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Gulf Coast casinos building momentum The gradual makeover of Mississippi’s gaming landscape continued in March as the Gulf Coast casinos continued to out-perform the Mississippi River casinos.

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Around town {P 2} » MSPB invests more than 80 percent of budget into research Campaign trail {P 10} » Cochran visits with Madison County leaders

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Too much vacation fun could be costly when you return to work » Page 13

INSIDE BUSINESS

RETAIL REAL ESTATE SHOWING POSITIVE SIGNS BUT FULL PICTURE STILL A PUZZLE » Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves joined commercial real estate professionals for discussion of markets and trends

By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com For an idea of where commercial real estate is headed, consider this: Mississippi and the other 17 states in which Times Equities Inc. develops and leases retail properties are headed for a third straight year of market growth,.

Ami Ziff, Times Equities' director of national retail and panelist on a commercial real See REAL ESTATE, Page 5

MANUFACTURING

LED lighting manufacturer makes unique pitch to come to Mississippi MBJ Focus {P 13}

» Law & Accounting List {P 18} » Largest Law Firms

» Lighting OEM wants an edge in bidding for the state's LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting business

A Mississippi native who has an LED lighting factory in China wants an unusual incentive in exchange for setting up an additional assembly plant in his home state employing 200 workers to start.

Lighting OEM Inc. owner and founder

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MANUFACTURING

Planting the seed

Company aims for ‘net zero’ energy costs

» MSPB invests more than 80 percent of budget in research

BY WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com

For soybean farmers, 2014 is shaping up to be another solid year as they look to repeat the success they saw in 2013. However, challenges abound, so farmers are again banking on Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board (MSPB)-funded research to boost their yield this year and for years to come.

The MSPB seems willing to give — generously.

Just this month, MSPB announced it was allocating nearly $2.5 million for soybean research in an effort to keep qualified soybean specialists in the field. That figure represents more than 80 percent of the Board’s entire budget.

“MSPB members take great pride in funding a strong soybean research program that will have the maximum effect on the bottom line of Mississippi soybean farmers,” says Jan de Regt, a Hollandale-based soybean farmer who is in his second year of a two-year term as MSPB chairman.

“There are many common, recurring issues that farmers face, and we’re helping farmers manage them.”

MSPB isn’t just throwing money at issues, but are looking to fund research into specific problems faced by soybean growers. For instance, funding was earmarked for irrigation research as aquifers decline. Other efforts include disease management and the study of herbicide-resistant weeds such as Palmer amaranth and marestail, which can cause significant yield loss.

The research investment was just the most recent effort by the MSPB, which has been busy of late. Last month, the Board sponsored a series of irrigation meetings to educate farmers about the technology available to decrease irrigation costs and increase efficiency. At the meetings, Mississippi State University Extension Service irrigation specialist Jason Krutz, Ph.D., explained the benefits of using the PHAUCET program and various irrigation instruments, like soil moisture sensors and surge valves. Additionally he shared results from several RISER (Row Crop Irrigation Science Extension and Research) projects.

Last December, the MSPB released a new video highlighting the career opportunities in agriculture to high school students.

“MSPB goes through a process annually to identify problems or needs of the soybean industry in Mississippi,” said Jimmy Sneed, soybean farmer from Hernando and MSPB board member. “One of the most common needs identified by all sectors was the lack of talent and manpower to fill positions in the soybean industry. We hope this video encourages more students to think about careers in agriculture and fill that need both in Mississippi and nationwide.”

In September 2013, MSPB awarded the Blaine Doctoral Fellowship to Tessie Wilkerson, a Ph.D. candidate at Missis-

sippi State University, who plans to study the incidence of charcoal rot in soybeans and possible solutions to the disease.

This year’s research allocation included funding for yet another doctorate fellowship. The new Ed Hester Soybean Doctoral Fellowship was established in memory of the former Benoit soybean farmer and past president of the Mississippi Soybean Association.

“Ed was an innovative producer and supporter of new technology,” says Larry Heatherly, MSPB research and technology transfer coordinator. “I could call him at any time and discuss how we could direct our efforts to solving production problems that soybean farmers faced. I am proud to be associated with the MSPB during the time that they honor his memory.”

MSPB is hoping all of this funding will spur what is looking to be a great year for soybeans.

Soybeans will be the state’s major crop with 2.15 million acres. The commodity has had two strong years, averaging a record 45 bushels per acre in 2012 and 2013.

Enjoying a strong market last year, prices are even higher going into 2014.

Soybeans continued their reign in 2013 as the state’s biggest row crop, posting an estimated value of $993 million. However, that was off more than 20 percent compared to 2012. And there is some concern about potentially strong crops in Brazil and Argentina that could have a negative impact on the market.

So, MSPB’s role in elevating the soybean industry is only heightened. The Board is made up of 12 farmer-directors who oversee the investments of the soy checkoff on behalf of all Mississippi soybean farmers. These volunteers work to increase soybean farmer profitability by investing checkoff dollars in ongoing public research and extension programs that address Mississippi production challenges, thereby driving the adoption of best management practices developed through research and ensuring the sustainability of Mississippi soybean production.

The soy checkoff is supported entirely by soybean farmers with individual contributions of 0.5 percent of the market price per bushel sold each season. Fifty percent of contributions collected in Mississippi remain in the state.

The Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board invests these funds in research, promotion and education to improve the profitability of soybean production on behalf of all Mississippi producers.

The remaining 50 percent of funds are sent to the national soy checkoff, directed by the United Soybean Board.

Composed of 69 volunteer farmer-leaders, USB invests soy checkoff funding to conduct research and drive demand for U.S. soybeans.

For more on the MSPB, visit www.mssoy.org.

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

The owners of M2C Energy Solutions, a full-service energy saving products company, is getting ready for its national rollout at the end of the month. Based in Gulfport, the company researches, educates and recommends products, systems and services for residential and commercial customers who want to save money on energy.

Terry Mobbs, who created the company and is its director of marketing, said M2C’s goal is ‘net zero’ energy costs for every client. “That means first reducing the energy demand and then supplying products and systems that will help get them to net zero,” Mobbs said. “Our multi-state dealer network, suppliers and partners alike are focused on reducing energy costs and increasing operating efficiencies of our clients.”

Mobbs, a general contractor and developer with a background in the Mississippi casino industry, was steered toward renewable energy after Katrina when he decided to assemble self-sustaining trailers for his

“Our goal is to be nationwide in six months.”

Terry Mobbs Director of marketing, M2C Energy Solutions

work crews. His search for solar panels and water purification systems led him to other products such as hurricane resistant concrete building materials. “So something good came out of Katrina,” he said.

Along with partner Charles Reddien, another casino industry veteran, he said he found that Europe was producing more energy efficient and wind resistant materials than the U.S. He also saw insurance rates in Florida drop when concrete building products were used in homes and businesses. Mobbs’ focus began shifting from hurricane resistant buildings to energy See

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ACCO Brands’ expansion with call center creating over 160 jobs in Booneville Booneville is gaining 162 full-time jobs with office products supplier ACCO Brands’ adding of a call center operations at its location in the Northeast Mississippi community.

The project represents a corporate investment of $1.6 million, according to the Mississippi Development Authority.

ACCO Brands last expanded its operations in Booneville in 2008. That project represented a $55 million corporate investment that created 300 jobs.

ACCO Brands last expanded its operations in Booneville in 2008. That project represented a $55 million corporate investment that created 300 jobs.

“Since the opening of our state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility in 2008, we have moved a variety of manufacturing and customer care positions into Booneville from China, Canada and

POLITICS

Tony Yarber elected Jackson’s new mayor » Yarber received 54 percent of the votes to 46 percent for attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the late mayor's son JACKSON — Jackson's new mayor could be sworn in as early as this week.

Eight weeks after Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba died not even a year into his term, Councilman Tony Yarber will be his successor.

Complete, but officials, results Yarber from Tuesday's election show Yarber received 54 percent of the votes to 46 percent for attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the late mayor's son.

Another special election will have to be set to fill Yarber's seat on the council.

"It's a vote for experience. It's a vote for unity. It's a vote for a candidate who has the ability to bring all the people together. A vote for a candidate who has the ability to do this job tomorrow," Yarber said.

Yarber, 36, was in his second term on the Jackson City Council.

"We will work together to stop crime. We will work together to end poverty," Yarber said. "And to those who are at home watching us, we have not forgotten about you. We will take care of you."

Lumumba told supporters he remains committed to building Jackson.

Addressing the running concerns that he was too young and inexperienced to be the next mayor, the 31-year-old Lumumba said, "the only thing we are too young or too progressive for is believing that our work stops with the vote. It most certainly does not."

"We look forward to working with Tony and to ensuring that the people are involved in the process," he said.

other U.S. locations,” said Mark Gams, senior vice president, U.S. Operations, ACCO Brands.

The MDA helped with building upgrades for the call center. The Tennessee Valley Authority provided

assistance for the project, as well.

ACCO Brands is one of the largest suppliers of branded office products, including brands such as AtA-Glance, DAY-TIMER, Five Star, GBC, Hilroy, Kensington and Swingline. ACCO Brands markets its products in more than 100 countries through its sales and distribution networks and has more than 6,000 employees worldwide.

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James Scott said he is asking for an incentive that ensures the factory won't become another “white elephant” for the state. To that end, the Abbeville native said he wants an edge in bidding for the state's LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting business.

“Instead of them giving me a bunch of money, Levin they give me a 25 percent advantage” in selling to the state and its universities, he said.

Scott said he prefers a bid preference of 25 percent but will settle for less. “If they tell us 15 percent, then we'll probably take 15 percent.”

He said he has pitched the Mississippi Development Authority. “Their reaction was that maybe this was a good idea because we don’t want to use another $25 million on a 'dead horse,'” added Scott, referring to economic development investment failures the state has endured.

A key virtue of LED lighting is the potential for energy savings to let the buyer recoup the cost of the lighting within two to three years, according to Scott. “Everything we can show them is a 100 percent return with a 3-year profit margin.”

The size business Lighting OEM would gain from the state is hard to say. The state Department of Finance & Administration, which is the state’s property manager, said even a ballpark estimate would be difficult to give. Maintenance invoices, for instance, aren’t broken out into specific items, “making it almost impossible to guess what we spend on just one thing,” said Sherri Hilton, DFA spokeswoman.

The MDA does not comment on negotiations with economic development prospects. In fact, the agency does not confirm negotiations are occurring.

Scott said he has made similar pitches to economic development officials in Texas, Tennessee and Georgia. His preference is Mississippi, however.

He wants to make a decision within the next six weeks.

“My mother is buried in Mississippi; that's the number one reason for my decision,” said Scott, who ventured into the lighting business 30 years ago after buying a classified ad in the Memphis Commercial Appeal in which he offered to work as a salesman for commission-only.

The best offers came from a water distributor and a lighting distributor. He took the lighting company offer, he said, because he didn't want to tell his girlfriend he was selling water.

Mississippi Search Lighting OEM has talked with officials in Senatobia and Oxford, according to

Michael Levin, CEO of Lighting OEM. The interest in Senatobia centers on two abandoned buildings – the former Twin Creeks solar panel plant and former BWM auto parts distribution center.

While Scott says Oxford is his first choice, options for a plant there are limited to an abandoned Toro lawnmower factory.

Levin's main interest is in the Twin Creeks building, a 85,000 square-foot building equipped with state-of-the-art equipment Scott now calls “dead-horse” equipment he can't use.

Senatobia and the MDA are marketing the building under the new name of Metro Technology Center.

The former home of bankrupt solarpanel maker Twin Creeks has plentiful electrical power capacity and water-recycling capacity, both key requirements for assembling LED lighting, Senatobia owns the building, though the MDA has an unpaid loan of $17 million

projects that come to us,” the mayor said.

Tim Climer, Tate County Economic Development Foundation executive director, said the building has several prospective occupants at the moment but declined to say whether Lighting OEM was among them.

“Several are looking at it and we’re entertaining other offers as well,” Climer said Tuesday.

LED’s Worldwide Reach Predictions that LED lighting will soon be lighting much of the developed world drive Scott’s desire to expand his young company. Though light emitting diode lighting has only about 8 percent of the world market, it is projected to gain 35 percent of the market in 2020 and 75 percent by 2030, said Levin, the Lighting OEM CEO. “It’s poised to jump. We are in the right place at the right time.”

“My mother is buried in Mississippi; that's the number one reason for my decision.”

James Scott

Owner/founder, Lighting OEM Inc.

invested in it.

Scott said he has pitched Senatobia a deal similar to the one he made the state, though this offer is directed at the city and Northeast Mississippi Community College. Give Lighting OEM a price preference on your LED lighting and the company will move into the building right away, Scott said.

Senatobia Mayor Alan Callicott said Tuesday he has talked with neither Scott nor his representatives. He noted, however, he would not have had contact with the company unless it came as a referral from the Mississippi Development Authority. “We rely on the MDA to vet any

Levin expects the company will see sales of around $2 million in 2014 for its LED lighting and LED signage products, its first full year of selling. “We’re predicting about $8 to $10 million in 2015 and $27 million in 2016,” he said. “These are conservative estimates.”

Lighting OEM has secured sales contracts in Brazil, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Romania, the company says.

The company is providing custom design of its products as well as retrofitting existing fixtures, it said in a press statement.

In Mississippi, it furnished the stadium lighting and mounting arms for the 73acre Oxford Lafayette Sportsplex.

In addition to stadium and other outdoor complexes, Lighting OEM’s commercial product line includes hotels, gas stations, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, malls, resorts, nightclubs, auto dealerships and parking garages.

Wanting to Come Home Scott, an electrical engineer, said he sold his 15-year-old Erie, Pa., lighting company toward the end of the last decade over frustrations with labor costs. He ventured into the political polling business before deciding to take another crack at the lighting business.

Having lived and done business in China for a dozen years spread over the decades, he set up shop in the manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, a city in the coastal province of Guangdong. Scott said he has no immediate plans to leave China, where he has about 200 workers. But setting up a successful U.S. operation could change his mind, he said.

“We have to keep the China side open here” until Lighting OEM can hand off 100 percent of the work to a U.S. operation, Scott added.

China’s big draw of labor savings is not so big anymore, he noted. “It’s close,” Scott said of Chinese factory wages inching toward U.S. levels.

He has few legal protections for the processes he has developed. “I have 100 items in China that have been copied from me. It’s one of the reasons I want to leave.”

He has more processes to develop, he said, but does not want to expose them to piracy by developing them in China.

While saving on transportation is another big reason for wanting to come home, the United States offers significant cost savings for obtaining the aluminum component that is the critical element to the heat sinks in LED lighting technology, said CEO Levin, who is based in the company’s U.S. headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa. “The aluminum is currently being recycled in the United States and then shipped to China, where it is being melted and used to manufacture the heat sink in LED lighting fixtures which are then sent back to the United States as a finished product,” Levin said. “It makes economic sense to make the heat sinks in the United States.”

Mississippi has a strong sentimental pull, Scott said. He emphasized the affection he has for his home state adds to his caution over securing financial incentives from the state to set up shop in it. “My number one problem is how can I bring the company into Mississippi and not be another white elephant?” he said.

“I have been kind of what you might call a rebel. I don’t do everything perfect, but I try to do everything I can 100 percent correct.”

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estate forum in Jackson last week, said his firm has a strong backrow view of the shape of the retail market in Mississippi and other states is taking. “We have retail in 18 states,” he said.

“We're seeing a lot of positive things happening.”

Last year Times Equities, whose Ziff portfolio includes Jackson's Maywood Mart Shopping Center, saw growth in rent rates in half its markets. This year, Ziff said, the growth “is in all markets.”

And even with higher rents, retailers are talking about “expansion rather than retraction,” he added. “We're seeing retailers looking at second, third and fourth stores with us.”

The firm also has placed new tenants in space left empty by retail downsizings in recent years, according to Ziff.

A pair of those occurred at the 102,200 square-foot Maywood Mart. National retailer Hibbett Sporting Goods recently took 8,000 square feet and Dollar Tree 8,295 square feet.

The longtime retail complex is at the busy Northside Drive intersection, which has a daily traffic count of around 145,000 vehicles, Times Equities said in a press statement.

Market-wide, said Ziff, Times Equities is “running about 90 percent occupancy and 75 percent of our space is 5,000 square feet or larger.”

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efficient ones.

M2C’s products include autoclaved aerated concrete, a lightweight material for walls, floors and roofs. AAC building blocks are manufactured using quartz sand, lime and other natural materials. Other products offered by the company include LED lighting, solar hot water systems, high performance roof coating, Photovoltaic Products and water purification systems.

As his new venture got under way, Mobbs soon ran into a problem resulting from using the advanced products: building inspectors unfamiliar with them weren’t sure how to deal with them. “Every time I went to another area,” he said, “they didn’t know how to inspect them.”

There were other hurdles, he said. “No one knew how to insure the buildings or finance them,” he said. Gradually Mobbs pieced together relationships with local utilities and building inspectors to gather information and work out the kinks. “Now I have nationwide financing and insurance,” he said. “I had to become associated with a lot of people.”

Mobbs said the last hurdle, setting up certification training courses, has been under way for the last six months. “It’s for builders, salespeople, dealers and state distributors, anyone who wants to come. Then they can go and sell,” he said.

As a panelist on the Mississippi Chapter of CCIMsponsored forum April 17, Ziff joined Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Don Cannada of Butler Snow, Sam Colson of Net Lease Alliance, Steve Rogers of Rogers and Associates, Forrest Speed of Colliers International, Atlanta, and Chris Abadie of Sterling Properties.

Sterling Properties has commercial properties in Mississippi, Alabama and portions of the Florida panhandle. As Sterling's VP and manager of commercial brokerage, Abadie said he looks at the firm's market not so much by state but by activity along the Interstate 10 and Interstate 20 corridors. He is witnessing I-10 come alive as an industrial corridor. Interstate-20, on the other

going strong” on the retail front, as shown by the Outlets of Mississippi retail complex that opened late last year and the recently closed purchase of land in the city of Madison for a modernized Sams Club to replace the one on Jackson's County Line Road.

He said he is also witnessing “a lot of retail work on the coast.”

Cannada advised the panel to keep a watch on commercial activity in South Mississippi related to the energy sector. “There are a lot of energy companies who are looking to locate or expand because of the resources and regulatory environment,” he said, citing the natural gas pipeline and other infrastructure.

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optimistic feeling among Mississippians. At 7.4 percent, it still has ground to make up, Reeves said.

“I hear a lot of talk about the 'new normal'. I don't know what the new normal is but our current unemployment rate would suggest we have a lot of room for growth,” he said.

Nonetheless, Mississippi has seen some commercial successes in recent years, Reeves said, beginning with the turnaround in DeSoto County. It had a lot of peaks and valleys in the last decade but now seems “to be recovering well,” he noted.

Hattiesburg, Reeves said, seems to be seeing significant growth spurred by a huge medical sector, the

“We're seeing a lot of positive things happening.”

Ami Ziff Director of national retail, Times Equities hand, “is struggling some,” he said, and noted the industrial sector is driving the growth that is occurring within the corridor.'

Abadie is seeing retail as a puzzle of sorts. Retailers are reporting to Wall Street that they are going to expand — but they aren't, except “down here,” he said, where some store categories are reaching saturation.

Space absorption is increasing, “because there is no alternative space” Abadie added. “Not much is getting built.”

Don Cannada, a real estate lawyer with Ridgeland's Butler Snow, said “Madison and Rankin counties are

The certification is needed, he said, “because the products are so new and how they interact, we needed to set up training.” And without the certification, “they can’t order the products,” he said. M2C is also setting up a nationwide sales force to sell the products for the manufacturers. “They don’t order from the plant, they order from us,” he said.

So far a dozen people have gone through the training to become certified dealers. “The state of Illinois has a state distributor and the team will come here for a whole week of training. They will became certified on each product and system and they can go back and do their own certified classes.”

He said the Phoenix Group, one of the largest installation companies in the country, has received training on M2C’s products.

By the end of the month, Mobbs plans to hold a grand opening in Gulfport and then their dealers can start selling the products.

“We kept the state of Mississippi for ourselves,” he said. “The Gulfport store will be our support center and also our temporary corporate headquarters.” There also is a store in D’Iberville at Millennium Construction and a third store will be opening in Hattiesburg soon.

“Our goal is to be nationwide in six months,” he said.

For more information, call Mobbs at (228) 297-0522.

Reeves, an investment professional before entering politics, pointed out the disconnect between the enthusiasm of Wall Street investors and the malaise of wage earners. The rebound of the Dow Jones Index from its low of 7,000 points at the peak of the recession to today's 16,000 has not put much of spring in the step of the average Mississippi worker, Reeves said.

They'll ask themselves, “Do I feel two-and-a-half times better today than I did in 2010, even though the market has grown two-and-a-half times?'”

Continued improvement of Mississippi's unemployment rate would help alter the less-than-

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Further, the lieutenant governor said, “The suburbs of Jackson seem to be recovering from a real estate standpoint very well.”

Steve Rogers, former president & CEO of Parkway Properties and current principal of Rogers and Associates, said he expects Mississippi's recovery to take another couple years. Even though Mississippi did not go bust in any great way in the last decade, “We'll probably come out of it slowly,” Rogers said of the stubbornly high jobless rate and slow pace of economic activity.

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magine what the impact would be if 25 percent of the money coming into Mississippi’s public schools suddenly disappeared.

Schools have enough problems dealing with chronic state underfunding, with the Legislature having met the legal requirement for support of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program only twice in this century.

But U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel doesn’t believe the federal government should spend any money at all on education. He’s said on the campaign trail recently that the U.S. Department of Education is unconstitutional and he’d vote to abolish it.

The second-term state senator from Jones

County, in doing away with federal education funding, would cut out about $800 million of the $3.3 billion spent on Mississippi’s K-12 public schools in the last year. That’s nearly a quarter of the total.

The consequences would be devastating, of course. McDaniel shrugs off the implications, saying that if Mississippi was “allowed to keep more of its tax revenue, (it) could offset those losses.”

That’s wishful thinking, to put it mildly. How could Mississippi possibly make up $800 million annually when it doesn’t even do what the law requires with state funding as it is?

This doesn’t even speak to the federal funds for education that come to Mississippi’s community colleges and universities. McDaniel has

been critical of the man he is challenging in the June 3 Republican primary, Sen. Thad Cochran, for channeling federal funds to Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi and other institutions in the state. The programs those congressionally directed appropriations — earmarks, in the Capitol nomenclature — have been significant in keeping Mississippi’s higher education system competitive.

Mississippi historically has been the state that receives, per capita, the greatest infusion of federal funds compared to taxes paid. The connection between Mississippi’s status as the nation’s poorest state and its need for those federal dollars is obvious.

To breezily suggest that Mississippi could get along fine without those appropriations — zeroing them out in education — is grossly misleading.

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resident Obama last week announced the fourth and final installment of his $2 billion workforce development fund benefitting community colleges. Colleges and consortia of colleges, working closely with industry, can compete for $450 million to create career training paths for high-wage, high-skill jobs.

Also last week the Tennessee Legislature approved Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to provide free community college access to high school graduates.

“Tennessee Promise” will pay the costs not covered by other scholarships or grants.

These two announcements illustrate the intensifying national spotlight on the crucial role community colleges play in access to Bill Crawford higher education and skill development for ever-more-technical jobs. Obama is a Democrat and Haslam is a Republican, so this is not a partisan phenomenon.

“Working in partnership with states and communities, community colleges are well suited to promote the dual goal of academic and on-the-job preparedness for the next generation of American workers,” Obama said. His administration has placed a strong emphasis on making community colleges stronger.

“They are gateways to economic prosperity and educational opportunities for millions of Americans each year,” he said.

“Tennessee will be the only state in the country to offer our high school graduates two years of community college with no tuition or fees along with the support of dedicated mentors, said Haslam when he See CRAWFORD, Page 7

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announced Tennessee Promise in his state-of-the-state address in February.

“This is a bold promise,” he said. “It is a promise that will speak volumes to current and prospective employers. It is a promise that will make a real difference for generations of Tennesseans.”

Efforts have been made in the Mississippi for several years to pass similar legislation. This year a bill authored by Rep. Jerry Turner of Baldwyn passed the House but died in the Senate. Unlike Tennessee, no statewide elected official championed the bill.

Mississippi’s efforts to participate in Obama’s $2 billion program have met with limited success. Every state is guaranteed some money, but it wasn’t until last year’s third round that a Mississippi proposal actually won a competitive award. That was a $2.7 million grant to East Mississippi Community College. In the first round the U.S. Department of Labor negotiated a $2.7 million grant to a consortium of four colleges led by Itawamba Community College. In the second round the Department negotiated a $2.5 million grant to Hinds Community College. Other Mississippi colleges have participated in consortia grants that were developed and led by out-of-state community colleges.

Meanwhile Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee community colleges have won $9 to $12 million dollar awards in multiple years.

Mississippi’s community college system is one of the nation’s best.

It is somewhat surprising to see our colleges out of the spotlight as the nation steps up attention and support for community colleges.

Bill Crawford (crawfolk@gmail.com) is a syndicated columnist from Meridian.

»FROM THE GROUND UP

Feasibility vs. highest and best use

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he investor fell in love with the property. It was vacant, in a great part of town and she knew exactly what she wanted to develop on it. But she needed some analysis. Would her proposed development be successful? So, did she need a feasibility study or a highest and best use study?

In this case she needed a feasibility study. In this column we will explore how a feasibility study and a highest and best use study differ and when to use which one.

Let’s begin with a further description of the neighborhood and the property mentioned above. It is about 20 acres located on a four-lane main traffic artery through the middle of an upscale suburban community. It is bounded on one side by the town’s library, on one side by the rear of several one-story office buildings and on one side by a leafy boulevard. Across the street is an L-shaped shopping center anchored by a medium-sized grocery store. The area is changing rapidly as the growth wave spreads across the suburban landscape. Over the past decade, land use has gone from rural to mixed commercial/light industrial to retail. So many individual zoning and use exceptions were granted that the city finally rezoned the entire area to accommodate to changing nature of the neighborhood.

The property itself was used for 25 years as a site for a small manufacturing company. When the owner of the company died a decade ago, the company was shut down and everything on the parcel laid idle while the heirs of the previous owner fought over title to the property. Things finally settled two years ago when the property was sold to an investment group that had the property cleaned up and placed on the market. Today it is cleared and vacant and there are no environmental issues associated with the property. In short, it is ready for a variety of possibilities for use.

The local mayor is hoping that an automobile dealership

goes in because those businesses provide such high revenue to the city.

Our investor owns over 20 motels across three states. She knows the motel business, but she does not know the local market because her closest motel is over 150 miles away. She wants only to develop motels. She is a genuine success story who has been featured several times in business newspapers.

She used borrowed funds to buy her first motel, a run-down property in a rural town. After making three such purchases and turning around the properties she built new motels, each one a touch more upscale than the last one. She knows exactly the type motel here. Her question is very simple: Is it feasible to build what she wants on this site? Thus, she needs a feasibility study.

It is tempting for a real estate analyst to begin with the idea of finding the BEST use of a parcel of real estate. However, the best use is not what some clients want. They want THEIR use. The investor above wants a certain type motel, not a certain type shopping center or residential development. Thus, the determination of whether a project is feasible or not depends on what the client wants. In this case there would be many uses that are feasible, but the question to answer is related to the client’s specific project.

So, what determines feasibility? Basically, the intended use must be physically possible, legally permissible and economically feasible.

Hmm. That sounds a lot like highest and best use. The reason it does is because a highest and best use study seeks to discover three of those things. However, a highest and best use study includes another item, the most profitable use. That adds another dimension to the analysis of a proposed use of real estate. So let us look closer at the four elements.

The first use that most analysts will determine is the uses

that are physically possible. On a 20acre site a lot of uses are physically possible. Or maybe not. For example, any Phil Hardwick use, such as a shopping mall or an airport, would not be physically possible because there is not enough land. Soil conditions, topographical features or waterways may limit the physical uses of a property.

Next, the analyst will determine what uses are legally permissible. These most often are determined by local zoning and land use laws and regulations. Sometimes other laws, such as environmental regulations, may come into play.

The third element, economically feasible, usually requires the most time and effort for the analyst. It will involve doing a market study to determine what the current and future market area looks like. It will also take into consideration the possible uses that the market would economically support. For example, it might be that in this case the market would support a wide variety of possible uses, i.e. everything from a big box retail store to a retirement home.

Finally, among all those possible uses, the analyst will determine which one returns the most profit to the owner.

And it is there that is the primary difference between a feasibility study and a highest and best use study.

In our example above, it may very well be that the highest and best use of the property is for a mixed use retail development because such a use is the most profitable. However, a highest and best use study would hardly satisfy the needs of our investor because she needs to know whether her motel project would return a certain profit to her and whether it could be built on the site.

Phil Hardwick is coordinator of capacity development at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government. Pease contact Hardwick at phil@philhardwick.com.

8 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25 2014 March 2014 sales tax receipts/year to date, July 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION Here are cities’ earnings through sales tax collections. Sales tax has a three-month cycle. Month 1 — Tax is collected by the retailer. Month 2 — Tax is reported/paid to the Tax Commission by the retailer.

Month 3 — Sales tax diversion is paid by the Tax Commission to the cities. This report is based on the month the tax is collected at the Tax Commission (Month 2).

March March Year to date YTD CITY 2014 2013 2014 2013 ABBEVILLE $4,323.07 $4,214.28 $31,889.39 $39,035.32 ABERDEEN 57,145.35 64,024.55 572,730.06 606,687.69 ACKERMAN 23,455.13 24,203.00 204,388.28 207,948.81 ALCORN STATE U 799.65 880.97 5,438.87 7,177.46 ALGOMA 2,019.83 2,179.98 19,150.98 17,922.51 ALLIGATOR 640.47 581.22 6,443.37 6,119.74 AMORY 151,673.03 152,795.01 1,372,321.93 1,375,200.18 ANGUILLA 2,898.14 2,383.24 22,710.14 26,053.56 ARCOLA 1,268.89 1,371.20 13,148.46 13,752.25 ARTESIA 783.34 750.12 8,410.18 7,833.38 ASHLAND 12,801.50 10,958.77 117,320.93 104,467.38 BALDWYN 45,338.07 45,268.04 390,169.96 408,515.55 BASSFIELD 11,896.16 11,536.08 104,174.59 108,640.53 BATESVILLE 330,216.05 311,419.46 2,935,947.13 2,867,529.82 BAY SPRINGS 50,200.73 46,512.73 463,613.62 450,188.14 BAY ST LOUIS 95,932.77 97,933.82 926,767.97 944,304.70 BEAUMONT 5,812.94 5,757.84 52,358.82 54,710.56 BEAUREGARD 268.91 269.23 2,188.00 2,161.18 BELMONT 24,398.15 22,939.51 218,236.48 201,907.80 BELZONI 38,731.01 41,581.93 370,857.22 409,729.70 BENOIT 6,322.37 7,139.25 57,275.57 58,189.88 BENTONIA 21,083.15 18,183.57 249,270.65 201,667.43 BEULAH 345.22 396.98 3,441.03 3,442.23 BIG CREEK 352.97 479.47 3,112.95 3,473.60 BILOXI 864,420.49 882,262.38 8,237,016.92 8,039,325.07 BLUE MOUNTAIN 8,104.78 8,307.69 82,929.22 79,146.52 BLUE SPRINGS 2,274.43 2,702.08 25,892.86 23,620.71 BOLTON 6,739.66 9,037.56 91,231.50 89,697.54 BOONEVILLE 151,527.54 150,927.62 1,344,990.64 1,330,405.30 BOYLE 12,242.38 10,586.38 145,624.38 126,001.32 BRANDON 383,434.71 375,580.74 3,666,087.15 3,724,297.74 BRAXTON 1,226.84 1,206.79 11,619.91 10,468.06 BROOKHAVEN 429,849.32 404,754.30 4,046,986.05 3,829,029.18 BROOKSVILLE 9,077.12 7,777.10 84,898.71 77,258.74 BRUCE 38,069.25 37,679.08 365,682.79 360,243.81 BUDE 11,398.84 9,587.34 109,147.77 91,634.48 BURNSVILLE 10,241.27 11,525.21 107,009.62 106,112.50 BYHALIA 65,544.72 58,029.41 540,990.45 524,233.79 BYRAM 151,705.95 140,864.11 1,482,044.64 1,389,548.54 CALEDONIA 11,682.68 10,122.17 112,933.76 100,570.02 CALHOUN CITY 26,830.79 27,305.19 227,801.87 218,348.13 CANTON 191,790.17 190,736.38 1,777,305.61 1,787,446.84 CARROLLTON 5,988.09 5,614.80 54,418.00 53,128.82 CARTHAGE 131,681.13 130,525.35 1,162,666.69 1,159,874.21 CARY 1,023.65 1,159.24 5,801.76 13,108.26 CENTREVILLE 18,267.68 18,715.26 170,895.86 166,628.56 CHARLESTON 28,325.30 27,056.33 252,577.41 253,651.27 CHUNKY 718.34 503.54 6,953.25 4,895.31 CLARKSDALE 252,873.81 254,567.61 2,049,689.34 2,091,981.35 CLEVELAND 291,589.90 288,213.91 2,515,857.23 2,548,405.21 CLINTON 354,668.61 371,169.82 3,276,380.01 3,309,542.36 COAHOMA 493.99 723.47 4,782.37 4,305.88 COAHOMA COLLEGE 78.87 2,600.24 2,095.68 COFFEEVILLE 8,836.77 10,859.08 84,420.04 94,310.54 COLDWATER 16,315.60 15,522.39 152,312.13 152,081.66 COLLINS 114,547.12 109,429.30 997,990.46 975,954.28 COLUMBIA 285,506.70 263,255.95 2,530,588.34 2,440,721.27 COLUMBUS 685,654.95 698,385.72 6,383,377.38 6,373,983.27 COMO 12,039.85 14,295.10 128,635.04 127,791.21 CORINTH 447,540.65 445,209.18 4,213,346.33 4,067,021.33 COURTLAND 1,122.88 1,156.04 10,688.81 11,740.66 CRAWFORD 1,080.67 1,020.47 12,991.45 11,206.36 CRENSHAW 4,750.58 4,388.99 40,666.88 43,759.85 CROSBY 4,521.67 792.52 22,526.48 8,932.84 CROWDER 1,430.86 1,442.39 13,560.32 15,677.20 CRUGER 345.84 829.49 4,386.83 5,350.45 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 58,841.47 50,930.35 544,702.69 462,437.75 D'IBERVILLE 482,295.70 474,174.23 4,512,917.16 4,397,489.80 D'LO 2,888.08 2,804.62 28,568.80 27,317.99 DECATUR 13,163.08 12,898.08 114,094.30 106,310.21 DEKALB 20,114.61 20,451.97 183,072.36 179,265.90 DERMA 3,821.28 3,886.05 46,728.37 42,948.36 DIAMONDHEAD 38,773.35 35,126.07 343,537.93 348,624.84 DODDSVILLE 369.02 363.71 4,620.53 4,891.54 DREW 9,689.27 9,809.82 86,388.17 85,891.88 DUCK HILL 3,605.27 3,403.32 37,082.20 33,791.18 DUMAS 1,021.58 1,493.57 9,703.97 9,423.26 DUNCAN 305.24 1,804.33 6,023.37 10,686.18 DURANT 26,340.40 23,381.24 220,439.98 215,258.97 EAST MS COLLEGE 73.70 45.51 2,907.99 2,882.32 ECRU 11,147.10 11,534.35 108,828.95 99,594.53 EDEN 77.63 61.42 628.87 478.82 EDWARDS 6,242.54 5,622.04 65,536.85 52,636.70 ELLISVILLE 84,233.09 88,642.26 771,887.56 780,940.28 ENTERPRISE 4,576.59 5,222.10 45,787.16 45,803.65 ETHEL 1,103.88 1,248.94 10,388.80 10,206.56 EUPORA 32,891.49 31,112.77 312,215.99 311,084.79 FALCON 87.50 25.35 1,049.93 488.82 FARMINGTON 3,167.10 3,520.27 36,449.06 39,289.64 FAULKNER 4,316.68 3,546.97 54,581.89 30,956.92 FAYETTE 15,780.35 15,988.24 157,819.58 147,669.32 FLORA 23,584.51 23,829.76 225,071.46 245,256.71 FLORENCE 59,511.33 64,031.09 565,859.51 535,137.44 FLOWOOD 806,882.59 768,659.67 7,995,473.54 7,692,803.57 FOREST 199,465.70 192,657.12 1,652,561.01 1,548,476.51 FRENCH CAMP 808.01 1,033.42 8,295.83 8,441.26 FRIARS POINT 1,977.68 2,438.02 20,375.61 21,560.96

FULTON GATTMAN GAUTIER GEORGETOWN GLEN GLENDORA GLOSTER GOLDEN GOODMAN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GRENADA GULFPORT GUNNISON GUNTOWN HATLEY HATTIESBURG HAZLEHURST HEIDELBERG HERNANDO HICKORY HICKORY FLAT HINDS COMMUNITY HOLLANDALE HOLLY SPRINGS HORN LAKE HOULKA HOUSTON INDIANOLA INVERNESS ISOLA ITTA BENA IUKA JACKSON JONESTOWN JUMPERTOWN KILMICHAEL KOSCIUSKO KOSSUTH LAKE LAMBERT LAUREL LEAKESVILLE LEARNED LELAND LENA LEXINGTON LIBERTY LONG BEACH LOUIN LOUISE LOUISVILLE LUCEDALE LULA LUMBERTON LYON MABEN MACON MADISON MAGEE MAGNOLIA MANTACHIE MANTEE MARIETTA MARION MARKS MATHISTON MAYERSVILLE MCCOMB MCCOOL MCLAIN MEADVILLE MENDENHALL MERIDIAN MERIGOLD METCALFE MISS. GULF COAST CC MISS. STATE UNIV. MISS. VALLEY STATE MIZE MONTICELLO MONTROSE MOORHEAD MORGAN CITY MORTON MOSS POINT MOUND BAYOU MT OLIVE MYRTLE NATCHEZ NETTLETON NEW ALBANY NEW AUGUSTA NEW HEBRON NEWTON NO. CARROLLTON NOXAPATER OAKLAND OCEAN SPRINGS OKOLONA OLIVE BRANCH OSYKA OXFORD PACE PACHUTA PADEN

115,762.95 110.19 163,168.34 3,930.81 1,744.40 366.75 12,044.40 4,629.11 3,196.31 535,576.02 391,172.52 340,803.58 1,567,229.04 686.91 14,768.74 418.50 1,762,219.63 110,186.06 32,808.63 217,356.39 4,348.93 5,212.40 686.41 13,626.71 103,938.54 315,913.50 8,160.87 79,030.86 168,738.93 6,171.53 2,340.21 11,578.20 55,992.42 2,601,332.14 3,659.22 736.49 4,927.97 171,587.68 3,315.92 5,604.84 1,489.51 806,821.64 26,071.62 431.46 36,720.02 1,582.51 37,236.41 17,560.03 111,346.16 2,013.58 947.69 155,009.00 163,084.93 3,401.30 19,510.17 2,915.38 6,748.43 51,605.22 464,142.38 163,922.89 28,425.00 16,934.29 2,436.39 4,164.26 18,381.91 19,553.78 12,842.30 716.01 457,200.66 995.02 5,927.71 10,931.04 46,279.66 1,233,721.52 3,466.29 1,972.31 251.61 82,169.20 734.08 13,040.78 37,002.23 529.70 13,873.52 488.34 40,201.48 134,509.79 3,941.73 7,655.43 4,590.86 438,986.86 22,282.26 239,050.20 15,903.66 6,698.81 85,093.33 3,003.45 7,502.24 5,771.92 363,710.63 27,447.80 659,835.02 4,975.60 563,627.84 457.98 1,629.34 188.90

115,184.49 124.69 180,006.95 3,336.78 1,709.97 269.32 11,082.00 4,138.03 3,436.14 539,419.08 391,067.52 349,043.89 1,538,572.45 900.77 14,680.46 407.48 1,715,904.62 103,171.22 36,190.60 214,081.55 3,683.27 5,849.87 685.98 13,880.33 97,292.48 310,169.43 8,770.84 80,264.82 163,536.28 8,910.59 1,316.77 12,258.29 59,313.22 2,572,741.41 3,772.45 675.44 5,637.59 171,400.48 3,057.33 5,680.92 4,257.93 783,821.11 23,801.42 440.42 35,220.58 1,765.48 35,696.05 17,967.50 121,496.38 2,368.39 873.66 141,611.41 166,026.88 3,376.61 14,190.14 5,638.06 5,943.84 47,931.60 455,718.28 160,177.50 34,193.86 14,674.73 2,441.58 3,950.04 16,911.30 19,537.57 14,759.58 671.18 458,656.11 428.83 5,786.93 11,201.48 45,468.09 1,183,631.91 6,616.74 1,191.53 775.53 21,262.56 348.17 15,314.32 36,439.34 167.39 9,382.32 572.55 40,149.63 130,999.33 5,403.39 8,072.88 4,025.19 453,681.78 21,171.96 228,471.04 14,401.21 6,910.73 84,400.06 2,717.86 8,572.81 5,766.76 355,014.41 24,918.02 590,436.23 4,418.69 547,808.59 580.84 1,791.06 147.08

1,077,019.63 1,203.08 1,594,549.93 31,880.96 17,366.11 3,873.42 108,854.83 40,537.66 32,901.85 4,640,856.32 3,256,961.12 3,021,654.11 14,478,944.05 7,099.16 139,743.57 3,879.34 16,012,623.15 941,592.94 272,911.14 2,177,059.66 37,545.63 46,741.51 6,237.61 126,440.07 894,887.02 2,899,807.60 72,935.65 718,434.56 1,423,981.69 46,192.66 22,321.10 103,766.55 573,343.71 23,762,249.16 35,812.75 5,812.54 51,152.38 1,492,370.52 32,186.95 57,992.30 25,741.66 7,202,131.08 238,129.66 4,051.50 393,005.20 15,078.86 339,689.58 170,281.89 1,000,773.91 21,628.55 8,893.77 1,342,339.61 1,479,805.69 30,375.64 134,711.03 45,498.48 56,226.48 437,847.23 4,727,112.08 1,487,120.20 284,250.93 150,103.86 21,920.04 42,284.46 164,409.22 174,735.05 134,678.10 6,016.71 4,059,283.17 18,038.35 52,458.95 94,619.50 478,149.96 11,114,057.68 59,222.36 10,875.17 4,640.93 269,787.38 8,083.24 143,013.51 340,993.14 4,851.78 79,170.20 5,309.09 366,090.08 1,302,903.45 33,030.46 69,478.16 40,553.10 4,075,029.97 222,895.07 2,125,717.53 131,506.84 68,416.34 761,496.49 29,114.95 75,258.17 52,127.22 3,393,441.69 227,758.08 5,970,608.77 45,354.40 5,462,342.54 4,797.75 15,785.80 2,011.94

1,057,158.62 1,150.09 1,640,332.53 31,907.25 14,756.38 3,027.28 99,888.87 38,722.89 31,469.56 4,710,393.67 3,279,219.51 2,990,845.85 14,307,057.64 6,849.19 135,565.22 4,971.88 15,651,182.46 936,393.37 309,967.23 2,102,147.95 35,314.67 52,756.44 6,180.30 128,186.14 879,841.13 2,887,909.58 72,635.38 741,255.09 1,375,186.14 53,391.77 15,205.86 105,555.48 585,231.39 23,475,387.82 33,999.02 7,247.85 52,492.28 1,488,140.61 33,318.15 60,620.43 30,691.55 6,791,139.86 209,421.04 4,039.51 382,947.84 14,977.92 329,660.18 169,812.93 990,480.74 21,291.68 8,995.69 1,288,085.33 1,437,064.72 29,555.25 129,908.72 52,492.16 56,682.65 440,979.46 4,445,240.46 1,457,205.74 309,414.07 145,033.12 24,998.88 41,878.30 144,940.59 175,732.87 136,719.75 5,168.08 3,953,048.68 4,586.22 51,897.44 92,932.70 433,699.77 10,678,734.99 62,065.49 9,980.62 5,360.41 221,829.57 6,925.49 110,253.15 340,247.74 4,058.79 80,459.18 5,378.77 346,104.58 1,179,362.87 42,770.82 73,278.12 34,040.71 3,958,303.11 207,597.11 2,069,488.42 136,646.00 64,864.74 764,866.99 26,168.33 83,250.01 51,728.41 3,339,221.40 219,217.45 5,548,649.17 48,796.79 5,130,330.06 5,108.52 16,328.60 1,420.64

PASCAGOULA 461,102.01 PASS CHRISTIAN 89,323.77 PAULDING 144.21 PEARL 744,788.81 PELAHATCHIE 28,500.40 PETAL 181,551.49 PHILADELPHIA 330,589.14 PICAYUNE 340,070.73 PICKENS 7,044.96 PITTSBORO 346.83 PLANTERSVILLE 4,240.13 POLKVILLE 177.65 PONTOTOC 179,983.46 POPE 1,679.32 POPLARVILLE 54,752.78 PORT GIBSON 19,898.06 POTTS CAMP 9,300.16 PRENTISS 35,128.56 PUCKETT 7,020.42 PURVIS 62,847.05 QUITMAN 44,022.86 RALEIGH 15,337.07 RAYMOND 18,216.06 RENOVA 2,122.19 RICHLAND 392,308.36 RICHTON 25,921.55 RIDGELAND 1,057,820.85 RIENZI 3,915.55 RIPLEY 97,987.14 ROLLING FORK 30,234.46 ROSEDALE 8,770.76 ROXIE 1,343.64 RULEVILLE 19,411.18 SALLIS 2,024.00 SALTILLO 48,575.04 SANDERSVILLE 92,230.68 SARDIS 24,165.37 SATARTIA 103.39 SCHLATER 744.71 SCOOBA 5,491.92 SEBASTAPOL 15,823.23 SEMINARY 11,263.81 SENATOBIA 177,172.52 SHANNON 11,684.97 SHAW 5,914.85 SHELBY 8,606.91 SHERMAN 9,482.80 SHUBUTA 3,674.43 SHUQUALAK 1,768.20 SIDON 754.82 SILVER CITY 343.39 SILVER CREEK 3,269.92 SLATE SPRINGS 444.85 SLEDGE 1,835.62 SMITHVILLE 6,142.39 SNOWLAKESHORES 374.34 SOSO 11,162.56 SOUTHAVEN 1,097,526.65 SOUTHWEST MS CC 41.62 STARKVILLE 473,019.79 STATE LINE 10,036.63 STONEWALL 6,366.93 STURGIS 2,783.48 SUMMIT 30,611.98 SUMNER 4,103.46 SUMRALL 33,605.44 SUNFLOWER 1,795.31 SYLVARENA 26.87 TAYLOR 1,645.91 TAYLORSVILLE 23,856.20 TCHULA 6,290.19 TERRY 27,259.22 THAXTON 3,575.19 THE UNIV. OF MS 22,000.18 TISHOMINGO 8,576.32 TOCCOPOLA 461.01 TREMONT 1,637.68 TUNICA 46,229.13 TUPELO 1,480,744.33 TUTWILER 3,235.06 TYLERTOWN 49,590.23 UNION 28,177.45 UTICA 11,615.09 VAIDEN 8,898.66 VARDAMAN 9,654.55 VERONA 24,345.78 VICKSBURG 654,867.26 WALLS 4,868.14 WALNUT 15,524.36 WALNUT GROVE 7,087.09 WALTHALL 1,866.41 WATER VALLEY 34,807.97 WAVELAND 168,132.84 WAYNESBORO 177,350.64 WEBB 6,870.19 WEIR 2,128.92 WESSON 11,137.80 WEST 1,795.82 WEST POINT 185,594.82 WIGGINS 137,165.01 WINONA 80,180.61 WINSTONVILLE 179.17 WOODLAND 4,544.71 WOODVILLE 26,096.57 YAZOO CITY 149,103.94 TOTAL $33,224,142.23

452,686.70 4,076,669.03 3,953,462.48 87,471.20 859,737.84 816,475.47 120.07 1,353.13 1,004.91 662,188.70 6,997,644.28 6,080,161.16 22,886.61 273,257.64 231,913.60 176,775.64 1,692,081.42 1,600,758.44 322,364.06 2,989,240.29 2,823,870.96 332,571.11 3,101,383.40 3,044,139.74 6,818.06 67,357.64 69,606.83 345.40 3,681.91 3,944.41 3,798.75 34,896.11 32,844.18 498.51 3,254.46 3,542.72 180,062.58 1,673,205.69 1,618,423.53 3,582.27 20,160.01 34,212.64 50,790.98 489,768.69 455,559.25 19,873.91 178,342.09 177,365.72 7,132.19 69,818.37 75,991.64 39,486.89 318,644.63 315,506.60 9,821.54 74,483.39 78,173.32 54,817.19 550,683.26 505,771.87 42,193.73 414,979.04 386,604.58 15,898.66 151,019.61 145,879.96 15,215.63 156,228.65 144,272.16 3,052.85 23,234.32 24,536.38 341,917.43 3,692,298.14 3,371,276.27 24,364.55 234,050.96 232,076.93 1,026,785.25 9,507,223.67 8,988,650.06 2,575.35 35,346.22 23,180.56 97,024.01 901,478.50 901,588.90 32,889.41 316,971.86 310,879.40 10,420.34 82,721.20 90,653.51 1,726.20 13,275.99 12,942.25 19,363.02 182,854.08 169,217.68 2,212.05 18,363.63 19,965.63 48,337.25 468,212.66 534,030.34 58,380.45 609,626.57 585,776.24 25,053.25 218,149.37 218,484.39 431.79 3,186.98 3,758.12 837.92 8,891.74 8,542.07 5,350.06 54,186.32 57,043.19 18,249.16 141,303.55 136,084.75 10,327.28 106,168.72 97,710.30 162,579.55 1,522,030.94 1,380,233.95 11,552.11 109,770.06 126,560.26 6,288.96 58,665.06 56,027.45 9,532.06 81,103.35 88,022.10 13,584.46 96,289.47 101,737.96 3,370.70 34,560.04 31,380.38 1,989.25 18,154.70 16,680.36 881.95 7,537.40 7,141.80 483.40 3,366.03 3,540.82 2,838.87 27,164.40 25,907.78 247.01 2,609.51 2,843.35 1,589.93 16,743.63 13,768.84 5,248.84 51,816.75 49,293.35 116.74 3,663.27 1,137.06 11,609.52 111,169.17 124,243.06 1,014,502.61 9,545,566.60 9,321,020.37 28.12 671.87 1,591.21 475,222.71 4,396,260.06 4,242,418.79 9,936.10 93,404.08 77,724.69 6,903.05 60,369.51 59,047.14 2,175.76 24,447.02 34,269.63 27,160.67 287,030.41 268,953.55 7,321.24 53,808.98 38,734.18 36,774.93 325,399.73 314,538.99 1,295.54 19,092.52 17,751.11 206.65 2,265.66 2,686.23 1,908.65 16,873.70 16,804.51 23,394.69 225,439.49 219,771.84 6,412.69 63,825.72 62,721.38 24,874.62 217,043.96 217,132.89 2,862.51 32,314.70 26,312.33 17,306.58 189,454.22 327,422.10 7,606.84 76,072.09 73,067.47 550.78 4,863.89 5,069.94 1,700.19 16,170.83 15,262.49 45,359.05 413,124.91 368,384.31 1,411,617.91 13,400,533.36 13,338,056.48 3,551.42 35,311.90 34,152.37 50,797.96 479,283.29 477,409.94 28,850.67 261,823.57 258,739.01 10,389.40 107,462.09 104,496.35 8,404.58 83,712.31 92,146.29 9,008.65 93,843.23 93,355.63 21,517.11 172,488.03 176,658.70 644,379.59 5,700,121.68 5,640,610.98 2,244.07 44,098.50 28,482.27 15,572.40 148,087.51 146,892.44 6,633.77 60,663.35 59,397.07 1,571.50 16,888.46 16,274.24 36,562.92 346,655.08 351,190.97 167,862.50 1,583,595.40 1,580,561.55 170,191.33 1,573,612.06 1,523,360.98 7,015.73 72,015.97 69,292.43 2,232.27 19,858.12 20,998.12 16,731.69 117,278.02 130,093.42 1,253.76 15,750.66 13,514.65 169,383.36 1,669,337.81 1,571,984.00 133,818.51 1,283,277.10 1,241,414.87 82,503.43 755,776.46 776,970.35 830.97 1,903.71 3,423.99 6,632.06 53,842.31 50,008.38 25,558.45 257,394.47 234,431.10 140,451.97 1,257,964.46 1,320,485.24 $32,319,209.93 $303,148,267.87 $295,074,154.73

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Committee, board members elected

JSU’s Murray honored

Hartzog directing IT

Porter wins award

At Keesler Federal Credit Union’s 2014 Annual Membership Meeting, James Hollingsworth and Josie King were re-elected to the 2014-2015 board of directors. The 2014-2015 Board of Directors are as follows: The board officers are: Hollingsworth (chairman); Jerry Caldwell (vice chairman); Richard Moss (treasurer); Jamie Perronne (secretary); Cynthia Payne Childers (member); Jon Rivera (member); and King (member).

The Board also appointed the Supervisory Committee as follows: Bobby Landry (chairman); Mike Ladner; Allan L. Micksch; and Gregory Todd.

Jackson State University visiting professor Sylvester Murray recently received national recognition for his long career of mentoring students who later became public administrators across the country. Murray was presented the 2014 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award by the American Society for Public Administration during the organization’s annual conference.

The award is the latest in a long list of achievements for Murray, who was one of the first black public administrators in the U.S. He earned his master’s degree in state and local government administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. He was called up to serve in the Vietnam War, and after his return was appointed city manager in Inkster, Mich., in 1968. He and the city manager of Compton, Calif., were the only black city managers in the country and they were appointed within a month of each other. Murray’s 20-year career took him to Ann Arbor, Mich., Cincinnati and San Diego. During his career, Murray was selected as president of the International City Managers Association, representing all city managers in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. He was the first African American to hold the position.

When he decided to change his career, he chose academia. He was asked to become a professor of public administration at Cleveland University. He was also named president of the American Society for Public Administration, making him the first person to serve in both the practitioners’ trade association and the group devoted to academia.

Rick Hartzog of Ridgeland has been named director of information technology at Madison River Oaks Medical Center. Hartzog earned a bachelor of science in computer science from Belhaven College and has nearly 20 years of experience working in the IT industry. He is highly skilled in project leadership, relationship management, vendor relations and strategic planning. Hartzog’s work experience has positioned him to successfully work with a variety of projects and prepared him to effectively manage cross-functional teams.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College master trainer Larry Porter recently received the Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium (GSSC) Navigator Award in Biloxi. Porter oversees the welding and maritime programs at MGCCC. Porter was recognized because of his leadership resulting in training and placing approximately 670 welders in the shipbuilding/maritime industry in the past year.

Firm elects shareholders Baker Donelson has elected 13 new shareholders across the firm including three attorneys in its Jackson office: Jennifer G. Hall, Lee Harrell and Everett White. Hall is a member of the firm's labor and employment group. She frequently represents employers before the EEOC, DOL, and Mississippi Department of Employment Security and in federal and state courts. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School Hall of Law, Hall has been named a "Rising Star" by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2009, and she is a frequent author and speaker on employment issues. She is a member of the American, Mississippi, Tennessee and Capital Area Bar Associations. She is active in the Mississippi Bar Association, serving on its Women in the Pro- Harrell fession Committee and its Labor and Employment Section Executive Committee, and she served as the president of the Young Lawyers Division. Hall also serves on Baker Donelson's Pro Bono and Recruiting committees and is a member of the Mississippi Women and Mississippi Defense Lawyers Associations.

Harrell concentrates his prac- White tice in the area of insurance with an emphasis on insurance regulatory matters. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Harrell worked with the Mississippi Insurance Department for 16 years as general counsel and later as deputy commissioner. A graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, Harrell is a frequent panelist and speaker at numerous industry, government, and education conferences and seminars.

He is also a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and International Association of Insurance Receivers.

White is a member of the firm's Product Liability and Business Litigation groups, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and product liability litigation. White obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and his law degree from Louisiana State University, where he was a member of the Law Review and the Order of the Coif. White has been named a "Rising Star" by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2012, and is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Federalist Society.

Montz added to staff Memorial Physician Clinics recently welcomed Nancy C. Montz, MD, in the practice of internal medicine. Montz graduated with her undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans.

She earned her medical doctorate from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine in New Orleans. Shwe completed her residency in internal medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center in Montz New Orleans.

Montz is board certified in internal medicine.

Hayhurst chosen as dean Dr. David T. Hayhurst is the new dean of the College of Science and Technology at the University of Southern Mississippi. Hayhurst, who has more than 35 years of experience in higher education, previously served as dean of the College of Engineering at both San Diego State University (2002-2013) and the University of South Alabama (1992-2002). A Massachusetts native, Hayhurst also served as chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Cleveland State University (1985-1991).

He will begin his new role at Southern Miss on August 15.

Hayhurst earned his undergraduate in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his master’s degree in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctorate in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Cavicchi comes to The Blake The Blake at Flowood and The Blake at Township recently welcomed chef Damien Cavicchi as regional director of culinary operations. Cavicchi joins The Blake with extensive experience in high-end restaurants under his belt, most recently at the historic Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., where he served as corporate executive chef for five years. He also owned his own Asheville restaurants, Clingman Cafe and also Sugo.

Cavicchi has moved to Central Mississippi with his wife and five children.

Vanderbilt taps Butler Camgian chairman and CEO Gary Butler has been named vice chair of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering's Board of Visitors. Butler is a 1994 graduate of Vanderbilt University with a master's degree in mechanical engineering. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Butler went on to receive his doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge.

In 2006, he founded Camgian Microsystems.

Arora gives testimony Sumesh Arora, Ph.D., vice president of Innovate Mississippi and director of Strategic Biomass Solutions, was recently invited to testify in Washington, D.C., at a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. During the committee hearing, Arora delivered his testimony on the beneficial role advanced biofuels in Mississippi and the Southeastern United States play regionally in creating jobs and lowering gasoline prices.

Arora received a doctorate in international development from Arora the University of Southern Mississippi, a master in materials science and engineering from the University of Central Florida and a bachelor of science in engineering with a major in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science also from the University of Central Florida.

Hospital honors workers Mississippi State Hospital (MSH) recently honored employees with April anniversaries for their years of service to the hospital. Award recipients include: Mariah Rogers of Canton (20 years); Michael A. Moore of Magee (one year); Patricia Mahaffey of Pearl (10 years); Ebony Elbert of Ridgeland (one year); Misty Morgan of Florence (five years); Phillip Walker of Jackson (25 years); Michael Gordon of Clinton (10 years); Mary Hart of Florence (25 years); Kevin Bessonette of Florence (25 years); Nicholas Horton of Jackson (one year); and Brittany Jones of Jackson (one year).

Bank chooses Johnson Magnolia State Bank welcomes Anne Carol Johnson was as business development officer at the Hattiesburg office. A native of Laurel, Johnson studied marketing at the University of Southern Mississippi and has over 16 years of commercial and residential mortgage experience. She has been working as a commercial banker in the Hattiesburg market since 2007. Previously, she developed and maintained the real Johnson estate division of her family=owned law practice in Gulfport for nine years. She attends continuing education courses annually and is active in the community.

Johnson has two sons, Jacob and Kray.

MAFES recognizes faculty, staff The Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station recently honored members of the Mississippi State University faculty and staff for outstanding research, service and facility maintenance. Fei Yu, a MAFES scientist and assistant professor in the MSU Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received the 2014 Excellence in Research Award sponsored by Mississippi Land Bank. Yu also received the MAFES Grantsmanship Award for amassing more than $4.5 million in grants.

Yu’s research in conversion techniques for biofuels is nationally and internationally recognized. He has three patents pending, and his technology for converting syngas to diesel or jet fuel shows tremendous commercial potential.

Raja Reddy, research professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, received the Outstanding Scientific Publication Award. Published in the Agronomy Journal, his article describes a mathematical approach to measuring corn growth and development in relation to environmental conditions.

Brett Rushing, a research associate in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, received the Research Staff Award for his outstanding scientific contributions. Rushing is the co-inventor of three native grass varieties under evaluation in alternative fuel development studies.

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

10 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25 2014 »ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Sen. Cochran visits with Madison County leaders

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n Tuesday, Sen. Thad Cochran spoke to a group of several hundred Madison County business and civic leaders gathered at the Jackson Country Club.

Billed as “Coffee with the Senator,” the event was actually a very nice luncheon, complete with live entertainment from the Raphael Semmes Ensemble and Derrick Burt.

The event was sponCochran sored by the Madison County Business League and its members and supporters.

“We really feel that Sen. Cochran has done great things for Madison County through the years, and we wanted to show our appreciation” said Jan Collins, Executive Director of the Madison County Business League. “Our county has grown so much in the past 35 years, and we have to give strong credit to Sen. Cochran for helping to make that growth possible.”

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Cochran was introduced by Haley Fisackerly, president and CEO of Entergy Mississippi, who worked on Cochran’s staff for several years. He credits his association with Cochran as an important part of his own success.

Currently running for his seventh term in the United States Senate, Sen. Cochran touched on some of his key campaign themes in his remarks to the group, including fiscal conservatism, im-

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He pointed out that excessive business regulation can harm small business, and indicated that an important part of his work in Washington is to work with others to rein in the growth of such regulation.

“Madison County is one of the most proactive counties in Mississippi in terms of

business growth and development,” he said, naming numerous highly successful businesses that claim the county as home.

He also touched on his work in getting Alan Turner the national flood insurance bill passed and signed into law, and indicated that “we will work to insure that this is properly implemented” so that property owners aren’t hit by ruinous premiums.

While there was some initial speculation that he might not run for a seventh term, he has come out in an active and vigorous campaign mode against Chris McDaniel, his Republican challenger for the seat.

At the close of the meeting, when asked whether he thinks the Republican Party will win control of the Senate this fall, Sen. Cochran replied with a smile, “Let’s just say I think we have a good chance.”

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Kemper County official: Pharma Pac headed for closure JACKSON — A Kemper County drugmaker has laid off most of its remaining employees, making it likely that it will shut down while owing the state economic development money.

Pharma Pac laid off 84 employees from its DeKalb facility on March 7, according to a notice filed with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

The company is required, under an agreement giving it $500,000 from the state, to employ 179 people through Sept. 30, but it may not have any employees by then.

Kemper County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Craig Hitt said about 20 former employees were hired back on a temporary basis to close out the business.

Pharma Pac has made and packaged drugs with a focus on creams and ointments. General Manager Roy Davis did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

"They seemed to have some good contracts," Hitt said. "But they just weren't able to provide the supply on the contracts that they had, and it began to catch up with them."

The move came after an earlier 75-employee layoff in December. It's not exactly clear who is in control of the company's assets at this point. The company has not made a bankruptcy filing in Mississippi.

In January, Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Jeff Rent said a new entity had taken

management control and installed new managers, parting ways with Pharma Pac's founding management team.

The state directed $500,000 in bond proceeds in 2005 to allow Kemper County to buy and expand a factory, with the company promising to hire 90 new employees. Pharma Pac also received $60,000 in services from the county and a $740,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development arm.

Rent could not immediately say how much Pharma Pac would owe. The company's agreement with the state says it must to pay back an equal share of the bond issue for each job that it falls short of the employment target. However, the company misstated its employment at the time of the initial agreement and thus didn't meet job targets in 2010 and 2011, repaying at least $167,000 to the state. In 2012, the state signed an amended agreement setting the new target of 179 and the company met its obligation in 2012, state Auditor Stacey Pickering's office found.

Hitt said his authority is trying to find new tenants for two buildings. One is owned by Kemper County and the other is owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Hitt said Kemper County is still repaying debt on the building it owns.

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DANCEL makes the case for lawyers in court » Company has evolved into a multimedia agency with a niche in litigation support

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Danny and Celeste O’Keefe started DANCEL INC., an advertising and production company, in 1984 on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Since then it has evolved into a multimedia agency that has found its niche in litigation support, working for both plaintiff and defense firms on cases ranging from corporate patent infringement to medical malpractice.

“We were ahead of our time in 1984 doing litigation support,” said chief executive officer Celeste O’Keefe.

The majority of what DANCEL Multimedia does is act as a consultant for attorneys at trial. It helps pick jurors and put together all the pieces of evidence to help the attorney present the case to the jury.

“It’s a different kind of advertising,” O’Keefe said. “We actually assist the attorney by branding the case. We do it all.”

That includes video presentations and even 60 Minutes-like documentaries to present the facts of the case. For example, after a fire in the Port of Gulfport storage facility, she said, “We had to video the entire building for several days, inside and out.”

Clients range from individuals to Fortune 500 companies around the country. DANCEL was involved with asbestos litigation in Pascagoula in the 1980s.

“It was the very first trial that allowed video recording of testimony in the courtroom in the state of Mississippi,” she said.

DANCEL filled the courtroom with 24 monitors for the judge, attorneys and jury.

Other equipment included wireless microphones for the attorneys, video microscopes to show asbestos fibers to the jury and document cameras.

DANCEL is based in D’Iberville and has an office in New Orleans. Attorneys have employed the company to help them with their cases involving casinos, hurricanes and medical malpractice.

“We do work locally but we spend about half of our year in the Northeast and New Orleans,” she said.

High-profile attorney Abbe Lowell, one of President Bill Clinton’s attorneys, is among their clients. The company was hired for the Ford Firestone-rollover vehicle cases and the Rheem hot water heater burn cases.

“We feel like we make changes to help consumers,” O’Keefe said.

The animator and graphic artists on staff create custom trial graphics and animations ranging from accidents to surgical procedures to help present the information in court.

“In these complex cases, we bring a lot of data down to a precise point. We put everything into something people can understand,” she said.

DANCEL often relies on surveillance video to support a case, incorporating slow motion or image enhancement techniques.

“It’s amazing what we can do with audiovisuals,” she said. In a case that a person was accused of robbing a store, she said, "We took the surveillance tape and enlarged and

enhanced it and proved it wasn’t him.”

Verdicts in some of the DANCEL cases can reach into the millions of dollars.

O’Keefe said their largest medical malpractice verdict in the state was $23 million. The case involved a mother in labor who was left without a fetal heart monitoring machine on, causing brain damage and lifelong care for the child, she said. One case for which they did a documentary yielded a $50 million verdict against an insurance company that bought out a smaller insurer. DANCEL worked on another medical malpractice case in the state in which a patient was told incorrectly that he had cancer. The jury awarded him an $8 million verdict.

A recent case in Louisiana dealt with the state building an overpass that was just 30 feet from the windows in a hotel.

“The state would not negotiate,” O’Keefe said.

The result: a $7 million verdict for the hotel owners.

By far the largest case, with an $865 million verdict, centered around a train explosion in New Orleans.

“We did a documentary like 20/20 or 48

Hours, with narrators and interviews with police and firemen,” she said.

The case was appealed and went all the way to the appellate court and was eventually settled.

DANCEL has 11 employees, down from 18 when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

“We opened up right away after the storm,” O’Keefe said.

Sometimes the work week extends to 80 or 90 hours, she said. It’s hard to train employees in the many facets of DANCEL’s work, she said.

“We have a good staff. No one does just one thing,” she said. “It’s not something that’s taught in school.”

O’Keefe said they could have sold the company after the storm.

“Someone offered us a lot of money, but we said we were not ready to sell.”

Now, O’Keefe said, the work load continues to grow.

“We are the longest-running company that does what we do,” O’Keefe said.

“No one does it the way we do it. We say, ‘let us brand your case.’ And no stone is left unturned.”

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BANKING & FINANCE First M&F keeps boosting Renasant’s profit margin TUPELO — Regional bank Renasant Corp. says profit in 2013's fourth quarter rose 80 percent in the second period following its takeover of First M&F Corp.

Renasant posted quarterly profit Tuesday of $13.6 million, or 43 cents per share. That's up from $7.6 million, or 30 cents per share, in 2013's first quarter.

Because that earlier period was before the Sept. 1 merger, results aren't strictly comparable.

Analysts polled by FactSet estimated 39 cents per share for the quarter, on average.

The bank reported merger expenses of $195,000 during 2014's first three months, down from $1.9 million in 2013's fourth quarter, part of a larger $3.5 million drop in noninterest expenses. Renasant set aside $1.45 million to cover future bad loans in the quarter, down from $2 million in 2013's fourth quarter.

"We believe we have made a strong start toward achieving our key performance goals and increasing profitability throughout 2014," Chairman and CEO E. Robinson McGraw said in a statement.

Return on average assets, a key measure of bank profitability, rose to 0.93 percent in the first quarter.

That's getting close to the national average of 0.96 percent that all banks nationwide achieved in the three months ended Dec. 31, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. statistics, and well above the levels Renasant has recorded in many recent quarters.

Total loans fell slightly, as a drop in loans acquired from First M&F outweighed growth elsewhere.

The amount that the company collected in interest from borrowers, net of what it paid out to savers, fell slightly from fourth-quarter levels to $50 million. The net interest margin, a measure of that spread divided by all loans, fell to 4.04 percent in 2014's first quarter from 4.16 percent from 2013's fourth quarter. Renasant said it saw a seasonal influx of government deposits that it loaned out for short periods at low interest rates.

Trustmark profits rise JACKSON — Regional bank Trustmark Corp. says profit in 2013's fourth quarter rose 17 percent from the same three months of 2013, aided by gains from an earlier merger.

Trustmark posted quarterly profit Tuesday of $29 million, or 43 cents per share. That compares to $24.9 million, or 38 cents per share, in 2013's first quarter.

Analysts polled by FactSet had estimated 42 cents per share, on average.

The bank released about $800,000 from bad loan reserves, aiding profit, and it recovered more from bad loans than it charged off.

Trustmark says loans increased by $125 million over the last three months. Mississippi, Alabama and Florida saw growth, while loans fell in Texas and Tennessee.

BancTrust Financial Group, of Mobile, Ala., merged into Trustmark on Feb. 15, 2013.

Return on average assets, a key measure of bank profitability, was 0.99 percent in the first quarter, above 0.93 percent in the same three months of 2013. That's above the national average of 0.96 percent that all banks nationwide achieved in the three months ended Dec. 31.

— from staff and MBJ wire reports

GAMING

Gulf Coast casinos building momentum The gradual makeover of Mississippi’s gaming landscape continued in March as the Gulf Coast casinos continued to out-perform the Mississippi River casinos — including an increase over last year’s gross gaming revenue for the second month in a row.

In the first quarter of 2014, Gulf Coast casino gross gaming revenue is up 0.6 percent over the first quarter of 2013, while the river casinos are down 5 percent.

According to figures released by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, gross gaming revenue — the money casinos earn after subtracting payouts from wagers — was $104.8 million at the 12 Gulf Coast casinos in March, up from $102 million last year. It’s the fourth straight March those numbers have increased along the coast.

At the 18 Mississippi River casinos — which includes the hard-hit Tunica Resorts market — March revenue is down for the second straight year, dropping from $112.1 million in 2012 to $103.3 million this year. Statewide, this year’s $208.2 million is down from last year’s $214.1 million.

March, traditionally, is one of the more profitable months for casinos because that’s when many Mississippians receive their income tax refunds.

The gaming commission does not release information on individual casinos, but does release separate figures for the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River casinos. Since casinos opened almost 22 years ago, Tunica Resorts and the other river casinos have dominated the revenue statistics, but that trend started to

GOVERNMENT

Hosemann’s office moving to new location JACKSON — At 5 p.m. on April 24, the Secretary of State’s Office will close its 700 North Street location and will reopen April 29 at Capital Towers, located at 125 South Congress Street in Jackson.

Individuals needing assistance April 25 will need to visit the Secretary of State’s Office location at 401 Mississippi Street.

“We are pleased to save taxpayer dollars by making this transition,” says Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. “We ask the public to be patient with our agency as we relocate to Capital Towers.”

The 700 North Street location houses the Business Services, Regulation and Enforcement, Public Lands, Securities and Charities divisions of the agency. During the relocation, some services offered by the agency may be delayed.

The Secretary of State’s Office will not be able to accept expedited corporate or LLC filings from noon on April 24 through April 25.

State agencies are closed on April 28.

change in mid-2013.

In the first six months of 2013, Mississippi River casinos outperformed the coast in five of those months, but the coast has been the top performer in eight of the last nine months.

Owners on the coast have continued to bounce back from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 by building hotels and improving amenities. The Tunica area however has seen increased competition nationwide cut into its visitors, forcing Harrah’s Tunica to announce it will close this summer.

— Frank Brown / MBJ staff

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CULINARY R’EVOLUTION: Governor Phil Bryant and Malcolm White welcome Seafood R’evolution Executive Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto to Mississippi during a welcome event at Renassaince at Colony Parkway in Ridgeland on Wednesday. Their new restaurant, which is expected to create 150 jobs, is slated to open in September.

EDUCATION

After review, MSU moves forward on facility STARKVILLE — Officials at Mississippi State are moving forward with plans to create a new collaborative research center after competing successfully through two rounds of review by the National Science Foundation. A planning grant for the initiative was awarded late last month.

The NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Advanced Composites in Transportation Vehicles would perform industry relevant fundamental research, according to the grant’s principal investigator.

“Mississippi State has a long and successful history in composites R&D,” said Ratneshwar “Ratan” Jha, director of the university’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory and associate professor of aerospace engineering.

According to Jha, the proposed center’s work will positively impact design, manufacturing, operations, safety and life-cycle cost of numerous products in the transportation vehicles industry, including civil and military aviation, ground transportation and naval applications.

The center will involve MSU faculty and students from across a wide range of disciplines, as well as researchers from the University of AlabamaHuntsville, which is partnering with Mississippi

State on the project.

“Research and education at the center will help remove barriers for greater usage of composites, as well as improve industry capacity. This innovation edge could provide significant growth opportunities for U.S. manufacturers,” said Jason Keith, interim dean of the Bagley College of Engineering at MSU. The university’s chief research officer concurred.

“As a land-grant institution, we have an excellent track record of partnering with business and industry to execute applied research and economic development, as well as fundamental research that has contributed to our ‘very high research activity’ classification by the NSF,” said David Shaw, vice president for research and economic development.

— from staff and MBJ wire reports

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Too much vacation fun could be costly when you return to work

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E S, COLORADO and Washington state have legalized marijuana for recreational use, and other states now permit medical marijuana.

But if you’re tempted to partake of some pot on a vacation out West, just remember, if you test positive in your workplace back in Mississippi, you’ll likely lose your job.

Susan Fahey Desmond, a shareholder in the Jackson Lewis law firm in New Orleans, is licensed to practice in Mississippi, Louisiana and Colorado. She represents management exclusively in workplace law and related litigation and frequently makes presentations about marijuana use in the workplace.

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Getting an update on ‘all things tech’ Âť Technology conference in Ridgeland a chance for accountants to catch up on the latest

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Technology continues to evolve, and professionals such as accountants and certified public accountants need to stay on top of it in order to have the best tools for doing their work while safeguarding their clients’ financial information.

A good opportunity for boning up on technology changes is the Mississippi Society for CPA Technology Conference for Accountants in May 19-20 in Ridgeland. “These are conferences made for people who need a refresher,� said MSCPA Education Director Ellen Sullivan. “In any kind of profession, you have to keep up with the technology. Don’t get left behind.

Everything is done through technology now. It is definitely important for people to keep up. “For example, Windows 8.1 is coming out.

They need to know something about Windows 8.1. We’ll also be learning about the lat-

est thing on Excel, and the latest security tips.�

MS-CPA uses a group called K2 Enterprises to put on the Technology Conference. “They do a great conference,� Sullivan said. “They go all over the country doing these conferences. They try to tailor their presentations for each section of the country. Not every technology conference will cover the same issues. There are rotating speakers. We do seminars throughout May and June all over the state with K2 Enterprises, so there are a lot of opportunities to take some technology courses. Those can be found on our website, www.ms-cpa.org.�

Certified public accountants need to take continuing education courses each year in order to meet licensing requirements.

Sullivan said the courses MS-CPA offers can be less expensive than taking courses through a community college.

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A lot of participants are staff accountants, and the courses are popular with other types of business people, as well.

Non-members are welcome to attend.

Some of the seminars are updates, so participants need to have prior expertise to benefit from those conferences.

The conference starts Monday, May 19 with a tech update general session about the most effective technologies, including which ones are strategic and which ones are toys. This update on “all things tech” will help participants to capitalize on trends in 2014 and beyond.

Morning breakout sessions will include Choosing the Best Tools for a CPA Practice, using the right tools to improve client service, realization, and team member experience.

The session Plain Tech Talk for Your Office will provide advice on making practical technology purchases including understanding what hardware to buy, including notebooks, Ultrabooks, desktops, servers, wireless networking tools, and firewalls, along with printers and scanners – in other words, simple recommendations for hardware. That session will also cover anti-virus software and collaboration to help round out your purchasing strategy.

Another morning session will be Tech

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Ellen Sullivan, MSCPA Education Director Tools for Budgeting and Forecasting. Sullivan said while most organizations continue to prepare budgets and forecasts using spreadsheets, an entire genre of software and services has quietly sprung to life around this topic. The session will cover how budget and forecasting tools can save substantial amounts of time, and can increase the quality and accuracy of the budgets and forecasts.

Afternoon breakout sessions include Mobile Device Management – Not Optional Anymore! Organizations need to control the mobile devices that store or access important corporate information. This is true for both company-owned devices and the “Bring Your Own Device” units used by team members. Sullivan said this session provides insight into mobile policies and mobile device management software.

The Top Accounting Software Solutions session will discuss accounting software drives organizations from small to large with QuickBooks to SAP. Software As A Service and hosted on-premise products have changed the way organizations select and deploy their accounting systems.

A third afternoon breakout session is Excel Tables – Database Functionality Comes to Spreadsheets. Sullivan said Excel Tables are nothing more than database technology similar to that found in Microsoft Access. You can use tables to overcome the difficulties of working with large amounts of data in Excel.

The general session later in the afternoon will focus on Windows 8.1 Tips and Tricks. Sullivan said if you have recently migrated to Windows 8.1 and have found it to be vastly different in many respects from earlier versions of Windows, or if you are considering a transition to Windows 8.1, or are just curious about this operating system, this session is for you.

The second day begins with a general session on Security Tips to Protect Sensitive Data. Security techniques of the past are not working as effectively as in the past. Because of this, it is time to tune up about protecting sensitive data. The session will discuss the latest encryption, anti-virus, secure email, password methodology, and other security considerations through discussions and demonstrations of each of these tools.

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The conference continues in the afternoon with breakout session on Cloud Vs. On-Premise, Risks vs. Rewards, which tablet is right for you, and Consolidating Data in Excel.

The afternoon general session will look at Outlook, The Killer App in Microsoft Office. The session will discuss how to use Outlook for more than e-mail. It is also a full-featured personal information manager. You can use Outlook for managing and organizing contacts, calendars, tasks, and notes. It can also keep track of activities related to clients, customers, and projects, and be used to schedule appointments and organize meetings.

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“Alcohol is a legal drug and at least according to states such as Colorado so is marijuana. Yet, an employer always has the ability to regulate an employee who is under the influence of any drug — alcohol or even prescription drugs — if that drug impairs that individual’s ability to perform his or her job or poses a direct threat to the safety of the employee or others.�

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Desmond said after some states legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, a number of cases addressed whether an employer in those states was required to accommodate the use despite the fact that marijuana is illegal under federal law. “The courts addressing this issue have uniformly held that the ADA defines illegal drugs by reference to the Controlled Substances Act, a federal law. Under this Act, marijuana is a schedule I drug and, therefore, if an employee is currently using

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As for recreational use of marijuana authorized under state law, and an employer’s ability to regulate an employee’s use, Desmond compares it to alcohol use. “Alcohol is a legal drug and at least according to states such as Colorado so is marijuana. Yet, an employer always has the ability to regulate an employee who is under the influence of any drug — alcohol or even prescription drugs — if that drug impairs that individual’s ability to perform his or her job or poses a direct threat to the safety of the employee or others. Many employers have a ‘zero tolerance’ in this respect,� she said.

Desmond points out in her presentations on alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace that each year, alcohol and drug abuse costs American businesses approximately $100 billion in lost productivity.

Desmond said a normal blood test can detect marijuana can stay in the user’s system for up to two to three weeks. If an employer uses hair samples to conduct a drug test, the drug can be detected much longer.

So if an employer didn’t detect an employee being under the influence on the job, a random drug test a week later could. “The positive test under a well written drug policy can be a sufficient basis for termination even in this respect,� she said.

So if you have already bought your plane ticket for a Rocky Mountain High vacation, should you keep it to yourself at work?

Desmond said your boss probably has other things to worry about. “I find that most of my clients have enough on their hands trying to control on the duty conduct and would rather not delve into their employees’ private lives,� she said. “Employers are really only concerned when off duty conduct bleeds over into the workplace. This crossover can occur due to use of a substance off the job that stays in the system while the employee is on the job or when an employee is arrested that results in absenteeism or reputational harm to the company.�

Just keep in mind that supporting marijuana tourism could cost your job back home if you flunk a drug test. “The employer has the same rights even in Colorado.� Desmond said. “Despite the state’s legalization of recreational use, Colorado has published many articles warning its citizens that employers still can enforce its drug/alcohol policies and discipline accordingly. “

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LARGEST LAW FIRMS

INCORPORATIONS Bay St Louis

March 2014 Incorporations

3/17/14 50040 Beeks Road Throne Room, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 857 Clay St

BA Holdings LLC LLC 3/14/14 1004 Breeden Place Beach Oaks Place, LLC LLC 3/13/14 702 Third St Catfish Cabin LLC LLC 3/24/14 301 Seube Street Ferngrove CRE & Transportation Services LLC LLC 3/4/14 4201 Second St. Friedman Clark Productions LLC LLC 3/25/14 7029 George Street Headquarters Investments, LLC LLC 3/14/14 113 North Second Street Imagine This LLC LLC 3/4/14 803 Highway 90 Nassau Street Canal, LLC LLC 3/19/14 702 Third St Patriot Title, LLC LLC 3/14/14 112 Court Street Purple Banana LLC LLC 3/3/14 108 S Beach Blvd, Ste C Robert Kane Management LLC LLC 3/17/14 117 Highway 90

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B & M Logging LLC LLC 3/11/14 119 Haynes Murphy Road

Bartlett Medical LLC 3/3/14 2522 Woodgreen Dr Bartlett Medical LLC LLC 3/3/14 2522 Woodgreen Dr Community Newsmedia LLC LLC 3/21/14 11722 Hwy 9 North Taylor Properties LLC LLC 3/26/14 5989 Purnell Road

This is the March 2014 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.

Aberdeen April Haynes Photography, LLC LLC 3/3/14 30362 Little Coontail Road Chandler Trucking, LLC LLC 3/10/14 20707 County Line Road Montana Farms LLC LLC 3/10/14 718 West Vine St Quality Construction & Roofing LLC

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Amory Better Amory Now LLC LLC 3/24/14 1512 Hatley Road Camp Rentals, LLC LLC 3/13/14 1421 Hwy 25 South Hidden Wood Farm LLC LLC 3/25/14 50019 Oak Meadows Lane Restoration Sanctuary Multicultural Church Intl, Inc. NP 3/27/14 50013 Sims Lane Southern Turf Solutions LLC LLC 3/17/14 63042 Highway 25 North The Transition Center RSMCI, Inc. NP 3/27/14 50013 Sims Lane

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Belmont Liberty Security Company LLC LLC 3/21/14 7 Hornet Drive

Belzoni Sunny Day Investments, LLC LLC 3/27/14 111 Silver City Road Three Brothers Properties LLC LLC 3/13/14 1600 State Hwy 12 West

C & S Skelton Farms LLC LLC 3/10/14 1755 Highway 4 W KB Xtreme Performance LLC LLC 3/26/14 667 Ironcrafters Road Red Knob Press LLC LLC 3/6/14 1098 Lake View Dr.

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D & D Farms, LLC LLC 3/25/14 116 Dozier Lane J H Wine & Spirits LLC LLC 3/25/14 100 Pritchard Avenue Liberty Assurance Association, Inc.NP 3/6/14 4604 Paradise Road

Mac’s Entertainment and Promotions LLCLLC

3/7/14 425 East St Hometown Pizza in Baldwyn, LLC LLC 3/21/14 1159 N Frontage Road, Suite B Unique Housing, Inc. NP 3/17/143400 McCullough Blvd. Apt 311 (Belden 38826)

Batesville Abbey Bridges Construction Co., LLC

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3/3/14 105 Shagbark Drive Achieve, Excel, Aspire CDC, Inc NP 3/20/14 300 Patton Lane Anderson Operations Group LLC LLC 3/14/14 3234 Brewer Road CC Investments LLC LLC 3/31/14 12 Dell St Childers Investments LLC LLC 3/20/14 301 Hickory Lane Dream Again Tax and Financial Consulting LLC LLC 3/11/14 400 Hwy 6 West Suite 1 Forest Creators L.L.C. LLC 3/12/14 226 1/2 Pollard St. Happy Foods LLC LLC 3/17/14 5996 Curtis Rd Investco LLC LLC 3/5/14 105 Public Square Jones Quality Lawn Service L.L.C. LLC 3/12/14 226 & 1/2 Pollard St. Madison Tax & Associates LLC LLC 3/17/14 3560 Nash Rd TAC IT Consulting LLC LLC 3/24/14 131 Hwy 51 North

Bay Spring Mineral Logic LLC 3/25/14 238 Scr 18-5 A The American Legion, Richard A Ware Post 71 LLC LLC 3/5/14 220 SCR 18-5

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LLC

3/25/14 1636 Popps Ferry Road Suite M6 Jet Ski Adventures Inc. BUS 3/19/14 181 Tulip St JTB Properties, LLC LLC 3/17/14 15098 Lorraine Road Judajim, LLC LLC 3/19/14 309 Popps Ferry Road Kellys Lawn Care of Biloxi LLC LLC 3/24/14 14924 Dismuke Ave Lawn Sharks LLC LLC 3/20/14 14652 John Lee Road Magnolia Bay Hotel & Suites DBA LLC 3/18/14 8011 Tucker Road Magnolia Ingredients & Additives LLC LLC

3/26/14 6713 Westwind Dr Mladinich Holdings, L.P. LP 3/26/14 2355 Pass Road North 49 Enterprises, LLC LLC 3/17/14 2355 Pass Road OIALL Holdings, LLC LLC 3/14/14 365 Lakeview Blvd Printing Done Quick, LLC LLC 3/12/14 16313 Lemoyne Blvd.

R&H Fitness Clinton, LLC LLC 3/3/14 2318 Pass Road Riptide Marine Electronics LLC LLC 3/18/14 12441 Oaklawn Rd Some of This, That & More LLC LLC 3/5/14 14510 Lemoyne Blvd., Unit 2308 T Bar Investments LLC LLC 3/20/14 543 Peyton Drive The Side Porch, LLC LLC 3/13/14 122 Seal Avenue

Blue Mountain Barkley’s Dry Cleaners, Inc BUS 3/19/14 450 Country Road 702 Ripley Basketball Club NP 3/17/14 109 Bethel Road

Blue Springs Jordan Hill Distribution Company Inc. BUS

3/10/14 1053 Cr 198 Raby Distribution Inc BUS 3/17/14 1028 County Road 198

Bogue Chitto His Harvest Ministries NP 3/18/14 390 Royal St The Traveling Tutor, LLC LLC 3/7/14 405 Auburn Dr SW

Bolton Friends of GOD NP 3/6/14 3115 South Norrell Rd. Metro Loop Media LLC LLC 3/18/14 10054 Hwy 22

Booneville B&R Transport LLC LLC 3/28/14 405 W College Street BBJ Trucking LLC LLC 3/24/14 405West College Street Childers for Senate Inc NP 3/14/14 101 South Main Street Hatchie River Hauling LLC LLC 3/20/14 405West College Street Jessie James Outpost II LLC LLC 3/14/14 219 West College Street Lipitor Litigation Group LLC LLC 3/31/14 100 South Main Street LS Trucking LLC LLC 3/20/14 405West College Street North Mississippi Investigative Services, LLC LLC 3/6/14 100 South Main Street Refined Imaging Solutions LLC LLC 3/13/14 100 South Main Street Sullivan Transportation LLC LLC 3/20/14 405West College Street Willard Transport, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 405West College Street

Brandon 1st Class Cleaning LLC LLC 3/25/14 374 Hwy 468 A Plus Auto Inc BUS 3/26/14 131 Coon Hunters Road AdMarket Images LLC LLC 3/5/14 259 Mallard Dr Alfa Insurance- Rachel Crane Agency, Inc.BUS

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Barnhill Financial, LLC LLC 3/13/14 112 Shenandoah Estates Circle Belle Oak Homeowners Association, Inc. NP

3/25/14 308 Belle Oak Way Blue Concrete Entertainment LLC LLC 3/3/14 112 Ashton Drive Brandon High School Reunion 2014NP 3/14/14 206 Peacn Circle Brooklyn’s Apparel LLC LLC 3/31/14 187 Woodlands Green Dr Bush’s Lawn Maintenance LLC LLC 3/10/14 237 Magnolia Trl Callisto Farms LLC LLC 3/4/14 385 Luckney Road Castlewoods Pro Shop Inc BUS 3/4/14 403 Bradford Drive Chesteen Enterprises LLC LLC 3/17/14 799Whipporwill Drive COH Films LLC LLC 3/24/14 408 Wooklake Cove West Cooper Holdings LLC LLC 3/3/14 112 River Bend Cove D. L. Purvine, CPA, PLLC PLLC 3/24/14 108 Suncrest Place Dragon Blitz Studios LLC LLC 3/18/14 300 Woodlake Dr Edward J Moriarty Heating Co., Inc.

BUS

3/20/14 207 Kersh Rd EML Marketing LLC LLC 3/10/14 144 Dogwood Cir Enterprising Beavers, LLC LLC 3/10/14 113 Lake Habor Point First Choice Safety LLC LLC 3/20/14 917 Marquette Road GT Apparel and Promotions LLC LLC 3/13/14 24 Thorngate Drive Holly’s Boutique, LLC LLC 3/13/14 201 Garth Farm Rd Ipanes, LLC LLC 3/14/14 139 Bellegrove Circle J&C Industries LLC LLC 3/6/14 325 Busick Well Rd J&S Holdings L.L.C. LLC 3/17/14 104 Lance Drive J2 Manufacturing LLC LLC 3/25/14 1000 Lake Village Circle Jackson Financial Solutions, LLC LLC 3/14/14 1223 Chapel Ridge Way Jackson Structural Detailing, LLC LLC 3/12/14 140 Old Highway 80 Suite C Jaraco Consulting LLC LLC 3/27/14 103 Langford Drive Joshua’s House NP 3/31/14 5094 Meadowood Dr Keith Brothers Construction LLP LLP 3/3/14 149 Three Prong Rd Kiwi Timings LLC LLC 3/14/14 452 Magnolia Place LAMB Companies LLC LLC 3/27/14 174 Apple Blossom Dr Landmark Pools, LLC LLC 3/6/14 306 Maxey Drive, Ste D Lee’s Martial Arts Academy Inc BUS 3/17/14 1149 Old Canton Road Suite 8 Legal Media Productions LLC LLC 3/18/14 114 Woodgate Drive Liberty Rd Development LLC LLC 3/18/14 419 Barksdale Rd Mach 1 Firearms LLC LLC 3/24/14 341 Provision Pkwy Maddawg Enterprises LLC LLC 3/21/14 423 Pelahatchie Shore Drive Madison Dermatology, LLC LLC 3/11/14 409 Daniel Drive Madison Medical Group, LLC LLC 3/11/14 409 Daniel Drive Madison Rheumatology, LLC LLC 3/11/14 409 Daniel Drive Mississippi Firefighters Assistance Foundation NP 3/21/14 109 Briars Bend Monuments Realty LLC LLC 3/6/14 537 Springhill Crossing MS Accessory Sale and Service LLCLLC 3/27/14 109 Formosa Drive N292AC Flyers, LLC LLC 3/28/14 200 Jetport Road Olde Towne Drugs, Ltd. BUS 3/10/14 1320 Trickhambridge Road Ousterhout Landscape Services, LLC

LLC

3/13/14 202 Sweet Gum Road N. P & A Enterprises LLC LLC 3/17/14 103 Brockhurst Patrick’s Construction LLC LLC 3/13/14 1015 Bowsprit Ln PhooPhooNatic, LLC LLC 3/7/14 2001 Creek Cove

Powell Lawn Care, LLC LLC 3/12/14 401 Windchase Drive Roper LLC LLC 3/4/14 404 Section St. Ste C Sassy Sweet LLC 3/25/14 207 Emerald Cir Sassy Sweet LLC LLC 3/25/14 207 Emerald Cir Sheys Dancing Dolls LLC LLC 3/19/14 804 Zane Drive Shiloh Rock, LLC LLC 3/12/14 210 Huntview Drive Slaughter Royalty Interests LLC LLC 3/28/14 2015 Highpointe Drive Southern Landscaping of Ms LLC LLC 3/17/14 445 Pecan Circle SW Rankin Inc. BUS 3/14/14 116 Long Meadow Road The Plumbing Company LLC LLC 3/19/14 754 Westerly Drive Tinsley Hills LLC LLC 3/4/14 308 Partridge Cove TMF Glitz, LLC LLC 3/3/14 525 Willow Valley Circle Triple H Contracting of Mississippi LLC LLC

3/21/14 123 Caledonian Blvd Triple T Timber LLC LLC 3/4/14 636 Holifield Circle Urban Stone, L.L.C. LLC 3/21/14 1375 Highway 471 Veritas Urban Properties LLC LLC 3/25/14 556 Eastside Cove Vision 33 Inc BUS 3/24/14 44301 Majesty Lane Wee Faith Ministries NP 3/26/14 115 Devine Dr WIRED UP ELECTRONICS LLC LLC 3/31/14 218 Peter McAfee Drive

Brookhaven 100% Real Records LLC LLC 3/20/14 300 Poplar Street Barnett Group LLC LLC 3/25/14 707 Brookway Boulevard Born2Pamper U LLC LLC 3/4/14 113 Hartman St Kountry Cones LLC LLC 3/13/14 1378 Highway 550 N W Kumrod Trucking LLC LLC 3/18/14 111 Railroad Avenue SW M&N Compliance Solutions, LLC LLC 3/6/14 1761 Pine Tree Trail Mack’s Trucking, LLC LLC 3/31/14 1314 Zetus Rd. NW Runnin B Farms LLC LLC 3/25/14 2612 Bouie Mill Road Nw Tierra Verde, L.L.C. LLC 3/27/14 810 Lida Lane

Brooklyn Breland Steel Services LLC LLC 3/19/14 9641 Janice Brooklyn

Brooksville New Hope Missionary Baptist ChurchBrooksville NP 3/6/14 49 Triplett Rd.

Bruce Five JA LLC LLC 3/27/14 205 Creekmore Dr Smitty’s Sportsman’s Corner LLC LLC 3/21/14 284 Highway 32 W

Burnsville Inter Chem Trucking Company BUS 3/31/14 House 336 Highway 365

Byhalia Cash’s One Stop Shop, LLC LLC 3/20/14 8645 Hwy 178 W Dale Howard Construction LLC LLC 3/3/14 14515 Denman Rd Residential Metal Roofing Solutions LLCLLC

3/13/14 264 Wall Hill Farms Rd The Cockerham Company Inc BUS 3/31/14 95 Rebecca Drive

Byram Big Pretty Pictures LLC LLC 3/7/14 350 Byram Drive Apt 308 Blouse Boutique LLC LLC 3/13/14 130 Fairway Circle Byram Seamless Gutters LLC LLC 3/6/14 4488 Houghtelling Road

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Elevated Management & Consulting, LLCLLC

3/27/14 334 Mallory Drive First Choice Cleaning Service LLC LLC 3/17/14 310 Byram Pl Ste. B Haute Cotton LLC LLC 3/13/14 350 Byram Dr 308 Joy To The World Learning Center NP 3/20/14 243 Gaddy Dr L W Trucking LLC LLC 3/28/14 3456 Timber Creek Drive Law Office of J.M. Jackson, LLC LLC 3/13/14 201 Lake Dockery Dr. Little Amazing Creations Childcare LLC LLC

3/12/14 602 Oak View Way Livin Our Dream LLC LLC 3/25/14 136 Byram Business Center M & M Construction Specialists LLC

LLC

3/19/14 849 W Lake Dockery Drive M. Corley Salon, LLC LLC 3/25/14 136 Byram Business Center Magnolia Realty, LLC LLC 3/13/14 201 Lake Dockery Dr. On Site Logistics, LLC LLC 3/26/14 132 Forest Lake Drive Polish Nail Anh Spa Inc. BUS 3/13/14 5787 Terry Rd Ste 115 Soul City Showcase LLC LLC 3/3/14 5031 Kay Brook Dr. The Glam Spot Hair Studio LLC LLC 3/3/14 156 Gaddy Dr The Vincent Group Inc BUS 3/25/14 950 Woodlee Dr Words of Life, LLC LLC 3/17/14 350 Byram Dr. #708

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Carriere Belle Assets, LLC LLC 3/7/14 219 E. Lakeshore Dr. Consider It Done CHF, LLC LLC 3/5/14 30 Hillcrest Lane Digital Ink LLC LLC 3/31/14 133 Matthews Rd Herrin & Sanford, LLC LLC 3/3/14 30 Red Bud Lane M&V Trucking LLC LLC 3/3/14 57 Blakebyrd Rd Word on the Street Marketing, LLCLLC 3/13/14 11 Lazy Meadow Dr

Carrollton Blackwater Technologies, Inc. 3/25/14 270 Cable Industrial Blvd Lil Red Shed, LLC LLC 3/24/14 2069 County road 316

Carthage BVHS, LLC LLC 3/17/14 537 Coon Creek Rd Hinkle Properties, LLC LLC 3/12/14 303 Highway 16 West Hinkle’s Chicken Nugget, Inc. BUS 3/12/14 303 Highway 16 West

Centreville Middlegate Farms, L.P. LP 3/25/14 6476 Highway 24 East

Charleston

Calhoun City

Smith Built Professional Lawn & Landscape, LLC LLC 3/10/14 433 Virgin Mary Road

CBC 3 Farms LLC LLC 3/10/14 409 West Cypress St CloudFire LLC LLC 3/20/14 5 South Court Square JapanMadeEasy, LLC LLC 3/24/14 5 South Court Square North Mississippi Softball NP 3/5/14 610 Peters Hill Road

Canton

Clarksdale

BD & MD Properties LLC LLC 3/26/14 116 Green Road CIRCLE P FARMS OF MS LLC LLC 3/19/14 344 East North Street Custom Creations, LLC LLC 3/13/14 131 Bradshaw Crossing Encore LLC LLC 3/31/14 120 Rhodes Lane Freeman & Associates Inc. BUS 3/17/14 550 Katherine Drive

Big River Entertainment LLC LLC 3/28/14 143 Yazoo Ave Dixon Security & Satellite LLC LLC 3/24/14 317 Bishop FM Dawson Outback Planting Company BUS 3/4/14 2380 Reinhart Road RLC Pictures, LLC LLC 3/6/14 143 Yazoo Ave Sonic Drive- in Picayune a Limited Partnership LP 3/4/14 101 Jane Cove Synergy Lawn Care, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 1507 Cedar St The Tire Shop LLC LLC 3/27/14 1100 Desota

A M W Trucking, LLC LLC 3/10/14 208 W Taylor Ave.

Camden

Freeman & Associates of Mississippi, Inc.BUS

3/17/14 550 Katherine Drive Liquor Palace LLC LLC 3/17/14 1532 West Peace Street Liquor Place LLC LLC 3/26/14 1532 West Peace Street Lodging America at Columbus II, LLC

LLC

3/10/14 1554 W Peace St Madison Oak Preschool, LLC LLC 3/31/14 151 West Peace Street MG Consulting LLC LLC 3/10/14 113 Windward Way Morgan Contract Services LLC LLC 3/19/14 122 Bainbridge Crossing Nard and Ty Mobile Cleaning & Detailing LLC LLC 3/28/14 453 Harding Street New Mercy Seat Ministries Inc NP 3/14/14 650 Potluck Rd North East College Inn LLC LLC 3/5/14 1554 West Peace Street NPA Hwy 16 C Store LLC LLC 3/4/14 127 Fairchild Cove Shakti Quick & Easy LLC LLC 3/25/14 3510 N Liberty St Touching Lives Adult Daycare Center, LLCLLC

3/28/14 251 John Day Rd Wohlden Capital LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St Wohlden Fields LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St Wohlden Minerals LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St Wohlden MS Holdings LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St Wohlden Pond LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St Wohlden Station LLC LLC 3/19/14 229 E Center St

Cleveland Agape Adult Day Services and Recreational Center, LLC LLC 3/10/14143 Eberle Street, Boyle, Ms 38730 Angel Case Management Services LLC LLC

3/27/14

200 Glassco Street

Angel Private Duty Nursing Services LLCLLC

3/27/14 200 Glassco Street Baldwin Investments LLC LLC 3/20/14 1212 Deering Street Choctaw Properties, LLC LLC 3/28/14 698 South Street Classic Lawn & Landscapes, LLC LLC 3/27/14 502 Reed Drive Cleveland Medical Arts Pharmacy Inc BUS

3/12/14 801 E. Sunflower Road Delta Risk Solutions LLC LLC 3/7/14 24 Lexie Drive Flat Sands, LLC LLC 3/13/14 810 E. Sunflower Rd., Suite 100a Fresh Kutz Barbershop LLC LLC 3/27/14 102 Turntable Crossing Huerta Rental Company, LLC LLC 3/7/14301 C West Sunflower Road, Suite C Louisiana Outdoor Properties, Inc.BUS 3/14/14 1305 West Sunflower Rd Schlatter Agency, Inc. BUS 3/17/14 613 East Sunflower Road SWC Consulting, LLC LLC 3/27/14 204 Westwood Drive

Clinton 61 Quick Stop & Tobacco, LLC LLC 3/12/14 801 East Northside Drive

INCORPORATIONS

20 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25, 2014 Abundance of Grace Christian Ministries Inc NP 206 Rankin Street ( Jackson 39201) 3/7/14 Bradley Floors LLC LLC 3/31/14 201 Country Cove Circle Cash and Carry Recordings LLC LLC 3/12/14 1107 Monroe St. Dillard Consulting, LLC LLC 3/5/14 110 Keith Lane Dynasty Community Empowering CenterNP

3/14/14 104 Elgin Place Food Run Plus, LLC LLC 3/21/14 813 Oakwood Dr Apt. #210 Fulguy Trucking LLC LLC 3/27/14 114 Stone Cove Global United Agucourp, LLC LLC 3/27/14 105 Short Vernon Rd J & K Transporters LLC LLC 3/18/14 105 Eager St., Apt. A Jackson Teen Center, Inc. NP 3/5/14 607 Hamtpon Cove Lulu Creative LLC LLC 3/4/14 106 Sunrise Dr. Montgomery Services LLC LLC 3/31/14 200 Concord Drive Mutt Kids LLC LLC 3/25/14 209 Manchu Ct Nebco LLC LLC 3/27/1498 Cotton Acres Drive Clinton, Ms 39056 OM Namah Shivay LLC LLC 3/4/14 1606 Reserve Dr Parker and Parker LLC LLC 3/12/14 105 Chestnut Drive PS Group, LLC LLC 3/3/14 129 Warrior Lane

Coffeeville JCH Legacy, LLC 3/19/14

LLC 4280 Hwy 330 East

Coldwater CVC Land Company, L.L.C. LLC 3/19/14 251 Callicott Drive MH Custom Woodwork and Designs LLC LLC

3/28/14

5173 Peyton Rd

Collinsville The E Cove, LLC LLC 3/7/14 13054 McMullan Road TNC Property Management LLC LLC 3/25/1411241 Julius Tucker Memorial Drive West Lauderdale Baseball Club NP 3/6/14 8438 Honeysuckle Drive

Columbia B Bullock Consulting LLC LLC 3/25/14 1153 Gates Road B Bush LLC LLC 3/24/14 1703 Church Street Battles Realty Group, LLC LLC 3/17/14 129 Pine Ridge Road Double D Consulting LLC LLC 3/19/14 1098 Williamsburg Rd. Foundation for the Kiwanis Club of Columbia, Mississippi, Inc. NP 3/6/14 329 Church Street Lashay Transportation & Logistics LLC LLC

3/19/14 1608 N Main Street Relevant Design Studios LLC LLC 3/3/14 708 Main St South of the Border Whitetails, LLC

3/5/14

LLC

22 Lake Ln

Columbus Allegro Farms, LLC LLC 3/31/14 730 Alabama Street Batchel Books, LLC LLC 3/18/14 806 Grant Farm Rd Bonner Properties LLC LLC 3/17/14 605 Leigh Dr. Apt. F60 Dulaney Investgative Service LLC LLC 3/17/14 35 Fowler Dr Element 47 LLC LLC 3/25/14 16 Nottingham Lane Falcon Pride Assocation LLC LLC 3/5/14 3418 Camelia Circle Golden Triangle Enterprises LLC LLC 3/19/14 3418 Camellia Circle Hanuman 14, LLC LLC 3/17/14 710 Main Street., 2nd Floor Jackson 401, LLC LLC 3/27/14 710 Main Street, 3rd Floor LAXMI LLC LLC 3/28/14 710 Main Street, 2nd Floor

Mklec. Inc. BUS 3/13/14 300 S. Lehmberg Rd #92 Muddy River Rods LLC LLC 3/13/14 541 Crosby Ln Petty’s Rental House-1122 15th St. South, LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Avenue South Petty’s Rental House-1206 11th Ave South, LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Ave. South Petty’s Rental House-1220 11th Ave South, LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Ave. South Petty’s Rental House-1806 10th Ave. South LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Avenue South Petty’s Rental House-2230 WAshington Ave south LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Avenue South Petty’s Rental House-512 Court Street LLCLLC

3/4/14

1615 6Th Avenue South

Petty’s Rental House-721 Waterworks, LLCLLC

3/27/14 1615 6Th Avenue South Petty’s Rental House-911 20th Street North LLC LLC 3/4/14 1615 6Th Avenue South Prairie Belt Blues Foundation NP 3/24/14 710 Main Street, 3rd Floor Real Estate Vendors, LLC LLC 3/7/14 407 7Th St. N. Retrace LLC LLC 3/25/14 38 Watling Way Rex’s Direct Foods, LLC LLC 3/24/14 606 Alabama Street Rutherford Contracting LLC LLC 3/3/14 911 East Minnie Vaughn Road The Whole Bloomin Yard LLC LLC 3/19/14 529 Lynn Drive Trap Properties LLC LLC 3/31/14 419 College St TRB Distributing LLC LLC 3/17/14 9473 Nashville Ferry Rd E

Redhot Properties, LLC LLC 3/5/14 8822 Manoo Place

D’Iberville Beacon of South Mississippi NP 3/14/14 1403 Arbor View Circle Center of Therapeutic Body Work LLC LLC

3/21/14 4346 Biglin Bayou Dr JK FAM Inc. BUS 3/24/14 3586 Sangani Blvd Ste B JMK Landscapes LLC LLC 3/6/14 15420 Dobson Rd OntheKlock.com LLC LLC 3/18/14 11011 Auto Mall Parkway Southern Reflections LLC LLC 3/28/14 12796 Woodland Cir

Drew Ladonna’s Little Angel’s Learning Center, LLC LLC 3/20/14 181 W. Park Ave. MKM Properties of MS Inc BUS 3/25/14 196 Sage Avenue

Duck Hill Bulldog Myers Trucking LLC LLC 3/7/14 910 Harmony Road Lightwear, LLC LLC 3/19/14 223 N. State Street

Durant Keys Contract Hauling LLC LLC 3/26/14 993 North West Avenue

Edwards Edwards Apartments LLC LLC 3/18/14 104 Withers St Mississippi Outlaws Youth League Football/Cheerleading Squad NP 3/10/14 107 East Street

Access America Transport LLC LLC 3/27/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 AccessData Group, Inc. BUS 3/27/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 ACSC Club Services, LLC LLC 3/20/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Advantage Energy Solutions DBA LLC 3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 American Specialty Alloys, Inc BUS 3/24/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 American Vintage Beverage Inc BUS 3/3/14 232 Market Street #1600 AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC LLC 3/24/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Assurance Home Health Services LLC LLC

3/17/14 1325 Giles Street Auto Club Services, LLC LLC 3/20/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Black Dog Land Holdings LLC LLC 3/24/14 2829 Lakeland Drive, Suite 1502 BN Clanton, LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Bonded Filter Co LLC LLC 3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 BYO Wireless DBA LLC 3/21/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 BYO Wireless LLC LLC 3/21/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Captain D’s DBA LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Casey McGraw Designs LLC LLC 3/18/14 320 Belle Meade Pointe suite a Cavalry SPV II, LLC LLC 3/5/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Chaparrosa Minerals, LLC LLC 3/10/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Clabber Girl Corporation BUS 3/28/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Clearvue Auto Glass LLC LLC 3/28/14 630 Independence Blvd Cloutier Building Corporation BUS 3/20/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CMA CGM (America) LLC LLC 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 3/26/14

Corinth

Ellisville

AAA Gun & Pawn LLC LLC 3/3/14 1300 Pinecrest Rd Amy Ballard Photography Salon & Gifts LLC LLC 3/3/14 1523 Hwy 72 East Bella Boutique LLC LLC 3/3/14 1907 Maple Rd Budget Tire, LLC LLC 3/24/14 9 Cr 634 D & R Performance LLC LLC 3/19/14 1307 A Hwy 72 E Sewer Drain Solutions LLC LLC 3/13/14 64 Cr 170 Taylor’s Catering LLC LLC 3/26/14 508 Waldron St

Brillo Pads LLC LLC 3/3/14 34 Huckleberry Rd LJC Vipers NP 3/5/14 1440 Hwy 588 TraviShell Properties LLC LLC 3/20/14 464 Jordan Road

3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Consumer Credit of Des Moines NP 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Corizon, LLC LLC 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Curativity Mail DBA LLC 3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Etta

Custom Pharmacy Sale Leaseback, L.L.C.LLC

Rivers Hill Furniture LLC LLC 3/10/14 1325 State Hwy 355

CW Construction & Development LLC

Crawford The Initiative Community Development Corporation NP 3/20/14 807 Tarlton Road

Dabbs Family Pharmacy LLC LLC 3/26/14 675 E Shore Drive Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Europa NP 3/12/14 257 Lagrange Rd

Fayette Soul Delightful Catering L.L.C. LLC 3/24/14 2864 Main Street

Cruger KZ’s Fashion Inc. 3/6/14

Eupora

BUS 18 Randle Street

Crystal Springs D & L Sales LLC LLC 3/25/14 420 S Jackson Street DFP Holdings, LLC LLC 3/5/14 2104 Gatesville Rd Trademark Homes, Inc. BUS 3/28/14 1011 Gallatin Road

Decatur Heath Mathis Construction LLC LLC 3/11/14 13646 Highway 503 Inn the Oaks LLC LLC 3/20/14 58 N Fifth Avenue

Dennis Larry and Steph Inc BUS 3/3/14 51 County Road 864

Diamondhead Breakpointe Properties, LLC LLC 3/13/14 4370 Leisure Time Drive Lagniappe Publishing LLC LLC 3/18/14 854 Op La Court Landman Services LLC LLC 3/21/14 798 Maui Place

Flora Froleos Gifts and Merchandise Inc.BUS 3/13/14 1405 Hwy 49

Florence 3-D Farms of Florence LLC LLC 3/27/14 204 Henry Byrd Road Born Again Home Remodeling & Roofing LLC LLC 3/11/14 106 E Main Street Johnson & Son Real Estate LLC LLC 3/3/14 104 Duffey Dr Rapid Supply Transport, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 125 E Main Street Real Gaited Horse Stables Inc. BUS 3/27/14 506 A Foster Rd Rideford Properties LLC LLC 3/25/14 77 Moss Woods Dr, Madison, Ms 39110 Sologreenenergy L.L.C. LLC 3/28/14 380 Alliston Dr Weems Lawn Care LLC LLC 3/27/14 175 Whitetail Blvd Wheeler’s Enterprises of Ms Inc BUS 3/5/14 106 E Main Street

Flowood Abound Resources, Inc. BUS 3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Consolidated Management Group, LLC LLC

3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 LLC

3/11/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Daiohs USA Inc BUS 3/11/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Data Solutions and Repair LLC LLC 3/3/14 232 Market Street.

Dealer Alternative LLC LLC 3/27/14 50 Old Brandon Road ECF Funding LLC LLC 3/18/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Employer Solutions Staffing Group II, LLCLLC

3/24/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Engs Commercial Finance Co. BUS 3/18/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Enhanced Environmental & Emergency Services, Inc. BUS 3/6/14 229 Katherine Drive Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Exchange Right Net Leased Portfolio 6 LLC LLC 3/14/14 10 Canebrake Blvd Ste #200 Face Forward LLC LLC 3/13/14 320 Belle Meade Pointe suite a Faith Oil and Gas LLC LLC 3/31/14 232 Market Street.

Financial Data Services, Inc BUS 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 First Step Group, LLC LLC 3/24/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Followell Fotography, Inc BUS 3/17/14 320 Belle Meade Pointe, Suite A Fox & Hound Sports Tavern DBA BUS 3/11/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GeoNorth, LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 George Cagle Construction, Inc BUS 3/10/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GM Realty Associates LLC LLC 3/28/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Grandparents Insurance Solutions LLC LLC

3/10/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Green Smoke LLC LLC 3/24/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Grow Natural, LLC LLC 3/18/14 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 Guiding Light Transitional Housing Program NP 3/26/14 4209 Lakeland Drive #361 Gulf Express, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 403 Hemlock Drive Harsco Industrial Hammco LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 HM Investments LLC LLC 3/28/14 497 Keywood Circle, Suite A Home Start, LLC LLC 3/17/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Horvath Towers III, LLC LLC 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hydrological Solutions, Inc. BUS 3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Independent Buyers Association Inc

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BUS

232 Market Street.

Industrial Lift Truck & Equipment Co IncBUS

3/31/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Inforce Solutions LLC LLC 3/25/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Intel Services Division LLC LLC 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Interstate Ac Service LLC LLC 3/24/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 IPS Group Inc. BUS 3/14/14 10 Canebrake Blvd #200 J M Oilfield Service, IncorporatedBUS 3/17/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Jacobland Company LLC LLC 3/11/14 232 Market Street Jasmine Hill, LLC LLC 3/20/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Jo-Ann Stores, LLC LLC 3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Keystone Antique Furnishings IncBUS 3/4/14 644 Lakeland East Suite G L.G.R. Token DBA LLC 3/18/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Landmark Contracting Group, Inc.BUS 3/18/14 232 Market Street #1600 Landmark Corporation BUS 3/18/14 232 Market Street #1600 Last Call Operating Co I., Inc BUS 3/11/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 M & D McCullick, Inc BUS 3/17/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MAC Trailer Leasing, Inc. BUS 3/10/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mayo Clinic NP 3/25/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Midstate Steel, Inc. BUS 3/6/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mississippi Aerial Drones LLC LLC 3/11/14 2950 Layfair Drive Suite 101 Mississippi Lite Farms, LLC LLC 3/25/14 512 Jasper Circle MN Airlines, LLC LLC 3/21/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MS IT Consultants LLC LLC 3/21/14 703 Prominence Drive MSK Seafood, LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mycap Investments, LLC LLC 3/12/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NAS Insurance Services LLC LLC 3/24/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Nationwide Financial Group Inc BUS 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NCH Management Systems Inc. BUS 3/11/14 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 Nixon Power Services LLC LLC 3/27/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NLA Clanton, LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 North Gulfport Home Program LLCLLC 3/28/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Ocean Springs Group, LLC LLC 3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 OTP Holding LLC LLC 3/17/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 P2ES Holdings, LLC LLC 3/6/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Palmetto Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc. BUS

3/18/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Penn National Holdings, LLC LLC 3/20/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PHH Oxford HHTWO, LLC LLC 3/18/14 4349 Lakeland Drive PHH Oxford Home2 Suites, LLC LLC 3/18/14 4349 Lakeland Drive POSH.INK LLC LLC 3/6/14 232 Market Street.

Prestige Sales Motors Inc. BUS 3/24/14 232 Market St #1660 Puckett Consulting Inc. BUS 3/14/14 232 Market Street

QSI Environmental & Industrial Fabricators, Inc. BUS 3/26/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Quotient Marketing Services, LLC LLC 3/18/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Raymond Corner LLC LLC 3/24/1410 Canebrake Boulevard Suite 200 Receivables Outsourcing, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Red Lobster Restaurants LLC LLC 3/19/14 232 Market Street #1600 Red River Compression Services, LLC

LLC

3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Redi Enterprise Development, Inc.BUS 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Richter Law Office, PLLC PLLC 3/19/14 3720 Flowood Dr., Suite A Rick Guy Productions, LLC LLC 3/4/14 23 Estates Drive ROLYMPUS(US) COMMODITIES GROUP, LLC LLC 3/6/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 RREF RB SBL II-MS BAH, LLC LLC 3/11/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 SamSal Minerals LLC LLC 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 School Specialty, Inc. BUS 3/27/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Southern Bound Book Shop LLC LLC 3/28/14 232 Market Street.

Special Counsel Inc BUS 3/4/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Spirit Master Funding VI, LLC LLC 3/20/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Star Asset Security, LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Star2Star Communications LLC LLC 3/20/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Starkville Surgery Center, LLC LLC 3/28/14 2829 Lakeland Drive, Suite 1502 STORE Master Funding V, LLC LLC 3/10/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 STORE Master Funding VI, LLC LLC 3/20/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Sunset Landing MS, LLC LLC 3/31/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Sunset Landing Partners, LLC LLC 3/31/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Surgicor LLC LLC 3/7/14 645 LAKELAND EAST DR STE 101 Symphony Diagnostic Services No. 1, LLCLLC

3/12/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Symplicity Corporation BUS 3/28/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 T Parker Host Incorporated BUS 3/4/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 TELUS Communications (U.S.), Inc.

BUS

3/28/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 The Miracle League of Central Mississippi, Inc. NP 3/31/14 405 Heritage Place Transource Energy, LLC LLC 3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Tri-State Electrical Contractors LLCLLC 3/26/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 TridentUSA Mobile Clinical Services LLC LLC

3/28/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Two Dudes Mexican Foods LLC LLC 3/27/14 232 Market Street United Mini Mart, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 403 Hemlock Drive Valcourt Exterior Building Services of South Carolina, LC LLC 3/28/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Valcourt Exterior Building Services of South Carolina, LLC LLC 3/28/14645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 VeriaMail, LLC LLC 3/14/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 WBC PROPERTIES, LLC LLC 3/19/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Wells Carpentry LLC LLC 3/31/14 232 Market Street.

Wilcrest Field Services, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 WM Renewable Energy, L.L.C. LLC 3/3/14 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Woo Lingerie Boutique & More LLCLLC 3/13/14 232 Market Street.

WRK of Arkansas LLC LLC 3/27/14 10 Canebrake Blvd #200

Foxworth Pace Catfish LLC LLC 3/17/14 220 Mays Creek Road

Fulton Coating Concepts, Inc. BUS 3/24/14 1105 South Adams Johnson Service Center LLC LLC 3/19/14 1105 South Adams Wallace Insurance Agency LLC LLC 3/3/14 1105 South Adams

Gautier Anointed Learning & Development Center LLC LLC 3/25/14 633 Old Spanish Trail Bulldog Diner LLC LLC 3/26/14 3208 Ladnier Rd. Bumowo LLC LLC 3/3/14 2513 Rolling Meadows Road Custom Coastal Outdoors, LLC LLC 3/10/14 2221 Farmington Drive Dream Makers Worldwide LLC LLC 3/28/14 709 Frasier Drive George & Associates LLC LLC 3/24/14 3329 Mangrove Street Stella Maris Seafood LLC LLC 3/10/14 1498 Amberjack Dr

Gloster Greengate Minerals, LLC LLC 3/12/14 1522 South Captain Gloster Drive

Greenville Cherokee Hose of Mississippi LLC LLC 3/13/14 906 Main Street Choir Psi Phi National Music Society

NP

3/11/14 1470 Irby Street Apt. L-4 Express Investigation Services, Incorporated BUS 3/19/14 424 North 9th Street Jo’s Personal Touch LLC LLC 3/10/14 1417 Trailwood Drive Larry Moore’s Paint & Body Works LLC LLC

3/24/14 2375 Main Extended Lunches by Stella’s Girls, Limited Liability Company LLC 3/26/14 525 S Colorado St McelleD, LLC LLC 3/27/14 497 Peach Street Mitchel J Creel, LLC LLC 3/27/14 1299 S Main St R. and C. Enterprise, LLC LLC 3/11/14 3013 E Alexander St Rush’s Auto Plex L.L.C. LLC 3/25/14 584 Ash Cove Walking in Love Ministry NP 3/6/14 561 JoAnne Circle

Greenwood Bright Beginnings Daycare Service, LLC LLC

3/3/14

2204 Portwood

C&C Water Treatment & Equipment, LLCLLC

3/12/14 2440 County Road 23 Chawla Pointe LLC LLC 3/21/14 401 Hwy 82 West Farmer UAS, LLC LLC 3/10/14 214 Hwy. 7 N G & C Movers, LLC LLC 3/27/14 1004 Dewey Street GES Rental, LLC LLC 3/10/14 1960 Cr 183 HMA III Investments, LLC LLC 3/12/14 120 W. Market St. Leigh Flats LLC LLC 3/25/14 410 East Barton Los Cabritos Incorporated BUS 3/31/14 101 Profesional Plaza No Way Jose Monterrey LLC LLC 3/4/14 522 W. Park Avenue Trebloc Farms, LLC LLC 3/7/14 302 E. Harding Ave. Triple M Professional Services Inc.BUS 3/17/14 209 Lilliant St Upchurch Industrial, LLC LLC 3/13/14 2606 Baldwin Road

Greenwood Springs K & A Logistics, LLC LLC 3/19/14 60424 Sipsey Fork Rd

Grenada E. D. Thomas Enterprises, LLC LLC 3/4/14 1907 Sweethome Rd Redefining Studios LLC LLC 3/18/14 904 Chickasaw Dr Apt B Riddell Holdings LLC LLC 3/19/14 754 Avenue of Pines Street

INCORPORATIONS Riddell Oxford Properties LLC LLC 3/19/14 754 Avenue of Pines Street S & H Holdings LLC LLC 3/13/14 200 Houston Road SMetals, LLC LLC 3/27/14 1415 Perry Road SND Motel LLC LLC 3/27/14 1750 Sunset Drive Tina’s Catering LLC LLC 3/3/14 694 Eddie Street

Gulfport Aduro Led Technologies, LLC LLC 3/19/14 1301 -25Th Avenue Suite 2-B Arcadia Group, LLC LLC 3/27/14 13429 Big Creek Road B.E.Fit, LLC LLC 3/5/14 407 Magazine Circle Barsto Construction, Inc. BUS 3/6/14 12435 Plunkett Road Beach View Dental Sleep Therapy LLC LLC

3/18/14 1924 East Pass Road BJ Services DBA OTH 3/13/14 11508 Azalea Trace Brandon Gregory Payne DBA OTH 3/19/14 101 47Th St Brice Enterprises Inc BUS 3/12/14 13431 Windsong Drive C&C Plumbing and Repair LLC LLC 3/26/14 17056 Ridgewood Cove Caring & Loving Hearts, LLC LLC 3/10/14 1623 - 22Nd Street, Apt. C Cat Island Properties - Lot 3, LLC LLC 3/13/14 4502 Old Pass Road Cat Island Properties - Lot 4, LLC LLC 3/13/14 4502 Old Pass Road Coastal Signworks, LLC LLC 3/7/14 2221 East Pass Road, Ste. B Coliseum Investments, LLC LLC 3/6/14 1605 23Rd Avenue Conason Specials LLC LLC 3/28/14 8 50Th Street Dimitriades Management LLC LLC 3/10/14 24 47Th Street Domicorp Holdings LLC LLC 3/3/14 440 E. Pass Road Edinburgh Holdings, LLC LLC 3/19/14 2421 13Th Street Eeshane Holdings LLC LLC 3/19/14 15326 Summerfield Drive EmeriCon, LLC LLC 3/7/14 12435 Plunkett Road Envision Construction LLC 3/5/14 928 Courthouse Road #39 Envision Construction LLC LLC 3/5/14 928 Courthouse Road #39 Far Reach Investments, LLC LLC 3/13/14 2000 24Th Avenue First United Insurance Agency, Inc.

BUS

3/17/14 12435 Plunkett Road Fisher & Phillips LLP LLP 3/6/14 2505 14Th St. Ste. 300 Garlon Homes Real Estate, LLC LLC 3/14/14 12211 Bernard Parkway GO STORES LLC LLC 3/26/14 12211 Bernard Parkway Great Southern Investments Of MS LLC LLC

3/26/14 241 Oakwood Drive GS MHS, LLC LLC 3/6/14 1617 25th Avenue Hazime Carpet Plus Inc. BUS 3/10/14 13697 Huntington Circle Ideal Medical Wellness and Weight Loss LLC LLC 3/10/14 24 47Th Street J.C. Distribution Corp.

BUS 3/7/14 107 W Chipwood Dr JE Entertainment LLC LLC 3/28/14 12449 Highway 49 Ste H Kamila Cervantes DBA OTH 3/14/14 2512 Tracy St Kamila’s Cleaning Service DBA OTH 3/14/14 2512 Tracy St Karing Touch LLC LLC 3/25/14 2108 23Rd Ave. L&M Flooring, LLC LLC 3/3/14 11558 Harris Dr LCS Capital, LLC LLC 3/19/14 12435 Plunkett Road Little G Enterprise LLC LLC 3/24/14 12211 Bernard Parkway Mack’s Dining LLC LLC 3/3/14 14939 Angela Dr Magnolia Shores LLC LLC 3/24/14 9122 Victoria Circle Mississippi Moonshine Tavern LLCLLC 3/5/14 828 Oakleigh Ave, Apt. 15

MLH Global Ventures LLC LLC 3/3/14 2102 O’Donnell Blvd New Outlooks LLC LLC 3/24/14 1314 Pass Road Next Dimension Global Concepts LLC LLC

3/17/14 1092 Acadian Dr Ste 2 Offshore Lawn Care LLC LLC 3/3/14 2920 Papania Ln Our Hope Now, LLC LLC 3/19/14 10 Heather Lane Palm Beach Vapors Florida LLC LLC 3/7/14 20 Villa Cove Dr Parx LLC LLC 3/28/14 13313 John Clark Road Patti and Coach Enterprises LLC LLC 3/24/14 144 Southern Circle Puzzle Man Dipping LLC LLC 3/13/14 127 Reservation Dr. Rachel’s Interior Design LLC LLC 3/20/14 16378 Lancaster Cove REBEL DAWG, LLC LLC 3/11/14 11540 Briarstone Place RJW Global Enterprise, LLC LLC 3/6/14 14226 S. Country Hills Dr. Seacret Gifts & More LLC LLC 3/12/14 14484 Windmill Cove Self Directed 401K Plan, LLC LLC 3/6/14 14476 Cable Bridge Road Serendipity Properties II, LLC LLC 3/25/14 1601 23Rd Street Signal Plus LLC LLC 3/28/14 3803 25Th Ave South Mississippi Towing & Recovery, LLCLLC

3/6/14

16336 Robinston Rd.

Southern Renal Research Group, LLC

LLC

3/24/14 2501 14Th Street, Suite 201 Sunflower Sales, Inc. BUS 3/26/14 1104 Glendale Place The Payne Group DBA OTH 3/19/14 101 47Th St Thunderbird LLC LLC 3/7/14 602†Courthouse†Road W. Barahona Construction Inc. BUS 3/18/14 801 Hamlock Rd Wall Less Ministries NP 3/6/14 115 Ben Drive White Rabbit LLC LLC 3/18/14 2012 23Rd Ave William Henry Rehmann IV DBA OTH 3/13/14 11508 Azalea Trace

Hamilton Diana Rea Realtor LLC LLC 3/17/14 40137 McDuffie Cemetery Rd K and B Apartments, LLC LLC 3/26/14 40055 Grubb Springs Road

Hattiesburg APGC, LLC LLC 3/11/14 6524 US Highway 98 West Aptus Telecom LLC LLC 3/11/14 41 Fieldstone Armandos Seafood LLC LLC 3/28/14 2601 Oak Grove Road Banana Split Children’s Boutique, LLC

LLC

3/12/14 560 Weathersby Road Suite 170 Bypass Food Mart LLC LLC 3/19/14 5386 Old Hwy 42 C W Anderson Properties LLC LLC 3/31/14 50 Pecans Acres Challenger Offshore Tackle, LLC LLC 3/28/14 #4 Emerald Row Chris Pierce, LLC LLC 3/5/14 5 Williow Bend Dr Clements Mechanical Inc. BUS 3/17/14 211 S. 29th Ave., Ste 201 Country Rhodes Realty LLC LLC 3/18/14 998 J.B. Horne Road Davion Investments, LLC LLC 3/26/14 146 Bellegrass Blvd DJS, LLC LLC 3/19/14 1011 Hardy Street DR2 Holdings LLC LLC 3/4/14 5 Cambridge Circle Eddie Leggett Trucking LLC LLC 3/18/14 154 Turkey Pine Dr Frenzy Big Game Tackle, LLC LLC 3/28/14 #4 Emerald Row Grace Investments LLC LLC 3/28/14 29 Hillcrest Dr. 39402 Harris Development, Inc. BUS 3/31/14 50 Cross Creek Pkwy.

Harvey Drive Home Care NP 3/10/14 502 BROADWAY DRIVE Hattiesburg Athletic Booster Club, Inc NP

3/14/14

701 Stadium Dr

April 25, 2014

Haws, Merrell, and Gordin, LLC LLC 3/7/14 5 Williow Bend Dr HSS Properties LLC LLC 3/11/14 5061 Old Highway 42 Innovative Ink, LLC LLC 3/17/14 1129 Hardy Street Ja’z World Daycare & Learning Center LLCLLC

3/5/14 16 Guilford Place Law Office of L. Grant Bennett, Sr. PLLC PLLC 3/5/14 211 S. 29th Ave., Ste. 201 Longear Consulting LLC LLC 3/21/14 11 Abbeywood Ln M and C Restoration Services LLC LLC 3/28/14 67 Tullos Road Master Key Properties LLC LLC 3/28/14 29 Hillcrest Dr. 39402 MAX MMC LLC LLC 3/31/14 2000 West Pine Street MMM Property Management, LLCLLC 3/28/14 108 Bedford Road N & P Farms LLC LLC 3/5/14 5 Williow Bend Dr Occasions Quality Catering LLC LLC 3/19/14 1107 Dabbs St Omega Development Center NP 3/26/14 12 Delond Place Open Technology Center of Excellence, Inc. NP 3/10/14 199 Bent Creek Outside Design LLC LLC 3/14/14 5297 Old Highway 11 Ste 6 Payal LLC LLC 3/11/14 98 West Shore Drive Peter J Jensen MD PC PA 3/28/14 211 S. 29th Ave. Pink Daisy Enterprise LLC LLC 3/13/14 607 Meadow Lane Drive Premier Consulting of MS, LLC LLC 3/7/14 ONE COMMERCE DRIVE STE 205 Purple Dragon Martial Arts USA, LLC

LLC

Lighthouse a Williams Syndrome Group Home NP 3/12/14 395 E South MR Photo’s LLC LLC 3/25/14 1925 Green Village Drive North Mississippi File & Television Commission LLC LLC 3/31/14 1147 Deer Creek Drive Titan Home Services, LLC LLC 3/19/14 580 Timber Lane East Top Water Duck Club LLC LLC 3/3/14 2434 Church St

Hollandale Full Gospel Baptist Church NP 3/19/14612 Sunflower Ave Ext. Ste 19 Indianola MS 38651

Holly Bluff Carson’s Place LLC LLC 3/24/145141 Hwy 16 West Yazoo City, Ms 39194

Holly Springs AC Polymers Inc BUS 3/10/14 126N. Spring Street Billy Pegg, Inc BUS 3/10/14 3401 Hwy 178 BoutwellMelton, L.L.C. LLC 3/19/14 154 South Market Street Buchanan Holdings, LLC LLC 3/5/14 218 South Center Street Cooper Feed & Fertilizer LLC LLC 3/31/14 136 S. East Boundary Street Great Southern Home Inspections, LLC LLC

3/3/14 2334 Hwy 7 South Simply Divine LLC LLC 3/17/14 621 Hwy 7 South, Ste C

Horn Lake

3/4/14 4124 W. 4th St., Apt. #1407 Quick Charge Home Repair LLC LLC 3/31/14 17 Lakeview Cove Ranjo Holdings LLC LLC 3/20/14 5 Williow Bend Dr Ranjo Properties LLC LLC 3/20/14 5 Williow Bend Dr Rim Shots Music LLC LLC 3/18/14 1523 Weeping Willow Circle Smile Out Loud, LLC LLC 3/31/14 2000 West Pine Street Southern Hearing Associates Inc BUS 3/10/14 105 No, 40th Avenue Straight Edge Pro LLC LLC 3/25/14 1179 Churchwell Rd SWJ Constructors, LLC LLC 3/18/14 211 South 29th Ave., Suite 201 The Howarth Group, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 309 South 40th Avenue Tony China Express Inc. BUS 3/28/14 3407 Hardy St Hicks Law Firm, PLLC PLLC 3/18/14 211 South 29th Ave. Suite 201

Anderson Heating and Air LLC LLC 3/21/14 6664 Sinclair Drive Crown’s Way LLC LLC 3/17/14PO Box 4011 (alexandria, Va 22303) ISAIAH 55:2, INC. BUS 3/10/14 6535 James Town Nightingale Realty, LLC LLC 3/27/14 6917 Wrenwood Drive PF Holdings MS LLC LLC 3/17/14 6917 Wrenwood Drive

Hazlehurst

Huntsville

Fortenberry-Smith Enterprises, LLCLLC 3/5/14 119 Downing Street

Heidelberg Craven Consulting, LLC LLC 3/21/14 125 Hess Station Road Dave’s One Stop Inc BUS 3/27/14 108 Main St Heidelberg One Stop Inc BUS 3/18/14 1110 N Pine Ave

Hernando 4J Ranch Rentals, LLC LLC 3/5/14 9390 County Line Road Carlton’s Properties, LLC LLC 3/19/14 3400 McCracken Rd Century Trucking LLC LLC 3/25/14 111 W Valley St Custom Roofing LLC LLC 3/14/14 65 Vaiden Dr Full House Construction, LLC LLC 3/7/14 2042 McIngvale Rd. Gift Back Foundation, Inc. NP 3/13/14 1361 Big Ben North Helixscope, LLC LLC 3/13/14 1361 Big Ben North LDT Medical LLC LLC 3/17/14 1915 Keenlan Drive West

Houlka Thorn Sweets LLC 3/24/14

LLC 390 Cr 4

Houston Hooker Medical Services, PLLC PLLC 3/26/14 111 East Washington Street J Chris Oswalt Dmd, Inc. BUS 3/28/14 553 East Madison Sonya M. Miles MD, PLLC PLLC 3/10/14 111 East Washington Street

Alcyon Inc 3/17/14

4801 University Sq Ste 31

Indianola

Jackson 110 County Road 3088, LLC LLC 3/14/14 5235 Hialeah Dr 1154347 Alberta Ltd BUS 3/25/1410 Canebrake Blvd, Ste 200 Flowood, Ms 39232-2212

3SNK LLC. LLC 3/6/14 5344 N State Street, Jackson, MS 39206 A & B Computer Services Inc. BUS 3/14/14 6208 Whitestone Road A&L Logistics-Distribution and Transportation-LLC LLC 3/18/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Aargon Agency, Inc. BUS 3/27/14 506 South President Street Ability Recovery Services LLC LLC 3/11/14 506 South President Street ABM Wings 3 LLC LLC 3/27/14 5145 Canton Heights Drive Aden Fuel & Market Inc BUS 3/25/14 359 East Fortification Street Advantage Rental & Services LLC LLC 3/17/14 6 Charleston Place Affirm Oilfield Services, LLC LLC 3/12/14 248 East Capitol St Ste 840 Agricultural Company of America Partners LP LP 3/17/14 506 South President Street AKSH, LLC LLC 3/20/14 1220 Lyncrest Avenue Allen Systems Group, Inc. BUS 3/25/14248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Alpine Gas Company, LLC LLC 3/28/14248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Americare Group DBA LLC 3/7/14 506 South President Street Andrews & Foster Drilling Company

BUS

3/4/14 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Anna Stephens LLC LLC 3/27/14 1025 Newland Street AP Gaming Voteco, LLC LLC 3/11/14 190 East Capitol St Suite 800 Area 51 ice cream LLC LLC 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Arroyo Midstream, LLC LLC 3/24/14248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Arvin LLC LLC 3/24/14 1509 Highway 80 Suite B Asset Resolution Corporation NP 3/27/14 506 South President Street Auto Concierge LLC LLC 3/21/14 460 Briarwood Dr Azalea Garden Property Owners Association Inc NP 3/24/14 4156 Ridgewood Road (39211) B&K Cattle Company L.L.C. LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Balayage Salon & Spa, LLC LLC 3/12/14 4965 Barrier Place Bear’s Property LLC LLC 3/18/14 1400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 Beautee Couture, LLC LLC 3/19/14 1711 Raymond Road, Suite B BeLanc LLC LLC 3/3/14 4500 I55 N, Ste 205 N Bergmann Engineering Associates, Inc. BUS

Ammons Land & Timber Company, LLC LLC

3/3/14 209 East Gresham Street Childs & Williams Properties LLC LLC 3/3/14 306 Main Street Linley Landforming, LLC LLC 3/13/14 197 Longbreak Ln NV’s Beauty Supply Inc BUS 3/4/14 612 Sunflower Prisoners Social Network (PSN) LLC

LLC

3/11/14 215 Wiggins Rd Shannon Brown Enterprises LLC LLC 3/21/14 309 W Gresham Street

3/5/14 506 South President Street Best View LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Big Mac Express LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Biomet Microfixation LLC LLC 3/19/14 1640 Lelia Drive, Suite 160 Blue Courtly Circle 1 Holdings LLC LLC 3/14/14 506 South President Street Blue Courtly Circle 2 Holdings, LLCLLC 3/14/14 506 South President Street Blue Courtly Circle 3 Holdings, LLCLLC 3/14/14 506 South President Street Blue Sky Transcription Solutions, LLC

Inverness Porat Farms LLC 3/25/14

Sarah’s Flower Girl, LLC LLC 3/3/14 201 East Eastport Street Shilo Ridge Marketing Inc. BUS 3/13/14 13 Pearl Pkwy

LLC 1405 Pond Avenue

Isola The Tannin’ Zone LLC LLC 3/31/14 6823 Beasley Bayou Road

Iuka Lawns & More, LLC LLC 3/6/14 15, County Road 437

LLC

3/31/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Bonafide Immigration Services LLCLLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Bowering Contractor Services LLC LLC 3/12/14 125 S Congress Street Suite 1240 Bradford Conrad Crow Engineering Co BUS

3/28/14 506 South President Street Brett’s Gun & Pawn LLC LLC 3/13/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Broken Outlet Entertainment LLC LLC 3/12/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400

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Building Bridges of Hope Foundation CorpNP

3/12/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 C & R Minerals, LLC LLC 3/12/14 125 South Congress Street, Suite 110 C. P. Smith & Associates PLLC LLC 3/27/14 2226 N. Cheryl Dr. Cade Chapel Condominium Association Inc NP 3/27/14 1035 W. Mayes Street Camp Kamali, Inc. NP 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Cancun Mexican Restaurant Inc BUS 3/7/14 5814 Baxter Dr Capital Print LLC LLC 3/4/14 2526 Crestleigh Manor Cekja Inc. BUS 3/10/14931 Hwy 80 W. Ste. 218-D (39204) Central E&P Holdings, LLC LLC 3/18/14 1400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 CGM Exchange, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 2204 Southwood Rd Charles Lawn Service, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 145 William McKinley Cr. Cherrywood Commercial Lending LLC

LLC

3/3/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Citizens Disability LLC LLC 3/6/14 506 South President Street Clarkco Energy Group LLC LLC 3/18/14 1904 Lakeland Drive Suite E Classic Customz, Inc BUS 3/18/14 155 Abram Ford Dr Clay Periodontal Specialists LLC LLC 3/21/14 3819 Eastover Drive Clever Impressions LLC LLC 3/25/14 4375 Ridgewood Road Comp. Solutions Group, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 506 South President Street Connectivity Wireless Inc BUS 3/3/14 506 South President Street Cook Medical LLC LLC 3/18/14 506 South President Street Core Safety Group, LLC LLC 3/17/14 506 South President Street CoreLogic Tax Collection Services, LLC LLC

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E-Telequote Insurance, Inc. BUS 3/6/14 506 South President Street E&J’s Home Improvements LLC LLC 3/12/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Eagles Way, LLC LLC 3/20/144500 I-55 N, Highland Village, Suite 241 Easy Grants, LLC LLC 3/12/14 1817 Crane Ridge Drive, Suite B-1 Elrod Engineering, LLC LLC 3/7/14 506 South President Street Emilia Resources LLC LLC 3/26/14 Phelps Dunbar, Llp Encore DEC, LLC LLC 3/14/14 506 South President Street Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLCLLC

3/12/14 506 South President Street Entegrity Energy Partners LLC BUS 3/28/14 506 South President Street Envision Management Solutions LLC

LLC

3/20/14 1230 Raymond Road Everthere LLC LLC 3/18/14 506 South President Street Expedited Freight LLC LLC 3/11/14 3708 Kennebrew Rd Explicit Slang LLC LLC 3/18/14 4116 Palo Alto Street Family Archive Inc. BUS 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Fashion Couture, LLC LLC 3/19/14 1711 Raymond Road, Suite A FE Information Services Limited Liability Company LLC 3/27/14 638 Queen Circle Felrissa’s Fashion Fo, LP LP 3/28/14 623 ORCHID CT Fishers for Men LLC LLC 3/4/14 149 Woodcliff Drive Fortune Market Inc BUS 3/7/14 1169 East County Line Road FOSS (Fortress of Strength & Strategy) Center DBA LLC 3/20/14 6925 Franklin Roosevelt Drive Foster Klima & Company Inc BUS 3/28/14 5898 Ridgewood Road

3/31/14 506 South President Street Corkern Door Specialist LLC LLC 3/6/14 4623 Van Winkle Drive CrossFit Hattiesburg, LLC LLC 3/27/14 125 S Congress St Suite 1820 Cupcake Heroes, LLC LLC 3/12/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 D-N-A Fashions LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 D.E.C.O. Automotives LLC LLC 3/5/14 4520 Ritchey Dr D.E.C.O. Properties LLC LLC 3/5/14 4520 Ritchey Dr D.O’s Delivery Services LLC LLC 3/13/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400

Fountain Properties Livingston, LLC

D76 Home Repair & Improvements LLC LLC

3/7/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Gibson Minerals, LLC LLC 3/26/14 4630 Friar Circle Gilmer Construction LLC LLC 3/21/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 GMH Mortgage Services LLC LLC 3/31/14 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 God’s Glory Ministries NP 3/7/14 2801 Oak Forest Dr.

3/18/14 420 Magnolia Road Danziger Steel, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 506 South President Street Davis Mausoleum Builders LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Daze Creative LLC LLC 3/3/14 1727 Devine Street DBR Investments II, LLC LLC 3/18/14 1837 Crane Ridge Drive Dead South Productions LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Deborah Fillman Virtual Assistant, LLC LLC

3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Decor Interiors & Furniture LLC LLC 3/5/14 4520 Ritchey Dr Dennis Smith TV News Talent LLC LLC 3/25/14 50 Crownpointe Drive Diamond Healthcare Communications DBABUS

3/4/14

506 SOUTH PRESIDENT ST

Diamond Marketing Solutions Group, IncBUS

LLC

3/7/14 5655 Highway 18 West Fringe Work Consulting & Development LLC 3/14/14 1314 W McDowell Road Fringe Work Consulting & Development LLC LLC 3/14/14 1314 W McDowell Road frogwerx marine service LLC LLC 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Fruits de Mer LLC LLC 3/18/14 3670 Lakeland Lane (39216) Fusion Marketing & Promotions, Inc.

3/28/14

BUS

506 South President Street

Gabbert’s Auto & Marine Upholstery LLCLLC

Golden Gates Personal Care Home LLC LLC

3/24/14

928 Hunt St

Goldfinch Emergency Physicians, LLC

LLC

3/3/14 506 South President Street Good News of Jackson LLC LLC 3/11/14 41 Cedar Pl Got Wings? LLC LLC 3/19/14 334 Park Ln Gray Falcon Construction LLC LLC 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Green Light Vending LLC LLC 3/19/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400

3/7/14 506 South President Street Diesel Injection Services, Inc. BUS 3/7/14 176 N Sunset Terrace

Gregory Meridian BW Investments Inc. BUS

Dishmon AC Heating & Remodeling LLC LLC

3/7/14 506 South President Street Guaranteed Results Innovative Call Solutions LLC LLC 3/10/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Gulf Coast Law Group LLC LLC 3/18/14 308 East Pearl Street, Suite 201 Gulf Coast Legal Group, LLC LLC 3/18/14 308 East Pearl Street, Suite 201 Gunn & Company LLC LLC 3/3/14 300 Concourse Blvd Ste 200 Ridgeland 39157 H&G Pharma, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 506 Taylor Street

3/4/14 1805 Hospital Dr Apt J-2 Divine Restoration Community Ministries, Inc. NP 3/5/1411 Greystone Drive ( Madison 39110) DNSA, LLC LLC 3/12/14 5878 Ferncreek Drive Dream Wizard LLC LLC 3/6/14 1485 Livingston Ln. Drew Medical LLC LLC 3/26/14 5155Galaxie Drive Suite C Du Chene Enterprises LLC LLC 3/19/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Duncan Parking Technologies, Inc.BUS 3/13/14 506 South President Street

3/21/14

506 South President Street

Groome Industrial Service Group, Inc. BUS

HaBe Patriarch & Matriarch Legacy, LLC LLC

3/31/14

5319 Carolwood Drive

INCORPORATIONS

22 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25, 2014 Halcon Energy Properties, Inc. BUS 3/18/14840 Trustmark Building, 248 E. Capitol St HCFS Health Care Financial Services LLC LLC

3/20/14 506 South President Street Healthtap Medical Group, P.C. PA 3/25/14 506 South President Street HERA Lab Planners PC PA 3/7/14 840 Trustmark Building HIS Trucking, LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Homeplace Designs LLC LLC 3/31/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Hotchkiss of Oxford LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Hour Tax Group, Inc. BUS 3/19/14 5898 Ridgewood Road, Suite D Hughes and Mullenix Inc BUS 3/14/14 506 South President Street ICM Holdings, Inc. BUS 3/12/14 248 E. Capitol Street, Suite 840 ILection LLC LLC 3/28/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 In the Cut Enterprise, LLC. LLC 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Inner Celebrity Boutique LLC LLC 3/20/14 506 South President Street Innovative Consultant LLC LLC 3/25/14 1072 John R. Lynch Street Integrated M & A Services, Inc BUS 3/7/14 914 Rutherford Dr Irongate Home Finance LLC LLC 3/20/14 506 South President Street ITAC Solutions LLC LLC 3/10/14 506 South President Street J & J Marketing Associates, LLC LLC 3/11/14 847 Woodbury Road J Catrell Enterprises LLC LLC 3/24/14 2059 Robinson Rd J Cloud Strategies, LLC LLC 3/28/14 365 Fannin Road , Flowood, MS. 39232 J Pac Transport LLC LLC 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 J. Chapman Consulting, LLC LLC 3/3/14 736 S President Street Suite 307 Jack Lowry Construction LLC LLC 3/13/14 506 South President Street Jade Pest Control LLC LLC 3/10/14 739 Orleans Cir. (Ridgeland 39157) Janus International Group, LLC LLC 3/24/14 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 JBH Vizcaya LLC LLC 3/24/14 2 Pierce Cove Jones Apparel (US) LLC LLC 3/27/14 506 South President Street Jones Apparel Group USA, Inc BUS 3/17/14 506 South President Street Jordan B Concierge LLC LLC 3/13/14 3131 Sylvester Dr. K&B Financial Services, LLC LLC 3/3/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 KEW Drilling DBA LP 3/6/14 506 South President Street Kindle Consulting, L.L.C. LLC 3/31/14 5340 Raymond Road King Jesus Church NP 3/19/14 3022 Martin Luther King Drive L & R Burgers 4 LLC LLC 3/31/14 4500 I-55 North, Suite 221 L. N. Rudd Ministries NP 3/31/14 5255 Keele Street Lark Real Estate Investors LLC LLC 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 LDM Properties Inc BUS 3/28/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 let There Be Speech! LLC LLC 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Liberty Island Unlimited NP 3/21/14 2515 Idaho St Lineage Master RE, LLC LLC 3/27/14 506 South President Street Logo Constructions LLC LLC 3/17/14 432 Rockdale Dr LSTreasures, LLC LLC 3/10/14 453 Roosevelt Circle Mack Properties LLC LLC 3/26/14 931 Hwy 80 Magnolia Air, LLC LLC 3/17/14 568 Woodosn Court Magnolia Alliance for Change, Inc. NP 3/24/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 MAGNOLIA TAX SERVICES LLC LLC 3/11/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Mama’s Neckbones and Potatoes LLC

LLC

3/18/14 404 Taylor St MANGO LLC LLC 3/31/14 1667 Lelia Drive Mazique Construction Services & Specialized Hauling, LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400

Medical Mobile, Incorporated BUS 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Metro Specialty Center, LLC LLC 3/28/14 2022 Eastbourne Place Mississippi Affordable Transport & Health Services NP 3/3/14 1840 S West Street, Suite A Mississippi Architectural Millworks, LLC LLC 3/31/14 750 Boling Street Mississippi Heat of Jackson NP 3/27/14 2655 Belvedere Dr Mississippi Needs Based Community Funding NP 3/17/14 619 Fairground Street Misunderstood Creature Entertainment LLC LLC 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Mother Ginger Property Management, LLC LLC 3/14/14 901 N. State Street MPE Financial, L.P. LP 3/6/14 506 South President Street Mr. Quick Fix LLC LLC 3/28/14 715A Wicklow Pl. ( Ridgeland 39157) MS Homes LLC LLC 3/12/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 National Claims Adjusters Inc BUS 3/10/14 506 South President Street National Data Services of Chicago Inc BUS

3/4/14 506 SOUTH PRESIDENT ST New Directions B&S, LLC LLC 3/6/14 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 New Electric Charlotte, LLC LLC 3/14/14 401 E Capitol 100-M Heritage Building New Xist LLC LLC 3/27/14 3023 W. Northside Drive Newsome Trucking LLC LLC 3/7/14 422 Trent Drive NFP, LLC LLC 3/12/14 2445 Southwood Road No Name LLC LLC 3/7/14 200 S. Lamar Street, Suite 100 (39201) NTH Enterprise LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 NuMac, LLC LLC 3/7/14 920 Meadowbrook Rd Nurturing Minds LLC LLC 3/10/14 4758 McWillie Dr Nuterra Building Systems, Inc. BUS 3/28/14 4268 I-55 N, Meadowbrook Office Park NYT Photography LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Off Safety Entertainment, Ltd BUS 3/20/14 217 Roosevelt Street Omni Equity II, LLC LLC 3/24/14 506 South President Street Omni Equity Partners II, LLC LLC 3/24/14 506 South President Street One-Eyed Wilma Consulting LLC LLC 3/11/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Oskya Music Group LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Palcor LLC LLC 3/17/14 506 South President Street Pallet Management Services, LLC LLC 3/31/14 506 South President Street Panco Foods LLC LLC 3/19/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Pathfinder Insurance Company BUS 3/24/14 506 South President Street Payment Realty LLC LLC 3/4/14 4785 Old Canton Road PBD Consulting, LLC LLC 3/27/14 1485 Livingston Lane Personal Touch Insurance Solutions, LLCLLC

3/18/14

5021 Tulane St

Phancy Fotos & Creative Images LLC

LLC

3/10/14 3644 Hollywood Ave Phenomenal Virgin Hair LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Phoenix Financial Services LLC LLC 3/11/14 506 South President Street PhotosbyFred, LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Physicians Total Care, Inc. BUS 3/18/14 506 South President Street Political & Economic Transformation LLCLLC

3/17/14 620 N. State Street, Ste. 304 Pretty in Pink Creations LLC LLC 3/17/14 3426 Nashville St Pro Virtuality LLC LLC 3/25/14 121 Clear Creek Circle Pro-Lawns and Order LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Professional Touch Services LLC LLC 3/6/14 513 Witsell Rd Professionals on Wheels LLC LLC 3/24/14 1223 Topp Ave

Pure Beauty Cosmetics, Inc BUS 3/20/14 506 South President Street Quality Auto Choice Inc BUS 3/24/14 5250 Galaxie Drive Ste A-5 Questair LLC LLC 3/4/14 2441 Bailey Ave Radiation Oncology Associates of Mississippi, PLLC PLLC 3/10/14 190 E Capitol St., Suite 800 (39201) Ramsell Corporation BUS 3/26/14 506 South President Street Rapid Unlocking Service LLC LLC 3/7/14 4211 Meadowlane Dr. Redeemed Christian Ministries, Inc.NP 3/27/14 5132 N State Street Reed Enterprise Landscape LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Regular Guy Armory LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 RePublic Schools, Inc. NP 3/14/14 1521 St. Ann Street Rich Construction Int’l. LLC LLC 3/7/14 5208 Queen Eleanor Lane Richmond Medical LLC LLC 3/27/14104 Lantana Hill Dr Clinton, Ms 39056 RJW Enterprises of MS, LLC LLC 3/25/14 2127 Oakhurst Dr Jackson, Ms 39204 RLH Construction, LLC LLC 3/7/14 506 South President Street ROBERT BOLING & ASSOCIATES LLC

3/31/14

LLC

506 South President Street

Roberts, Bridges & Boydston, PLLC PLLC 3/14/14 618 Crescent Boulevard, Suite 205 (Ridgeland, Ms 39157-8665)

Robkat Properties LLC LLC 3/28/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Rosswood Capital, LLC LLC 3/18/14 1400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 S & D Farming Enterprise, LLC LLC 3/18/14 190 E Capitol Street, Suite 100 (39201) S&M Group LLC LLC 3/31/14 159 E. Pearl St Santalla Holdings LLC LLC 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Sawesome Furniture LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Shady Oaks Community Project LLC

LLC

3/3/14 215 Rivera Dr Shakti Food Mart, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 1675 Raymond Road Sharpshooter Cleaning Services, LLC

LLC

3/13/14 511 East Pearl Street Sheri’s Cleaning Service LLC LLC 3/3/14 3939 Rainey Rd Shooters Nation LLC LLC 3/13/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Shop Smart Automobiles LLC LLC 3/20/14 1121 Maria Dr Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity NP 3/18/14 53 Northtown Dr. Apt 34E Slash Dis Dat, LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Sleep Select, Inc. BUS 3/5/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 SMJ Race Parts LLC LLC 3/27/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Sno Ball Hutt LLC LLC 3/18/14 278 Elton Park Dr Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, L.L.C. LLC

3/7/14 506 South President Street Somebody Step In NP 3/12/14 5271 Harrow Drive SophistiCaterers Powered by Eventurers, LLC LLC 3/31/14 2676 Pinebrook Drive Soul City Hospitality LLC LLC 3/10/14 3317 N. State St. Southeast Reinvestment Corporation

NP

3/7/14 264 Allstate Dr Southeastern Timber Products El Dorado LLC LLC 3/25/141300 Meadowbrook Rd, Suite 202 (39211) Southern Real Estate Company LLCLLC 3/7/14 405 Briarwood Dr. Ste 103A Southern Real Estate Company LLC of Tennessee LLC 3/7/14 405 Briarwood Dr. Ste 103A Southern Region of Women Working Together Consortium, L.L.C. LLC 3/11/14 846 Berwood Drive SOZO Rock LLC LLC 3/20/14 6925 Franklin Roosevelt Drive Sozo Rock Unlimited, INC NP 3/20/14 6925 Franklin Roosevelt Drive Spellings Development LLC LLC 3/17/14 2458 Wild Valley Drive Stellar Staffing, LLC LLC 3/31/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 100

Street Armor LLC LLC 3/21/14 190 E Capitol Street Suite 100 39201 Strictly Mechanical, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 840 Trustmark Building SysOps DBA LLC 3/7/14 810 Newland St. System Operators LLC LLC 3/7/14 810 Newland St. T B Car Hunters LLC LLC 3/7/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 T Square Masonry LLC LLC 3/10/14 2600 Joe Coker Rd. Tallie’s Salon LLC LLC 3/18/14 1524 Winchester Street Tater Cakes, LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Taute’CUTE’ure Kids Fashion Shop, LLC LLC

3/12/14 4840 Cottonwood Lane Terry Wilson DBA OTH 3/17/14 5361 Wynndike Circle Terry’s Landscaping & Lawn Service DBAOTH

3/17/14 5361 Wynndike Circle The D. Myers Group LLC LLC 3/4/14 2441 Bailey Ave The Entrecor Group, LLC LLC 3/7/14 506 South President Street The Fly Zone LLC LLC 3/25/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 The Funk Brothers of Motown Inc.BUS 3/10/14 4070 Meadowlane Dr The Right Hand LLC LLC 3/12/14 5878 Ferncreek Drive The Williams Law Firm, P.L.L.C. PLLC 3/12/14 525 E Capitol Street, Suite 405 Thornhill Preservations LLC LLC 3/19/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Three T’s Auto Sales Inc. BUS 3/10/14 5417 Queen Christina Ln Tiny Treasures Learning Center, LLC

LLC

3/19/14 4343 Dixie Dr Toe’s Eat Shop LLC LLC 3/26/14 5970 Ferncreek Dr Touching Hearts Lighthouse of Prayer Outreach Ministry NP 3/6/14 5128 Sun Valley Rd Trader Auto Sales LLC LLC 3/21/14 369 James Garfield Circle Trensek, LLC LLC 3/25/14 126†Amite†Street Trinity Behavioral Health, LLC LLC 3/3/14 1618 Pear Orchard Pl. Triplett Properties No. 9, LLC LLC 3/6/141400 Meadowbrook Road, Suite 102 Triton Auto Sales, LLC LLC 3/14/14 320 Elton Rd, Ste B TRS Construction Inc BUS 3/26/14 506 South President Street TrustHouse Services Group, Inc. BUS 3/31/14 840 Trustmark Building Tymeless Culture Music LLC LLC 3/31/14 2650 Livingston Rd Union Healthcare Services, LLC LLC 3/6/14 5062 London Lane United Energy Services LLC LLC 3/5/14 506 South President Street Universal Home Care LLC LLC 3/18/14 1010 Laura Avenue Unmanifest LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Utica Trees, LLC LLC 3/19/14 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Valley Hill Group LLC LLC 3/28/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Venyu Solutions, L.L.C. LLC 3/26/14 920 Meadowbrook Rd Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. BUS 3/5/14 506 South President Street Wahlstreets LLC LLC 3/24/14 6089 Waverly Drive Walgreen Pharmacy Services Midwest LLCLLC

3/31/14 506 South President Street Walker Poole LLC LLC 3/18/14 4159 Navajo Road, Jackson, MS. 39211 Wallet Case, LLC LLC 3/6/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 WG Waveland MS Landlord LLC LLC 3/26/14 506 South President Street Wilson Tax Service LLC LLC 3/10/14 Bldg 5 Twelve Oak Circle Ste A Winston Plywood and Veneer LLC LLC 3/26/14248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Women of Royal Distinction Community Services NP 3/24/14 550 Post Rd. #305 ( Ridgeland 39157) Wood Group Field Services, LLC LLC 3/21/14 506 South President Street Woodhouse Grill, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 4559 Office Park Dr

World Health Industries Construction Management Group, Inc. BUS 3/28/14 1485 Livingston Lane WorldRemit Corp.

BUS 3/27/14 248 East Capitol Street Suite 840 Yazoo International, LLC LLC 3/13/14 460 Briarwood Drive, Suite 400 Yowill’s African Braiding LLC LLC 3/10/14 5846 Ridgewood Rd Suite B203

WKG Enterprises, LLC LLC 3/6/14 1946 Hwy 29 North

Lawrence SB Farms LLC 3/4/14

LLC 6741 Highway 505

Leakesville

Jayess

Inspection Plus, LLC LLC 3/26/14 412 Lafayette Avenue

Jefferson & Sons Electric, Inc. BUS 3/12/14 141 McCray Road

Lena

Kilmichael

BDM Express LLC 3/18/14

Black Sheep Transportation L.L.C. LLC 3/12/14 112 Hamer Rd

Lexington

Kiln

DA, LLC 3/25/14

LLC 532 Hwy 487

LLC 316 Court Square

KM Screening & Designs LLC LLC 3/27/14 24435 Road 357 LowFAB LLC LLC 3/25/14 17140 Fenton-Dedeaux Rd

Lexington Attendance Center Class 1981 NP

South Mississippi Entertainment LLC

Amite River Ranch LLC LLC 3/27/14 5343 Hwy 567 CHS Properties LLC LLC 3/25/14 147 S. Holmes St Powerslam Productions Entertainment LLC LLC 3/18/14 369 N. Church Street

3/12/14

LLC

21355 Deerwood Road

Kosciusko L. Marie’s Fine Gifts LLC LLC 3/17/14 414B South Natchez St Libby Ray Monograms LP LP 3/31/14 323 W North St Outfielders Sports Bar & Grill, LLCLLC 3/12/14 106 Lowery Street

Lake 10 Point Hunting Club LLC LLC 3/3/14 6690 Steve Lee Drive Little Warrior Trucking LLC LLC 3/28/14 868 Little Warrior Rd

Lake Cormorant RPS Farms, Inc. 3/6/14

BUS 13996 Norfolk Rd

Lamar Tam Liquor, LLC LLC 3/31/14 468 Allen Corner Road

Laurel Charley Middleton Auto Consultants IncBUS

3/17/14 1106 Parker Drive Danny Byrd, LLC LLC 3/25/14 1416 Sandersville Sharon Road David Hudson Farms LLC LLC 3/6/14 711 Trace Road DBI Holdings, Inc. BUS 3/24/14 8 Reagan Ranch Road Empty Nest 2 LLC LLC 3/24/14 330 N 14TH AVE Horseshoe Lake Ranch, LLC LLC 3/6/14 315 Sawmill Road, Suite 222 Hudson Machine Shop, LLC LLC 3/17/14 717 Trace Road McKinnon Comanies Consulting LLC

LLC

3/13/14 548 Hwy 533 McMahon Family Properties, LLC LLC 3/17/14 404 Short 7th Avenue Nasco LLC LLC 3/27/14 1197 Trace Rd Laurel Ms 39443 Robinson Appaloosa Horses, LLC LLC 3/6/14 315 Sawmill Road, Suite 222 RPS Consulting, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 6 Spring Road Seventh LLC LLC 3/24/14 15 Northgate Drive Shady Grove Feed & Seed LLC LLC 3/31/14 4785 Hwy 15 North Singh, LLC LLC 3/7/14 1604 Highway 84 West Southside vapes DBA LLC 3/31/14 624 So 7th Ave Superior Enterprises, LLC LLC 3/7/14 333 Ellisville Blvd Sweet Magnolia’s Bakery Cafe LLCLLC 3/10/14 3136 Old Amy Road T-N-T Emergency Roadside L.L.C. LLC 3/4/14 190 Bush Rd. Tee and Me Transport, LLC LLC 3/3/14 70 Howse Road Triple C Antiques LLC LLC 3/31/14 5222 Hwy 84 W Williams Enterprises of Laurel LLCLLC 3/31/14 624 So 7th Ave

3/19/14

204 Wiley Road

Liberty

Long Beach CK Media Group, LLC LLC 3/26/14 2012 West 2nd Street, #249 Old Chicago Brick Pavers LLC LLC 3/14/14 5076 Beatline Rd Precision Paint & Body, Inc BUS 3/28/14 7028 Bell Circle Slap Ya Momma’s Biloxi, LLC LLC 3/13/14 524 Arbor Station Drive Tate, LLC LLC 3/20/14 706 Dogwood Drive

Louisville 662 Bar & Grill LLC LLC 3/7/14 2710 Hwy 14 West Danny Fuller Trucking LLC LLC 3/4/14 1070 Mill Creek Rd Deer Run Construction LLC LLC 3/25/14 105 Deer Run Road HughesSpellings LLC LLC 3/17/14 1659 Highway 15 South Idistract LLC LLC 3/7/14 620 West College Street Uphill Golf Cart & Repair, LLC LLC 3/28/14 2140 Betheden Rd World Outreach & Bible Training Center-Louisville NP 3/21/14 2539 Zion Ridge Road

Lucedale

1st Defense Fire & Safety LLC LLC 3/3/14 335 Trace Harbor Rd A & R Coleman Realty, LLC LLC 3/17/14561 King Ranch Rd (canton, Ms 39046) A&M Companies LLC LLC 3/14/14 136 Reserve Crossing Allied Auto Body LLC LLC 3/25/14 333 Distribution Drive Bruinamigos, LLC LLC 3/31/14 400 Old Rice Rd Catlin Realty LLC LLC 3/25/14 70 Camellia Lane Cole Strategies, LLC LLC 3/28/14 5 Standford Court, Jackson, Ms 39211 Covenant Senior Solutions LLC LLC 3/20/14 403 Northbay Dr Dan Confait DBA OTH 3/25/14 120 Depot Dr DC Guitar Studio DBA OTH 3/25/14 120 Depot Dr Family Assembly Shop, LLC LLC 3/4/14 230 Forest Dr. Financial Crimes Investigative, Compliance & Security, LLC LLC 3/13/14 121 Adderley Blvd Fiske International Group Corporation BUS

3/7/14 268 Hawthorne Drive Fontaine Arroyo, LLC LLC 3/7/14 350 Industrial Drive Harreld Contracting LLC LLC 3/25/14 141 Executive Drive, Suite 3 Hensley & Associates of MS LLC LLC 3/12/14 168 Northwind Dr Holland Lawns LLC LLC 3/28/14 102 Avery Ct. I-Shine LLC LLC 3/13/14 11 Peppermill Drive J Two Nine Eleven LLC LLC 3/31/14 114 Rockwood Drive Knight Rental Properties, LLC LLC 3/6/14 208 Acadia Lane M&S Holdings LLC LLC 3/25/14 732 Magnolia Street Medical Service Solutions LLC LLC 3/26/14 101 Hickory Glen MidMsWoodworking, LLC LLC 3/5/14 130 Covey Run Mimicrist LLC LLC 3/7/14534 South Deerfield Dr (Canton, MS 39046) Mississippi Steelworks LLC LLC 3/6/14 177 Pear Lane (Pearl 39208) Offspring Investments, LLC LLC 3/19/14 709 Arlington Court Pang & Tu Properties LLC LLC 3/21/14 428 Fairfield Dr Pure Joy Enterprise LLC LLC 3/25/14 434 Brookstore Drive R D Foundation, Inc. NP 3/19/14 127 Seville Way Recruiting Solutions LLC LLC 3/19/14 54 Wintergreen Road Rural Development Foundation, Inc.

Best Wok Lucedale Inc. BUS 3/25/14 11231 Old 63 S., Suite E Carroll Graves Hauling Ltd. BUS 3/24/14 1274 Vardaman Graves Road DLM Holdings, LLC LLC 3/17/14 189 Carl Havard Road Easy Exams, LLC LLC 3/20/14 1217 Henry Cochran Rd Flare Up Farms LLC LLC 3/14/14 15259 Hwy 613 George County Veterinary Clinic, LLC

3/13/14

Madison

LLC

15259 Hwy 613

K & S Appliance Sales and Repair Inc. BUS

3/5/14 26345 Polktown Road Logan’s Welding Service, LLC LLC 3/17/14 195 Merritt Road P.C.S.K. LLC LLC 3/25/14 111 Doug Byrd Rd Pierce Melons LLC LLC 3/5/14 253 Hwy 612 R & J Home and Repair, LLC LLC 3/12/14 194 Country Oak Cirlce The Servants Table, LLC LLC 3/27/14 111 Bonnet Lane

Lumberton Courtney Trucking LLC LLC 3/18/14 294 Hendrix Rd

Macon CrossFit Flowood, LLC LLC 3/26/14 400 Wright Road

NP

3/19/14 127 Seville Way Shree Datta LLC LLC 3/5/14 717 Waters Drive SSO Realty II LLC LLC 3/26/14 107 Bristol Cv Terramark Holdings, LLC LLC 3/21/14 127 Vinings Drive The Lucas Foundation for Better Living NP 3/10/14 111 Chadwyck Court The MacKenzie Group, LLC LLC 3/27/14 119 Country Club Drive The White’s Enterprise, LLC LLC 3/10/14 308 Hawthorne Dr Triple Cell, LLC LLC 3/27/14124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 URSHOPSPOT.COM LLC LLC 3/31/14 337 Mockingbird Lane

Magee BodyWorX fitness, LLC LLC 3/20/14 106 Main Ave N Darryl M Yelverton LLC LLC 3/6/14 105 Antioch Road Simply Poultry LLC LLC 3/3/14 4805 Simpson Hwy 28 West

Magnolia Woodall Property Management, LLC

3/12/14

LLC

6914 Hamp Lea Road

INCORPORATIONS Mantachie Wildcat Holler LLC 3/7/14

LLC 139 Barber Circle

Marietta Davis Hay Baler, LLC LLC 3/6/14 101 Nabors Road, Marietta, MS 38856 Triple C Company LLC LLC 3/5/14 2221 Donivan Rd

Marion Landfair Properties LLC LLC 3/25/14 5311 Linmoor Drive RDH Pharmacy Consulting PLLC PLLC 3/5/14 7460 Confederate Drive

McComb Easley Properties, L.L.C. LLP 3/13/14 2102 Country Club Rd. Errand Ninja, LLC LLC 3/4/14 1086 Hwy 570 E Express Loans, LLC LLC 3/13/14 124 West Street Fuller Property Management, LLC LLC 3/17/14 1189 Welsh Road Kidz World Learning Center LLC LLC 3/5/14 412 South Broadway Let’s Eat! Food Group, LLC LLC 3/5/14 1040 Hillshire Drive Starrett’s Classic Cookie, LLC LLC 3/17/14 1153 Progress School Road T&B Trucking LLC LLC 3/17/14 2110 Quilivan Rd Tax Buyers MS LLC LLC 3/27/14 2056 McComb Holmesville Road

Stephenson Law Offices, PLLC PLLC 3/18/14 1931 24Th Avenue Stilettos in the City PR Firm & Branding LLC LLC 3/12/14 2019 34Th Avenue Unique Boutique, LLC LLC 3/6/14 6420 Hwy 45 South Vital Care of York County Inc BUS 3/24/14 7484 Wildwood Cr

Mize Triple J Bedding LLC 3/5/14

LLC 553 Scr 31

Monticello Bear Creek Trucking IncorporatedBUS 3/21/14 27 Creekside Drive Noble Healthcare LLC LLC 3/10/14 904 Carmel New Hope Road Reeds Metals of Jackson Inc. BUS 3/24/14 950 Pleasant Grove Drive

Moorhead Shedullie’s, Inc. 3/25/14

BUS 1407 Holly Drive

Morton Morton Youth Football NP 3/20/14 1175 Line Prairie Road Pink Blush Boutique & Nail Spa LLCLLC 3/27/14 4179 Cowardtown Road

Moselle

MissCo LLC LLC 3/26/14 100 Bill Dyess Rd Carriere Ms 39426

Meadville

Moss Point

Elf’s Enterprises Inc. BUS 3/26/14 262 Olive Street

3Qi Records LLC LLC 3/13/14 4537 Bowen St Esteem Beauty School for Girls NP 3/14/14 5718 Eastwood Drive

Mendenhall Mainstreet Antiques and More LLCLLC 3/3/14 143 North Main St River’s Edge Roofing and Restoration LLCLLC

3/17/14

7532 Highway 18 West

Meridian AA Trucking LLC LLC 3/28/14 9766 B Hwy 39 N ACA Restaurant LLC LLC 3/24/14 547 Bonita Lakes Plaza Suite A BrainLinc LLC LLC 3/28/14 2117 Poplar springs drive Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLCLLC

3/5/14 2220 46Th Ave Evans Shirt Shack LLC LLC 3/3/14 4802 Hwy 19 North Grassy Lake LLC LLC 3/25/14 916 Farrigut Lake Rd Gautier, Ms 39553 Jeff L Homan, LLC LLC 3/26/14 6720 Pine Springs Circle John Matthew Maxey DBA OTH 3/24/14 367 Briarwood Road M. M. E. Clothing LLC LLC 3/5/14 8325 Poplar Sp Dr Lt44 M.E. Investments LLC LLC 3/18/14 3609 N. Highland Ave. Magnolia Belle Boutique LLC LLC 3/14/14 155 Skyland Dr Magnolia Manor of Starkville LLC LLC 3/18/14 117 11Th Avenue South Magnolia Manor Properties of MS, LLC LLC

3/18/14 117 11Th Avenue South Magnolia Merchandise DBA OTH 3/24/14 367 Briarwood Road Mariah Springs Legacy, LLC LLC 3/10/14 2904 40Th Avenue Middleton Timber LLC LLC 3/20/14 5344 County Rd. 514 MMA Beverage, Inc. BUS 3/11/14 100 49Th Avenue Neese Plumbing, LLC LLC 3/7/14 7720 Hwy 493 One Stop Beer & Tobacco Discount, LLC LLC

3/10/14 2100 North Hills Street Side West LLC LLC 3/4/14 2012 Highway 45 N, Suite C Southern Arms LLC LLC 3/13/14 9557 Pine Springs Rd

Knight Consulting and Enterprises, LLC. LLC

3/7/14 4500 Shattles Rd M/V Misty Morning LLC LLC 3/25/14 4861 Devon Street M/V Sea Horse LLC LLC 3/25/14 4861 Devon Street Melodic Outreach NP 3/19/14 3912 Fieldworth rd Naturally Yours, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 14116 Hwy 63 Our Family Table, LLC LLC 3/28/14 13836A Highway 613 Pass-Point Services L.L.C. LLC 3/31/14 4500 Tram Rd Seven Five MillionWorks Publishing LLC LLC

3/13/14

Nesbit Brookstone Development LLC LLC 3/25/14 190 Motor Scooter Drive Giddy Up Party Ponies LLC LLC 3/24/14 4784 Austin Rd Jackson Steel Company LLC LLC 3/11/14 960 Old Highway 51 North

Nettleton

American Machine Inc BUS 3/12/14 26 Dean Anderson Rd Hillman Auto Expeditors Inc BUS 3/31/14 41 Hodge Road Karen E. Helton LLC LLC 3/12/14 477 Ovett-Moselle Rd

McNeill

Forrest Newsome Properties LLC LLC 3/28/14 483 Airport Road Highland Auto Sales LLC LLC 3/27/14 276 Highland Blvd KOUSA LLC LLC 3/14/14 319 Market Street LLOG Production Company BUS 3/25/14 516 Airport Road Natchez Photos, LLC LLC 3/25/14 810 Washington St New Street Property, LLC LLC 3/7/14 483 Airport Road PHD Entertainment LLC LLC 3/18/14 12A Petal lane PJM Petroleum LLC LLC 3/28/14 201 Somerset Dr Top R Quality Foods Inc. BUS 3/21/14 4 West Kirby St Tweet occasionS, LLC LLC 3/12/14 117 Florida Dr. WC Properties I, LLC LLC 3/25/14 319 Market St WC Properties II LLC LLC 3/25/14 319 Market Street

4537 Bowen St

Mound Bayou James Watson Jr JWJE, LLC LLC 3/17/14 410 Davis Ave

Farnham Properties, LLC LLC 3/17/14 798 Pennington Lake Rd

New Albany Bryan Mowers, L.L.C. LLC 3/7/14 112 East Bankhead Street, Suite A CRS Realty LLC LLC 3/5/14 1035 County Rd 95 Henry’s Railroad Services Inc BUS 3/6/14 937 Main Street South ( Amory 38821) Lonestar Fertilizer Spreading LLC LLC 3/19/14 1128 CR 102 Rowan Properties, L.L.C. LLC 3/21/14 112 East Bankhead Street, Suite A Speak Green LLC LLC 3/6/14 103 E. Bankhead St. The Art of Dixie LLC LLC 3/6/14 103 E. Bankhead St.

New Hebron RaylaTec LLC LLC 3/26/14 749 N Pleasant Hill Rd EJL Enterprises LLC LLC 3/11/14 208 Wells Street

Newton Meridian Eye Care LLC LLC 3/20/14 107 Decatur Stree

Noxapater

Myrtle

COVTRANS NO. 1 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 2 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 3 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 4 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 5 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 6 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 7 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) COVTRANS NO. 8 LLC LLC 3/31/14 6340 Hwy 15 South (Louisville 39339) Lampley Trucking & Farm LLC LLC 3/24/14 496 Elijah Graham Road

Patterson Automotive LLC LLC 3/28/14 1878 State Road 178 West

Ocean Springs

Mount Olive C5 Farms LLC LLC 3/25/14 183 J.D. Herrington Rd C5 Quarter Horses LLC LLC 3/25/14 183 J.D. Herrington Rd Clem Lumber LLC LLC 3/13/14 28 Reggie Magee Ln Gray Logging Company LLC LLC 3/18/14 64 Garner Road Larry Davis Farms LLC LLC 3/14/14 176 Dennis Rd Seminary Drugs LLC LLC 3/20/14 470 Calhoun Road

Natchez Big Black Scotland LLC LLC 3/26/14 154 Providence Road Bougere Plantation LLC LLC 3/11/14 319 Market Street Comforting Care Agency LLC LLC 3/13/14 159 Kaiser Lake Road

2404 Felicity LLC LLC 3/11/14 3890 Bienville Blvd 2408 Felicity LLC LLC 3/11/14 3890 Bienville Blvd Agler Enterprises LLC LLC 3/25/14 1225 Monticello Blvd.

Bread & Butter Distribution Inc BUS 3/3/14 2617 North 5th St.

April 25, 2014 Charles Miestchovich Jr DBA OTH 3/17/14 1332 Diller Rd Contagious LLC LLC 3/21/14 9609 Marina Avenue D&S Plumbing Service LLC LLC 3/27/14 2621 N. 6th St. DAE Medical LLC LLC 3/7/14 105 Carlsbad Place Deep Sleep Tactical LLC LLC 3/14/14 5905 Olde Oak View Double F Cattle, LLC LLC 3/10/14 16300 Old Biloxi Road Everitt Farms, LLC LLC 3/3/14 433 East Beach Frazier’s Tobacco and Beer LLC LLC 3/13/14 5029 Heritage Lane Gulf Coast Eastwood Town Homes LLC LLC

3/10/14 2750 Bienville Blvd Hanna Berry Workshop, LLC LLC 3/10/14 1114 East Cherokee Glen Integrated Approaches, Systems and Technologies LLC LLC 3/26/14 117 Watersedge Drive Jeff Davis Apartments, LLC LLC 3/28/14 114 Ether Circle Mallory Fitzgerald LLC LLC 3/11/14 11803 Camellia Rd PETRA Incorporated BUS 3/14/14 1517 S 7th Street Physicians Medical Legal Consulting MS LLC LLC 3/14/14 3802 Cabildo Pl PL Health Alliance, LLC LLC 3/14/14 10008 Shady Pine Dr Practical Marketing Solutions; Inc.BUS 3/4/14 407 Rue Chateauguay Profectus Coaching and Consulting, LLC LLC

3/19/14 13509 St. Martin Drive Salon Rouge LLC LLC 3/19/14 6905 Washington Ave The Cloyd Company, LLC LLC 3/3/14 433 East Beach Third Rock Lawn and Garden DBAOTH 3/17/14 1332 Diller Rd Unleashed Holdings LLC LLC 3/4/14 996 N Halstead Road Val’s Bar & Grill LLC LLC 3/3/14 14085 Oakview Circle

Okolona Pecan Ridge Farms LLC LLC 3/31/14 1544 S Hwy 45 Alt S and B Farms, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 327 West Main Street Tim’s Small Engine Repair LLC LLC 3/10/14 501 Rockwell Drive Wedel Farms, Inc. BUS 3/3/14 327 West Main Street

Olive Branch America Bible Institute NP 3/7/14 5590 John Nielsen Way Banks-Bean Corporation BUS 3/17/14 4818 Deer Run Rd BonnerBro LLC LLC 3/28/14 6801 College Park Cove Brooks Staffing Spot Inc BUS 3/31/14 10153 Oak Leaf Drive BWI OUTDOORS LLC LLC 3/4/14 8090 Lakeview Drive Cowley Distributing, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 13067 Beech Branch Drive Dreamsicles Boutique DBA BUS 3/17/14 4818 Deer Run Rd Elite Tech Services LLC LLC 3/27/14 7666 Fox Hunt Drive East European Body Wraps LLC LLC 3/24/14 5871 Michaelson Dr Forest Hill Development LLC LLC 3/7/14 7387 Woodland Drive Glossy Nails-Thuy Nguyen Corp BUS 3/31/14 6415 Cody Cv Gurantee Lure Co. DBA OTH 3/25/14 4703 Spring Place Cv. E. HOME DECOR MARKET LLC LLC 3/5/14 7139 Commerce Drive Kyra McEnany DBA OTH 3/3/14 8821 Oakwood Drive Landman Consulting Group, LLC LLC 3/6/14 3980 Spring Lake Cir. Louisiana Bayou LLC LLC 3/27/14 9356 Goodman Rd Mid South Equipment Inc BUS 3/11/14 11064 Business Center Dr Mississippi Gun News LLC LLC 3/12/14 9197 Rue Orleans Ln

Mississippi Gun Sales DBA LLC 3/12/14 9197 Rue Orleans Ln Muddy Nature LLC LLC 3/26/14 14288 Santa Fe Drive Nation Green Inc BUS 3/19/14 9331 Huron Drive OB Gold and Silver Buyers, Inc. BUS 3/26/14 8863 Goodman Road Pop’s PH Corporation BUS 3/4/14 6281 Bear Cove RCL Internet Ventures, LLC LLC 3/7/14 4251 Bonner Drive Shaw Williams Insurance Services, “LLC”LLC

3/7/14

6730 Indigo Lake Drive

Southern Akita Rescue Alliance, Inc.

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3/31/14 6432 Carson Dr Summit Title & Escrow LLC LLC 3/12/14 7387 Woodland Drive Talking Voice Application LLC LLC 3/21/14 6515 Goodman Road Ste 4 The Frock, LLC LLC 3/3/14 9570 Goodman Rd TNA Transport LLC LLC 3/6/14 7714 Piney Ridge Cove Todd J. Stephens DBA OTH 3/25/14 4703 Spring Place Cv. E. Tree Wink DBA OTH 3/3/14 8821 Oakwood Drive Vachon Construction, LLC LLC 3/27/14 5365 Blocker St

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EHN Merchandising LLC LLC 3/25/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Farmstead LLC LLC 3/25/14 2094 Old Taylor Road Suite 200 Flow Dynamics and Automation, Inc.

BUS

3/7/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Four Oaks, LLC LLC 3/20/14 308 Wishing Tree Ln Fox Creek Farms LLC LLC 3/31/14 1533 Jefferson Street GGD Holdings Inc BUS 3/31/14 60 David St Homesafe Inspection, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 1109 Van Buren Ave Independent Service Provider LLCLLC 3/14/14 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Integra Fire Protection, LLC LLC 3/24/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Integrated Project Resources, LLCLLC 3/24/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C JJ Cunningham LLC LLC 3/3/14 405 Galleria Lane Suite C JLPerry, LLC LLC 3/10/14 1082 Augusta Dr JR Rentals LLC LLC 3/5/14 503 Timber Hollow Lane JSH Family Investments LLC LLC 3/17/14 829 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 2 KBS Constructors Inc BUS 3/27/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C KMK Construction of Arkansas, LLC

LLC

Osyka

3/17/14

Community Body Shop Inc BUS 3/11/14 7042 Osyka Progress Rd

3/3/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Las Vegas Stone and Flooring, Inc.BUS 3/24/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Logistics Resource Solutions Inc BUS 3/14/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Loyal Rebs Tailgating LLC LLC 3/24/14 2405 Anderson Road Unite 120 LRK Technologies LLC LLC 3/7/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Lyle Properties LLC LLC 3/3/14 604 Troon MAA USA LLC LLC 3/26/14 1300 Van Buren Avenue #112 MDL Properties, LLC LLC 3/28/14 299 South 9th Street Suite 101 Mr. Milk Man, LLC LLC 3/5/14 1739 University Ave. #134 National Medical Services, Inc. BUS 3/20/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C North MS MRA Rentals LLC LLC 3/31/14 1533 Jefferson Street

Ovett Appliance Service, LLC LLC 3/17/14 27 Pitts Family Circle Bar W Hardware LLC LLC 3/18/14 18 Red Fox Farm Road JB Welding Service LLC LLC 3/21/14 2459 Highway 15 S

Oxford 333 Winners Circle LLC LLC 3/3/14 1300 Van Buren Avenue Suite 112 342 Turnberry, LLC LLC 3/17/14 2100 Old Taylor Road, Unit 319 A & C Investigative Services LLC LLC 3/24/14 118 Yocona Ridge Road ABHC LLC LLC 3/25/14 1305 Madison Avenue Ag Integral LLC LLC 3/5/14 2084 Old Taylor Road, Suite 106 Altis Endurance Sports, LLC LLC 3/13/14 405 Galleria Lane Suite C American Fireproofing, Inc. BUS 3/21/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C B & B Leasing, LLC LLC 3/6/14 195 Hwy 6 East Blackberry Hill, LLC LLC 3/7/14 22005 Halliburton Cove C L Helt, Architect, Inc. PA 3/3/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C C. L. Helt, Architect, P.C. PA 3/3/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Canyon Stone, Inc. BUS 3/31/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Central Tube and Bar, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Charles Deweese Construction, Inc.

BUS

3/5/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Chipola Engineering Group, Inc. BUS 3/13/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Chow Purchasing Group, LLC LLC 3/26/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Construction Management Group LLC LLC

3/12/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Coops Skull Works LLC LLC 3/17/14 2084B Old Taylor Road DBH Design Group LLC LLC 3/10/14 15 County Road 126 Dearing Propellers LLC LLC 3/21/14 829 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 2 Dependable Heating and Cooling LLC

LLC

3/17/14 204 Salem Rd Deshazo Surgical, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 1109 Van Buren Design Gallery LLC LLC 3/24/14 106 Country Club Rd Design Gallery LLC 3/24/14 106 Country Club Rd Dustbuster’s Home and Commercial Cleaning Service LLC LLC 3/24/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C

405 Galleria Lane Suite C

Knipp Contracting of Mississippi LLC

LLC

Oxford Creek Home Owners Association Inc NP

3/3/14 119 Heritage Dr Peniel Transit Inc. BUS 3/20/14 106 Downing St PLM 334 LLC LLC 3/31/14 1533 Jefferson Street Preferred Tank & Tower Maintenance Division, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Premier Constructors Inc BUS 3/11/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Premier Realty Group LLC LLC 3/27/14 311 Daniella RWB Ventures LLC LLC 3/27/14 1525 University Ave S.E.R. South East Radar Certification & Training, LLC LLC 3/11/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Shaw House, LLC LLC 3/19/14 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Shaw Property, LLC LLC 3/19/14 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Sinclair Oxford Holdings Inc BUS 3/31/14 3802 Majestic Oaks Dr Southland Process Group, LLC LLC 3/11/14 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Stat Data Services, LLC LLC 3/17/14 578 Cr 102 The Big Chunk LLC LLC 3/25/14 1305 Madison Avenue The Cavalier, LLC LLC 3/28/14 2216 Church Street, Apt. 36 Titan Electric of Mississippi, LLC LLC 3/26/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Vicksburg Business School LLC LLC 3/21/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Winners Circle Holdings LLC LLC 3/3/14 1300 Van Buren Avenue, Suite 112 World - Space Network LLC LLC 3/24/14 600 Northwood Trail YF Newco, LLC LLC 3/26/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C YF Southaven, LLC LLC 3/26/14 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C

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Pascagoula C & M Broker’s L.L.C. LLC 3/26/14 1950 Pascagoula St. Apt #3 Easy Clean Fish Stand LLC LLC 3/24/14 2109 8Th Streeet Main Street Daiquiri & Lounge LLCLLC 3/3/14 3618 Hopewood Dr ( Moss Point 39563) Pascagoula River Festival Committee

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3/21/14 2317 Washington Avenue RC SSD, LLC LLC 3/10/14 3103 Pascagoula Street The Car Lot, LLC LLC 3/17/14 525 Kerbs Ave

Pass Christian Apple Dapple, LLC LLC 3/17/14 23516 Enchanted Avenue Asian Paradise Inc BUS 3/17/14 116 Davis Avenue, Suite D E F B & B Lawn Service LLC LLC 3/19/14 14421 Butch’s Circle C & F Construction LLC LLC 3/6/14 13029 Cable Bridge Rd LoveLeigh LLC LLC 3/24/14 212 Hursey Avenue Savannah Jewel Holdings LLC LLC 3/13/14 107 Holly Point

Pearl ‘wynn Welding & Ornamentals, Llc’LLC 3/7/14 141 Trojan Drive AKNco.LLC LLC 3/7/14 3458 Longstreet Dr. Amac Warehouse Property LLC LLC 3/28/14 312 Airport Road ANewSouth Properties LLC LLC 3/28/14 110 Asbury Park Dr. ATOC LLC LLC 3/21/14 159 Fairmont Dr Billy’s A/C and Construction LLC LLC 3/24/14 323 Cedar Hill Dr. Bones and Bugs, LLC LLC 3/21/14 1 Mac and Bones Boulevard Computer Wrangler, LLC LLC 3/12/14 541 Oak Park Circle Cute As a Button, LLC LLC 3/28/14 403 Wildwood Way Dorothy May LLC LLC 3/14/14 2823 Burma Drive Glass Solutions LLC LLC 3/10/14 513 Ridgecrest Rd HHE Properties, LLC LLC 3/20/14 153 Live Oak Blvd High Speed Fitness, LLC LLC 3/12/14 628 S. Pearson Rd. Idance Academi NP 3/27/14 3003 Colony Park J and T Lawn Care LLC LLC 3/11/14 3444 Old Brandon Rd Madison Avionics, LLC LLC 3/18/14 541 Oak Park Circle New Life Christian Daycare NP 3/6/14 401 Cross Park Dr Suite C Paco’s Auto Repair Inc. BUS 3/7/14 148 S. Pearson Rd. Ste C RS Construction Limited Liability Company LLC 3/10/14 3587 Beaumont Drive Smart Digital Life LLC LLC 3/24/14 421 Wildberry Circle Trel’s Mobile Detail LLC LLC 3/28/14 200 Patton Drive

Pelahatchie Casey Ellis Enterprises, LLC LLC 3/7/14 116 Ip Road

Pensacola Gulf Coast Office Products Inc 3/7/14 6020 Enterprise Dr

Perkinston Aqua Green Mississippi, LLC LLC 3/11/14 413 Old Highway 26 BARB Trucking Inc BUS 3/19/14 217 L R Bond Rd Gulf Hurricane Shutters, Inc. BUS 3/10/14 8176 E. Lake Cypress Dr

Petal Annie Cooper LLC LLC 3/25/14 157 McGilvary Road Curly G Farms LLC LLC 3/28/14 90 Thornberry Lane

INCORPORATIONS

24 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25, 2014 H.O.P.E. Helping Our People Excel, Elevate & the E stands for all things positive NP

Port Gibson

3/5/14 22 Corinth Church Rd. Hardges and Sons Lawn Care LLC LLC 3/6/14 314 Garden Lane Jackson Auto Sales, LLC LLC 3/26/14 701 South George OMAN LLC LLC 3/14/14 107 Hickory Circle Parker Engineering LLC LLC 3/4/14 307 Pine Ridge Point The Holmes Law Firm Inc BUS 3/10/14 601 Hwy 42 East Victor Robinson Properties, LLC LLC 3/17/14 106 Drew Rdg

(christian, Hope, And, Mentoring, Promotes, Success) Champs NP 3/7/14 5007-A Ward Rd

Philadelphia

Foxworth Pawn and Trade, Inc. BUS 3/11/14 1610 Columbia Avenue Iron Sharpen Iron Inc NP 3/5/14 225 Skating Rink Road Triangle Mini Mart Inc BUS 3/6/14 1116 Fred Street

Cherry Level Farms LLC LLC 3/27/14 501 W Main Street Colonel’s Deepwater Consulting LLC

LLC

3/20/14 10151 Road 418 HS Liquor and Wine LLC LLC 3/25/14 15121 Hwy 16 W Magnolia Race Services LLC LLC 3/3/14 10320 Road 468 Philadelphia Filter Service LLC LLC 3/27/14 529 Holland Ave Tom’s Fireworks LLC LLC 3/28/14 10031 Road 606 Trident Simulations LLC LLC 3/25/14 916 Range Ave W & R Properties Inc BUS 3/5/14 284 West Beacon Street Wade White Attorney at Law PLLC

3/7/14

PLLC

501 W Main Street

Picayune Canal Street Coffee House OTH 3/3/14 312 W Canal St Dolce Bakeshop, LLC LLC 3/13/14 1718 Provost Circle Every Day Joy Counseling Services LLC LLC

3/3/14 120 Street a Suite C Federal Wholesale Auto L.L.C. LLC 3/24/14 1 Sycamore Rd. D123 Great Minds Technology, LLC LLC 3/24/14 44 McCormick Ln House of Refuge of Picayune Inc NP 3/26/14 21821 Dusty Lane Kendrick, LLC LLC 3/4/14 105 South Columbia Robert Mars Trucking LLC LLC 3/3/14 217 J.J. Holcomb Rd Southgate Investments LLC LLC 3/26/14 2119 Palestine Road Stranco, LLC LLC 3/14/14 8 Mojave Lane Stringfellow Farm Properties LLC LLC 3/5/14 12522 Road 224

Pickens Stylups LLC 3/27/14

LLC 92 Cedarwood Dr

Pinola M&M Logistics LLC 3/10/14

LLC 1965 Shivers Rd

Pontotoc E & C Media Group, L.L.C. LLC 3/17/14 3220 Macedonia Road J & M Diesel and Auto LLC LLC 3/17/14 1261 Pitts Loop M Star Home Furnishing, LLC LLC 3/11/14 279 Ridgewood Drive MTT Holdings, Inc. BUS 3/31/14 263 West Coffee Street MTT Holdings, Inc. 3/24/14 263 West Coffee Street Non Therapeutic Chiropractic NP 3/31/14 171-C East Oxford St. Ste C Seale Construction LLC LLC 3/17/14 170 Old Longview Rd The Chiropractic Trust, Inc. NP 3/31/14 171-C East Oxford St. Ste C

Poplarville JDH LLC LLC 3/17/14 411 Jacobs Road SES Holdings, LLC LLC 3/5/14 146 Charles Toney Road

Potts Camp Bill C. Taylor LLC LLC 3/31/14 40 Homan Rd. DD’s Trucking LLC LLC 3/31/14 2237 Highway 349 S JNA Trucking LLC LLC 3/31/14 1989 Highway 349 S

Prentiss

Purvis ALLA Souths Creations LLC LLC 3/13/14 709 Highway 589 Boutwell Rentals, LLC LLC 3/17/14 856 Slade Road CBS Oilfield Consulting LLC LLC 3/3/14 305 Lone Tree Purvis Jewelry Candles LLC LLC 3/6/14 715 First Ave.

Quitman The Woodlands Group LLC LLC 3/13/14 5109 County Rd. 690

Raleigh Glory Be Farms LLC 3/17/14

LLC 2343 Scr 121

Randolph Polly Wangos, LLC 3/10/14

LLC 630 Arrow Road

Raymond Backwater Ciderworks LLC LLC 3/18/14 1213 Lee Lane Moss Chapel Missionary Baptist Church NP 3/6/14 19174 Highway 18 Pape Properties, LLC LLC 3/27/14 1044 Lewis Road Tripp Contracting Corporation BUS 3/27/14 365 McClendon Drive

Richland B & S Hauling LLC LLC 3/13/14 627 Hwy 49 S, Suite A Brewer Fence LLC LLC 3/13/14 100 Old Hwy 49 South Constructive Cleaning LLC LLC 3/19/14 627 Hwy 49 S, Suite A Craddock and Pace Properties LLCLLC 3/19/14 125 West Harper Street Green Power Energy Source LLC LLC 3/25/14 379 Southwind Dr The Jungle Exotic Pets LLC LLC 3/31/14 627 Hwy 49 S, Suite A

Richton Brewer’s T & A Supply Inc. BUS 3/7/14 403 Front Street North Ghous Enterprises LLC LLC 3/3/14 9355 Old River Road JRF Consulting LLC LLC 3/26/14 415 Camp Eight Rd

Ridgeland 4R Trucking LLC LLC 3/31/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B ArmorThane Mississippi L.L.C. LLC 3/28/14 218 N Wheatley St BBT Transport LLC LLC 3/13/14 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite a Beautiful Gorgeous World LLC LLC 3/27/14 110 Pine Knoll Drive Apt 176 BREI, LLC LLC 3/10/14 368 Highland Colony Parkway Builder’s Assets, LLC LLC 3/14/141018 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 700

Burgess Properties LLC LLC 3/20/14 218Sawbridge Dr Busy Bods Nutrition, LLC LLC 3/10/14 301 Northlake Ave., Suite 209 Cane Creek Co., LLC LLC 3/17/14 613 Steed Road Carter & Body PLLC PLLC 3/5/14 407 Orchard Park, Building 1 Ste D Challenge Motor Sports, LLC LLC 3/19/14 419A Northpark Drive Cheerful Care Too, Inc. BUS 3/14/14 290 Commerce Park Dr., Suite E Cock of the Walk Hwy 49, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle Cock of the Walk Nashville, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle Cock of the Walk Ridgeland, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle Color Enhanced Detection, LLC LLC 3/11/14 205 Bellewether Pass Data Specialties, Inc. BUS 3/14/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Daydream Marketing, Inc. BUS 3/25/14 855 S Pear Orchard, Building 100 EStaffing Source, LLC LLC 3/31/146345 Woodstock Dr.Jackson, MS. 39206 Evaluation Zone, Inc BUS 3/7/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Farmers Market Grill Inc. BUS 3/26/14 100 Fox Run Drive Forge Metalworks & Design LLC LLC 3/17/14103 Sagefield Square, Canton,MS. 39046 FRS Environmental Remediation, Inc. 3/31/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Girl Next Door Apparel LLC LLC 3/18/145772 Kristen Dr. Jackson, Ms 39211 H. C. Ware Investments, LLC LLC 3/19/14 234 W. School St Integra Management, LLC LLC 3/19/14600 Concourse, Suite 100, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway(39157)

Iron City Pipe & Supply Company BUS 3/17/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B J & J Technical Services, LLC LLC 3/10/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Joint Ventures 2911 LLC LLC 3/3/14 735 Avignon Drive, Suite 1 KAJO Farms, LLC LLC 3/12/14 368 Highland Colony Parkway Kenneth Jackson Holdings, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KJ 100 Garden Lane, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KJ Liberty Coach, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KJ Platte Court, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KJ Stigger Road, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KJ Tepee, LLC LLC 3/27/14 141†Madison†Landing†Circle KPW Services, LLC LLC 3/3/14 587 Highland Colony Parkway Let the Paper Speak, LLC LLC 3/17/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Liver Nodularity, LLC LLC 3/5/14 205 Bellewether Pass LMC Medical Supplies, Inc. BUS 3/19/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Lucky Penny Press LLC LLC 3/5/14 6811 Old Canton Rd Apt 4906 M. & T. of MS Inc BUS 3/4/14 1200 County Ln Road, Ste 1326 Mi Cabrito, Incorporated BUS 3/28/14655 Us Highway 49 South Suite H Nola Title Company, LLC LLC 3/14/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Peach Seed LLC LLC 3/6/14351 Highway 51 Ridgeland MS 39157 Pear Seed LLC LLC 3/6/14351 Highway 51 Ridgeland Ms 39157 Peebles Planning Group LLC LLC 3/18/141052 Highland Colony Parkway Suite 101 Physician Consultants LLC LLC 3/24/14 625 Highland Colony Parkway Pilates of Madison County, LLC LLC 3/5/14 500 Hwy 51 Suite I RAC LLC LLC 3/14/14 441 Northpark Dr. Suite A Redfish Investment Group LLC LLC 3/4/141020 Highland Colony Parkway, Ste 1400 River City Farm Supply LLC LLC 3/28/14 216 Draperton Court River City Properties LLC LLC 3/28/14 216 Draperton Court Rivercrest Lot, LLC LLC 3/27/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B

Second Nature Landscape of Ms LLC

LLC

3/20/14 441 Northpark Dr Ste A Senior Care Benefits LLC LLC 3/11/14 406 Orchard Park, Bldg. 2 Senior Care Marketing Inc BUS 3/19/14 406 Orchard Park, Bldgs 2 SpaBeca Wellness Institute LLC LLC 3/6/14 357 Towne Center Blvd. Suite 101 SUKH, LLC LLC 3/14/14 318 Semoia Lane SweetWaters NP 3/6/141052 Highland colony Parkway, Suite 100 Tag Golf, LLC LLC 3/27/14 274 Commerce Park Drive Terrace Ventures, LLC LLC 3/5/14 567 Highway 51, Suite C The Armory, LLC LLC 3/7/14 198 Charmant Drive, Suite 1 The COOL Cooperative Inc NP 3/27/14 763†Avery†Blvd†N The Dinner Band, LLC LLC 3/27/14 111 Rolling Meadows Road The Hall Group, Incorporated BUS 3/27/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Thompson Square LLC LLC 3/25/14 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Unique Class of Limo Service, LLC LLC 3/5/14 425 Pine Brake Cir Vamp LLC LLC 3/31/14 101 West Washington St C3-4 VRM Telematics, LLC LLC 3/27/14 404 Fontaine Place, Suite 101 Walker Capital Properties, LLC LLC 3/7/14 774 Avery Blvd. North

Ripley Christmas Properties LLC LLC 3/10/14 1813 City Ave. N. CRADS LLC LLC 3/26/14 108 E Jefferson St Fun Zone LLC LLC 3/24/14 20101 Hwy 2 Isom’s Chrome Rims and Accessories LLCLLC

3/10/14

1210 City Ave North

Isom’s Rims Tires & Accessories, LLC

LLC

3/24/14 1124 City Avenue N Mahan Law Office PLLC PLLC 3/10/14 104 S Main St 2nd Fl Ripley Middle School Pto Inc NP 3/3/14 116 East Jefferson The Great American Food Company LLC LLC

3/10/14

1410 Hall Drive

Trellis Management & Consulting LLC

3/20/14

LLC

3800 CR 540

Rosedale Angel of Mercy Hospice LLC LLC 3/5/14 314 Court Street

Ruleville

Sarah Ol’ Country Store LLC LLC 3/3/14 3484 Hwy 4 West

Complete Diabetes Pharmacy Care Inc BUS

Sardis Tullos Trucking LLC 3/28/14

LLC 452 Hudson Rd

Saucier Celtic Properties, LLC LLC 3/11/14 18353 Sky Lane Coast Wide Recovery, LLC LLC 3/14/14 21049 Saucier Fairley Rd Fagan Farms, LLC LLC 3/19/14 21435 Riceville Rd RNS Properties, LLC LLC 3/25/14 18210 Village Drive

Schlater GTC Farms Inc. 3/17/14

BUS 28052 Cr 559

Scooba Fairview LLC 3/3/14

BUS 1694 Dunk Smith Road

Seminary 911 Fire Equipment, LLC LLC 3/10/14 2342 Hwy 49 N CGD Trucking LLC LLC 3/13/14 1121 Hwy 589 Mitchell’s Welding LLC 3/13/14 526 Walter Lott Rd

Senatobia C & C Auctions Group, LLC LLC 3/7/14 230 East Main Street Journey Home School Tutoring Program, LLC LLC 3/7/14 236 Billingsley Drive M & M Christmas Tree Farm LLC LLC 3/10/14 7387 Hwy 4 West The Ink Pad, LLC LLC 3/6/14 117 Briarwood Road

Shaw Field General Sports LLC LLC 3/17/14 625 Jones-Bayou Rd Love & Jefferson LLC LLC 3/21/14 211 Shaw St

Shelby Elite Personal Care LLC LLC 3/24/14 1805 South Broadway Street

Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden & Museum Foundation NP 3/26/14 660 East Floyce Street Henley and Sons Motors LLC LLC 3/31/14 63 Burrell Road Lively Hope Fellowship Church, Inc.NP 3/14/14 814 Carlton St Southern Property Outfitters, LLCLLC 3/17/14 33 N. Ruby Avenue

Shubuta

Saltillo

Silver Creek

Amsterdam Beer & Tobacco LLC LLC 3/17/14 103 East Point Drive CRG Distribution Inc BUS 3/26/14 2342 Barnes Crossing Rd Dundy Holdings LLC LLC 3/31/14 102 Turtle Point Elite Properties of Lee County, LLCLLC 3/20/14 2319 Hwy 145 Mike Sams Enterprises LLC LLC 3/17/14 123 Westbrier Road North Mississippi Restaurant Holdings, LLC LLC 3/3/14 154 Garden Park Drive Simply Southern Boutique LLC LLC 3/14/14 128 Rippavilla Street TNT Distribution L.L.C. LLC 3/17/14 155 Caitlyn Drive

Old Silver Creek Baptist Church, a Non-Profit Corporation NP 3/13/14 32 East Stephens Road

Sandy Hook GTT Consulting LLC LLC 3/5/14 99 Hurricane Creek Church Road

Boom Goodman Inc BUS 3/10/14 3034 E Goodman Rd Como Enterprises LLC LLC 3/28/14 5905 Airways Blvd., Apt 1507

On Target Appraisal, LLC LLC 3/6/14 350 Waynesboro Shubuta Rd

Shuqualak

3/26/14 8830 Centre Street, Ste. 105 Desoto Baseball Properties, LLC LLC 3/17/14 3640 Castle Pointe Drive DeSoto Eye and Ear, LLC LLC 3/12/14 5699 Getwell Road, Bldg G2 Desoto Youth Sports NP 3/17/14 3058 Bramble Crest Dr. Dixie Tea, LLC LLC 3/28/14 2865 Olivia Lane InterCon United, LLC LLC 3/6/14 9149 Belmont Dr JJT’S HVAC, LLC LLC 3/12/14 5423 Kristy Ln JMB Online Enterprises LLC LLC 3/17/14 50 Torbrook Cove Kingdom Life Transport Inc BUS 3/10/14 8756 Five Oaks Drive West Lon Way LLC LLC 3/31/14 4917 Rosebrooks East MBCC and Associates, Inc BUS 3/10/14 384 Goodman Road East Ste 193 My Nifty Things LLC LLC 3/24/14 5848 Kayla Dr Red Roof Inn of Ridgeland DBA BUS 3/14/14 1312 Gaston Dr Rose Food & Fuel Inc BUS 3/31/14 642 Rasco Road RR Lodging, Inc. BUS 3/14/14 1312 Gaston Dr Sneeds Farms Coldwater MS, LLC LLC 3/12/14 5293 Getwell Road Ximena Inc BUS 3/6/14 198 Hillbrook Dr

Starkville Amanda B Edwards LLC LLC 3/25/14 821 Old Crawford Rd. Book Mart & Cafe, LLC LLC 3/12/14 120 E. Main St. Carver’s Custom Woodworks LLC LLC 3/3/14 6881 Oktoc Rd Dodson Farms, LLC LLC 3/19/14 305 Greenbriar Street Exohexahedron, LLC LLC 3/25/14 105 West Main Street Finale School of Music LLC LLC 3/3/14 1189 Meadow Lark Drive George-Mary’s LLC LLC 3/6/14 5687 New Light Road, Starkville, MS 39759-5621

Glittersoft Group LLC LLC 3/13/14 60 Technology Blvd Suite #105A H & E Lawn Service, LLC LLC 3/6/14 5549 Rockhill Road Innovative Electrical Bikes, LLC LLC 3/20/14 526 Overstreet J.L.S. Agency, LLC LLC 3/17/14 520 1/2 University Drive Mitchell Rentals, LLC LLC 3/19/14 115 Chelsia Way Quality Contracting & Construction, LLC LLC

Wheeler A & T Management OTH 3/21/14 2713 Terrapin Rd

3/17/14 9 Crest Oak Drive Rachel Waldrop Properties LLC LLC 3/11/14 104 Saint Charles Avenue Ramsey Brothers LLC LLC 3/21/14 1305 South Montgomery Street RCM Property LLC LLC 3/10/14 109 Pine Ridge Circle The Biscuit Shop, LLC LLC 3/19/14 600 S Jackson St The Crawfish Hut LLC LLC 3/26/14 118 Clements Ave Unique Pages, LLC LLC 3/6/14 60 Techonolgy Blvd Ste 113

Sledge

Steens

Field Farms, LLC 3/12/14

LLC 3014 Field Road

Silver Spring

We Care Community IncorporatedBUS 3/17/14 430 Williams

Soso

WSL Services LLC LLC 3/27/14 3175 Vaughn Robertson Rd Young Appliance LLC LLC 3/5/14 387 Sanders Mill Road

Kimberly’s Travels LLC LLC 3/10/14 3146 Hwy 29n

Stewart

Southaven

AD Services LLC LLC 3/19/14 10784 Stewart Weir Rd

51 South Inc NP 3/12/14 4047 Cat Tail Drive Ballistics Resource LLC LLC 3/12/14 5772 Nichols Dr

Stoneville Upshur Farms, Inc. BUS 3/4/14 4770 Old Leland Road

Summit A & W Transportation Services, Inc.

BUS

3/7/14 1058 Lazy Lake Drive Jack and Jill’s LLC LLC 3/3/14 1026 Lazy Lake Lane Timberline Archery LLC LLC 3/24/14 1008 Timberline Road Timberline Archery LLC 3/24/14 1008 Timberline Road

Sumrall Black Creek Trucking, LLC LLC 3/21/14 435 N Black Creek Rd E & H Russell Consulting LLC LLC 3/18/14 570 Munn Rd Integrity Wellsite Services LLC LLC 3/18/14 26 Moree Lane Sumrall Excel Parent Group NP 3/3/14 811 Scruggs Road Sutton Heat, Air & Electric, LLC LLC 3/7/14 8 Rock Hill Church Rd.

Sunflower Helen J. Jordan Seals DBA OTH 3/3/14 137 S. Wilson RMI Adminstrative Services DBAOTH 3/3/14 137 S. Wilson

Taylorsville K&M Produce LLC 3/10/14

LLC 3704 Scr 33

Tchula Tchula Planting Company LLC LLC 3/28/14 11826 Hwy. 12

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26 I Mississippi Business Journal I April 25 2014 THE SPIN CYCLE

Twitter rolls out new profile pages, & e-marketing should be part of branding mix witter — which has been on quite a roll lately with the recent announcement that it is offering more than a dozen new ad options to build brands — has now launched a whole new design for profile pages. The platform update allows you to use of a larger profile photo, customize your header, show off your best tweets and more.

Here are the highlights of the new features: Best Tweets: Tweets that have received more engagement will appear slightly larger, so your best content is easy to find.

Pinned Tweet: Pin one of your Tweets to the top of your page, so it’s easy for your followers to see what you’re all about.

Filtered Tweets: Now you can choose which timeline to view when checking out other profiles. Select from these options: tweets, tweets with photos/videos, or tweets and replies.

The most notable visual difference is the addition of a large image a la Facebook’s cover photo. While the mostly cosmetic changes don’t affect the main Twitter experience — the timeline — they’re a good excuse to freshen up your profile page.

Here are some tips to Spring clean your Twitter: 1. Ditch ‘RT ≠ endorsement’.

Plenty of users — many of them journalists — still include this kind of disclaimer in their Twitter bios, but it doesn’t always make sense considering the wide range of ways we use tweets, mixing the professional with the personal with the professional.

AP’s social media guidelines don’t tell reporters to include a disclaimer, and in fact the AP explicitly points out that the disclaimer doesn’t mean reporters should be any less careful about coming across as biased in individual tweets: “These cautions apply even if you say on your Twitter profile that retweets do not constitute endorsements. Many people who see your tweets and retweets will never look at your Twitter bio,” Eric Carvin, AP social media editor, told the Poynter Institute recently.

“Some AP journalists still choose to put the disclaimer in their Twitter bio, which is harmless enough, as long as they still follow our guidelines,” he said. “But we certainly don’t require it, and I personally prefer to use the limited space in other ways.”

Check with your news organization first, of course, but if you can reclaim some space in your Twitter bio, some of the 160 characters allowed might be better for this next tip.

Related: The problem with retweets & how journalists can solve it (http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/media-lab/socialmedia/152448/the-problem-with-retweets-how-journalists-can-solve-it/)

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2. Include your contact info.

Twitter profiles include fields for name, location, website and bio — but not for your email address or phone number.

So many stories run with that information alongside an author’s byline that it seems silly not to make it available on Twitter, too, in the bio field. Adding a field for email or phone in the profile settings — with options for sharing it

with just people you follow or with everyone — is one way Twitter could become more like Facebook and not have everyone howling about it.

Todd Smith Brian Stelter, CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host and formerly with The New York Times, has been a proponent of providing contact info on Twitter for potential sources, saying the resulting phone calls are mostly useful. If you’re wary of getting calls from the Twitterverse to a personal or work number, try Google Voice as a social media line.

Related: How accessible do journalists really want to be? (http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/149667/how-accessible-dojournalists-really-want-to-be/)

According to Twopcharts' data, there are approximately 391 million Twitter accounts with 0 followers. And, just over 232 million or so haven't followed a single user themselves.

This type of social work drives The Spin Cycle crazy – and violates a top rule of the Twittersphere. If you’re not going to swim in the social media pool, don’t dive in!

E-Mail Marketing, E-Newsletters Still Important Part of Marketing Mix While you can’t focus on e-mail products alone for an integrated marketing campaign — and its unlikely that a company that focuses solely on e-marketing will survive in today’s competitive digital environment — never discount the power of e-mail marketing, and the often mundane e-newsletter.

“Email continues to be an important part of the marketing mix,” BIA Kelsey analyst Peter Krasilovsky told Adweek recently. The email newsletter still remains a lucrative staple of an online company’s strategy. Krasilovsky said marketers are earmarking more of their budget toward integrated marketing, including promotions and customer loyalty programs – and email newsletter companies stand to get premium dollars for ads.

Part of the reason email remains viable is because it’s native for mobile. The average smartphone user spends nine minutes daily with their e-mails, according to O2/Samsung.

E-mail subscribers can also deliver something that traditional websites and social media struggle with: loyalty.

Andy Russell, co-founder of newsletter InsideHook, argues that newsletters deliver an audience with a high lifetime value. “Every time you touch (readers) on a daily basis, you have an opportunity to renew and grow that deep relationship,” he said.

Still, e-mails must evolve or die; NBCUniversal recently shuttered 14-year-old Daily Candy, an e-newsletter trailblazer, which seemed to have lost its mojo.

Krasilovsky, however, insists that e-mails are a viable medium that won’t go away anytime soon.

And The Spin Cycle is a big believer in using e-marketing and e-news as part of any successful, multi-faceted branding campaign.

3. Pin a tweet you want people to see.

The idea of pinning tweets may offend some Twitter purists, but why not take advantage of the new sticky option? Tweets are mostly ephemeral, and this doesn’t really change the core immediacy of the platform. Still, it’s a way to give your best tweets a little extra prominence.

Most of your followers won’t visit your personal page often, but when they do it’s important to control what they see first. Maybe that means pinning your top story at the time if you’re a media outlet, or pinning a feature you’re particularly proud of if you’re an individual journalist. It’s a new way to make sure visitors to your page — even if they’re in- Golden Mic | Ford Mustang’s 50th Anniversary PR frequent — see something useful right away. And that’s cerIt’s hard to believe that the Ford Mustang turns 50 this tainly not your latest tweet about what you ate for dinner. year, and the vaunted, sporty pony car has been on the fast track to PR gold through the decades.

44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Tweeted Last week the blue oval zoomed to new heights — literTwitter has tons of users, right? Around 974 million, to be ally — when Ford parked a 2015 Mustang at the top of the a bit more precise. However, just because a person has taken Empire State Building. The convertible made it up elevators the time to open a Twitter account doesn't necessarily mean to the 86th-floor observation deck in six pieces, then was they've used it. And according to the latest stats from put together entirely overnight – all part of the car’s 50th Twopcharts, a third-party site that monitors Twitter activ- anniversary celebration. This stunt mimics a similar proity, a surprisingly high number of people have done just that: motion done in 1965. Back then, the car was smaller and cut made an account and have never acted! into three pieces, plus the windshield. This promotion takes Just how many? According to the site, approximately 44 The Spin Cycle back to my youth – the first vehicle I owned percent of Twitter's 947 million accounts or so have never was a 1969 candy apple red Mustang convertible that sent a single tweet. Of the number that have — approxi- sported a 351 Windsor engine. To say it was the envy of the mately 550 million — just under half of these accounts are town was an understatement! For this, and that, the Ford reported to have sent their last tweet more than one year Mustang trots off with The Golden Mic! ago (43 percent). Only 126 million have sent any kind of Each week, The Spin Cycle will bestow a Golden Mic tweet at any point in the past 30 days.

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!

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Todd Smith is president and chief communications officer of Deane, Smith & Partners, a full-service 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.

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few years ago, Keith Mc- Up Close With ... Kristian Agoglia Farland wrote a book tiTitle: Founder & CEO, Looks tled The Breakthrough Great Services Inc. Company, which was based Favorite Books: ”I enjoy books on a five-year study he authored by mentor, Bobb Biehl.” did of more than 7,000 First Job: ”When I was 12 years old I started working at a companies. I like his book because it local gas station.” focuses on how middle market comProudest Moment as a panies can achieve lasting success.

Leader: “I was proud of the way Too often, business books are geared our team responded when tragedy towards large global companies struck our hometown in Long Iswhich has little relevance for small land during Hurricane Sandy.” and mid-size businesses. One of the key attributes of companies that break out of the entrepreneurial decided to relocate from New York to her phase is that they surround themselves with hometown of Columbia. networks of outside resources which McAs we discussed the challenges of growFarland calls “scaffolding.” For example, one ing a company, Kristian noted how he had story he shared was about former NFL Hall always sought outside perspectives on his of Famer Roger Staubach, who started The business. He shared a story of how he hired Staubach Company real estate company in Bobb Biehl, a guest lecturer at Regent Uni1977. Staubach faced some challenging versity, to advise him on his business while times early on in his career, and he credits he was still in college. He shared, “It was a the support of his Young Presidents Organ- significant investment for me at the time, ization (YPO) forum group for helping but it was worth every penny.” Biehl has him work through the difficulties. continued to be an advisor to Kristian and Whether forum groups, advisory boards his company. He noted, “I have always or key consultants, there is much to be sought other people’s opinions and advice gained in having this kind of “scaffolding” as on my business to help identify blind spots, you build a business. gain perspective, and improve my operaMy interviewee this week, Kristian tions.” Kristian noted that over the last 15 Agoglia, has built a successful vegetation years he has invested significant time and remanagement and disaster recovery com- sources in seeking this type of feedback on pany in New York and is now expanding his business and it has paid large dividends his business to Mississippi. Kristian is a na- for him. tive of Long Island and grew up in a hardDuring disaster recovery projects, Kristworking entrepreneurial family. He ian can have over 1,000 people working for attributes the core values that his parents him. His ability to scale quickly when instilled in him as having a big impact on needed is based on the quality of the team his success in business. he has developed. He noted, “I try to help When Kristian was 15, he started a lawn my employees find their strengths and focus service business, which was the predeces- their work on those type projects.” He consor to his business today, Looks Great tinued, “My philosophy is to try and fit a Services. By the time he graduated high round peg into a round hole.” He spends a school and went off to Liberty University, lot of time in the interview process to really he had a thriving business, which he was get to know the individual. He wants to unable to continue even while in college and derstand what truly motivates them and later graduate school at Regent University. what they care about. Kristian’s commitIn 1999, Kristian formally incorporated ment to maintaining his own “scaffolding,” his business and the rest, as they say, “is his perseverance, and his perspective on the history.” He has continued to grow his importance of people has him positioned business and later added disaster clean up for continued success in his business. Kristservices as a service offering. ian is a welcome transplant to Mississippi, In 2005, Kristian deployed crews to and I know he will have a positive impact on Mississippi to help with post-Hurricane the state.

Katrina clean up. It was during this time that he met his wife who was from Co- Martin Willoughby is a business consultant and lumbia, Miss. After getting married, he de- regular contributing columnist for the Mississippi Busicided it was time to start Looks Great ness Journal. He serves as Chief Operating Officer of Services of Mississippi, which specializes Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC and can be in vegetation management for utility com- reached at martin.willoughby@ butlersnow.com. panies and employs over 75 people in the state. This past year, Kristian and his wife

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ll salespeople are given a plan, a quota, or some kind of “numbers” to achieve as a major part of their job requirement.

The key word is “part.” The plan or the quota is a SMALL part of the achievement process.

How the company and leader supports the salesperson and his or her sales effort is another part — the MAJOR part.

The tools, the training, and the encouragement to achieve will determine the salesperson’s ultimate belief, effort, and outcome. (AKA: Results) Sales leaders will always make value judgments on their salespeople’s ability to produce numbers, but rarely will they step up to bat and self-evaluate their own effort to support and encourage their salespeople.

Sales leaders are quick to judge the capability of their salespeople strictly by the numbers. They get reports to keep accountability high. They get reports to check on activity. They get reports to check the numbers.

CLASSIC EXAMPLE: If the number each salesperson is to achieve requires cold calling as a major part of the sales function, more than 50 percent will NOT make the grade. They will become discouraged by a 95 percent or more failure (rejection) rate, be unhappy, feel pressure, most likely lie on their sales report, and ultimately quit (or be fired).

SALES REALITY: Most salespeople resent the fact that they are held accountable for certain numbers that don’t have anything to do with actually making sales. In addition, most salespeople resent the fact that their sales training is focused on the product rather than selling skills.

BIGGER SALES REALITY. Sales is not numbers, it’s a rhythm. Any kind of sales requires you to get into a rhythm, and that rhythm be consistent. It’s not the song, it’s the backbeat. Backbeat provides the glue to music. Bass and drums, not lead guitar or vocals. Consistent beat, not a one-minute solo.

BIGGEST SALES REALITY. In order for salespeople to feel “in the groove,” and get the sales rhythm, there has to be leadership support, and there has to be leadership encouragement.

Leadership has to change the word accountability to the word responsibility. The salesperson is responsible for himself or herself, responsible for their outcomes, and responsible to their boss and their company for productivity.

Once the salesperson becomes a responsible salesperson they are automatically accountable to everyone without ever saying the word “accountable.”

But the boss and the company also have their own responsibility to support that salesperson 150%.

Here are the 7.5 responsibilities sales leadership has to salespeople in order for them to make their numbers happen without ever saying the word “accountability”: 1. Impeccable company, product, and service reputation. This is foundational and fundamental to a salesperson’s belief system, and a prospective customer’s belief system. Belief fuels enthusiasm. NOTE WELL: Reputation arrives way before salespeople arrive.

2. Social media attraction. Active participa-

tion in social media is no longer an option; it’s an imperative. And active participation, including oneon-one communications with customers, creates attraction. Attraction is also known as leads.

3. On-demand, web based sales and personal development training. Salespeople need information and answers in order to make sales.

The right training will both help the salesperson and encourage the salesperson. If they can access sales information on their mobile device while they’re waiting in the lobby for a sales appointment, salespeople will gain a new self-confidence that will help them make the sale. (Go to www.gitomerVT.com to see an example.)

4. An easy-to-implement philosophical approach to the sale. There must be an approach and a strategy to the sale that salespeople are comfortable with, and will employ during the selling process. One that takes the emotion of the selling process and converts it to a customer buying process.

5. The ability to differentiate FROM the competition. Salespeople need a value proposition, value-based statements, and value-based questions to genuinely engage any customer or prospect. And that value must be perceived as value by the customer.

6. Genuine, real-world, hands-on leadership encouragement. Salespeople want to feel the love and the support of leadership, not the pressure. Senior-level executives, and sales leaders, must be out on sales calls as often as possible.

This way they discover the real world – the real world of making sales that will help them when they make the next sales plan.

7. A generous comp plan. When the comp plan changes, make sure the compensation goes up. Salespeople need a monetary carrot in order to perform at their highest level.

7.5 Internal harmony. Whatever your internal process is, there must be a harmony between sales, accounting, shipping, and any internal administration that deals directly with salespeople and/or customers.

I’ve just given you the tip of the sales performance iceberg. Most of the iceberg is not visible if the salesperson is fighting market conditions, customers, and competition to gain a competitive and profitable edge.

NON-SECRET FORMULA FOR SALES SUCCESS: Give salespeople encouragement and support and they will give you sales.

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.