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Roundtable Forum: Restaurant Industry

MARK D. KALINOWSKI is a Vice President at Salomon Smith Barney, where he has covered the restaurant industry since March 2000. Prior to this he helped to cover the photography and imaging stocks for the firm. He was formerly associated with Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd., Yolles Investment Management, Inc., and Andersen Consulting. Mr. Kalinowski has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Mechanical Engineering, also from the University of Michigan. Profile
JOSEPH T. BUCKLEY, Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co., follows the restaurant industry. He joined Bear, Stearns' research department in 1985 and has followed a number of consumer industries since that time, with a focus on the restaurant industry since 1987. Mr. Buckley has enjoyed recognition in a number of independent analyst polls and surveys, including those conducted by Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, Greenwich Associates, theStreet.com and Reuters. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Co., he was a Research Analyst at Smith Barney, Raymond James and Standard & Poor's. Mr. Buckley holds both an MBA and BA from New York University, where he graduated magna cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He earned his CFA designation in 1982. Profile
JANICE L. MEYER is a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Research Group, where she focuses on the restaurant sector. She joined the firm from Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, which CSFB acquired in November 2000, where she was a Vice President in DLJ's Equity Research group. Prior to joining DLJ, she was at Prudential Securities from 1991 to 1996. Ms. Meyer has been named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team for restaurants 10 times. She has been ranked number one for four of the last eight years. Ms. Meyer, a Chartered Financial Analyst, is also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. She has a BS in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA in Finance from Northeastern University. Profile
ANDREW M. BARISH is a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst in the Consumer Group at Banc of America Securities LLC, where he follows the restaurant industry. He focuses on casual dining, specialty concepts and quick-service restaurants. He joined Banc of America Securities in March 2001 from Robertson Stephens, where he had served as a Restaurant Analyst since 1995. Prior to his focus on the restaurant industry, Mr. Barish served as an Environmental Services Analyst at Robertson Stephens from 1993 to 1995 and at Kidder Peabody from 1989 to 1993. He was named a 'Runner-Up' for the past three years (2002-2004) on the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team for his coverage of the restaurant sector. He was also ranked third overall in the 2002 Greenwich Research Associates Survey. Mr. Barish is a four-time Wall Street Journal All- Star and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He received a BS in Business Administration with a Finance emphasis from the University of Southern California. Profile
TWST: Joe, how well have the restaurant stocks in your universe

performed in 2001 year to date? When we last convened, back in December

2000, your top choices in the group were Applebee's, Darden