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[CloseHLS] Help Stop Stephens (HLS) Las Vegas Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Even one email to the multiple conference speakers listed below will be

very helpful.

 

 

*please forward to other animal friendly list*

 

Stephens, Inc. was the secret U.S. investor that saved Huntingdon Life

Sciences from being closed by extending them a $33 million loan. Stephens,

Inc. was already HLS's largest shareholder with 45.6 million shares.

 

Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is one of the world's largest contract animal

testing companies with headquarters in Great Britain, and a U.S. laboratory

located in East Millstone, NJ. Everyday 500 animals & shy; including dogs, cats,

monkeys, guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, mice, and birds & shy; die behind the walls

of HLS. All of the suffering and torture the animals face would have come to

an end if Stephens didn't step in-now they must be held accountable!

 

The following are featured speakers at an upcoming investment conference in

Las Vegas (March 21-23) sponsored by Stephens (more info

http://www.march21.net). Please contact these speakers before Tuesday March

20 to express your concern with them supporting Stephens. Let's make sure

that their featured speakers are well aware of potential problems at the

conference and are WORRIED and convey that message to Stephens on their own.

Hearing concerns from their own guys might have more impact than hearing

from us. It would sure be a bummer for Stephens if some of their speakers

canceled at the last minute!

 

This may be their first exposure to this issue and it will likely be their

first time as the target of this type of campaign. Explain that ethical

people do NOT support companies that cruelly kill animals. Also, explain

that if they continue to support Stephens they may become targets of similar

demonstrations.

 

*sample letter is at the bottom of this email following the contact info for

the speakers*

 

 

Please contact the following before Tuesday March 20

 

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Quick email (If you can only send one email - copy & paste into field

of your email to email most of below):

 

Wayne D. Angel <infocenter, Joe Palmisano and Josh Stiles

<ilda, Thomas Doe <tdoe, Teri L Geske

<cms_info, Richard W Cortright and Ronald M Barone

<questions

 

Web Forms (for those without email addresses):

 

http://www.fanniemae.com/contact/email_form.html

http://www.ideaglobal.com/contact/contact.html

http://www.theconsensus.com/frames/contact/frame1.html

http://www.salomonsmithbarney.com/cust_srv/contact/helpdesk/sugcomm.html

 

****************Details/Phone/Fax/800 Numbers Follow**********

 

Biographies, Photos, more details:

http://www.stephens.com/institutionalsales & trading/conferences/speakers.asp

 

Wayne D. Angell

Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director

Bear, Stearns & Co.

245 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10167

 

Email: infocenter

 

(888) 473-3819 (toll-free)

(212) 272-2000

 

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David Berson

Chief Economist Fannie Mae

 

Valarie D. Eiland, Credit Union Marketing, Fannie Mae

 

Nancy Greiner

Funding Desk Fannie Mae

 

Franklin D. Raines

Chairman and CEO

Fannie Mae

3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016-2892

 

202-752-7000

1-800-7FANNIE (1-800-732-6643)

 

web form: http://www.fanniemae.com/contact/email_form.html

 

****************

Joe Palmisano

Technical Analyst for IDEAglobal

 

Josh Stiles of Research for IDEAglobal

 

Web form: http://www.ideaglobal.com/contact/contact.html

 

****************

 

Rob Landauer of Business Development

Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc.

520 Broadway Eight Floor

New York, NY 10012

 

Email: ilda

212-274-9075

fax 212-274-0545

 

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Thomas Doe, President

Municipal Market Advisors

75 Main Street

Concord, Massachusetts 01742

 

(978) 287-0014 (tel)

(978) 371-2064 (fax)

 

email: tdoe

 

Web form: http://www.theconsensus.com/frames/contact/frame1.html

 

****************

Joe Deane

Managing Director

Smith Barney Asset Management

 

Webform:

 

http://www.salomonsmithbarney.com/cust_srv/contact/helpdesk/sugcomm.html

 

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Teri L. Geske

Senior Vice President of Product Development

Capital Management Sciences

11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90025

 

Phone (310) 479-9715

Fax (310) 479-6333

Email: cms_info

 

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Ronald M. Barone

Managing Director, Corporate and Government Ratings Group

Standard & Poor's

 

Richard W. Cortright, Jr., Corporate and Government Ratings Group

 

Standard & Poor's

Institutional Market Services

55 Water Street

New York, NY 10041-0003

 

Chicago, Illinois

(800) 356-8552

Boston, Massachusetts

(800) 532-2763

 

Email: questions

 

*******SAMPLE LETTER********

Note: please feel free to use your own words as well!

 

{insert name of person/company contacting}

 

Dear {insert name of person/company}

 

I am writing today to voice my outrage and disappointment over your support

of Stephens Inc. by speaking at the Fixed Investment Symposium held in Las

Vegas, Nevada which is sponsored by Stephens Inc.

(see http://www.march21.net)

 

Stephens, Inc. was the secret U.S. investor that saved Huntingdon Life

Sciences from being closed by extending them a $33 million loan. Stephens,

Inc. was already HLS's largest shareholder with 45.6 million shares.

 

On January 17th, representatives from Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty had met

with two representatives of Stephens regarding its holding shares in HLS.

SHAC presented information from the five investigations inside HLS and

documented a detailed pattern of animal abuse and horrific cruelty going on

inside the labs. SHAC also provided information as to why HLS is a bad

business investment. Stephens chose to ignore these facts and is now

responsible for keeping Huntingdon Life Sciences open. We must remember that

for each day that HLS remains open, another 500 dogs, cats, monkeys and

other animals die in agony.

 

The five separate undercover investigations, showed employees of Huntingdon

Life Sciences were caught on video subjecting animals to extreme cruelty and

abuse. In London, an investigation filmed 4-month old puppies being punched

and thrown against the wall. In New Jersey, technicians were filmed laughing

at and mocking a tied-down, frightened monkey while squirting lubricant into

his mouth. How can Stephens Inc possibly support such barbarous treatment of

animals?

 

I join thousands of other animal advocates to demand Stephens Inc to

immediately cease its support for Huntingdon Life Sciences. We ask you to

end your support of animal cruelty and abuse by refusing to speak at this or

any other event sponsored by Stephens.

 

As part of my commitment to ending the pain and suffering endured by the

animals under the hands of Huntingdon Life Sciences, I will urge my family

and friends to join me in boycotting any company associated with Huntingdon

Life Sciences.

 

Sincerely,

Name

Address