Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp (SOHL)

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Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. (the "Company”) owns Southern Trust Securities, Inc. ("STS"), Southern Trust Metals, Inc. (“STM”), Southern Trust Securities Asset Management, Inc. ("STSAM"), and Loreley Overseas Corporation (“LOR”). Additionally, on October 23, 2006, the Company formed Kiernan Investment Corp. (“KIC”) as an international business company in Belize.  KIC has had very limited operations since inception.

The Company contributed $105,653 in cash to form a new company, IPWM, España S.A. ("IPWM Spain") under a partnership agreement with a Swiss Financial Group, International Private Wealth Management, SA (“IPWM, SA”), in exchange for a 50.01% interest and control of the newly created company.  During July 2008, IPWM Spain commenced operations and opened offices in the cities of Barcelona, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain and Marbella, Spain.  IPWM Spain had limited operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011.

The Company is a Florida corporation and was organized on January 25, 2000.  STS, a Florida corporation, was organized on June 10, 1999 and is registered as an introducing broker/dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  STS is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and National Futures Association (“NFA”). STS operates as an introducing broker clearing customer trades on a fully disclosed basis through clearing firms.  Under this basis, it forwards all customers transactions to another broker who carries all customers’ accounts and maintains and preserves books and records.  Pershing, LLC currently performs the transaction clearing functions and related services for STS.   STSAM, a Florida corporation formed on November 22, 2005, is a fee-based investment advisory company which offers its services to retail customers. STM, a Florida corporation formed on October 29, 2009, to capitalize on investor interest in the trading of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.  LOR, a British Virgin Islands corporation, was formed on May 19, 2004, and acts as an international intermediary for STM’s international trading transactions; the corporation had been inactive until 2010.
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