LLC 12/11/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Resourcing Edge I, LLC LLC 12/12/13 232 Market Street Revcrest, Inc. BUS 12/30/13

Mississippi Business Journal

Sam’s Services LLC LLC 12/30/13 232 Market Street. Santo Petroleum LLC LLC 12/4/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Senex Services Corp. BUS 12/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 September Investments LLC LLC 12/5/13 3953 Underwood Drive SFT Forestland LLC LLC

Protection Trackers, Inc BUS 12/6/13 1925 Shady Point Circle Stauter Consulting LLC LLC 12/19/13 2225 Farmington Drive Team Waste Holdings, LLC LLC 12/23/13 4205 Beasley Road Team Waste, LLC LLC 12/3/13 4205 Beasley Road

12/20/13

Germantown

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Skyway Towers, LLC LLC 12/17/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Southern Heritage Logistics & Hauling, Inc. BUS 12/27/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Southern Produce Distributors IncBUS 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Span Construction & Engineering, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Span Construction, Inc. 12/20/13

BUS

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Spirit Master Funding VII, LLC LLC 12/13/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Stanley Industrial & Automotive, LLC

LLC

12/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 State Street Fund Services Inc BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Strategic Dealer Services LP LP 12/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Success 504 LLC LLC 12/4/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Sunshine State Underwriting Agencies, Inc. BUS 12/30/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Supplemental Income Services, LLC LLC

12/26/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Tabletop Media, LLC LLC 12/4/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Tech Force National, LLC LLC 12/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Technical Engineering Consultants Inc BUS

12/10/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Teletechserv Ga, LLC LLC 12/6/13 114 N Layfair Dr Suite C Tempower Temporary Services, Inc.

BUS

12/23/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 The Homeroom Project Inc NP 12/13/13 232 Market Street. Trimavin LLC LLC 12/4/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Triple G Logistics, Inc BUS 12/27/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 UEC Midwest Distribution, LLC LLC 12/3/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Waddell Hotel Group, LP LP 12/17/13 1050 River Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Wealth Management Associates LLC

LLC

12/12/13 213 Katherine Dr. Ste C Wide Voice, LLC LLC 12/31/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Forest 601 Tactical LLC LLC 12/27/13 3776 King Road AEG CPA Firm, LLC LLC 12/16/13 526-E Deer Field Drive Blossom Hill Properties, LLC LLC 12/2/13 930 Old Hillsboro Road Brantley Industries LLC LLC 12/30/13 3429 Old Highway 80 East Claudia’s Homecare LLC LLC 12/30/13 273 Woodhaven Drive Colbert Enterprises LLC LLC 12/12/13 211 E. main Street Harrell Farm LLC LLC 12/9/13 2205 East Third Street Harrell Investments, LLC LLC 12/6/13 2205 East Third Street Harrell’s Laurel LLC LLC 12/9/13 2205 East Third Street Harrell’s Reb LLC LLC 12/9/13 2205 East Third Street Harrell’s Sea LLC LLC 12/9/13 2205 East Third Street Harrell’s Tenant LLC LLC 12/9/13 2205 East Third Street Stewart Golf Carts, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 777 Riser Road

Fulton Greenhaw Enterprises LLC LLC 12/30/13 419 East Wiygul Street Ritch Properties LLC LLC 12/2/13 508 E Main

645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

RREF II RB-MS MVL, LLC LLC 12/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 SA Group Properties, Inc. BUS 12/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Gautier Certification Services, Inc BUS 12/2/13 3520 Norcrest Street KAP Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/6/13 1834 Perdido Boulevard

Jack W Ayers DBA OTH 12/19/13 2830 Burrows Farm Cv Southern Pride B BQ DBA OTH 12/19/13 2830 Burrows Farm Cv

Glen Bad Wolf Logistics, LLC LLC 12/3/13 53 County Road 346

Golden CMC Trucking Inc BUS 12/6/13 33610 Highway 25 North

Greenville Bruce Fioranelli Allstate, Inc. BUS 12/10/13 1617 Mlk Jr Blvd S Ste B Bruce Fioranelli Allstate, Inc. 12/10/13 1617 Mlk Jr Blvd S Ste B Disco Den Imports, LLC LLC 12/19/13 100 Bayou Rd Faulkner Pipe Company Inc BUS 12/16/13 1225 S Raceway Road Margaret K. Karr Properties, LLC LLC 12/31/13 1261 Wortham Drive Muddy Water Pictures Inc BUS 564 Cypress Lane Apt 14 A 12/11/13 New Day Harvest Fellowship Church

12/12/13 1139 Wanda Dr Sakura Buffet Inc BUS 12/31/13 299 Bermuda Dr Shen Super Buffet Inc. BUS 12/9/13 1746 Highway 1 South Terral RiverService, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 127 South Poplar The Morgan Law Firm, LLC LLC 12/5/13 708 Saint Charles Street Wynn Sanders, LLC LLC 12/5/13 1977 Susan Drive

Greenwood ARM Starkville, LLC LLC 12/20/13 606 Poplar Street Bowie Lane Fish Market LLC LLC 12/10/13 200 Bowie Lane BR Beef, Inc. BUS 12/18/13 615 Dunklin Ave Break Through Ministry Incorporated

12/13/13 107 Country Club Drive Greenland Market #2 Inc BUS 12/12/13 409 W. President Ave H and M Glenco, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1000 Poplar Avenue Harry O’s Farming, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1000 Poplar Avenue Kelly’s Stop N Go Inc BUS 12/12/13 409 W President Ave LMP, LLC LLC 12/16/13 1203 Grand Blvd Lott Land Services, LLC LLC 12/16/13 704 Robert E. Lee Drive Main Street One Stop Inc. BUS 12/4/13 800 Main St NPB Timber, LLC LLC 12/3/13 105 Walthall Nwodekahs, llc LLC 12/10/13 718 Grand Blvd Star of the West Plantation LLC LLC 12/12/13 107 1/2 East Market Street Tennessee Runners LLC LLC 12/10/13 610 West Church St #1

Grenada Anthony’s Food Service, LLC LLC 12/27/131155 South Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Grenada Hospitality Holdings LLC LLC 12/13/13 234 North West Frontage Rd Thomas Trailer Park LLC LLC 12/6/13 162 Southlakes Drive

Gulfport 1225 Bailey Avenue, LLC LLC 12/31/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 (39501) 99 Pittman Corporation, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 4300B West Railroad Street ASM Research, LLC LLC 12/17/13 12435 Plunkett Road

B M Liquor & Wine, Inc BUS 12/10/13 12230 Ashley Drive Bay Shore Systems Inc BUS 12/16/13 12435 Plunkett Road Benny & Clovis, LLC LLC 12/11/13 3201 D Avenue Bepcorp Contractors LLC LLC 12/4/13 1525 East Pass Rd Apt 337 Brother and Sister Properties, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1502 Mill Road Carter’s Charters LLC LLC 12/13/13 3300 W Beach Blvd Chappy’s Southern Fried Tomatoes LLC LLC

12/11/13

1514 18Th Avenue

Clean Slate Property Management, LLC LLC

12/10/13 255 Venetian Gardens Coffman Engineers, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 12435 Plunkett Road Collector Car Insurance Inc BUS 12/9/13 12435 Plunkett Road Colonel Pick Properties, LLC LLC 12/19/13 11540 Briarstone Place Double J Properties LLC LLC 12/6/13 12262 Breezeway Circle Downstage Productions Theatre NP 12/16/13 13987 John Clark Road Empire LLC LLC 12/12/13 510 E Pass Rd Fox Media Inc BUS 12/30/13 12230 Ashley Drive Global Roofing Company LLC LLC 12/13/13 12221 Ashley Drive, Suite A & B Gulf Basin Petroleum Recycling Co.

BUS

12/26/13 2510 14Th Street, Suite 1125 Gulf Coast Vapors LLC LLC 12/16/13 14428 Lumpkin Rd Gulfport Biloxi Treatment Center LLC

LLC

12/16/13 12180 Hwy 49 HealthScripts of America- South Mississippi, LLC LLC 12/17/13 12435 Plunkett Road Hydroterra Technologies LLC LLC 12/23/13 12435 Plunkett Road J-Tel Brandon LLC LLC 12/20/13 12287 Highway 49 J. Wilson Eaton III, PLLC PLLC 12/17/13 14524 Laurelwood Drive Legacy Network LLC LLC 12/11/13 14321 Dedeaux Road Unit 1 Maddy’s Bowtique LLC LLC 12/6/13 10615 Sharp Blvd Panda House Restaurant Inc BUS 12/23/13 1415 E Pass Road Physician Health Specialist DBA OTH 12/16/13 428 Courthouse Road, Suite A Pleasant Oaks Apartments DBA LLC 12/31/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 (39501) Poolemerica Enterprises, Corp. BUS 12/2/13 1314 Pass Road Port in a Storm LLC LLC 12/31/13 10090 E Taylor Rd Raindance Holdings, LLC LLC 12/19/13 19528 Champion Circle Rent a Chuck, LLC LLC 12/18/13 13250 River Rd Rolin Construction, Inc. BUS 12/2/13 12435 Plunkett Road S&T Motors America LLC LLC 12/2/13 12435 Plunkett Road Scottys Auto Parts LLC LLC 12/9/13 18058 Green Leaves Dr Serge Pierre-Louis DBA OTH 12/16/13 428 Courthouse Road, Suite A Sky Spirit Studios, LLC LLC 12/6/13 2508 15Th Ave Spicey Good LLC LLC 12/19/13 1514 18Th Avenue The Driftwood Distilling Co., LLC LLC 12/11/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 (39501) The Gentleman Angler LLC LLC 12/23/13 1708 23Rd Ave W A Haden Consulting LLC LLC 12/9/13 218 42Nd Street Ward and Associates PC PA 12/5/13 2218 18Th Street Weaver Exchange, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 WelcomeHome staging & decorating, LLCLLC

12/5/13 16253 3Rd St (apt. Rear) (39503) Womble Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC

12/6/13

LLC

18342 Cardinal Lane

Guntown B&B Services of North Mississippi Inc BUS

12/9/13

1326 Hwy 348

Harrisville Creationstogo, LLC LLC 12/31/13 434 Simpson Hwy 469

INCORPORATIONS

36 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14, 2014 Reliable Trucking of MS, LLC LLC 12/4/13 1412 Simpson Hwy 469

Hattiesburg B B Outdoors LLC LLC 12/16/13 923 Weeping Willow Circle Cameron S Griffith MD PA PA 12/30/13 1420 S. 28th Ave Chandler Dental Properties, LLC LLC 12/19/13 42 Acadian Circle Chandler Vacation Properties LLC LLC 12/19/13 42 Acadian Circle Crosscreek Spirits, LLC LLC 12/19/13 7048 US Hwy 49 CRS BOCO, LLC LLC 12/4/13 309 South 40th Avenue Dearman Alpine Village LLC LLC 12/10/13 55 East Lake Road BUS Dufour Marketing Inc 12/16/13 487 Cole Rd ECM Transportation, LLC LLC 12/20/13 5 Vidalia Drive Gautier Real Estate Holdings LLC LLC 12/4/13 17 Montclair, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Incontrol Enterprise Dynamics IncBUS 12/5/13 118 College Drive JCM, LLC LLC 12/26/13 5 Williow Bend Dr Jenny Sue Ashley Legacy Fund, LLCLLC 12/23/13 121 Holly Drive Joy Holdings LLC LLC 12/23/13 6600 U.S. Highway 98, Suite B L & H Building Specialty, Inc. BUS 12/3/13 4411 Oak Forest Drive Lambda Kappa Alpha Honor Fraternity NP 12/10/13 713 Huntindon Place Lil Mad Enterprises Inc. BUS 12/23/13 5 Willow Bend Dr Lullaby Lane LLC LLC 12/12/13 19 Rabbit Trail May’s Trucking Service LLC LLC 12/18/13 1820 Lott Street Michael Dixon Services, Inc. BUS 12/13/13 401 Walnut Street Michael E. West, LLC LLC 12/31/13 706 East Pine Street 39401 Miller, Hardin & Holliday, LLC LLC 12/26/13 525 Main St Nace Appraisal Service, LLC LLC 12/9/13 10 Summer Place Odom Fluid Management Services, LLC LLC

12/18/13 613 Burnt Bridge Rd. Okatoma Investment Group, LLC LLC 12/23/13 176 Okatoma River Rd. Property Records & Inventory Management LLC LLC 12/19/13 103 Hanover Dr Quality Leasing of MS, LLC LLC 12/23/13 300 South 25th Avenue RD Distributing LLC LLC 12/11/13 1504 W. 7th St Robynwood Apartments, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1700 S. 28th Avenue, Suite C SetCon, LLC LLC 12/23/13 814 W Pine St Sims & Re, PLLC PLLC 12/5/13 69 Cambrooke Southern Dental Center PLLC PLLC 12/19/13 42 Acadian Circle The Lawn Ranger, LLC LLC 12/20/13 118 Wedgewood Trace Trident Marketing LLC LLC 12/16/13 1606 Mamie Street Triple RRR Investments, LLC LLC 12/23/13 25 Bellegrass Blvd. Tyner Enterprises LLC LLC 12/13/13 626 Corinne St Wasabi Sushi I Inc. BUS 12/11/13 6096 Highway 98 W Suite 8 West Central Design Build, LLC LLC 12/12/13 106N Regency Dr White-Walters Investments, LLC LLC 12/6/13 203 N 22nd Avenue Woolwine Exchange, LLC LLC 12/11/13 309 South 40th Ave (39402) WW Management Corporation BUS 12/11/13 5 Williow Bend Dr

Hazlehurst Canton Garden of Ms Inc BUS 12/9/13 301 Caldwell Drive Mak Consulting Inc BUS 12/13/13 322 West Gallatin Street NJ Food Mart LLC LLC 12/30/13 2001 Monticello St Youth for Christ Ministries NP 12/11/13 219 Pine Street

Hernando Blair Brown Homes, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1063 Morrow Crest Drive Horizon Managed Services LLC LLC 12/30/13 442 Timber Way South Jerry E. Camp Trucking LLC LLC 12/19/13 664 Harrow Cove Learn and Grow Child Care Center LLC 12/6/13 5896 Honey Oaks Dr LTW Properties, LLC LLC 12/2/13 1972 Gracie Road MBC Dunwoody, LLC LLC 12/2/13 2552 Highway 51 South Progressive Venture Development LLC LLC

12/20/13 1646 Notting Hill Dr Vella Fashion Designer LLC LLC 12/9/13 200 East Center Street

Holly Springs Cedar Oak Properties, LLC LLC 12/19/13 126†N.†Spring†ST Encouragement Funds Inc BUS 12/12/13 5323 Smith Grove Road McPherson Properties LLC LLC 12/9/13 126 N. Spring Street Project Paws NP 12/30/13 272 Burton Rd Short People LLC LLC 12/23/13 275 Clear Creek Rd Spring Swings, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 520 Salem Avenue

Horn Lake Brown Coat Tactical, LLC LLC 12/12/13 3775 Warrington Dr. CA Miss One LLC LLC 12/17/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive Christmas Trees 4 Charity NP 12/16/13 7180 Benji Ave Divine Residential Care Agency LLC

LLC

12/30/13 7061 Foxhall Drive MHL2 INC. BUS 12/19/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive MHL2 LLC LLC 12/18/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive Tablet Solutions Inc BUS 12/16/13 3052 Goodman Rd West Two Girls and a Broom LLC LLC 12/6/13 3675 Heathcliff Dr Zed Dee Holdings LLC LLC 12/19/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive

Houlka Furniture Zone LLC 12/16/13

LLC 329 Cr 23

Houston BHK Marketing, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 111 East Washington Street Campbell Insurance Agency LLC LLC 12/20/13 118 Scott St CBMC, LLC LLC 12/30/13 111 East Washington Street Hygeia, LLC LLC 12/19/13 111 East Washington Street KG Cell Phone Accessories, LLC LLC 12/4/13 514 Pittsboro Street Segen, LLC LLC 12/18/13 111 East Washington Street

Indianola Downtown Liquor & Wine, LLC LLC 12/4/13 215 Front Street Ext Sparks Delta Properties LLC LLC 12/10/13 220 Second Street The Indianola Revitalization and Attractions Association NP 12/12/13 111 Delta Blues Street

Iuka New Salem Iuka Cemetery LLC LLC 12/31/13 37 County Road 283

Jackson 5 Star Painting and Remodeling “LLC” LLC

12/20/13 632 Briarcliff Circle 656 North State Street, LLC LLC 12/13/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 100 A Pratt Investments LLC LLC 12/19/13 5161 Sycamore Drive Adcock Consulting LLC LLC 12/6/13 3770 Highway 80 West Advance Underground Inc BUS 12/30/13 506 South President Street AGNL Freezer GP LLC LLC 12/2/13 840 Trustmark Building

AGNL Freezer, L.P. LP 12/3/13 840 Trustmark Bldg 248 E Capitol St. AJB Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/27/13 4038 Berkley Dr AKI Food LLC LLC 12/11/13 3720 S. Siwell Rd Alder, LP LP 12/17/13 4764 East Massena Drive Alutiiq Technical Services LLC LLC 12/10/13 506 South President Street Amarachi LLC LLC 12/27/13 773 Woodhill Road Anne L. Webster LLC LLC 12/23/13 214 Parks Road AP of Missouri, LLC LLC 12/11/13 506 South President Street Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC LLC 12/5/13 506 South President Street Asset Management Specialists LLCLLC 12/9/13 506 South President Street Assurant Services, LLC LLC 12/18/13 506 South President Street AssuredPartners of Missouri, LLC LLC 12/11/13 506 South President Street Athletic House at Snowden Grove LLC

LLC

12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Atlanta Winsupply Co. BUS 12/17/13 506 South President Street Autumn House, Inc. NP 12/2/13 1902 Christine Dr B and E Rental LLC LLC 12/17/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Bear Atwood Law Center, PLLC LLC 12/27/13 360 Comet Street Suite B Beldon Technologies, Inc BUS 12/26/13 506 South President Street Bella Lighting Decor LLC LLC 12/16/13 228 Baybury Lane Bethany Michael, LLC LLC 12/31/13 506 South President Street Betty J Schulz Properties LLC LLC 12/23/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 BG Staffing, Inc. BUS 12/5/13 506 South President Street BioScrip PBM Services, LLC LLC 12/26/13 506 South President Street Blue Evanston Holdings LLC LLC 12/19/13 506 South President Street Boardwalk Bluegrass Pipeline, LLCLLC 12/26/13 506 South President Street Box Communication Inc BUS 12/19/13 5120 Heatherton Drive BPA Products, LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Bret Baxter Marketing, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 416 E Amite Street Buchanan Technologies, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 506 South President Street Bur, LP LP 12/17/13 4793 Crestwood Drive Canis Canem Edit Productions Incorporated BUS 12/6/13 242 Broadview Dr Canopy the Open Cloud Company USA Inc BUS 12/6/13 506 South President Street Carntribe, LLC LLC 12/5/13 840 Trustmark Building Charter Advanced Services (MS), LLC

LLC

12/2/13 506 South President Street Charter Advanced Services DBA LLC 12/2/13 506 South President Street Chase & Assoc. LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Chene’s Crystal Cleaning Service LLC

LLC

12/2/13 693 Daniel Circle Chique Accessories LLC LLC 12/11/13 4436 North State St. Ste A-6 Christian’s Community Center of Pearl

12/11/13 213 Parks Rd CLG Consulting LLC LLC 12/9/13 4411 Manhassett Dr. Clo’s Crafty Crochet LLC LLC 12/26/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Coleman Logistics & Transportation LLC LLC

12/12/13 506 South President Street Copeland Land Holdings, LLC LLC 12/13/13 190 East Capitol St., Suite 100 (39201) CPR Computer Repair LLC LLC 12/11/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Cunningham Aviation LLC LLC 12/11/13 3305 Groves Ave. Apt A Dailey Transport LLC LLC 12/27/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Davis Industries LLC LLC 12/2/13 1437 Old Square Road Suite #202 Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP LLP 12/9/13 506 South President Street DHJ Properties, LLC LLC 12/20/13 4045 Venus Ave.

Dixie Elevator Service LLC LLC 12/3/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Dixon/ABG LLC LLC 12/19/13 1414 Ridgeway St. DOCJMH, LLC LLC 12/27/13 1105 Arbor Vista Blvd DohnErin Group LLC LLC 12/11/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Dollar Learning Foundation, Inc NP 12/13/13 506 South President Street EAS Holdings, LLC LLC 12/31/13 188 East Capitol St, Suite 500 (39201) EGJ, Inc BUS 12/26/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Elite Skill Building LLC LLC 12/27/13 111 Friars Cove (39212) Elite Transportation of Mississippi Inc. BUS

12/4/13 113 Calhoun St Elliott Wince DBA OTH 12/3/13 106 Cedarhurst Rd Environmental Dynamics International, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 840 Trustmark Building Epps Institute of Healthy Family and Community Living L.L.C. LLC 12/11/13 615 Pine Lane Financial Control Services LLC LLC 12/27/13 506 South President Street Fins & Fur LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 FMS Inc BUS 12/13/13 506 South President Street Fortenberry Insurance Agency, IncBUS 12/4/13 15 River Bend Pl; Suite A Franks Lawn Service LLC LLC 12/20/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Frontier Development IV LLC LLC 12/30/13 4270 I-55 North Fuzion Analytics, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 506 South President Street GB Management LLC LLC 12/5/13 4429 Woodlark Dr. GhenArtists LLC LLC 12/10/13 5906 Kristen Dr Ghotra Brothers LLC LLC 1775 S Gallatin Street 12/10/13 Glamour Queen Boutique & Extensions, LLC LLC 12/4/13 1586 Howard St Glas-N-Dife Inc BUS 12/27/13 102 Old Canton Hill Dr Global Vendors, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 1533 Fairwood Dr GMS Insurance Alliance, LLC LLC 12/17/13 506 South President Street Golden Parasol Healthcare Services LLC LLC

12/11/13 266 Western Hills Drive Greer Laboratories, Inc. BUS 12/18/13 506 South President Street Grosvenor Farms OTH 12/30/13 15 Sheffield Ct H.a.r.d Services, LLC LLC 12/3/13 5104 Ginger Dr. Hall’s Used Cars LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Hawkins Jet Center LLC LLC 12/11/13 530 Terminal Dr HDA Properties Inc. BUS 12/5/13 400 East Capitol St, Suite 300 (39201) HDA Properties of California Inc. BUS 12/5/13 400 East Capitol St, Suite 300 (39201) Head’s Up Contracting LLC LLC 12/4/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Hill Land Holdings, LLC LLC 12/13/13 190 East Capitol St., Suite 100 (39201) Hollingsworth Electric Company LLC

LLC

12/27/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Hollywood Sweet Shop, LLC LLC 12/23/13 2010 Marshall Place Homewell Construction, Inc. BUS 12/6/13 350 Arbor Dr, Ste D (Ridgeland 39157) Hood Land Acquisition Company, LLC

LLC

12/11/13 4270 I-55 North Intuit Payments Inc BUS 12/31/13 506 South President Street ISC II LLC LLC 12/18/13 3150 Utica Aveue James A. Cunningham Enterprises Inc. BUS

12/11/13 3305 Groves Ave. Apt A James C. Evers Seniors Health & Fitness Foundation Inc NP 12/17/13 1985 Joe Coker Rd Jazz, LLC LLC 12/27/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Jazzie Girl Creations LLC LLC 12/4/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Jesus + Unity NP 12/2/13 6900 Richmond Grove Rd JKH, LLC LLC 12/16/13 1485 Livingston Ln

John F Williams BAS LLC LLC 12/16/13 176 River Park Drive Jonathan Kyle Williams BAS LLC LLC 12/16/13 176 River Park Drive JP Food Mart 3 LLC LLC 12/26/13 5564 N. State Street K R N Enterprises LLC LLC 12/11/13 368 Beaver Brook Dr Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 506 South President Street Kat Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/20/13 190 East Capitol St, Suite 800 (39201) Kinsman Redeemer, LLC LLC 12/19/13 506 South President Street Kroger Prescription Plans, Inc BUS 12/10/13 506 South President Street L3 Investments LLC LLC 12/30/13 5912 Hanging Moss Rd Lalguru Corp. BUS 12/31/13 5901 Hwy 80 West Leflore Technologies LLC LLC 12/10/13 313 Meadowoods Dr Light the Way Counseling, LLC LLC 12/16/13 1066 Meadow Heights Dr Longwind Enterprises Incorporated

BUS

12/9/13 100 Vardaman St Suite B Lucious & Lucious LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 MAAN GAS LLC LLC 12/5/13 5612 Old Canton Rd Madated SPE, LLC LLC 12/4/13 120 Commerce Park Drive Magnolia Supply Group LLC LLC 12/19/13 285 E Longview Dr Magnus Energy, LLC LLC 12/3/13 1117 Plantation Blvd. Manir Hospitality, L.L.C. LLC 12/11/13 5035 I-55 North Marble Glass LLC LLC 12/16/13 5247 Greenway Dr., Ste B Marco Ophthalmic, Inc BUS 12/10/13 506 South President Street Medical Recovery Specialists LLC LLC 12/27/13 506 South President Street MidSouth SB Investments LLC LLC 12/5/13 4429 Woodlark Dr. Miller Farms Property Owners Association, Inc. NP 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 12/18/13 Miller Financial, LLC LLC 12/17/13 506 South President Street Minuteman Leasing Company Inc.BUS 12/30/13 506 South President Street Mississippi Bicentennial Operating Committee NP 12/23/13 1400 Meadowbrook Rd Mississippi Cinema Sound & Light, LLC LLC

12/26/13 506 South President Street Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A. Corporation BUS 12/11/13 840 Trustmark Building MS A&B Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/16/13 190 East Capitol St., Suite 100 (39201) Ms Ashley Park LLC LLC 12/31/13 190 East Capitol St., Suite 100 (39201) MS Gravel Ridge, LLC LLC 12/11/13 190 East Capitol St., Suite 100 (39201) MS Three Creeks LLC LLC 12/31/13 190 East Capital St, Suite 100 (39201) MST Land, LLC LLC 12/18/13 125 S Congress, Suite 110 New Birth Healing and Deliverance Ministry NP 12/11/13 131 Culpepper Dr Jackson, Ms 39212 New Chan’s Garden Inc BUS 12/2/13 4884 Highway 18 West New Generation Technology DBAOTH 12/3/13 106 Cedarhurst Rd Next Level Body Shop LLC. LLC 12/13/13 1662 Wiggins Road Nissan Extended Services North America, G.P. OTH 12/26/13 506 South President Street NKL, LLC LLC 12/3/13 506 South President Street No UAW Canton, Inc. BUS 12/6/13 2401 Meadow Street Nova Towers Holdings I, LLC LLC 12/6/13 4450 Old Canton Road, Suite 200 39211 Ole Brook Organics, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 6120 Hanging Moss Road One Way Transportation, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 1816 Kenmore Dr Optical Management and Consulting, LLCLLC

12/13/13 506 South President Street Origin Consulting, LLC LLC 12/11/13 520 N State Oxbow Sulphur Inc. BUS 12/5/13 506 South President Street Pamela Malone Properties LLC LLC 12/11/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400

Pavlov Media, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 506 South President Street PBM-Plus, Inc. BUS 12/10/13 506 South President Street Pecan Ridge MHC, LLC LLC 12/5/13 213 South Lamar St Performance-Based School Consultants LLC LLC 12/13/13 314 Parks Road PFSWEB Retail Connect Inc BUS 12/20/13 506 South President Street Plan E Creations LLC LLC 12/19/13 4971 Barrier Place Planeworks LLC LLC 12/26/13 1437 Old Square Road Suite #202 Jackson, MS 39211

PMC LLC 12/13/13

LLC 1330 W. Woodrow Wilson

Postlethwaite & Netterville, a Professional Accounting Corporation PA

12/17/13 506 South President Street Premier Auto Dismantlers, LLC LLC 12/6/13 6624 George Washington Dr Providence R&R, Inc. BUS 12/3/13 506 South President Street Quaoar Automotive Technologies Corporation BUS 12/20/13 333 Yazoo Street - Lexington 39095 Railcrew Xpress, LLC LLC 12/3/13 506 South President Street Realtex- Lodge, LLC LLC 12/2/13 4268 I-55 North (Meadowbrook Office Park) REC Grandchildren Timber, LLC LLC 12/18/13 4268 I 55 North Meadowbrook Office Park Rite Way Repair LLC LLC 12/26/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Robert T Van Uden III PA BUS 12/9/13 1400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 Robinson Iron Corporation BUS 12/11/13 506 South President Street Rock Solid Outdoor Living LLC LLC 12/27/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Roof Monitor-DBA BUS 12/26/13 506 South President Street RS Cambridge Management, LLC LLC 12/10/13 506 South President Street Sagebrush LP LP 12/19/13 198 Kirkwood Place Saks Fifth Avenue Real Property LLC

LLC

12/19/13 506 South President Street Sandpaper Designs, LLC LLC 12/20/13190 East Capitol Street Suite 100 39201 Sapa Extrusions Inc BUS 12/11/13 506 South President Street Saxet Properties, LLC LLC 12/13/13 1845 Crane Ridge Dr. Schneider Optical Machines Inc. BUS 12/23/13 401 East Capitol 100-M Heritage Building Building

Seaway Painting, L.L.C. LLC 12/5/13 506 South President Street Seck & Sons LLC LLC 12/6/13 506 South President Street Serenity Medical Massage, LLC LLC 12/16/13 207 Glen Court Shaydent LLC LLC 12/26/13 4944 Laurel Oak Drive Sidney Conley Photography, LLC LLC 12/20/13 5155 Keele St Apt 23e Sierra Systems US, Inc. BUS 12/31/13 506 South President Street SIG Furniture Group, Inc. BUS 12/30/13248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Silent Killer LLC LLC 12/17/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Simply Gifts LLC LLC 12/4/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Sims Outdoors LLC LLC 12/11/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 SKP Enterprises LLC LLC 12/16/13 3387 Terry Rd Smith Boat Leasing, LLC LLC 4500 I-55 North, Highland Village, Ste 241 12/2/13 Smith Simpson Smith LP LP 12/30/13 1588 Wingfield Dr Southern Auto Buyers LLC LLC 12/20/13 736 South President Street Southern Charm Creations LLC LLC 12/3/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Southern Chauffers & Events LLC LLC 12/26/13 211 East Fortification St Southern Circuits, LLC LLC 12/11/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Southern Healthpoint LLC LLC 12/26/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Squeaky Clean of Jackson LLC LLC 12/23/13 6565 Livingsten Rd SSB Investments, LLC LLC 12/9/13 440 Bounds Street, Ste B STA Travel, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 506 South President Street

Strategic Security Force Agency LLC

LLC

12/17/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Strategix Sales Lab LLC LLC 12/20/13 190 E Capitol St Strive Daily, Inc. NP 12/23/13 421 Heritage Pl Summit Hospitality 093, LLC LLC 12/30/13 506 South President Street Summit Midstream Partners, LLC LLC 12/19/13248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Summit Midstream, LLC LLC 12/19/13248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Synergy Global Systems Inc. BUS 12/9/13 405 Briarwood Drive, Ste 103a Table of Grace Ministries Inc BUS 12/2/13 5898 Ridgewood Road, Suite D Teachscape, Inc. BUS 12/31/13 840 Trustmark Building Tech Nel Electric Inc BUS 12/6/13401 East Capitol 100-M Heritage Building Telecommunications Outreach, LLCLLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 The Falcon Group LLC LLC 12/17/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 The Fate of Hate NP 12/31/13 2534 Shepwood Dr The Law Office of Kimberly S. Sweeney PLLC PLLC 12/3/13 2037 North County Line Road The Sherard Shaw Jr. Foundation NP 12/17/13 190 E Capitol Street, Suite 100 39201 Tina M. Bullock, PLLC PLLC 12/16/13 460 Briarwood Dr, Ste 400 Tiny Steps LLC LLC 12/17/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Top Bar Entertainment LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Tracy Abernathy Consulting Group LLC LLC

12/10/13 5056 Ashley Dr Travmark.com, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 506 South President Street Tree Kings LLC LLC 12/2/13 460 Briarwood Drive Suite 400 Triple J Repair and Remodeling LLCLLC 12/3/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Triplett Properties No. 8, LLC LLC 12/16/13 1400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 Triton Auto Wholesales, LLC LLC 12/26/13 3004 Woodside Dr True Colors, LLC LLC 12/2/13 4006 Old Canton Lane True Colors, LLC 12/2/13 4006 Old Canton Lane True Voice, LLC LLC 12/4/13 506 South President Street TSSD Services Inc BUS 12/27/13 506 South President Street Tunica Wind, LLC LLC 12/19/13 840 Trustmark Building Universal Logistics, LLC LLC 12/23/13 795 W. Contyline Road, #44 Us Real Estate Services Inc BUS 12/13/13 506 South President Street UVNV, Inc BUS 12/4/13 506 South President Street Vasquez Real Estate LLC LLC 12/5/13 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Vintage Wine & Spirits, LLC LLC 12/23/13 4656 McWillie Drive Warden Contracting IncorporatedBUS 12/30/13 248 E Capitol St Ste 840 WEI SALES, LLC LLC 12/10/13 506 South President Street Welty Biennial Corporation NP 12/20/13 401 East Capitol Street Wilson Family Foundation Inc NP 12/12/13 4270 I-55 North Wilson Oil Properties LLC LLC 12/12/13 4270 I-55 North Xray Guns LLC LLC 12/2/13 2210 Heritage Hill Drive Zip Refund LLC LLC 12/23/13 3430 West Capitol Street

Jayess C & M Well Solutions, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 271 Verna Rd Droc Oil LLC LLC 12/30/13 329 Lawrence Reid Road Rhonda Walker-Varnado DBA OTH 12/13/13 37 Coleman Rd Solution Keys DBA OTH 12/13/13 37 Coleman Rd

Kilmichael Kilmichael Food Mart Inc BUS 12/9/13 502 North Rutherford Dr

INCORPORATIONS Kiln

Long Beach

Dhan Laxmi LLC LLC 12/9/13 23320 Highway 603 Statewide Insurance Services, Inc.BUS 12/17/13 16230 Highway 603, Suite B TD Thomas Holdings, Inc. BUS 12/2/13 5020 Amy Lea Road

Biloxi Car Service LLC LLC 12/9/13 18306 Commission Rd . Cars R Us LLC LLC 12/27/13 118 Dennis St Georgia Peach Properties, LLC LLC 12/3/13 528 F, Klondyke Road JR Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/20/13 20050 Commission Road TS Medical Services, LLC LLC 12/11/13 222 Shady Lane Avenue

Kosciusko Brady L. Richardson, MD, P.A. PA 12/3/13 2088 Attala Road 2213 King’s Land LLC LLC 12/27/13 1014 Hickory Ridge Dr King’s Properties of Kosciusko LLCLLC 12/27/13 1014 Hickory Ridge Drive McKnight Farms, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 209 Love Road McKnight Timber, LLC LLC 12/20/13 209 Love Road NPR Marketing, Inc. BUS 12/3/13 2088 Attala Road 2213

Lorman AceZenith DBA 12/10/13 R Jawa DBA 12/10/13

OTH 1000 Alcorn Dr OTH 1000 Alcorn Dr

Louisville

Albro Construction Services DBA OTH 12/19/13 5272 Austin Road John Albro DBA OTH 12/19/13 5272 Austin Road Over the Bridge, LLC LLC 12/23/13 12231 Star Landing Road

CEO, Inc NP 12/3/13 6380 Loakfoma Rd Cottages at Starkville Station LLC LLC 12/4/13 1389 Landfill Road Elite Home Health Care Agency, Inc 12/9/13 413 Mills Street L J Boys Home NP 12/30/13 803 West Main St Wilson Rental Properties LLC LLC 12/10/13 804 North Street

Lauderdale

Lucedale

Plum Hill Properties LLC LLC 12/18/13 9581 Highway 45 North

BDC Pizza LLC LLC 12/30/13 140 Chinquapin Lane Coastal QA & Consulting, LLC LLC 12/26/13 10000 Tanner Williams Road Hands of Christ Mission, Inc NP 12/2/13 7257 Hwy 57 S Loco Burrito, Inc. BUS 12/10/13 3290 Basin Central Rd Smith Manor, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 15255 Hwy 613

Lake Cormorant

Laurel 1st Empressions (Salon), LLC LLC 12/11/13 1330 West 10th Street B Tech Service and Supply Inc BUS 12/6/13 31 Shorty Ekes Rd Celosia LLC LLC 12/16/13 535 North 5th Avenue Foster Properties of Laurel LLC LLC 12/12/13 6 Mac Foster Rd. French Quarter Oyster Bar DBA LLC 12/26/13 1105 Sawmill Road G R & R LLC LLC 12/26/13 1105 Sawmill Road G&S Properties LLC of Laurel LLC 12/11/13 131 N 15th Ave LLC Hill Cabinet & Millwork LLC 12/6/13 1614 Lincoln Street Jim’s Golf Carts LLC LLC 12/18/13 4876 Hwy 15 N Lace Couture LLC LLC 12/9/13 36 Iris Lane Middleton’s Tree Service LLC LLC 12/10/13 36 Iris Lane Mississippi Pyrotechnic Association LLC LLC

12/12/13 1056 Graves Rd. Sanders Janitoral Services, L.L.C. LLC 12/19/13 99 Shady Oak Road Southern Girl LLC LLC 12/2/13 716 E. 17th Street

Lawrence Stevison Consulting LLC LLC 12/2/13 667 Hwy 505

Leakesville Above & Beyond Inc. BUS 12/11/13 501 Lafayette Avenue

Leland Entity Management, Inc. BUS 12/18/13 3836 Hwy 82 # 00 JEG Equipment LLC LLC 12/27/13 310 S Deer Creek Drive W JEG Farms, LLC LLC 12/23/13 310 S.Deer Creek Dr. West JEG Land Company LLC LLC 12/27/13 310 S Deer Creek Drive W

Lexington OfficeStar Administrative Consulting, LLCLLC

12/20/13

45 Arenia C. Mallory Rd

Liberty Liberty Road Boutique, LLC LLC 12/5/13 4655 E Fork Rd Liberty Road Journey LLC LLC 12/5/13 4655 E Fork Rd WHS Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/3/13 3940 Rollinson Road

Lumberton Preferred Installation of Piping and Equipment, LLC LLC 12/23/13 202 Mary Sollie Road

Maben Sweet Pea’s Southern Boutique LLC

12/31/13

LLC

1668 Parker Roberson Rd

Macon Bontrager Litter Spreading LLC LLC 12/23/13 1452 Douglass Rd Triple J Equipment LLC LLC 12/10/13 4777 Prairie Point Rd

Madison 304 Mitchell, LLC LLC 12/5/13 105 Fairway Lane 310 Mitchell, LLC LLC 12/5/13 105 Fairway Lane A & J Enterprise, LLC LLC 12/6/13 175 Grandview Boulevard, Suite 430 Advantage Title Abstract Company 12/9/13 100 Webster Cir Ste 2 Anderson Iron Doors LLC LLC 12/3/13 252 Vintage Drive Angelo’s Italiano, LLC LLC 12/23/13 17 Redbud Lane Avery Park, LLC LLC 12/10/13 124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 Azreal Technology Masters LLC LLC 12/18/13 128 McElroy Smith Road Barkley Landing, LLC LLC 12/6/13124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 BC Cakes, LLC LLC 12/31/13 323 Colonial Drive Bond & Benoist Court Reporting LLC 12/26/13 105 Hidden Hollow Darling-Birdie, LLC LLC 12/13/13 500 Steed Rd., Second Floor DL Granite and Cabinet Inc BUS 12/9/13 201 Crescent Ridge Drive Empower MS NP 12/2/13 530 Brookstone Cir EveryCare Express, PA PA 12/18/13 114 Belle Terre Drive 39110 Gilmer Law Firm PLLC PLLC 12/30/13 7720 Old Canton Road, Suite A Green Oak Investments LLC LLC 12/30/13 209 Green Oak Lane Greens Services LLC LLC 12/10/13 115 Covey Run Hammerhead Nutrition, LLC LLC 12/11/13 154 Annadale Pkwy East

February 14, 2014

Haylex Properties, LLC LLC 12/18/13 77 Moss Woods Drive Heddy-Dale Matthias, MD, LLC LLC 12/31/13 One Roses Bluff Parkway Jacqueline S Holmes DBA OTH 12/26/13 111 Colony Crossing Suite 160 JRJ Capital LLC LLC 12/5/134627 Maurey Road (Jackson 39211) Kefco Inc BUS 12/31/13 188 Reunion Blvd La Fashion Seekers Dba OTH 12/26/13 111 Colony Crossing Suite 160 Legacy Enterprises LLC LLC 12/19/13 539 Twin Cedars Dr Little Giants, LLC LLC 12/3/13 106 Misty Cove MAC Reporting, LLC LLC 12/26/13 105 Hidden Hollow Macon County Partners, L.P. LP 12/10/13 124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 Majors Bowman Transport LLC LLC 12/5/13 352 Long Cove Dr. Marvin Services LLC LLC 12/23/13 112 Knightsbridge Drive Melissa Berry Photography LLC LLC 12/27/13 412 Summer Hill Rd Melton, Inc. BUS 12/23/13 2081 Attala Rd 3037 Kosciusko 39090 Memories-N-Motion LLC LLC 12/6/13 722 Arlington Ct Mid-South Dealer Services, LLC LLC 12/26/13 141 Sun Dial Road 39110 Mississippi State University Waterski and Wakeboard Club NP 12/18/13 228 Calumet Drive Morristown Partners, L.P. LP 12/6/13124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 Nothing Bundt Cakes DBA LLC 12/31/13 323 Colonial Drive Nutrient Tree LLC LLC 12/16/13 7736 Old Canto Road, Suite B Pro Staffing LLC LLC 12/16/13 158 Caroline Pointe Blvd Professional Healthcare Consulting LLC LLC

12/18/13 210 Breezy Hill Dr Restoration Market LLC LLC 12/10/13 151 W. Bradford Place Rick Moore Computer Support LLCLLC 12/30/13 175 Quail Ridge Dr Saxton Law, PLLC LLC 12/5/13 986 Madison Ave SCC Sub-CDE 8 QEI, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1888 Main Street, Suite C #163 Serenity Farms LLC LLC 12/12/13 220 Cedar Ridge Dr. Southern Accounting Solutions, Inc.

BUS

12/30/13 708 Huntington Cove 39110 Southern Retreat One, LLC LLC 12/3/13 229 Honours Drive Southern Retreat Two, LLC LLC 12/3/13 229 Honours Drive The Saintuary Group LLC LLC 12/11/13 141 Brisage Dr TIN Slade LLC LLC 12/6/13 3041 Tidewater Circle 39110 Turkey Roost LLC LLC 12/31/13 112 Chapel Lane Vowell’s Qei LLC LLC 12/6/13 1888†Main†Street Westridge Apartments Management IncBUS

12/5/13 116 One Madison Plaza, Suite 2100

Magee Cowart Farms, LLC 12/6/13

LLC 184 Tugwell Road

Russell Restaurants of Yazoo City, Inc BUS

12/6/13

141 Hummingbird Lane

Magnolia Eva Gordon Upper Elementary PTO, Inc. NP

12/4/13 1147 N. Ckark St. Godbold Cleaning & Janitorial Services LLC LLC 12/23/13 2078 Centerville Road Happy Holmes Properties LLC LLC 12/6/13 1151 Jj Carter Road Smith Poultry Farm, LLC LLC 12/6/13 215 East Bay Street

Mantee New Lower Prairie Creek Baptist Church NP 12/4/13 22663 Highway 46

Marks Marks Volunteer Fire Department NP 12/12/13 108 West Main Street

Mathiston

Moorhead

Eubanks Oilfield Services LLC LLC 12/6/13 17783 Us Hwy 82

Allstarr Industries, Inc. BUS 12/31/13 1306 Martha Street

McComb CMBOYTE LLC LLC 12/19/13 1124 Hawthorne Dr Global Innovation Pathways Inc. NP 12/4/13 118 7Th Street JB Enterprize LLC LLC 12/6/13 540 Pearl River Ave KLG, LLC LLC 12/11/13 1106 David Benjamin Drive Liberty Arms LLC LLC 12/9/13 120 5Th Avenue LKG, LLC LLC 12/11/13 1106 David Benjamin Drive Men of Hope Women of Destiny, Inc NP 12/12/13 1547 C.c. Bryant Drive Pro-Visions Design and Consulting, LLC LLC 12/20/13 4197 Hwy 48 West Southern Appliance Repair, LLC LLC 12/17/13 1424 Delaware Avenue

Mendenhall Land Tamers, LLC LLC 12/11/13 112 Daniel Bowen Rd Main Street Realty, LLC LLC 12/20/13 609 Mangum Ave Pepper Sprouts, LLC LLC 12/13/13 320 Elm Street Short Money Properties, LLC LLC 12/3/13 327 Peacock Rd White Trucking LLC LLC 12/4/13 1001 East St.

Meridian AgMOS DBA NP 12/12/13 4211 Iris Street Bud Properties, LLC LLC 12/10/13 10420 Highway 495 Christine TNT Nail Inc BUS 12/23/13 4819 29Th Ave Cookesville Properties, LLC LLC 12/10/13 10420 Highway 495 Cooksville Properties, LLC LLC 12/18/13 10420 Highway 495 Family Behavioral Health & Wellness, LLC LLC 12/13/13 4805 Poplar Springs Hayes Gray Investments, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 2101 Fifth Street Lance Morgan, LLC LLC 12/18/13 2213 Hillcrest Drive NANAK, INC. BUS 12/6/13 5603 “ N” Avenue Oishi Japanese Express, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 2526 67Th Ave Loop Ste 124 P.E.S. Plumbing, LLC LLC 12/31/13 4394 Cr 456 PM Properties LLC LLC 12/9/13 2921 8Th Street Roost Properties, LLC LLC 12/10/13 10420 Highway 495 Southern Architectural Sales LLC LLC 12/23/13 3430 Parkway Blvd Southern Vape Shack LLC LLC 12/10/13 2211 Hwy 45 N Ste 3 Spann Properties, LLC LLC 12/10/13 10420 Highway 495 Stakked Customz LLC LLC 12/13/13 10523 Hwy 494 United Storage LLC LLC 12/13/13 1500 Roebuck Urban Baseball League, LLC LLC 12/20/13 3125 5Th Avenue VMXO LLC LLC 12/26/13 3540 34Th St. Women African Affairs Inc NP 12/12/13 4211 Iris Street

Morton Shananigan’s Galore OTH 12/20/13 345 South 4th St Strohm & Associates, Inc. BUS 12/3/13 107 Highway 481 South

Moselle HCS Transport, LLC LLC 12/23/13 208 Ovett Moselle Road

Moss Point Camp B Properties, LLC LLC 12/5/13 5213 Griffin Street Felder Holdings LLC LLC 12/17/13 4831 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd Gulf Coast Rentals LLC LLC 12/19/13 17003 Hwy 63 H. Don Bowden-Architect Inc PA 12/9/13 4743 Forest Street LJK Global Ventures LLC LLC 12/2/13 2800 Cumbest Bluff Rd Patriot Manufacturing L.L.C. LLC 12/11/13 9313 Hardwicke Rd

Mound Bayou TFP Tax & Financial Services, LLC LLC 12/19/13 605 Martin Luther King Street

Myrtle ZT, LLC 12/6/13

LLC 1463 Cr 73

Natchez Allen Wiley Consulting Inc BUS 12/30/13 62 Starnes Dr ATP Motor Company LLC LLC 12/4/13 317 Devereaux Drive Suite D Bo Bo Buffet Corp BUS 12/18/13 25 Sgt Prentiss Dr BW Farms, LLC LLC 12/6/13 319 Market St Compliance Solutions Today LLC LLC 12/31/13 111 Traceside Drive Comprehensive Health Specialty Clinic, Inc BUS 12/2/13 502 South Commerce Street Deep South Quality Inspection LLCLLC 12/19/13 83 Grove Acrea Road Dixie Sales & Services, LLC LLC 12/5/13 240 Lower Woodville Rd. Hilltop Automotive & Body Shop LLC

LLC

12/19/13 512 Franklin St Kaiser Family LLC LLC 12/2/13 276 Highland Blvd MLM Investments, LLC LLC 12/4/13 8 Audubon Place Natchez Delta Development Corporation NP 12/4/13 1400 George F. West Blvd. Newby Holdings, LLC LLC 12/2/13 483 Airport Road O.E.C. Super Buffet Inc. BUS 12/23/13 355 Devereaux Drive Sibley Land & Cattle Company, LLCLLC 12/13/13 1281 Hwy 61 South Stripe Holdings, LLC LLC 12/2/13 483 Airport Road

Nesbit Opteam, Inc. 12/30/13

BUS 518 Pleasant Hill Rd

Michigan City

Nettleton

JP Foods of Arkansas, LLC LLC 12/30/13 518 Breedlove Rd JP Foods, LLC LLC 12/30/13 518 Breedlove Rd

Burroughs Wrecker Service, L.L.C. LLC 12/30/13 857 County Road 1205

Mize Just Piddlin, LLC LLC 12/3/13 4343 Hwy 28 E Mockingbird Hill Farm, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 934 Scr 61

Monticello 3 Doe’s Farms of Monticello, LLC LLC 12/9/13 469 Old Highway 27

Mooreville W.L. Jones Investments LLC LLC 12/2/13 106 Pinetree Drive

New Albany CGB Consulting LLC LLC 12/9/13 112 East Bankhead Street Culver City Shopping Center LLC LLC 12/9/13 201 State Hwy 30 West Double J Trucking, LLC. LLC 12/26/13 1041 Cr 124 EBI Windstone, LLC LLC 12/11/13 498 West Bankhead Endless Summer Pools and Spas LLC

LLC

12/9/13 201 State Hwy 30 West HMC Sales LLC LLC 12/9/13 910 State Hwy 30 West

Mississippi Business Journal

La Guadalupana Taqueria LLC LLC 12/9/13 104 N. Camp Ave. Life Care Planning and Rehabilitation Solutions, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1578 County Rd 86 NA Group, LLC LLC 12/19/13 498W Bankhead St New Albany Rental Center, LLC LLC 12/19/13 1192 Hwy 30 West Save a Life Shelters LLC LLC 12/9/13 201 State Hwy 30 West

New Hebron Ready Energies, Inc. 12/20/13

BUS 290 Berry Road

Newton PJM Professional Services, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 507 S. Main Street RWT Investments, LLC LLC 12/13/13 750 Horne Road

Ocean Springs Bay Rentals LLC 12/9/13

LLC 1320 S 10th Street

Catalyst Commercial Real Estate LLC

LLC

12/19/13 2701 English Drive Catalyst Holdings LLC LLC 12/19/13 2701 English Drive Catalyst LLC LLC 12/19/13 2701 English Drive CL Family, LLC LLC 12/30/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F Day to Day Nutrition, LLC LLC 12/30/13 1911 Stuart Avenue DLM Right of Way, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 6603 Baker Rd DML, LLC LLC 12/26/13 996 N. Halstead Rd. Dream Team Cleaning LLC LLC 12/6/13 10356 Shady Pine Drive EH Family, LLC LLC 12/20/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F Feng’s LLC LLC 12/9/13 803 Bienville Blvd Four Seasons Pools LLC LLC 12/9/13 1320 S 10th Street Gargoyle Properties LLC LLC 12/9/13 1406 Bienville Blvd., Suite 101 GP Digestive LLC LLC 12/31/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F GP Equipment LLC LLC 12/30/13 1019 Government Street Ste F GP InHouse LLC LLC 12/30/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F GP Martin LLC LLC 12/31/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F Gregory Group LLC LLC 12/17/13 2113 Government Street Ste H3 Gulf Resort Management, LLC LLC 12/11/13 2112 Bienville Blvd., Suite a Hammons Bookkeeping & Tax Service, LLCLLC

12/18/13 7500 Joe Foundation Rd Hand Up, LLC LLC 12/11/13 433 East Beach Drive Heather Rhoden MD PLLC PLLC 12/11/13 3631 Bienville Blvd, Suite A Jama, LLC LLC 12/20/13 7501 Martin Court (39564) Jetserve Solutions LLC LLC 12/16/13 2953 Bienville Blvd., Suite #197 JJ Spa, LLC LLC 12/18/13 6819 Washington Ave, Suite I JWR Family LLC LLC 12/31/13 1019 Government Street, Suite F LLC L. V. Investment LLC 12/9/13 3226 DIJON AVENUE Medina Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/2/13 1052 Conley Circle Mereo Consulting LLC LLC 12/2/13 6101 Mossy Oak Dr E Morning Sun Concepts Dba OTH 12/30/13 1111 W Cherokee Blvd MRG Management Services Organization, LLC LLC 12/2/13 22 Doctors Drive, Suite C Park Knoll Trail, LLC LLC 12/20/13 3890 Bienville Blvd. Pettigrew & Associates Law PLLCPLLC 12/3/13 401 Inverness Ct PTT Management, LLC LLC 12/20/13 1214 Iola Road R A Maintenance LLC 12/12/13 1201 Washington Ave Riverside Property Investments Family, Limited Partnership LP 12/30/13 8101 Seaman Road Riverside Retirement LLC LLC 12/30/13 8101 Seaman Road

Sawyer and Pilgrim Construction Co LLC LLC

12/6/13

811 Porter Ave. Apt #5

Southeastern Development - AL, LLC

LLC

12/31/13 2112 Bienville Blvd., Suite A Spiritas Senior Services NP 12/11/13 425 Hanley Rd. Toscana Homeowners Association Inc

12/11/13 5509 Via Ponte Van Wurm, MD PLLC PLLC 12/13/13 3631 Bienville Blvd., Ste. A Vip Enterprises, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 1308 Bienville Rd William T Windsor Jr DBA OTH 12/30/13 1111 W Cherokee Blvd Williams Tower Services Inc BUS 12/6/13 1406 Bienville Blvd., Suite 100

Olive Branch A & C Gillespie Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/30/13 9179 Pigeon Roost Rd AC Sooner Holdings LLC LLC 12/30/13 5772 Burlington Lane Animal Internal Medicine of Mississippi PLLC LLC 12/19/13 6897 Cumpler Blvd., Ste. 100 B&G Acceleration Inc BUS 12/6/13 8670 Saddle Creek Drive C S Frier L.L.C. LLC 12/19/13 9025 Hunters Ridge Drive Creme De La Creme Girls Mentoring Program NP 12/12/13 7655 Alexanders Ridge Cove Crusader Construction LLC LLC 12/16/13 9859 Piney Ridge Drive DK Hospitality LLC LLC 12/4/13 6441 Carson Drive Flywheel Motors DBA BUS 12/6/13 8670 Saddle Creek Drive Freeman Opthalmics, LLC LLC 12/19/13 8761 Caroma KC-Wimpy’s #1 LLC LLC 12/16/13 12918 Myrtle Bend Loop LDW, LLC LLC 12/27/13 12805 Meadow View Drive Neergaard Farms, LLC LLC 12/2/13 14281 State Line Rd NF Countertops LLC LLC 12/11/13 8470 Summit Cove Pfeiffer Enterprises LLC LLC 12/9/13 8875 Germantown Rd Stenstrom Schneider Inc BUS 12/23/13 6515 Goodman Rd., Suite 4 Stonewall Investments Properties LLC LLC

12/6/13 8110 Industrial Drive T & H Nails Corporation BUS 12/16/13 8300 Montrose Dr Teresa Fancy Nails Corporation BUS 12/16/13 8300 Montrose Dr The Catering Company LLC LLC 12/30/13 10181 Fox Run Drive TJM Properties LLC LLC 12/11/13 1717 Cherry Tree Tokai Japanese Steak House & Sushi BarOTH

12/12/13 4284 Abele Cv TT&C Employment Solutions, LLC LLC 12/16/13 9259 Mitchells Corner Rd N

Osyka CONO39657, LLC LLC 12/16/13 200 W. Railroad Avenue S Delaware, LLC LLC 12/23/13 1143 Hwy 51 N-O

Oxford 3 Way Laundromat LLC LLC 12/16/13 1436 North Lamar Blvd 711MLK, LLC LLC 12/9/13 103-A Courthouse Square A & P Drywall LLC LLC 12/9/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C AGF Auto Investments, LLC LLC 12/16/13 206 Country Club Lane AMC Links, LLC LLC 12/6/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C America’s Health Group Inc BUS 12/12/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C American Musical Supply, Inc. BUS 12/27/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C American National Benefits Group, LLC LLC

12/12/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Animus LLC LLC 12/30/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Billups Coffee, LLC LLC 12/6/13829 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 2 Boutwell Restaurant Group LLC LLC 12/2/13 114 Courthouse Square Suite A Bryan Food Systems LLC LLC 12/30/13 318 Cotton Rd

INCORPORATIONS

38 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14, 2014 C & D Steel Erectors, Inc. BUS 12/2/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C C & S MidSouth Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/2/13 2084 B Old Taylor Road C and B Property LLC LLC 12/12/13 70 Aspen Loop Campbell Allen Computer Solutions, LLC LLC

12/31/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite B-2 CLS Capital Properties, LLC LLC 12/23/13 1130 North Lamar Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Inc. NP 12/6/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Contractor Service & Fabrication, Inc. BUS

12/2/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Cotton’s Cafe LLC LLC 12/27/13 101 Private Road 1107 CWG Properties LLC LLC 12/20/13 265 N Lamar, Suite W Deliworx-Olive Branch, LLC LLC 12/26/13 7004 Bluff Lane DELTA WRX, LLC LLC 12/2/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Diamond Land Hunting Club, LLC LLC 12/13/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Diamond Land Investment Company, LLCLLC

12/13/13

405 Galleria Lane, Suite C

Diamond Land Membership Company, LLCLLC

12/13/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C DogTrot Rental LLC LLC 12/19/13 1300 Access Rd. Ste 100 Ferrell Holdings, LLC LLC 12/17/13 23 Cr 207 Fleur De Lis Condominium Association, Inc. NP 12/16/13 829 North Lamar Blvd, Suite 1 Genesis Engineering Group LLC LLC 12/30/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C GLR Consulting LLC LLC 12/2/13 829 North Lamar Blvd., Ste 1 Green & Healthy Homes Initiative DBA NP

12/6/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Gunnoe Investment Group LP LP 12/23/13 4002 Links Cove Gunnoe, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 4002 Links Cove Heritage Motor Cars LLC LLC 12/6/13 302 Hwy 7 South Hooper Hill, LLC LLC 12/2/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 JTH Financial, LLC LLC 12/23/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Leigh Ann Teague, LCSW, LLC LLC 12/11/13 1013 Augusta Drive MAA International INC BUS 12/4/13 1300 Van Buren Avenue Suite 112 Magnolia Motesorri Parent Association LLC LLC 12/16/13 1739 University Ave. #295 Marking Services Installation, Inc.BUS 12/27/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C NewStudio Architecture LLC LLC 12/12/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Next Gear Solutions, Inc. BUS 12/5/13 400 South Lamar, Suite A NMP Insurance Services, LLC LLC 12/16/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Ora Lumas DBA OTH 12/11/13 3011 Hillmont Dr Oxford Arms Corp BUS 12/16/13 1300 Van Buren Avenue #112 Oxford Moving Company LLC LLC 12/11/13 85 C County Rd 104 Oxford Richmark, LLC LLC 12/19/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Paul Davis National LLC LLC 12/26/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Pete and Repeat Exotic Pet Store LLC

LLC

12/2/13 209 Timber Lane Philadelphia Shopping Center LLC LLC 12/11/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Photos Etc.. Corporation BUS 12/16/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Prism Medical Products LLC LLC 12/2/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Prospect Hill, LLC LLC 12/2/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Psychiatric Medical Care, LLC LLC 12/16/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Ralph Price Attorney at Law PLLCPLLC 12/2/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C RFFC Financial LLC LLC 12/23/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Richmark Oxford, LLC LLC 12/19/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 ROI Global Solutions, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Saci Boutique OTH 12/6/13 3011 Hillmont Dr Saci Boutique Dba OTH 12/11/13 3011 Hillmont Dr

SCS Rentals LLC LLC 12/9/13 2653 West Oxford Loop, Suite 108 SouthEastern Evaluation LLC LLC 12/9/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Spears Production Co. Inc. BUS 12/19/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Spencer Architect, PLLC PLLC 12/19/13 1302 Gardenia Cove Taylor Pointe LLC LLC 12/9/13 829 North Lamar Blvd. Tele Circuit Network Corporation BUS 12/18/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Thunder Hollow, LLC LLC 12/26/13 21019 Wills Trace TruStar Energy, LLC LLC 12/9/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C University Place II Gp, LLC LLC 12/13/13 2330 University Avenue White Oak Ridge, LLC LLC 12/6/13 6 CR 212 Wiggins, Incorporated BUS 12/4/13 450 Galleria Lane Suite C Willow Anesthesia Services LLC LLC 12/2/13 160 County Rd 313 Willow Anesthesia Solutions, LLC LLC 12/2/13 160 County Rd 313 Writer on Staff, LLC LLC 12/26/13 255 County Road 325

Pascagoula B Nett Radio LLC LLC 12/16/13 3108 Martin St Bridget Blue, LLC LLC 12/26/13 1213 22Nd St Gulf Islands Dentistry, Inc. BUS 12/9/13 1226 Jackson Avenue Handy Lock of Biloxi, LLC LLC 12/3/13 4051 Gautier Vancleave Road Marsh Pirate, LLC LLC 12/11/13 1013 Belair St Northern Gulf States Service, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1003 Columbus Drive OADG Inc. NP 12/16/13 3108 Martin St Pascagoula Clinic of Chiropractic LLC

LLC

12/16/13 421 Delmas Ave SOB Entertainment LLC LLC 12/16/13 3108 Martin St Wrigleyville, LLC LLC 12/6/13 619 Krebs Avenue

Pass Christian B.E.V. Pass L.L.C. LLC 12/30/13 27564 River Road Fort Patriot, LLC LLC 12/23/13 6820 Kapalama Dr Mayer Building Company LLC LLC 12/18/13 589 Sandy Hook Drive Olivier Healthcare Solutions, LLC LLC 12/18/13 1022 Demourelle Road Pine Hills Floral Designs, LLC LLC 12/6/13 25080 Arcadia Farm Road Xuan Nhi Inc BUS 12/19/13 22014 Derrick Road

Pearl Band Together for Life NP 12/3/13 111 Pruitt Lane Hester Industries LLC LLC 12/30/13 311 West Petros Rd HP Johnson Holdings LLC LLC 12/13/13 110 Crosspark Drive

Petal

Raleigh

C Square, LLC LLC 12/11/13 44 Shawnee Trail Duffield and Duffield, P.A. PA 12/23/13 197 Wildwood Trail Feng Shen Inc. BUS 12/5/13 35 Byrd Blvd. Suite 701 Goodwin Imaging LLC LLC 12/13/13 376 Trussell Rd Kittrell Industrial and Supply LLC LLC 12/12/13 61 Temple Road Ray’s Quality Meats LLC LLC 12/30/13 925 U.s. Highway 11 TyBe Company LLC LLC 12/23/13 44 Shawnee Trail

Elmore Exploration, Inc BUS 12/16/13 134 Main Street

Philadelphia Hospitality Group of Philadelphia, LLC LLC

12/6/13 428 Center St Hudson State Farm Agency, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 290 Canal Place Premier Place LLC LLC 12/27/13 423 Center Avenue Prince Payroll Solutions LLC LLC 12/11/13 150 Hospital Street Stokes Technologies, LLC LLC 12/23/13 10070 Road 749 The JBB Company LLC LLC 12/16/13 423 Center Avenue Thomasson Mats & Leasing, LLC LLC 12/2/13 1007 St. Francis Drive Thomasson Mats, LLC LLC 12/2/13 1007 St. Francis Drive

Picayune A and A Country Store Inc BUS 12/13/13 680 Ceasar Rd Bonaparte Square Properties LLC LLC 12/10/13 103 Sleepy Hollow Street Granada Square Properties LLC LLC 12/10/13 103 Sleepy Hollow Street Limitless Towers LLC LLC 12/19/13 8031 Cuevas Town Rd Meadow Wood Properties LLC LLC 12/10/13 103 Sleepy Hollow Street Provo Distribution, LLC LLC 12/16/13 9039 James St

Pinola MAC Walker, INC. BUS 12/11/13 420 Joe Buckley Road

Pontotoc Artanis Sourcing, LLC LLC 12/12/13 279 Ridgewood Dr GMC Land Co., LLC LLC 12/9/13 1200 Kiersten Lane

Pope Ditchbank Enterprises LLC LLC 12/30/13 267 Deerfoot Lane L & B Investments LLC LLC 12/13/13 2439 Leslie Rd NMPS Enterprises, LLC 12/19/13 267 Deer Ft. Lane

Poplarville Fantasy Nail LLC 12/12/13

LLC 941 South Main St.

Poplarville Strength and Conditioning LLCLLC

12/2/13 309 A Airport Road JRMG LLC LLC 12/20/13 2026 Oakridge Drive King Food Services LLC LLC 12/11/13 2436 Hwy 80 E Riverbend IHCS Group LLC LLC 12/13/13 110 Crosspark Drive, Suite G Slater Enterprises LLC LLC 12/5/13 125 Fairview Circle

12/11/13

Agnew Properties LLC LLC 12/6/13 601 Highway 481 Hit the Road Jack Transporting LLCLLC 12/5/13 902 Second Street

Perkinston Bread of Life Ministry Perkinston NP 12/23/13 2269 Perkinston Silver Run Rd Dave’s Automation Services, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 1000 Wire Road East Hansen Properties, LLC LLC 12/5/13 191 Ridge Road Mudfest, LLC LLC 12/16/13 1192 Vestry Road

Breland Coker & Floyd Accounting & Tax Professionals Inc BUS 12/19/13 125 Stone Creek Drive Chadrak Acres LLC LLC 12/2/13 109 Holliday Trace Chermobyl Media LLC LLC 12/12/13 1090 Hall Lane Drip Drop Coffee Shop, LLC LLC 12/30/13 138 Windy Hill Cove JBC Marketing, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 108 Ridge Park Place

Red Banks LLC 4210 Hwy 178 W

Richland Fence Works LLC LLC 12/26/13 100 Old Hwy 49 S Lindsey Fence Co LLC LLC 12/26/13 100 Old Hwy 49 S S2 Environmental LLC LLC 12/10/13 119 McBride St Silt Fence Services, LLC LLC 12/11/13 627 Hwy 49 S, Suite A Stewart Strange LLC LLC 12/6/13 627 Hwy 49s, Suite A Suwannee River Pinestraw LLC LLC 12/23/13 627 Hwy 49s, Suite A

1103 Craft, LLC LLC 12/3/13 700 Avignon Drive, Suite C 1107 Craft, LLC LLC 12/3/13 700 Avignon Drive, Suite C AAY Associates Inc BUS 12/19/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B B’s Ambitions LLC LLC 12/3/13 711 Lake Harbour Drive Apt 1169 Black River Petroleum LLC LLC 12/12/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Brik Investors, LLC LLC 12/10/13 308 Corporate Drive Car World 360 LLC LLC 12/20/13 304 Inverness Cove CAT OF MISSISSIPPI LLC LLC 12/3/13 1005 Bayview Cove

410 Larkin Smith St

Prentiss Jones Used Cars, LLC 12/2/13

LLC 1460 Sebron St

Purvis MBR Management, Inc. BUS 12/3/13 489 Doc Johnson Rd Quest and Publish, LLC LLC 12/23/13 290 Hickory Hills Loop Sandstone Utilities, LLC LLC 12/26/13 673 Slade Road Trendy Belle LLC LLC 12/18/13 246 McMahon Rd Apt G

Quitman Allen Field Sales LLC LLC 12/18/13 41 CR 678 Clarke County Villas, LLC LLC 12/26/13 430 County Road 6752 TODD Inc BUS 12/16/13 299 N. Glenn Avenue, Apt. N

Junction Cafe, LLC LLC 12/4/13 639 Romie Hill Ave.

Ripley

Shaw

John Curtis Phillips LLC LLC 12/5/13 1311 City Ave North

Summit

Winter Winter Entertainment LLC LLC 12/11/13 502 Scott St

Rolling Fork

Shubuta

Bond Towing and Recovery LLC LLC 12/17/13 1104 Eagle Ridge Road Saltbox Farms LLC LLC 12/2/13 1097 Della Drive

Krupa Food LLC LLC 12/5/13 21053 Hwy 61 North Lorenzen Farms, LLC LLC 12/31/13 2374 Highway 16 West

The Living Church of God Pentecostal Enterprise, Mississippi NP 12/17/13 152 County Road 2801

12/30/13 613 Crescent Circle, Suite 201 Complete Renovation, LLC LLC 12/26/13 625 Highland Colony Parkway Cotton Mill Marketplace Starkville, LLC LLC

12/10/13 368 Highland Colony Parkway County Seat, LLC LLC 12/13/13 1060 E. Countyline Rd ., Ste 22 Designated Drivers 4 Less Limited Liability Company LLC 12/16/13 308 Longmeadow Ct N East Coast Water Systems, LLC LLC 12/9/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Foxworth Chiropractic DBA LLC 12/30/13618 Crescent Boulevard, Suite 203 Foxworth Chiropractic LLC LLC 12/30/13618 Crescent Boulevard, Suite 203 Global Training Consultants, LLC LLC 355 Pinewood Lane 12/3/13 Green Energy Investments, LLC LLC 12/4/13 510 Heatherstone Court H2O Productions LLC LLC 12/9/13 221 Bridgeford Blvd Henry Health & Wellness Center LLC

LLC

12/9/13 618 Crescent Boulevard, Suite 203 Hope Healthcare Fund, LLC LLC 12/26/13 1076 Highland Colony Parkway, Concourse 600, Suite 100

JGM Medical LLC LLC 12/4/13 218 Sawbridge Drive Kings Industrial Painting Inc BUS 12/31/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B LA & BC White Properties, LLC LLC 12/11/13 625 Highland Colony Parkway Suite 104 Lion Zion Properties LLC LLC 12/17/13 130 Lake Holleman Place My Pharmacy LLC LLC 12/9/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B N Touch Communications LLC LLC 12/23/13 146 Wheatley Place Nathan’s at Great Scott LLC LLC 12/20/13 101 West Washington St C3-4 Oceania LLC LLC 12/6/13 603 Northpark Drive P H D LLC LLC 12/2/13 1075 Lake Harbour Drive

LLC

12/20/13 402 Legacy Park 39157 Primary Care Institute for Clinical Excellence NP 12/9/13 755 Avignon Drive Pro Curb & Concrete, LLC LLC 12/11/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Reaves Janitorial Services DBA OTH 12/16/13 580 S Pear Orchard Apt. 617 Richard Flood Law Firm LLC LLC 12/18/13 123 Hawthorne Vale Riverbend Crossing Development II, LLC LLC

12/20/13 402 Legacy Park 39157 Robinson Vision Care PLLC PLLC 12/9/13 959 Lake Harbour Dr. , Apt 1108 Royal Health Inc BUS 12/2/13 587 Hwy 51 Suite # S Rush Trucking Corporation BUS 12/9/13 350 Arbor Dr Suite D Service First LLC LLC 12/6/13 854 Centre St Ste E-1 Signature Events LLC LLC 12/18/13 739 Shady Oaks Cr Oxford MS 38655 Starkville Salsarita’s, LLC LLC 1020 Highland Colony Parkway, Ste 1400 12/19/13 Tony Antwan Reaves DBA OTH 12/16/13 580 S Pear Orchard Apt. 617 Tree Tops Miss, LLC LLC 12/2/13 805 South Wheatley, Suite 190 Twin Oaks LLC LLC 12/12/13 216 W. Jackson St. VZ Rental LLC LLC 12/10/13 300 Concourse Blvd. , Suite 200

Ripley ACTC Holding, LLC LLC 12/20/13 9950 Hwy 15 South Animal Clinic of Tippah County, LLC

Ridgeland

Combined Benefits Administrators Inc BUS

Jackson Communications Properties LLC LLC

Pelahatchie

Raymond

Ronnies Auto LLC 12/2/13

Blue Pyramid LLC LLC 12/30/13 102 Harlem St Camelot Court LLC LLC 12/13/13 214 E. Main Street Chandler Holdings, LLC LLC 12/20/13 201†Academy†Road,†Suite†5 Computer Protection and Repair OTH 12/11/13 612 Hospital Rd Connected Inc. BUS 12/20/13 100 Research Blvd., Suite 120 Deep South Pout, Inc. BUS 12/31/13 329-B University Drive GetOmniTech LLC LLC 12/2/13 60 Technology Blvd Hilbun Investment Properties LLC LLC 12/20/13 97 Gardenia Dr 39759 J Perry Properties LLC LLC 12/18/13 703 Greensboro Street Jeaux’s Boys, LLC LLC 12/16/13 85 Inverness Road JTs Burgers of Columbus LLC LLC 12/10/13 463 Curtis Chapel Rd LAG Investments LLC LLC 12/12/13 316 Lindbergh Blvd. Love Poppy, Inc. BUS 12/16/13 102 Grand Ridge Rd Moran Fitness, LLC LLC 12/13/13 12-K Lummus Drive NestedData, LLC LLC 12/6/13 304 East Gillespie Street O’Ferrall Management Group LLC LLC 12/9/13 113 S Lafayette Street Oktoc Animal Rescue, Inc. NP 12/4/13 1745 Mount Olive Road PNS Marketing, Inc. BUS 12/26/13 114 Kerkling Drive Sake Japanese Express Inc BUS 12/5/13 831 Hwy 12 Suite A Service Insurance Agency LLC LLC 12/17/13 547 Mayhew Road Starkville Acquisition LLC LLC 12/16/13 518 Hummingbird Lane The Eclectic Chamber Orchestra NP 12/10/13 176 E Lakeshore Dr Umi Steakhouse Inc BUS 12/9/13 315 Hwy 12 West

Phillips Development Company I LLC

LLC

12/20/13 9950 Hwy 15 South Behm Capital Holdings LLC LLC 12/12/13 121 Hospital St. Davis Enterprises LLC LLC 12/26/13 1122 City Avenue North He’s Awesome, LLC LLC 12/2/13 106 East Mulberry St

Ruleville Mississippi State Youth Conference of Churches of Christ NP 12/13/13 426 Delmar Avenue

Ruth Guidry’s Poultry LLC LLC 12/27/13 4401 W. Topisaw N

Sallis Dusty Road Retrievers LLC LLC 12/13/13 7639 Attala Road 4167 Southern Bella Photography and Design, LLC LLC 12/4/13 7639 Attala Road 4167

Saltillo Brown Trucking Company BUS 12/2/13 324 Turner Industrial Park Road Chickasaw Fly Fishers NP 12/2/13 137 Hutch Hill Lane H K Realty LLC LLC 12/12/13 842 Indian Oaks Drive Harwell & Jones LLC LLC 12/9/13 131 Pyle Drive James Brown Trucking Company BUS 12/2/13 324 Turner Industrial Park Road La Bella Salon LLC LLC 12/9/13 131 Pyle Drive Magnolia Villas, LLC LLC 12/20/13 1392 CR 885 N. Jones Financial LLC LLC 12/9/13 131 Pyle Drive Praise HIM Gospel Songs LLC LLC 12/2/13 532 Mobile St

Sandersville Firebird Properties LLC LLC 12/6/13 915 N Front Street

Sandy Hook Martino Claim Services, Inc. BUS 12/2/13 978 Hurricane Creek Rd

Sardis Crossroad Chevron LLC LLC 12/30/13 27789 Hwy 6 D-Cap Produce Limited Liability Company LLC 12/5/13 15199 Ballentine Road

Saucier Global Vision Ventures LLC LLC 12/2/13 18430 Robinwood Dr

Seminary Buckatunna Long Creek Hunting Club, Inc.NP

12/23/13 25 Lott Lane Crossroads Country Store, LLC LLC 12/20/13 691 Earl Brashier Road Daughtrey Mental Health Services, LLC LLC

12/26/13 10 Evergreen Church Rd. SunRayz Tanning & Boutique, LLC LLC 12/27/13 119 W Main St

Senatobia 5 Star Youth Football & Cheer NP 12/2/13 118 Court St GLIS LLC LLC 12/30/13 134 N Front Street Hot Wangs.Comoxford, Inc BUS 12/2/13 114 Carter St. Julian Smith Sales, LLC LLC 12/26/13 561 Country Club Dr Ross Family Properties LLC LLC 12/26/13 160 Gwen Road World Choice Candle Company 12/23/13 102 Evergreen Dr

Shannon

Sidon Sims Farms, LLC 12/23/13

LLC 3522 CR 249

Sontag Green Rentals, LLC LLC 12/20/13 686 Sontag-Nola Rd

Southaven Boss Hog Bar-B-Q, LLC LLC 12/9/13 1092 Goodman Road East Dr. Mark Lynn & Associates, PLLCPLLC 12/11/13 338 Goodman Rd W Hagstrom’s Automotive LLC LLC 12/10/13 1396 Brookhaven Drive Hayes Law Firm, PLLC PLLC 12/11/135740 Getwell Road Bldg. 9, Suite A Memphis Foam Fabricators, Inc BUS 12/16/13 8901 First Industrial Drive Nichols Fire and Security LLC LLC 12/9/13 3632 Belle Pointe Potts Camp Food Mart Inc BUS 12/26/13 187 E Stateline Rd Ste 4 Ryan T. England Agency, LLC LLC 12/18/13 3866 Old Orchard Place The Lundy Group LLC LLC 12/6/13 4440 Liverpool Ln Tickles & Company LLC LLC 12/19/13 8236 Farmington Dr E Visionworks Doctors of Optometry DBAPLLC

12/11/13 338 Goodman Rd W Wahoo Transport, LLC LLC 12/23/13 5293 Getwell Road

Sumrall The Dietetic Practice, LLC LLC 12/30/13 113 Hemingway Drive

Taylor Victor J Latavish Architect PA PA 12/17/13 472 Cotton Road

Taylorsville Jan Signs Enterprise, Inc BUS 12/17/13 15719 Hwy 37

Terry Cotton Properties of MS LLC LLC 12/30/13 120 Midway Estates Drive Doc Maintenance, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 18349 Midway Road El Paraiso Community Farm, LLC LLC 12/5/13 3525 Myers Rd Fabriclean Supply of Atlanta Limited Partnership LP 12/13/13 18349 Midway Road Funchess & Associates LLC LLC 12/17/13 1096 Georgetown Circle KBM, Inc. BUS 12/6/13 18349 Midway Road King’s Building Maintenance, Inc. BUS 12/6/13 18349 Midway Road MaxHome Improvements, LLC LLC 12/9/13 18349 Midway Road MaxHome L.L.C. LLC 12/9/13 18349 Midway Road Triple B Ranch, LLC LLC 12/19/13 14347 Lebanon Pinegrove Road

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Cooper Development, LLC LLC 12/3/13 1020 First Street

Bikers Helping Neighbors MC NP 12/20/13 397 Cr 87 Southeast CNC, LLC LLC 12/6/13 1261 Main Street

Starkville

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Aviciti, LLC 12/3/13

LLC 176 E. Lakeshore Dr

RDP Farms, LLC 12/2/13

LLC 1080 River Road

INCORPORATIONS Tupelo 415 Willena LLC LLC 12/27/13 336 N. Green Street (38804) 6teen LLC LLC 12/19/13 3148 N. Hill Drive A-Doorable Properties, LLC LLC 12/2/13 5244 Frog Meadow Lane B & S Pawn Shop LLC LLC 12/16/13 603 South Gloster Bellringer Lawn Service LLC LLC 12/19/13 904 B Privet Cove Betts Properties, LLC LLC 12/12/13 202 Milford Street Chevron on Gloster LLC LLC 12/19/13 850 N. Gloster Cissy B’s Catering LLC LLC 12/6/13 206 Troy Street Daybrite Collision Inc BUS 12/4/13 509 Daybrite Drive Deluxe 1 Limo LLC LLC 12/17/13 201 South Gloster Street HomeStretch, Inc. BUS 12/12/13 322 West Jefferson Street Kangaroo Trading Company Inc BUS 12/12/13 1632 Chism Trail Legend Publishing LLC LLC 12/20/13 499 Gloster Creek Village Marla Monroe LLC LLC 12/19/13 4762 West Main Mata Farms LLC LLC 12/19/13 105 South Front Street Mineral Springs Health Care PLLCPLLC 12/9/13322 West Jefferson Street (38804) Mississippi Magnolias Organization, LLC LLC

12/4/13 508 Lumpkin Avenue, Apt 3 Mississippi Properties Services LLCLLC 12/6/13 1703 Valley Road

New Trendy Tree, Inc. BUS 12/30/13 105 South Front Street North Central Probation Services Inc.

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12/11/13499 Gloster Creek Village Suite I-4 North Mississippi Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. NP 12/18/13 1125 West Main Street 38801 Pitts Investments, LLC LLC 12/17/13 1418 Mitts Drive Right Side Compliance, LLC LLC 12/5/13 1225 Countrywood Cove Rubb Jee II, LLC LLC 12/9/13 322 JEFFERSON ST, P O DRAWER 409 Sams Cellphone and Accessories Inc

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12/30/13 1130 West Main Street Side by Side Properties, LLC LLC 12/20/13 336 N. Green Street (38804) Southern Handyman LLC LLC 12/2/13 106 Cr 1682 The Tupelo Soap Company, LLC LLC 12/30/13 359 North Broadway Street TMM Properties, LLC LLC 12/16/13 2137 Deer Run Road Tupelo Soap Company, LLC LLC 12/30/13 359 North Broadway Street Tupelo Wireless and Accessories Inc

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12/30/13 1130 West Main Street Workshop LLC LLC 12/16/13 115 North Thomas Street

Tutwiler Landen’s Grill, LLC 12/9/13 Safley Farms, LLC 12/4/13

LLC 100 Second Street LLC 610 Camp 11 Road

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Tylertown CCC Drilling, LLC LLC 12/23/13 729 Beulah Avenue HLH Farm, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 819 Old Holmesville Rd Hub City Bit LLC LLC 12/2/13 404 Tyler Avenue Hugh L. Herrin, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 819 Old Holmesville Rd JMD Recovery Support, LLC LLC 12/4/13 102 Centerville Road L & L Hospice, Inc. BUS 12/11/13 423 Beulah Ave Longleaf Properties LLC LLC 12/19/13 227 Hwy 48 E Old River Steakhouse, LLC LLC 12/17/13 28 Clyde Rhodus Rd Smith Petroleum Land Services, LLC

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Union Envy Her Boutique DBA OTH 12/10/13 104 Line St Newton County Pest Control, LLC LLC 12/19/13 431 North Street Sakina Gill DBA OTH 12/10/13 104 Line St

Union Church M & M Poultry, Inc. BUS 12/20/13 3713 NW Hwy 550

Vancleave C.A.W. Consultants Inc. BUS 12/17/13 9626 Theriot Ave

First Choice Medicine LLC LLC 12/12/13 10513 Antioch Rd Julia Hines, OTR, LLC LLC 12/3/13 2109 Holder Road

Vicksburg Landing LLC LLC 12/31/13 820 South Street, Suite 501 (39180) Vicksburg Sports Foundation Inc NP 12/31/13 820 South Street, Suite 501

Vicksburg

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A K Contracting Property Management, LLC LLC 12/2/13 6817 Oakridge Road All Work And No Play, LLC LLC 12/23/13 1303 Newit Vick Drive

Full Circle LLC 12/20/13

Andrew Ayers Martin, M.D., J.D, PA.

12/3/13 5820 Old Hwy 27 Buck Warrior Enterprises, LLC LLC 12/27/13 101 Cherrybark Lane H V Wall Land Company LLC LLC 12/18/13 105 Lakewood Hills L & J Nemec Services LLC LLC 12/23/13 112 Monteray Drive MISS LOU Lithotripsy, LLC LLC 12/30/13 106 Lakewood Hills Nelson Kelley Construction, LLC LLC 12/4/13 1007 Mission Park Drive On Broken Pieces Corporation NP 12/18/13 120 Monteray Drive PABCO Construction Supply, LLC LLC 1007 Mission Park Drive 12/16/13 Randy Tupper LLC LLC 12/19/13 401 Silver Creek Dr Riverwind Lodging LLC LLC 12/13/13 1003 Mission Park Dr The Loft Salon and Spa, LLC LLC 12/26/13 1305 Washington Street Timeless Tax Service, LLC LLC 12/18/13 2606 Oak Street Vicksburg Arts Foundation Inc NP 12/31/13 820 South Street, Suite 501

LLC 6181 Desoto Road

Washington K & K Helping Hands NP 12/20/13 13 Blackwell Rd Natchez 39120 K & K Repairs LLC LLC 12/20/13 13 Blackwell Rd Natchez 39120

Water Valley Bruce Variety Store Inc BUS 12/9/13 109 County Road 282 Oak Creek Sawmill LLC LLC 12/3/13 2549 Cr 105

Waveland Boss Status 258, LLC LLC 12/19/13 548 Hwy 90 Apt 405 JMS Consulting LLC LLC 12/18/13 817 Kyle Circle Southern Spray Tan L.L.C. LLC 12/31/13 1100 Sycamore St

Waynesboro Angus, LLC 12/13/13 Angus, LLC 12/13/13

705A Azalea Dr. LLC 705A Azalea Dr.

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C & S Garage Doors LLC LLC 12/26/13 3283 Hwy 63 LOK Trucking, LLC LLC 12/13/13927 Buckatunna Mount Zion Road Magnolia Hot Shot Service LLC LLC 12/10/13 1030 Patton Creek Rd. Riverview High Class of 65 NP 12/12/13 24 Walter Jordan Drive Soulshine Properties, LLC LLC 12/18/13 19 Jobeth St Southern Customs Inc BUS 12/3/13 530 Second Street LLC Thomas Edwin Boyles, LLC 12/6/13 10 Green Ridge Drive Triple J Farms Inc BUS 12/19/13 40 Troy Sanderson Drive

Wiggins Dr Burn’s Horse, Hay & Cattle Farm, LLC LLC

12/23/13 3087 Highway 26 E Dr. Burn’s Medical Mall, LLC LLC 12/23/13 3087 Highway 26 E Smith’s Automotive Parts and Service, LLC LLC 12/6/13 46 Marshall Taylor Road

Winona Small Time Hot Dogs L.L.C. LLC 12/20/13 301 Sterling Avenue

Woodland E-Tax Services, LLC LLC 12/30/13 137 County Road 84

Weir Bethany Presbyterian Church NP 12/26/13 2655 Turnipseed Road

Yazoo City Law Office of Randolph C. Wood, PLLC PLLC

Wesson Dry Creek Farms of Caseyville, IncBUS 12/6/13 2846 Kimble Trail NW

West Point 3-D’s Trucking LLC LLC 12/13/13 514 Avalon St. CG Ventures, LLC LLC 12/13/13 430 Court Street D Team Trucking Company, LLC LLC 12/20/13 3868 E Church Hill Rd

12/12/13 2190 Waller Road Nagrom, LLC LLC 12/3/13 110 N. Jerry Clower Blvd, Suite W Paul Family Dentistry, Inc. BUS 12/17/13 410 N Jerry Clower Blvd Paul Properties, LLC LLC 12/17/13 410 N Jerry Clower Blvd Wood Farm LLC LLC 12/10/13 2190 Waller Road Yours Naturally NP 12/6/13 736 East Fifth Street

River Oaks Management Association, LLCLLC

12/18/13 10391 River Oaks Dr Southeastern Casing Services, LLCLLC 12/16/13 103 East Broad Street

NEWSMAKERS Educators recognized

BBB holds elections

Latil, Latham promoted

Firm welcomes Whitman

The Southern Weed Science Society recently honored a Mississippi State University faculty members for their outstanding contributions. Dan Reynolds, a professor in the MSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, received the Southern Weed Science Society Distinguished Service Award. Reynolds holds the Triplett Endowed Chair in agronomy. He has a three-way appointment with the College of McCurdy Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station and the MSU Extension Service. Assistant Extension professor Jay McCurdy received the Southern Weed Science Society Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award for his doctoral work at Auburn University. McCurdy is a newly-hired turf specialist in the Reynolds MSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

Better Business Bureau has elected members to its 2014 Executive Committee and board of directors. Executive Committee members are: James Finley (chairman), The Growth Coach, Jackson; Jeff Taylor (chair-elect), Two Men and A Truck, Ridgeland; Mike Allen (treasurer), Shopping Bargains.com, West Point; Foster Ellis (secretary), General Maintenance Systems, Jackson; and Brian Hinton (ex-officio), Anderson, Crawley, & Burke, Ridgeland. Members of the board of directors are: Johnny Baker, Baker Insurance, Columbus; Carol Burger, United Way of the Capital Area, Jackson; Julia Garrett, Meyer & Rosenbaum, Meridian; Felicia Gavin, DiamondJacks Casino & Hotel, Vicksburg; Don Glidewell, Think Anew, Ridgeland; Dr. William McHenry, Mississippi E-center, Jackson; Karen Preston-Morf, ERA Advantage Real Estate, Oxford; Jeff Peoples, Peoples Construction, Flowood; and John Yow, Trustmark Bank, Brandon.

Oliver A. Latil IV has been named CEO for Community Bank, Coast. Previously, Latil held the position of CEO for one of the bank’s subsidiaries, Community Bank, National Association, based in Mobile, Ala. Latil, an Ocean Springs native, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi with a bachelors of science in business administration with an emphasis in management. He is also a 1992 graduate of the Mis- Latham sissippi School of Banking. Active in the community, Latil is a member of the board of advisors for the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Mobile Area Partners in Progress. He is also active in many local charities and business organizations. Also, Natalie Latham has been promoted to assistant vice Latil president for Community Bank’s holding company in the Marketing Department. Latham joined Community Bank in 2005, and has served in the Marketing Department for the majority of that time. Latham, a Clinton native, is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelors of science in business administration, majoring in marketing. Active in the community, Latham volunteers her time with the American Lung Association and as the PVO president for Highland Bluff Elementary. She also is a long-time member of the Flowood Chamber of Commerce board of directors and is currently serving as the 2014 president. She and her husband, Jason Latham, have two children, Taylor and Tyler.

Copeland, Cook, Taylor, & Bush has added attorney Brian Whitman in the firm’s Gulf Coast office. Whitman, of Waveland, received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi and his B.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi Honors College. Whitman’s practice areas include litigation, third-party per- Whitman sonal injury defense, commercial litigation and transactions and workers’ compensation.

Beau Rivage selects Gehr Beau Rivage Resort & Casino welcomes Rick Gehr as Fallen Oak golf course’s new head golf professional. An accomplished golfer and operator, Gehr played in the 1998 U.S. Open and won the national PGA Assistant’s Championship the same year. Prior to joining MGM Resorts’ Gehr Fallen Oak, Gehr served as the director of golf operations at Craft Farms Resort in Gulf Shores, Ala. Gehr graduated from Auburn University with a bachelors of science in business finance.

Regimbal made shareholder The Kullman Firm has named Martin J. Regimbal of Columbus a shareholder. Regimbal holds a B.A. from the University of Mississippi and a J.D. (magna cum laude 2006) from the University of Mississippi School of Law. His practice is focused on representation of management in labor and employment law matters. Regimbal is admitted to practice in Mississippi, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia.

For announcements in Newsmakers; Contact: Wally Northway (601) 364-1016 • wally.northway@msbusiness.com

40 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14 2014 THE SPIN CYCLE

88 countries, brands on display at Winter Olympics ith the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics, all eyes are on the Black Sea city of Sochi as Russia hosts its first ever winter games under a cloud of controversy. As we tune-in to the all the pageantry, athleticism and spirited competition, the 88 countries participating in the games become the dominant global brands right before our eyes. It will be interesting to see which delegations rise to the occasion and claim brand gold. To say Russia starts from the back of the pack is an understatement. The country’s tough stance on civil freedoms has come under fire from all corners of the world — and the costs, estimated to hit $50 billion, amid allegations of corruption, is the most expensive Winter Olympics ever. Add to it increased security tensions, and the heightened terror risk following recent attacks on Volgograd, it casts an inauspicious gloom over the Olympic city. These headlines underscore the importance of dominant brands and partners, including Coca-Cola, Samsung, McDonalds and Visa. These brands and others advertising during the games are keenly aware of reputation as the skiing, skating, hockey, bobsled, luge and other popular events play out on the world stage. While most brands are staying with their Olympic plans, they must consider the new implications in today’s real-time global marketplace. It’s certainly a calculated risk, but still has broad appeal to a public that thirsts for positive, patriotic vibes to take them away from daily stress and challenges. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing attracted its fair share of negative publicity prior to the event, with large numbers of activists protesting the Games, causing a headache for sponsors. Yet in the eyes of audiences around the world, Beijing was a success — even if its legacy for the people of China was somewhat more mixed. Meanwhile, even London 2012 was not without inevitable criticism and doubt over the weather, cost and morale. However, it is the sporting achievements themselves that endure in the minds of consumers, and negativity towards Olympics host countries shouldn’t necessarily deter brands. The event itself is a great sporting spectacle, so more concerning for sponsors than the continued doubt over Russia’s suitability as an Olympic host country will be whether it can deliver ROI. Sponsors of major sporting events, from the World Cup to the Tour de France, run

certain risks in undertaking investment in sports individuals and events, with the associated possibility of damage to their reputation arising from any tension, social media missteps, drug mistakes or personal scandal. So as these Olympics play out, sponsors face increased possibility of reputational risk as political debate looks set to increase around a city and a Games mired in controversy. Now as the curtains have been pulled back and the games have begun, it seems the world has taken its collective seat and is basking in yet another spirit filled competition, where the athletes – not the troubles of terrorism or other world violence – are center stage!

Best ads of Super Bowl XLVIII, Spin Cycle style Let’s face it, the Super Bowl, ended very early on the field, as the Seattle Seahawks trounced The Denver Broncos in every phase of the game. So, with very little left to cheer, the world quickly turned its attention to the creativity of commercials. With that being said, here are the Top 5 Super Bowl ads as ranked by the Spin Cycle — who also serves on the USA TODAY Ad Meter Panel:

While most brands are staying with their Olympic plans, they must consider the new implications in today’s real-time global marketplace It’s certainly a calculated risk...

1. Budweiser “ Puppy Love” Animals and pets always grab the hearts and minds of viewers, and this gem by Budweiser didn’t upset. This puppy just couldn’t lose! In what was very much a dog of a game, this precious ad about a spunky pup who is adopted but keeps coming back home to the Clydesdale horse it loves, took After they ransack the place, we're treated the top prize — and won USA TODAY’S to the updated look of Radio Shack. Whether or not that convinces people to 2014 Super Bowl Ad Meter. walk into the stores remains to be seen, but altogether a solid attempt to refresh its rep2. Dannon’s Oikos Yogurt “The Spill” Too bad this didn’t air until late in the utation. fourth quarter, when much of the world had tuned out. But it was priceless humor that poked fun at yogurt-related oral pleasures with spokesman John Stamos and a beautiful young woman, but interrupted just in the nick of time by his former “Full House” costars Bob Saget and David Couilier.

3. Radio Shack “The Phone Call” This venerable electronics chain did something that few brands have the heart to risk as it updates it stores and image — it acknowledged reality and perception that the brand is a relic. So, the young store employee, after answering the phone, announces, “The 80s called. They want their store back.” And in a perfectly Super Bowlian moment, in storms a horde of 80s icons, real and imaginary. Mary Lou Retton, Twisted Sister's Dee Snyder, Alf, Ponch, Kid (and Play), Hulk Hogan, Chucky and more.

4. Chevy “Romance” While this spot might have taken a page from Bud Light with its raunchy humor approach, it was still quite awesome. And this ad, too, involved a slew of animals – these from the bovine persuasion. It was also refreshing. When we’ve been inundated with an entire football season of Silverado’s earnest spots that all start with “A man. A man and his truck. A man, his truck and...” — the addition of a stud bull (literally) and a soundtrack featuring Hot Chocolate's “You Sexy Thing” is a refreshingly splendid change of pace. 5. T-Mobile “No Contract, No Worries” and “Still No Contract” Perhaps Tim Tebow’s best NFL — and Denver Broncos — moment was not on the football field, but in an ad for a mobile phone company. The message was brilliant! Turns

out his actual skills (or lack thereof ) took care of that. A flashin-the-pan run for the Broncos a few years back netted him deals with Jockey and TiVo, but now the Heisman Todd Smith Trophy winner is contract-less. Which is great news for T-Mobile and Super Bowl viewers, because these two spots are on message for the product and for Tebow, who gamely makes light of his own situation as he enjoys life sans contracts. The joke might fly over the heads of nonfootball fans. But you know what? We deserve some jokes just for us.

Golden Mic | CVS Caremark CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the United States, took a major stand when it said it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in all of its 7,600 stores by next October. It’s the first time any drugstore has ever dropped this deadly cash cow, and it is part of a major shift in direction for the drugstore giant. How refreshing that a major brand that peddles health is abandoning a product that the Surgeon General blames for 480,000 deaths every year from heart disease, lung cancer and strokes. The decision gained immediate praise from the American Medical Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the American Cancer Society. The move – although costly, expecting to cost the company some $2 billion a year – will pay off in pure gold in reputation and brand identity. It underscores CVS’ long-term goal of becoming a central player in the U.S. health care system that interacts ever more closely with patients, giving flu shots, reminding them when they are not filling prescriptions, and, through its 800 Minute Clinic in-store nurse practitioner stations, prescribing medicines. For that, CVS get’s this week’s Golden Mic. Each week, The Spin Cycle will bestow a Golden Mic Award to the person, group or company in the court of public opinion that best exemplifies the tenets of solid PR, marketing and advertising — and those who don’t. Stay tuned — and step-up to the mic! And remember … Amplify Your Brand! Todd Smith is president and chief communications officer of Deane, Smith & Partners, a fullservice branding, PR, marketing and advertising firm with offices in Jackson. The firm — based in Nashville, Tenn. — is also affiliated with Mad Genius. Contact him at todd@deanesmithpartners.com, and follow him @spinsurgeon.

February 14 2014

Mississippi Business Journal

» MISSISSIPPI LEADERS by Martin Willoughby

Parental guidance Tann learns about business from family

n the United States, there are more than 75 million Baby Boomers, and it is estimated that approximately 7 million of them are privately held business owners. I reference these facts because there are a large number of familyowned business owners in Mississippi that will are or will be thinking through how to transition their business in the next few years. Some may opt to sell their business, some may transition to family members, and others may simply close their doors. I used to do a good bit of estate planning, and I was always amazed how many people failed to plan properly for their family’s future through estate planning. As I transitioned to business consulting, I have been even more amazed at how few owners of businesses have properly thought through the business succession/exit plan. As an entrepreneur; however, I can understand. Business owners face daily pressures simply to survive. The issues at hand are usually much more immediate and urgent than thinking through the ultimate exit of the business which seems way off in the future. My interviewee this week is another “Leader to Watch” in our state, and he has lived through a successful family owned business transition. Walker Tann is the managing broker at

Up Close With ... Walker Tann Title: Designated broker, Nix-Tann & Associates Favorite Books: ”The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann or anything by Jo Nesbo, who is a Norwegian author and musician.” First Job: ”My ﬁrst job was giving baseball hitting lessons to kids when I was in junior high. I loved it because baseball was my passion.” Proudest Moment as a Leader: ”My proudest moment as a leader was when my mother put a handwritten note on my desk about how proud she was of me.” Hobbies/Interests: ”Golf, running or anything outside. I don't sit still unless I am eating or sleeping!”

Nix-Tann & Associates, LLC, which he coowns with his mother Becky Tann. NixTann was founded in 1977 by Walker’s grandmother, Elaine Nix, and owned and operated for years by Walker’s parents, Bill and Becky Tann. Walker grew up in Jackson, and he knew from early on that he wanted to join the family business. While still in school at Mississippi State, he went ahead and earned his real estate license prior to graduation, and has been

the designated broker for the company since 2009. Walker shared, “Growing up, I did not realize how much work my parents actually did. I did see that there was no such thing as clocking in and clocking out for them. My parents have been my biggest mentors.” The key operating principle for the company is the Golden Rule. Walker’s personal leadership philosophy is to “have the right people around you and only work with the

“Growing up, I did not realize how much work my parents actually did.” Walker Tann Nix-Tann & Associates

best then at the end of the day you will be satisfied with your work.” He noted that he wants his team to feel like more than just another person who works at Nix-Tann, but rather “part of our Martin Willoughby family because at the end of the day our office is one big family.” Walker also emphasized the importance listening to others. He said, “It is amazing how many people want to direct and tell people what to do or not to do and don't take the time to actually listen.” Walker, 31, has made a smooth transition of being the head of the firm that has three offices and 44 associates. Besides being a leader in the company, Walker has also established himself as a leader in his industry. He has served on the board of directors of the Jackson Association of Realtors as well as the board of directors for the MLS of Jackson, and he was recently appointed the treasurer for the MLS of Jackson. The Tann family is a great example of how to make the transition in leadership. It is exciting to see enterprises which can continue to flourish as the torch of leadership is handed down. For many Mississippi family owned businesses, succession/exit planning will be an important issue in the years to come. As for Walker, a fourth-generation Jacksonian, I believe he will be making a positive impact in the community for years to come. Martin Willoughby is a business consultant and regular contributing columnist for the Mississippi Business Journal. He serves as Chief Operating Officer of Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC and can be reached at martin.willoughby@ butlersnow.com.

Author guides readers through elegant French Riviera society

» The Suitors By Cecile David-Weill Published by Open Press $16.95 paperback

ne reviewer called this book “Downton Abbey in the South of France set in the current century.” For the many fans of this PBS Masterpiece series, that's high praise and probably enough to get them reading Cecile David-Weill's witty, fun book about two sisters who scheme to save their family's home on the beautiful French Riviera. The sisters, Laure and Marie, learn of their parents’ plan to sell the family’s summer retreat, L’Agapanthe, and devise a plan for attracting a wealthy suitor who can afford to purchase the estate. Selling it would mean more than just losing a place to go during the summer – for the sisters, it’s become a necessary part of their character, their lifestyle, and their past. L’Agapanthe, a place of charm and nostalgia, is the perfect venue to exercise proper etiquette and intellect, though not all its visitors are socially savvy, especially when it’s a matter of understanding the relationships between old money and the

nouveau riche. The comedy of manners begins: with stock traders, yogis, fashion designers, models, swindlers, the Maﬁa, and a number of celebrity guests. Laure — witty, disarming and well-divorced — is the narrator and guides readers through elegant dinners, midnight swims in the bay, chit chat, house guest faux pas, as well as the romantic hopes and disappointments of two sisters who, above all, care most about each other. L' Agapanthe, like other homes of its caliber, is a house run

like a discrete, lavish hotel for a select group of invited friends and acquaintances. Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming expense of running such a place, Laure's parents decide to put it up for sale. Crushed, Laure and Marie hatch a plot to seduce a billionaire (there are quite few running around), who will either pay for the manse or so horrify their parents with his nouveau riche ways that they'll take L' Agapanthe off the market immediately. The author describes this society in fascinating detail — complete with seating charts and chauffeur pick-up schedule — elevating this book from a mere romp through old-money families of France into an intelligent, engaging study of a society that seems as if it should be extinct by now. When a ﬁrsttime guest arrives, for example, and proclaims he's "delighted" to be there, Laure dissects this unexpected breech of etiquette for a full page while admitting that "managing to make so many gaffs into one greeting was in fact a kind of triumph."

— Lynn Lofton, mbj@msbusiness.com

SALES MOVES

42 I Mississippi Business Journal I February 14, 2014 » JEFFREY GITOMER

How is a cup of coffee like a sale? When it’s with a customer!

like coffee. Dark, black coffee. Espresso. No cream. No sugar. Just dark, black coffee. You? But I look at coffee differently than you do. I don't “wake up and drink it.” I venture out to a coffee shop and an early morning meeting, and oh, by the way, I have coffee. My goal each day is to have an early morning cup of coffee with someone that can help me enhance relationships, make connections, build value and make sales. As a traveler, I can’t do this every day. But I try my best to do it as often as I am able. A meeting is a brand new way to look at the value of a cup of coffee. You may look at coffee as a cost or an expense. To me, coffee is an investment of time. It’s not “how I drink it.” Rather, it’s “who I drink it with.” KEY POINT OF UNDERSTANDING: Whenever I meet someone for coffee in the morning, I find the meeting is relaxed and fun. It’s a genuine exchange of information. Always informal and humorous. And it’s usually with someone I do business with or could do business with. I try to have these meetings early. Very early. Between seven and eight in the morning. Sometimes I have two breakfasts. One at seven and one and eight. Oftentimes my appointments meet each other, so it becomes an additional networking opportunity. Many of my customers, prospects, and con-

nections have done business with my other customers, prospects, and connections. PERSONAL NOTE: When I'm done my with coffee and my meeting is over, I get back home as fast as I can so I can take our young daughter to school by nine. And no, I can't do it every day, but that is the goal every day. Think about the impact of that. A sales call BEFORE the day starts. HERE’S HOW THAT IDEA APPLIES TO YOU: If you have one cup of coffee a day with a customer or prospect, that’s equal to 250 sales calls THIS YEAR that will be relaxed, build relationships, make sales, gain referrals, and create business opportunities. Coffee and sales – not just coffee. What could you do with an additional 250 meetings, appointments, or actual sales calls? How much extra income would that convert to? How much quicker could you advance your sales cycle? My wallet is pulsating just thinking about it. “But Jeffrey,” you whine, “My customers are scattered all over the country.” QUIT WHINING AND START THINKING: Drink coffee at your desk with a connection via Skype or vsee.com. Send Starbucks gift cards via aceofsales.com. It’s so unusual that customers will set the meeting, and then talk about how innovative it was.

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“But Jeffrey,” you whine, “What do I talk about during the meeting?” ANYTHING BUT BUSINESS AT THE START OF THE MEETING. • Talk family • Talk kids • Talk hobbies • Talk sports • Talk vacation • Talk travel • Talk fashion • Talk books • Talk movies • Talk culture • Talk passion • Talk ideas • Talk social media Ask questions that allow you to ask more questions. NO NEWS, NO WEATHER, NO POLITICS, NO RELIGION, or anything negative about people or things.

• Bring an idea • Bring an influential friend • Bring your Instagram on an iPad

“But Jeffrey,” you whine, “What tone should I set inside the meeting? HOW TO SAY IT: • Talk positive • Talk truth • Talk relaxed • Talk about things in common • Talk humor

Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of “The Sales Bible”, “Customer Satisfaction is Worthless” “Customer Loyalty is Priceless”, “The Little Red Book of Selling”, “The Little Red Book of Sales Answers”, “The Little Black Book of Connections”, “The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude”, “The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way”, “The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching”, “The Little Teal Book of Trust”, “The Little Book of Leadership”, and “Social BOOM!” His website, www.gitomer.com, will lead you to more information about training and seminars, or email him personally at salesman@gitomer.com.

“But Jeffrey,” you whine, “What sales tools should I bring?” TOOLS MAKE SALES FAST AND EASY: • Bring a referral • Bring a book

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