(FSEI)

In May 2001, First Seismic Corp. executed a letter of intent with Global Geo Services ASA, a Norwegian company (GGS), pursuant to which GGS proposed to acquire First Seismic. As of December 31, 1999, First Seismic Corp. provided various geo-scientific and complementary services that were used to develop opportunities in the oil and gas business worldwide. It owned and brokered seismic data and a range of geo-scientific information primarily used by its customers in upstream oil and gas explorati...