Privacy Statement

The Meridian Business Group, Ltd. ("MBG"), its employees and its affiliates must collect information about clients to conduct business. Sources include:

• information received from clients,
• information received from third parties to verify statements clients have made or other relationships, and
• information about transactions with MBG and with other companies.

MBG, its employees and its affiliates may share all the information collected within MBG. Examples of this information may include identification information and transaction and experience information.

MBG, its employees and its affiliates may not share any information with any person or company outside of MBG, except as may be required by applicable federal or state rule or law.

Online Privacy

We collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. When we do collect information about you, we only collect information that we need to provide you assistance.

Some of our web pages let you voluntarily submit personal information (such as e-mail or our on-line contact form). In those cases, the information you provide is done so at your own will.

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, read pages, or download information, our Web site's operating system will automatically record some general information about your visit.

During your visit, our Web operating system will record:

1. The Internet domain for your Internet service, such as "xcompany.com" or "xcompany.net" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a college or university domain.
2. The type of browser (such as "Netscape version X" or "Internet Explorer version X") that you are using.
3. The type of operating system that you use (such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows).
4. The date and time you visit our site, and the Web pages that you visit on our site.
5. The address of the previous Web site you were visiting, if you linked to us from another Web site.
6. Various other non-personal, non-identifiable information (such as if JavaScript is enabled, what version of Flash Player you use, etc.)

We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system does not record information about individual visitors.

E-Mail Privacy

If you decide to send us an electronic mail message (e-mail), the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want us to help you with a specific problem, we may use that information in contacting our partners about your inquiry, issue or e-mail. In other limited circumstances, including requests from Congress or limited other parties, we may be required by law to disclose information that you submit.

Also, e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, or includes personal information such as data regarding your account, you may prefer to send it by postal mail to:

The Meridian Business Group, Ltd.
7612 West North Avenue
Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707

Important Legal Information

The information provided on this site or in any communication containing a link to this site is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject The Meridian Business Group ("MBG") or its affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Neither the information, nor any opinion contained in this site constitutes a solicitation or offer by MBG or its affiliates to buy or sell any securities, futures, options or other financial instruments or provide any investment advice or service.

Legal Form

The Meridian Business Group, Ltd. ("MBG") was incorporated under the Laws of the State of Illinois as Meridian Financial Management Corporation in January of 2002. In April of 2006, pursuant to a merger with Meridian Corporate Solutions, an Illinois corporation, the company changed its name to The Meridian Business Group, Ltd.

Registration and Licensure

MBG is an Illinois-registered investment advisor firm with principal offices at 7612 West North Avenue, Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707. Our telephone number is (708) 452-9169. For a free copy of Part II of our ADV, please feel free to write, call or e-mail us.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

The information on this site is provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind, including warranties as to the accuracy of the materials provided herein, either expressly or impliedly, for any particular purpose and expressly disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although the information provided to you on this site is obtained or compiled from sources we believe to be reliable, MBG cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of any information or data made available to you for any particular purpose.

Copyright and Other Notices

If you download any information from this site, you agree that you will not copy it or remove or obscure any copyright or other notices or legends contained in all such information. You may link to any page or article on our website for free. Any link to our site must be in the following format:

• "<a href="(Full Path To URL)" title="(Heading 1 of Page)">(Heading 1 of Page)</a>"; or,
• "<a href="(Full Path To URL)" title="The Meridian Business Group Investments">The Meridian Business Group Investments</a>".

The "Heading 1 of Page" is the "main heading" of the page and can be found between the <h1> or <title> tags in the source code of the page.

An example link to our home page would be: The Meridian Business Group Investments.

Links to Third-Party Content

We may provide hyperlinks or pointers to other Web sites maintained by third-parties or may provide third-party content on our Web site by framing or other methods. Links to third-party Web sites are provided for your convenience and information only and does not indicate or imply an endorsement by MBG of said third-party content, products or services. The content in any linked Web site is not under our control so we are not responsible for the content, including any further links in a third-party site.

No Duty To Update Content and Content Date

The information provided on this Web site by MBG speaks only as of the respective dates on which the information was first created, even if such date is not visually or otherwise available to the visitor. This information can become out-of-date. MBG makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update any of this information, except as expressly stated on this Web site.