9	17	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
18	26	National	National	NNP
27	32	Corp.	Corp.	NNP
33	37	said	say	VBD
38	40	it	it	PRP
41	45	sold	sell	VBD
46	53	750,000	750,000	CD
54	60	shares	share	NNS
61	63	of	of	IN
64	67	its	its	PRP$
68	74	common	common	JJ
75	80	stock	stock	NN
81	83	to	to	TO
84	87	the	the	DT
88	96	McAlpine	McAlpine	NNP
97	103	family	family	NN
104	113	interests	interest	NNS
113	114	,	,	,
115	118	for	for	IN
119	120	$	$	$
120	121	1	1	CD
122	129	million	million	CD
129	130	,	,	,
131	133	or	or	CC
134	135	$	$	$
135	139	1.35	1.35	CD
140	141	a	a	DT
142	147	share	share	NN
147	148	.	.	.

149	152	The	the	DT
153	157	sale	sale	NN
158	168	represents	represent	VBZ
169	173	10.2	10.2	CD
173	174	%	%	NN
175	177	of	of	IN
178	186	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
186	188	’s	's	POS
189	195	shares	share	NNS
196	207	outstanding	outstanding	JJ
207	208	.	.	.

211	214	The	the	DT
215	223	McAlpine	McAlpine	NNP
224	230	family	family	NN
230	231	,	,	,
232	237	which	which	WDT
238	246	operates	operate	VBZ
247	248	a	a	DT
249	255	number	number	NN
256	258	of	of	IN
259	272	multinational	multinational	JJ
273	282	companies	company	NNS
282	283	,	,	,
284	293	including	include	VBG
294	295	a	a	DT
296	308	London-based	london-based	JJ
309	320	engineering	engineering	NN
321	324	and	and	CC
325	337	construction	construction	NN
338	345	company	company	NN
345	346	,	,	,
347	351	also	also	RB
352	356	lent	lend	VBD
357	359	to	to	TO
360	368	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
369	377	National	National	NNP
378	379	$	$	$
379	386	500,000	500,000	CD
386	387	.	.	.

388	392	That	that	DT
393	399	amount	amount	NN
400	402	is	be	VBZ
403	414	convertible	convertible	JJ
415	419	into	into	IN
420	426	shares	share	NNS
427	429	of	of	IN
430	438	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
439	445	common	common	JJ
446	451	stock	stock	NN
452	454	at	at	IN
455	456	$	$	$
456	457	2	2	CD
458	459	a	a	DT
460	465	share	share	NN
466	472	during	during	IN
473	476	its	its	PRP$
477	485	one-year	one-year	JJ
486	490	term	term	NN
490	491	.	.	.

492	495	The	the	DT
496	500	loan	loan	NN
501	504	may	may	MD
505	507	be	be	VB
508	516	extended	extend	VBN
517	519	by	by	IN
520	523	the	the	DT
524	532	McAlpine	McAlpine	NNP
533	538	group	group	NN
539	542	for	for	IN
543	545	an	an	DT
546	556	additional	additional	JJ
557	561	year	year	NN
562	566	with	with	IN
567	569	an	an	DT
570	578	increase	increase	NN
579	581	in	in	IN
582	585	the	the	DT
586	596	conversion	conversion	NN
597	602	price	price	NN
603	605	to	to	TO
606	607	$	$	$
607	611	2.50	2.50	CD
612	613	a	a	DT
614	619	share	share	NN
619	620	.	.	.

623	626	The	the	DT
627	631	sale	sale	NN
632	634	of	of	IN
635	641	shares	share	NNS
642	644	to	to	TO
645	648	the	the	DT
649	657	McAlpine	McAlpine	NNP
658	664	family	family	NN
665	670	along	along	IN
671	675	with	with	IN
676	679	the	the	DT
680	686	recent	recent	JJ
687	691	sale	sale	NN
692	694	of	of	IN
695	702	750,000	750,000	CD
703	709	shares	share	NNS
710	712	of	of	IN
713	721	Meridian	meridian	JJ
722	727	stock	stock	NN
728	730	to	to	TO
731	736	Haden	Haden	NNP
737	746	MacLellan	MacLellan	NNP
747	754	Holding	Holding	NNP
755	758	PLC	PLC	NNP
759	761	of	of	IN
762	768	Surrey	Surrey	NNP
768	769	,	,	,
770	777	England	England	NNP
778	781	and	and	CC
782	783	a	a	DT
784	790	recent	recent	JJ
791	797	public	public	JJ
798	806	offering	offering	NN
807	811	have	have	VBP
812	821	increased	increase	VBN
822	830	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
830	832	’s	's	POS
833	836	net	net	JJ
837	842	worth	worth	NN
843	845	to	to	TO
846	847	$	$	$
847	850	8.5	8.5	CD
851	858	million	million	CD
858	859	,	,	,
860	864	said	say	VBD
865	872	William	William	NNP
873	880	Feniger	Feniger	NNP
880	881	,	,	,
882	887	chief	chief	JJ
888	897	executive	executive	NN
898	905	officer	officer	NN
906	908	of	of	IN
909	915	Toledo	Toledo	NNP
915	916	,	,	,
917	927	Ohio-based	ohio-based	JJ
928	936	Meridian	Meridian	NNP
936	937	.	.	.