DD Support Board and Research Team

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As of March 11, 2010, Hipple is under an officer and director ban:

Pursuant to Section 21C(f) of the Exchange Act, Hipple is prohibited, for a period of five years, from acting as an officer or director of any issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

And...

Pursuant to Section 9(b) of the Investment Company Act, Respondent Hipple is prohibited from serving or acting as an employee, officer, director, member of an advisory board, investment adviser or depositor of, or principal underwriter for, a registered investment company or affiliated person of such investment adviser, depositor, or principal underwriter, with the right to reapply for association after five (5) years to the appropriate self-regulatory organization, or if there is none, to the Commission;

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2010/34-61688.pdf

For some reason non-reporting pennies aren't included in that ban, but AEGY is a reporting company:

http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/AEGY/company-info